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HiS DREAM CASTLE
"Trick or Treat”
THF CHILDRF.N at F.lmendorf Air Force Base last year in
dulged in the time honored Halloween custom of "trick or
treat" but did it differently. bach child gave half of his "loot" to
a committee headed by mothers and it was packaged and sent to
orphanages in the state.
In Wilmington. Del., the children asked for soap, needles,
thread, canned goods, etc., which they turned over to a commit
tee which packaged it and sent it to Korea.
In Nome this Halloween the Lions Club has gone all out to
give special entertainment and prizes for Halloween and in turn
the young people are asked to refrain from pranks which are costly
or jeopardize safety such as road block and hazards in which the
older youth indulged in on previous occasions. They are being
generously treated and should show their appreciation in this way.
Millers and Merchants Bank of Alaska
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Full Banking Services to N.W. Alaska Since 1904
Letter
To The Editor
Are these the times to throw
stood taxpayers money after bad?
Congressman Cunningham of
Nebraska, Aug. 7, 1962, gives an
alarming report on big govern
ment, and made public—
Our national debt is actually j
$1,242 trillions, not $298 billion, j
Our share, as citizens of the '
USA, man, woman and child is ,
$6,642.
Government — federal, state and
local employs 17 per cent of the
US. labor force, or one of each
six people works for the govern
ment. The number of new em
ployes added the last 18 months
are" 120,000.
Our potential shortage of gold !
stands at $15.6 billion.
There are 2 independent agen
cies which regulate more and
more personal and business acti
vities. These are part judicial and
part executive with over 500,000
employes.
The federal government now
owns over one-third of our total
land . . . 405,000 buildings . . .
224,300 vehicles.
Federal subsidies to "aid" total
more than $7.1 billion.
These figures and facts add up
to more and more government
control of our lives, our money,
our business and personal affairs.
Financial Obligations
When you compare these fi
nancial obligations of the gov
ernment with debts of the con
sumers — $56 billion —- then the j
enormity of the government fi
nancial obligations stands out —
and warningly so.
Direct obligations consist of the
federal debt in treasury securities
and the current authority to obli
i gate. These are:
i Debt outstanding, $295,900,000
1 000; unpaid obligations, $47,300,
j 000,000; unused authority, $31,000,
j 000,000; new 1963 appropriations,
j $99,300,000,000; additional obliga
| tion authority, $1,100,000,000; un
i funded cost of started public
j works. $9,100,000,000; contingent
i obligations, $338,000,000,000; other
commit ments, $420,300,000,000;
TOTAL, $1,242,000,000,000.
Before you obligate us more, at
election time, into new frontiers
of RED, you should seriously and
responsibly think of these facts.
L. E. OST,
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Route Transfer to Wien
From PAA Recommended
Before C AB Examiners
WASHINGTON </P> — Alaskans
would bo better served by trans
fer of the Juneau-Fairbanks air
route from Pan American World
Airways to Wien Alaska Airlines,
the Civil Aeronautics Board was
told today.
The transfer, for which Pan
American and Wien seek CAB ap
proval, was endorsed at a CAB
hearing by spokesmen for the two
lines and. in a statement, by the
Alaska congressional delegation.
“The Fairbanks - Juneau route
could best be integrated and
served, in the interest of the pub
lic and in the best interest of the
carrier, by a local carrier as part
of its local system,’’ said A. E.
Hagberg, vice president of Wien.
E. E. Swofford, Pan American’s
regional director for the Pacific
Northwest and Alaska, testified
that smaller, lower-cost aircraft of
the type operated by Wien are
better suited for the service than
the large aircraft operated by Pan
American.
Last spring Pan American con
verted its southeast Alaska ser
vice to jets, Swofford said. Since
jets cannot be used on the Juneau
Fairbanks route, the company has
had to station a special type of
plane at Fairbanks for this local
service, he added.
Hagberg testified that Wien
would be in a better position to
adapt its service to changing re
quirements in the area.
The congressional delegation, in
its statement, urged approval of
the transfer agreement, saying it
would provide a solution to “one
of the most pressing air service
problems of Alaska.”
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Gagnon Says Statement
He Made Last Week At
Haines “MisundctT iood”
ANCHORAGE The capital
move issue will have no effect on
home starts or the availability of
; federal mortgage money for the
coming year in Alaska, Elmer
; Gagnon, state director of the Fed
; eral Housing Administration, said
today.
Referring to a controversial
| statement attributed to him fol
! lowing an interview in Haines last
week, Gagnon said:
"I was apparently not specific
enough in my statement and it
was misunderstood.”
Stating that he expects next
year to be a “wonderful year” for
the home building industry in Al
aska if present indications are
borne out, Gagnon said it will be
some time before the capital
move, if approved by the voters,
will have an appreciable effect.
The housing director explained
that the housing market is re
evaluated each year as a matter
of course.
Can you name the only man
who signed these' four crucial
documents in early American his
tory—the Declaration of Indepen
dence, the U.S. Constitution, treaty
of alliance with France and the
treaty of peace with England? He
was Benjamin Franklin.
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