IRS WANTS $4 MILLION
TO DRESS UP ITS OFFICES
WASHINGTON (3 — Th> In
ternal Revenue Service has asked
Congress for $4 million to dress
up its offices.
Commissioner Mortimer Caplin
made the request in testimony re
leased by a House Appropriations
Subcommittee. He c o m p 1 a ined
that many IRS offices are run
down. He said as a result “we
have a shabby public image. I
think the American public is en
titled to more than that.”
Caplin says new furniture is
needed in many IRS offices. He
said booths should be installed
to provide privacy for taxpayers
who seek information or talk to
IRS agents about their returns.
4,000 NICKELS . . .
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (3 — Two
young bandits robbed a branch
bank Friday of about $200.
Manager Gilbert Hauch said a
quick thinking teller shoved a bag
containing 4,000 nickels — weigh
ing about 45 pounds — at the
bandits when they asked for the
money.
“They must have thought they
had a million dollars,” Hauch said.
Break for Fishermen
JUNEAU 13 — Commercial fish
ermen who accidentally leave their
licenses in their other pants would
get a break under a bill which
passed the House 21-11 Friday.
The measure would simply re
quire fishermen to “retain” their
commercial licenses, rather than to
have them in their posession at all
times while fishing.
The author of the measure was
Rep. Peter Deveau of Kodiak.
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JACKIE TAKES A
RIDE ATOP ELEPHANT
JAIPUR, India Iff) — America’s
First Lady took a ride today on a
gentle, aged lady elephant paint
ed and decorated and wearing false
wooden tusks to impress the public.
The lumbering, rocking ride
aboard the eight-foot tall elephant
was obviously enjoyed by Mrs.
Jacqueline Kennedy, who shared
the high gold seat with her sister,
Princess Lee Radziwell.
They took a slow-paced trip of
about 20 minutes around an ancient
courtyard, with seven elephants in
gold and red trappings and silver
armor following.
When it was over Mrs. Kennedy
patted 35-year-old Bibia on the
trunk and told her “Goodby and
thank you.”
The trained elephant — which
almost daily takes tourists on a
long, cobblestoned, steep path to
view the ancient fort in the hilltop
city of Amber — raised its trunk
and right leg in salute.
Mrs. Kennedy was intrigued by
colored chalk decorations on the
grey elephant. She asked if Bibia’s
makeup could be taken off. She
learned it could.
The elephant handlers made
things easy for Mrs. Kennedy to
get into the 15-foot high howda,
by building a special platform on
a rooftop. But she seemed to worry
a bit anyway, holding onto the
skirt of her yellow silk dress to
keep it from billowing.
Senate Kills Complimentary
Fishing & Hunting Licenses Bill
JUNEAU Iff) — The Senate today
killead a measure which would au
thorize the governor to issue 20
free hunting and fishing licenses
a year to distinguished visitors to
Alaska.
The Senate Resources Commit
tee recommended unanimously that
the bill do not pass the upper cham
ber and the Senate voted 12-4
against placing the measure on the
calendar, thus killing it.
Anatomy of a Tooth—An Explanation of Tender Teeth
Although one seldom thinks of them as such, teeth can be con
sidered part of man’s skeleton-boney structures which are rooted
in the jaws and extend out and through the flesh.
Man’s hair and nails, and the hooves and horns of some beasts, are
similar—being what scientists call “exoskeletal.”
A nsn s scales ana a lurue s
shell are also exoskeletal. In
some fishes, teeth are quite liter
ally modified scales, and the
snapping turtle has no teeth at
all but his outer, horny jaw can
bite you just the same.
As a matter of fact, the enamel
of human teeth originates from
the same basic substances as
skin, but the other parts derive
from internal tissues and the
greatest part of the tooth is sim
ilar to the bone tissue of the rest
of the inner skeleton.
