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Straight Talking About Taxes
Hep. Wilbur Mills (D-Ark.),
- chairman of the House Ways and
Means Committee, in a recent talk
emphatically opposed increasing
taxes, primarily on the grounds
th#t vthis would be “self-defeat
ing*' He thinks personal taxes
39# so high a further increase.,
■ would “do more harm than god&"
Bui the Congressman also takdfc
a ;realisttc view of the tax situ*
afciori? a&d the revenues required
by the government. He takes an
dually strong stand against gut-.
» t-. taxes. He says the gcvern
r f.ent needs every penny it can
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A $12 billion W !t is expected
•at the end of the fiscal year. Mills
proposes as a solution for this ur
gent revenue need a “sweeping
revision of the tax laws/* aimed
particularly at loopholes and num
erous preference provisions!
Only about one-third of the
gross national income is being
taxed, according to Mills. The
gross national income this year
lias averaged about $350 billion!
Only $129 billion is being taxed,
he says. He thinks “the time has
come for Congress to take a thor
ough look at the reasons why th«
5221 billion is not taxed to de
termine whether they are now
fully justified under the econom
ic. military and world conditions
■we have to deal with.”
It is very possible, according to
Mills, a close scrutiny will reveal
loopholes and preferences which
are unwarranted and should be
eliminated. He feels important
segments of the national income
aren’t being taxed and if taxed,
not properly.
“Government spending is going
to stay at $80 billion for more
than a vear whether we like it or
not.” Mills stated. “That is the
fiscal problem we have to dear
with. We have to face it realisti
cally and soundly, and for our
own good/we must do it without
delay.”
For all the good Congressman’s
contention that government spend
ing on its present grand scale is
here to stay, we are humbly of the
opinion that some of the spending
could be eliminated. In all fair
ness to him, he meant the steady
rise in population, and other “in
escapable factors,” will continue
to bring on the increase. But it’s
the “frills’ ’of government spend
ing that must be eliminated.
There is only one way spending
can be reduced. It is for our lead
ers in government to oppose legis
lation calling for increased wel
fare activity on the part of the
federal government; fight hand
outs to any special groups; scrut
ipize foreign aid programs more
closely; curtail farm supports.
These are only a few.* Emphasis
should be on minimum of govern
ment — not government invasion
of all phases of human endeavor.
Senior Jan Zieba
Heads Honor Roll
Janet Zieba, a senior in the
Kodiak hpgh school, tops the list
*o? last yea- students on the honor
roll for the second semester. Mil
ion Sower, Jerilyn c ,:fh prrf
Gary OIsos lead the ju*nhv\ sopho
rr.ore and freshmen classes in
that order. The list follows:
—SENIORS—
JaJnet Zieba, 4.00; Jill Ache
son. 3.58: Richard Frost, 3.52;
Elaine Bromley, 3.47; Dorothy
Broman, 3.37; Barbara Cooper,
3.37: Sharon Van Buren, 3.27;
David Pestrikoff, 3.20; Elsa Star
bird. 3.14; Rozelea Brewer, 3.01.
—JUNIORS—
Milton Souter, 3.93; Wayne
Kraft, 3.90; Pat Littlejohn, 3.72;
Norman Smith, 3.55; Phyllis Bur
urn. 3.05.
—SOPHOMORES—
Jerilyn Smith, 3.90; Richard
Garrett, 3 76; Joanne Taylor, 3.76;
Marjorie King, 3.50; Gail Zieba,
3*43; Christy Boxwell, 3.31; Su
zanne Foster, 3.18; Cassandra Ny
lund. 3.16: Kathleen Robertson,
3.02.
—FRESHMEN—
3ary Olsen, 4.00; Karen Rex
trew, 3.91: Roy Gunsolus, 3.89;
James Bridges, Jr., 3.64: Harry
Horn, 362: James Hood, 3.56;
Donald Pote, 3.27; Kathleen Long,
3.14: John Mitchell, 3.14; Patricia
Snider, 3.05.
