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Entered aa second class matter October 14, 1948, at the
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Honorary Doctorates
rjlODAY, THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA confers honorary
doctorates on four Americans for their contributions to the
nation, to the cause of freedom and to Alaska.
Two of these men are not only Americans but outstanding
Alaskans as well. Noel Wien needs no introduction as all Alaskans
know that he pioneered the aviation industry in Alaska, making
his early flights without navigational instruments, used mountains
and lakes for his maps and picked his runways along the sandbars
and beaches of northern Alaska. His first commercial flight to
Nome changed passenger transportation from a three month season
to a year-round industry. His honorary Doctor of Science degree is
well merited.
Dr. Holland Armstrong is also well known in this part of
Alaska, from Gambell to Point Barrow, for his work with the
church and his more recent work as an educator, as well as his
prominence in civic and governmental organizations for the past
twenty years. He receives an honory degree as Doctor of Humane
Letters.
Lowell Thomas Sr., may not be known personally to many
Alaskans of this area, but there are few people that do not know
of this famous globe-trotter who did much to champion Alaska
and help it take its place among the United States of America. His
radio voice is known the world over and his adventures have won
him many coveted honors from nations all over the world. He has
well earned the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws conferred on
him today.
Wayne Aspinall, congressman from Colorado, who gives* the
commencement address, earned the respect and praise of Alaskans
by his untiring help in Congress during die long struggle for
Statehood. Alaskans everywhere are glad that he can be honored
by the University of Alaska as a token of the esteem of the people
of this state when he receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree.
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IN KOTZEBUE and BARROW —
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TOMOTIVE
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JFK Steps Lightly ■
Of Medical Car
By James Marlow
Associated Press News Analyst
WASHINGTON W — One of the
best insights into President Ken
nedy’s policy of not making people
mad at him shines through his
handling of the mimical care for
the aged bill.
He’s all out for the Anderson
Kin g Bill. Another program for
giving the aged medical care, the
Kerr-Mills Act, has been law for
almost two years. It’s much more
limited in scope than the Ander
son-King measure.
Kennedy is pushing the latter
because he doesn’t think the Kerr
Mills Act goes far enough or covers
enough people.
This Kerr-Mills Act is one of
the Kennedy administration’s main
obstacles in getting passage for
the Anderson-King Bill if only be
cause it is backed by Kennedy’s
main opponent, the American
Medical Assn.
The AMA’s position is that the
Kerr-Mills Act is good, goes far
enough, and will get better.
Yet, the administration has been
very gentle and sparing in criti
cism of the Kerr-Mills measure.
Back in 1960 Congress passed
this act sponsored by two powerful
Democrats, Sen. Robert Kerr of
Oklahoma and Rep. Wilbur Mills
of Arkansas.
Kerr - Mills Act
Under this program the federal
government shares expenses with
states which set up a system for
providing medical care to needy
old people who may be able to pay
their living expenses but not their
medical bills.
But not all states have set up
such a system. The AMA says 38
states have. The Health, Educa
tion ana welfare department says
only 27 have. And each state sets
its own standards.
Thus in one state a person with
over $1,800 income can’t get help
under a Kerr-Mills Act, in another j
a person with over $1,200 income!
can’t. And the kinds of benefits
vary.
In March about 86.000 people,
according to HEW, qualified to re
ceive aid under this system but
three-quarters of them were in
only four states: New York, Massa
chusetts, California and Michigan.
So the Kennedy administration
is campaigning now for a program
which, it thinks, would Cover more
people not only better hut in the
same way everywhere, without
variations or tests for income.
King - Anderson
This one is sponsored by two
other Democrats: Sen. Clinton An
derson of New Mexico and Rep.
Cecil King of California. It would
work like this:
Let all people over 65—if they’re
entitled to receive social security
or retirement benefits—get hospital
and nursing care at a cost no more
than $90 and for months at a time.
The cost for this would be paid
by a slight boost in the present
social security tax. The govern
ment, however, would not pay
these people’s doctors’ bills. They
would have to pay these them
selves.
And not everyone over 65 would
be covered by this program, either.
The administration figures about
14 million out of 18 million over 65
would get the benefits.
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m His Handling
e for the Aged Bill
But Rep. Mills, chairman of the
House Ways and Means Committee
and a major opponent of the Ken
nedy-backed Anderson-King Bill,
is more than just an extremely
powerful Democrat.
As chairman of his committee
he’s in a key position to damage
the administration in other pro
grams. Actually, in other programs
he’s been a big help.
On the Anderson-King Bill,
however, he’s keeping it bottled up
in his committee and keeping it
from getting up on the House floor
for a vote.
No Criticism
But you never hear any criticism
of him from Kennedy or his ad
ministration. Kennedy never even
referred to the Kerr-Mills stumb
ling block in his nation-wide talk
from Madison Square Garden.
That speech, off the cuff, was
not one of Kennedy’s best. Al
though it had been planned at least
two months ahead of time, the
President didn’t seem to have pre
pared himself thoroughly.
He made a glaring mistake twice
when he told millions of listeners
that the social security tax to pay
for his medical care plan would
cost them $12 a month. That would
be $144 a year. Actually, it would
cost $12 a year.
While it’s true Kennedy’s hand
ling of the steel price increase
made some businessmen mad at
him, his handling of the medical
care program is a typical example
of how he tries to do the opposite
day in and out.
Early to bed and early to rise
is a sure sign that you are fed up
with television.
JACK MacFARLAND NAMED
DIRECTOR OF 1962 ELECTIONS
JUNEAU UP) — Jack E. MacFar
land a Kodiak high school teacher
has been named by Secretary of
State Hugh Wade to be director
of elections for the 1962 primary
and general elections.
Wade also announced the ap
pointment of these election super
visors: Gordon Gray of Juneau,
Southeastern; Mrs. Ruth Haley
Dodds of Anchorage, Southcentral;
and Robert N. Caffee of Fairbanks
for the Central District. Wade said
appointment of a supervisor for
the Northwestern District is ex
pected shortly.
$7,205,000 for RCA Service
WASHINGTON US’) — The Air
Force will award a $7,205,000 con
tract to RCA Service Co., Riverton,
N.J., for continued operation and
maintenance of the Ballistic Mis
sile Early Warning System, the
Alaska congressional delegation an
nounced today.
EAST GERMANS ACCUSE
BRITISH OF PROVOCATIONS
BERLIN US’) — East Germany
accused British troops and West
Berlin police of prepared and
dangerous provocation after a gun
battle across the Communist wall
Sunday.
The East German statement said
British troops joined West Ger
man police at the scene of the bat
tle over a refugee who was fatally
wounded after trying to flee into
West Berlin. The statement did
not say whether British troops took
part in the duel, the second in
five days in divided Berlin.
In the earlier incident, an East
German border guard was killed
and another wounded after they
shot a 15-year-old boy who made
good his escape.
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