Although teeth are cosmetic
ally important, their primary
function, of course, is to chew
our food. This is basically pleas
urable. But it is a rare individual
who does not know the disabling
discomfort of toothache.
Human teeth hurt as they
often do because nature equipped
them with a central canal well
supplied with sensitive nerves,
as well as blood and pulp. This
central canal is surrounded and
protected by a relatively thick
boney layer of dentine and
cementum.
Dentine makes up the largest
part of the tooth. Similar to bone,
it is harder and denser. In. the
crown, or exposed portion of the
tooth, it is covered by enamel. In
the root, it is covered by cemen- i
turn.
Cementum lacks the crystal
line structure of enamel but is
harder than dentine. It covers
the dentine from the peck of the
tooth to the tip of the root, or
roots. Cementum when exposed,
either as a result of aging and
shrinking of the gums or as a re
sult of surgical treatment, may
become sensitive to cold-or heat,
or sweets or acids—producing in
some persons excruciating pain.
Dentine also, and even when
there is no exposure, can trans
mit the same sort of painful sen
sations. Persons with this prob
lem are said to have “tender
teeth,” or “dental hypersensi
tivity.”
These are matters which have
only recently become of impor
tance to the layman because it is
now possible to reduce or elimi
nate hypersensitivity to cold and
other painful stimuli (which may
in some cases include the pres
sures of chewing or toothbrush
ing).
A new remedy, announced in
late 1961 after exhaustive studies
by outstanding dental author
ities, is a pleasant tasting thera
peutic dentifrice named Senso
dyne, which controls this
sensitivity. Senodyne contains a
special ingredient which, dental
research suggests, penetrates the
teeth and strengthens them, so
that they are no longer painful
or are markedly less so. Senso
dyne has been adjudged success
ful in 90 per cent of troublesome
cases of tender teeth which, it is
estimated, afflict one out of four
dental patients, and one out of
every ten persons in the U.S.
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Some Facts About
The Sitka Spruce,
Official State Tree
By Mrs. Haggland
President of Alaska Slate
Federation Garden Clubs
On Feb. 28, Gov. Wm. Egan
signed into law HB325, designat
ing the Sitka Spruce (picea sit
chansia) as Alaska’s official state
tree.
In designating a state tree, Alaska
becomes the 45th state to officially
adopt a state tree. Records do not
indicate a state tree for Iowa or
Hawaii. (Louisiana, while having
no official state tree adopted Mag
nolia grandiflora as their state
flower. North Carolina and Vir
ginia have not officially designated
state trees but have Cornus grandi
flora, flowering dogwood, as their
state flower.) No other state had
previously designated Sitka Spruce
as their state tree, but Colorado
South Dakota and Utah have othev j
species of spruce as their off icin' j
tree.
Sitka Spruce is the largest of all
the spruces in North America and
one of the most valuable tree
species in Alaska. Its range is in the
coastal forests of southeast Alaska,
west to Prince William Sound to
the south shore of Kachemak Bay
in Cook Inlet, and Kodiak Island.
This species extends south of Alas
ka along the Pacific Coast to north
ern California. Sitka Spruce trees
were planted in the early 1800’s by
the Russians at Unalaska, near the
eastern end of the treeless Aleu
tian Islands.
Although Sitka Spruce occasion
ally forms pure stands, it generally
grows in mixture with other species.
In Alaska its principal associate is
western hemlock. Young Sitka
Spruce trees, when open-grown
have a pyramidal form. Forest
green trees are tall and. straight,
with open conical crowns. Those
approaching maturity typically have
long cylindrical trunks which are
often free of branches for from 30
to 70 feet of the stem. Trees 400
to 500 years may measure 4 to 6
feet in diameter and approach 200
feet in height. The Sitka Spruce
forms approximately 20 per cent
of the coastal forests of Alaska with
its total volume estimated at 634
billion board feet.