Honor Roll List
Topped by Girls
The girls won top spots in the
honor roll listings at the new ele
mentary school according to Ellen
Dawson, principal. Standings are
as follows:
— 8th GRADE —
Svea Breckberg, 4.17; Luana
G-aroutte, 4.02; Jack Sheridan,
3.77; Gail Anderson, 3.58; Nelda
Stone, 3.33; Beth Acheson, 3.27;
Kristan Babbitt, 3.25; Connie
Short, 322; Lynda Bettis, 322;
Donna Allen, 3.22; Kathryn Al
vine, 3.12; Karen Kruschke, 3.07;
Candice Wilson, 3.05; Harry Wil
son, 3.03; Priscilla Atkins, 3.00.
— 7th GRADE —
Bonnie Breckberg, 3.85; Cheryl
Babbitt, 368; Ann Hall, 3.66; Dawn
Erdman, 3.66; Andrea Jarvela,
3.55; Duke Dickson, 3.45; Evelyn
Pratt, 3.22; Stephanie Valtman,
322; Tanya Kraft, 3.17; Larry
Deitzler, 3.12.
— 6th GRADE —
Allison Rickey, 3.55; Dale Gilli
lan, 3.55; Nadine Flotre, 3.33;
Judy Gilbreath, 3.25: Marjorie
Sheridan, 3.12; Marvin Frost, 3.00.
— 5th GRADE —
Barbara Allen, 3.57; Dennis
Hicks, 3.33; Judy Brooks, 3.21;
Carol Olsen, 3.09; Louise Harvey,
3.08; Clark Babbitt, 3.07; Jean
Hall, 3.06; Carol Hood, 3.02; Su
#an Haynes, 3.01; Lydia Sangguin
-etti, 3.00.
Here, There and Everywhere
Handy Little Gadget - Beautiful. Too!
By SIG DIGREE
Would you like to make a date
with me in 1959? I can now
promise to keep it—without for
getting.
Up to now I have depended on
my secretary to keep me straight
as to my business and social en
gagements. This was alright up to
a point—but the secretary in ques
tion happens also to be my wife—
which limits the field of activities
in having engagements.
I could have speaking engage
ments, appointments with clients,
the barber, meetings such as
Chamber of Commerce, Rotary,
Elks and City Council—I could
depend on her to let me know
about them.
But of I should want to broaden
my social activities, such as a date
with a blond or a brunette, and
such like—or even a night out
with the boys—a combination
secretary-wife would hardly be the
one to depend on.
As the years slip by and one’s
youth fades, such thoughts become
mere dreams and wishful thinking.
But the engagement book is a
reality. Received in the mails the
other day, it is titled “Our Ameri
ca—engagement Calendar for
1959.” It is published by Double
day and Co., Garden City, N.Y.
Almost too nice a book to mar
by writing in it (but it does have
space for your engagements), it
contains 54 photographs in natural
color of American beauty spots.
A fine shot of Kodiak is included,
taken from Near Island by Alf
Madsen.
You can visit scenes of nostalgic
memory, glorious scenes never
visited, from the West Coast’s
Oregon, Washington and Cali
fornia, or east of the Rockies in
Montana, the Dakotas, Colorado,
and Vermont, Georgia, Missouri,
Florida, New Hampshire or New
York—in fact every state in the
Union.
Some superb bits of poetry ac
companies each photograph. Space
allows for only one here:
I Loved The Sea
Whether in calm it glassed the
gracious day
With all its light, the night
with all its fires;
Whether in storm it lashed its
sullen spray,
Wild as the heart when pas
sionate youth transpires;
Or lay, as now, a torture to my
mind,
In yonder land-locked bay, un
wrinkled by the wind.
Richard Henry Stoddard
Shoots from Tree, Hunter Bags Bear
Getting two bears on one Jaunt
ing trip was not in the plans of
J. Frederick Palmer of Port Town
send, Washington, who has hunt
ed game on the North American
continent from Mexico to Alaska.
He gives an account of a bear
hunt here in a book he has titled
“Kodiak Bear Hunt,” published by
Exposition Press Inc., New York.
Palmer shot a male, “the biggest
wild animal I had ever seen.”
Right afterwards he was confront
ed with a big female. “She was
not moving directly towards us,”
he said, “but suddenly, when she
was about fifty feet away, she
charged directly towards us, and
so rapidly that the next thing we
knew she was practically at the
base of our tree growling. I had
one foot in the fork of the tree a id
one on a branch about two feet
higher. I leaned forward, putting
the gun barrel over her head,
pointing directly at her shoulder
and fired through her body.”
— 4th GRADE —
Betty Hall, 3.91; Sharon Gil
breath, 3.68; Kristy Flotre, 3.63:
Kathleen Sheridan, 3.58; Caroline
Bacus, 3.57; Sandra Buckner, 3.54
Pamela Haynes, 3.48; Kristin But
ler, 3.48; James Connelly, 3.29
Ellen Horn, 3.29; Mike Allen, 3.29
Melvin Torsen, 3.29; Pauline Pe
terson, 3.24; David Horn, 3.23
Mary Deveau, 3.16; Sandra Valt
man, 3.14; Donna Chase, 3.08
Elaine Harris, 3.07; Brooksie Iler,
3.04.
Honor Roll Given
For 2nd Six Weeks
Honor roll .for the second six
week period has just been announc
ed for the downtown grade school,
and is as follows.
Mr. White’s Sixth Grade: Marya
Springhill, 4.0; Carole Zeh, 3.87;
Johnny Gaillard, 3.58; Richard
Henderson, 3.33; Richard Veer
man, 3.31; Carl Coon, 3.21; Pa
tricia Anderson, 3.07; James At
kins, 3.00.
Mrs. Breckberg’s Fifth Grade;
Dorothy Chya, 3.92; Glenda Tor
sen, 3.92; Barbara Henderson,
3.92; Weston Fields, 3.89; Shari
Madsen, 3.79; Rhonda Molletti,
3.67; Tanya Henthorn, 3.26; Ruth
Hausman, 3.19; Rusty Fletcher
3.09; Mike Metrokin, 3.00.
Mrs. Hamann’s Fourth Grade:
Judy Acheson, 3.70; Candace
Roetman, 3.63; Margie Magnusen
3.60; Barbara Sutliff, 3.27; Alfred
Levine, 3.23; Sue Arne Ramaglia
3.23: Ralph Longmire, 3.19; Car
lone Ray, 3.13; Linda Simmons,
3.12; Pat Patterson, 3.01.
Theraphist Here
Miss Belle Townsley, physical
therapist from Anchorage, was
in Kodiak for one day this week.
Miss Townsley arrived Thurs
day and left the following day.
She was here in connection with
the cerebral palsy program of the
Elks lodge.
National Guard,
Krafts to Tangle
Two basketball games are sched
uled for Monday, Dec 8, at the
high school gymnasium, when D
& A meets Fleet Reserve in a
preliminary game at 7 p.m., fol
lowed by a game between the Na
tional Guard team and Krafti at
8:15.
The following evening the JVs
will tangle with Supply in the pre
lim and the Kodiak Bears will
meet National Guard in the xnaia
event to follow.
Foster on Staff
Elvin E. Foster, a resident of
Kodiak since 1941, is now a sales
man with the Culver Realty Co,
according to George Cornelihas,
who heads the company.
Real estate sales are on the up
swing again, according to Cor
nelius. The company is planning
on building about ten or twelve
new Lock wall homes, with two or
three bedrooms, in the spring.
Homes will be priced from $17,GOA
to $24,000, and will all be process
ed through FHA.
Naval Station
Births
Christine Dorothy, weighing 7
lbs. 2% ozs., was born on Novem
ber 28 to Carolyn Dorothy and
Norman Randolph West, LTJG„
USCG.
Charles Morris, Jr., weighing
7 lbs. 10 ozs., was born on Novem
ber 23 to Verda Ruth and Charles
Morris Butler, HMC, USCG.
John Carl, Jr., weighing 8 lbs.
11 ozs., was born on December 1
to Carol Arleita and John Cart
Willis, NWL, USN.
Siren
sounding for a fire call makes
most people think of their
insurance coverage.
Stops
made by the majority of the
people at Kodiak Insurance
relieves them of this worry.
House
& contents coverage rates are
cheap compared to a—
Fire
loss in your home.
3401 Phones 2561
Art Brooks
Kodiak Insurance
& Bldg. Corp.
Breakfast will be served at the
Masonic Temple
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. December 7.
Masons & guests
HEAR YE : HEAR YE :
Beware of the Greeks Bearing
Hemlock Branches
I drank the Hemlock & wish
to reciprocate
Tiny “Socrates” Cichoski