The wood of the Sitka Spruce is
straight-grained, moderately light
in weight, easily worked and very
strong for its weight — possessing
greater strength and toughness than
any wood of similar weight. Its
principal uses are for lumber pulp,
but is also valuable for plywood.
The lumber is used in construction
and the manufacture of many pro
ducts including such specialty items
as piano sounding boards. Because
of the unusual strength for its
weight, Sitka Spruce has been the
most important wood for airplane
construction.
Sitka Spruce was a logical candi
date for designation as Alaska’s of
ficial state tree. Both the common
and scientific names honor the
Alaska town of Sitka where the
species was discovered in 1827 by
the German naturalist Dr. Karl
Heinrich Mertens. It is the largest
as well as one of the most valuable
tree species in the state.
HB325 was introduced in the
House by Rep. E*ers Sweeny (Ju
neau) and Grace Johnson (Nome)
with the Alaska Federation of Gar
den Clubs also an active sponsor
of this legislation.
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Armed Forces Day
To Be Observed
Saturday, May 19
Lt. Gen. George Mundy, USAF,
Commander in Chief, Alaska, an
nounced last week that military
installations throughout Alaska will
observe Armed Forces Day on Sat
urday, May 19.
On that day Army, Navy, Air
Force and Marine Corps units of
the Unified Alaskan Command and
elements of the 17th U.S. Coast
Guard District will hold open house
programs to provide Alaskans with
the opportunity to view and inspect
the defense systems and military
power of the United States based
in Alaska.
“Power for Peace,” the slogan
adopted in 1953 and used for nine
of the past 12 Armed Forces Day
observances, will be retained as the
slogan for this 13th annual obser
vance.
Gen. Mundy, designated Alaska
area Armed Forces Day command
er by the Secretary of Defense, has
named Maj. Charles O’Connor,
USA, as Area Project Officer to
coordinate Armed Forces Day ac
tivities with U.S. Army, Alaska,
Alaskan Sea Frontier, Alaskan Air
Command and the 17 U.S.G.C. Dis
trict project officers.
Col. Lewis Beall, USAF, Deputy
Commander of Eielson AFB has
been named project officer for
Area One, which includes Fort
Greely, Fort Wainwright, Eielson
and Fairbanks. He will be assisted
by Lt. Col. Elvert Edens, USA,
Deputy Post Commander of Fort
Wain wright.
The Alaska National Guard will
participate in Armed Force Day
open house programs and Maj. Gen.
Thomas Carroll, Alaska Adjutant'
General has appointed Lt. Col.
Lawrence Landry and Capt. Robert
Goodman as project officers in the
Anchorage area and Lt. Col. Lauris
Parker and 1st Lt. John McNairy
as project officers in the Juneau
area.
It is said the average U. S.
housewife now walks up to nine
miles daily.
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RUSSIAN SAILOR BEING
TREATED AT ELMENDORF
ANCHORAGE 0P — Boris Kozin,
43-year-old Russian sailor seriously
hurt when he was crushed be
tween a trawler and a small boat
was reported resting comfortably
yesterday after a second operation.
Kozin, a seaman aboard the Rus
sian vessel Bditenly, suffered a
skull fracture, broken ribs and a
punctured lung in the accident last
Thursday.
He was landed at St. Paul Island
in the Bering Sea where a doctor
performed an emergency operation
to relieve pressure from a collapsed
lung.
Kozin was flown to the hospital
at Elmendorf Air Force Base here
Saturday night and a second opera
tion to remove blood and air from
a chest cavity was performed.
The Russian was accompanied
on the 800-mile flight from St
Paul Island by a Navy doctor, Lt.
Pierre Slightam of Madison, Wis.
The Bditenly is believed to be
one of the Soviet ships engaged
in bottom fishing in the Bering Sea.
The potto, a fierce African
creature resembling a monkey, is
the only animal that has part of
its backbone growing outside its
body. It uses this sharp vestigial
tailbone as a handy weapon for
slashing its foes.
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