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Fly the Stars and Stripes on the 4th of July
JT'HERE ARE DEFINITE RULES and regulations for the hand
ling of the Stars and Stripes and a proper manner in which
it should be displayed. It is all contained in a document called
Public Law 623 which sets down the rules and which we publish at
thU time in preparation for the forthcoming celebration which is
held this week. v
The Flag should be hoisted briskly to the top of the staff on
July 4th. Only on Memorial Day or in honor of some respected
personage who has died should it be flown from a lower position.
The rule then is to hoist it to the top and then lower it the width of
the flag.
The flag must not be draped over a car or a float in a parade.
No other flag or pennant should be flown above it except
the church flag when naval chaplains are conducting funeral
services at sea.
When it is displayed with another flag on crossed staffs on
a wall the American Flag should be on your left as you face it.
The same rule applies when the American Flag and several others
are flown from a series of staffs in a column.
When the Flag is hung in the middle of a street the field
should be toward the north or east. If draped on a building front,
it should fall free, not caught on an overhang or sill, and the field
should be on your left as you face it.
When the Flag is displayed on the wall behind a speaker’s
rostrum the field should be on the audience’s left as they face
the speaker.
If there is a parade, when the Flag passes do not stare idly
upon it. Salute it smartly. Men and women in uniform will know
what to do but civilians are often woefully lacking in this phase
of flag etiquette. For the man, if he wears a hat, he should take it
off with his right hand and place it so the palm of the right hand
Is over his heart. If hatless, he places his right palm over his
heart. Women salute in this manner, also.
Plan to fly your Flag, treat it with respect. It is our Flag and
the 49th Star is our own special star on it.
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_ BRANCHES IN KOTZEBUE and BARROW —
State Ferry
Concessionaire
Contract Broken
JUNEAU if* — The State of
Alaska has terminated its contract
with ferry concessionaire Chris
Palzer, Public Works Commission
er Richard Downing said Satur
day.
Palzer was notified Friday of
the state’s plans to end the agree
ment, after a day-long meeting
with Downing and Atty. Gen. Geo.
Hayes.
Downing said the contract sign
ed with Palzer provides for a 30
day notice of termination, but he
said the state was prepared to take
over the operation of the conces
sions if immediate improvements
are not made.
Under the contract originally
signed by Palzer, he was to have
operated the concessions for a
year before a determination was
made of the amount he was to pay
the state for the right to operate
the ferry concessions.
The contract provided for a
fee based on gross business.
In announcing the state’s de
cision to terminate the contract.
Downing said it was based on a
breach of several provisions of
the agreement signed by Palzer.
I These included:
1. Service to passengers has been
sub-standard in regard to food
service and stateroom mainte
nance.
2. Service to the operating vessel
crews is sub-standard in that he
has failed to provide food service
and proper maintenance of offi
cers’ quarters.
3. He has failed to furnish the
state with data regarding the cost
of purchasing certain capital
equipment he has put aboard the
vessels, his cost of operating sup
plies, wages to his employes and
revenues derived from the opera
tion despite requests by the Di
vision of Marine Transportation
and a contract provision that such
data be supplied monthly.
4. His management of his own
employes has resulted in their de
moralization to the point where
several near walkouts have oc
curred. This situation has not im
proved and remains the same to
day.
"In view of Mr. Palzer’s state
ment to the Division of Marine
Transportation that he could not
continue to operate under the pre
sent contract and his request for
changes to be made, it is the state’s
position that there is no likelihood
these conditions can or would im
prove.
“We consider these and other
breaches of material conditions of
the contract leave us no alterna
tive but to terminate the contract.
To continue with Mr. Palzer’s
operation would be to the detri
ment of the operation of the ferry
system as a whole.”
President John F. Kennedy at
the age of 14 joined his older bro
ther and another school pal in
writing a letter to the command
ant of the French Foreign Legion
volunteering to serve in that fa
mous desert military outfit.
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The USS Savage is scheduled to
arrive for a three-day stay to
morrow, the ship will hold open
house daily from 1 to 4 p.m., with
tours of the vessel conducted by
crew members. In addition, special
group tours will be conducted
daily from 9 to 11 a.m.
Lt. Cmdr. Gerald Bradford,
USN, who recently assumed com
mand of Savage, welcomes the op
portunity to make Nome one of
his first ports of call in Alaska.
In a letter to Nome officials,
he states: “The officers and men
of the Savage are an enthusiastic,
friendly, competent group that will
do everything possible to make
this visit a success. The crew is
certainly looking forward to this
visit.”
Destroyers, in Navy tradition,
have been called “workhorses” of
the fleet. Due to their mobility,
versatility, and maneuverability,
they are equally suited for search
and rescue, anti-submarine war
fare, or gunfire against enemy
beaches and aircraft.
USS Savage was commissioned
in October 1943 and saw action
against enemy forces during
World War II convoy escort duty
in the Atlantic and Mediterranean
combat zones. In 1945, she was
transferred to the Pacific for es
cort duty out of Alaska until early
1946.
Since that time, the ship has
continued to operate throughout
tlie Pacific, except for a period of
overhaul at Boston, Mass. The
vessel now operates out of Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii, as a radar picket
ship on mid-Pacific patrol.
Cmdr. Bradford is an experi
enced naval officer, with exten
sive service in destroyer-type ves
sels. Before assuming command of
Savage on June 12, 1963, he com
pleted a course of study in engi
neering science at the U.S. Naval
Postgraduate School, Monterey,
Calif.
Special tour groups are asked to
contact Maj. Robert Steel at the
National Guard Armory.
In Magistrate’s Court Mary
Asilla was fined $20 on a drunk
charge and Hazel Nuipok fined
$25 on the same charge.
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Chris Palzer Strikes
Back at State for
Concession Cancellation
KETCHIKAN W — Chris Pal
zor, deposed concessionaire of the
Alaska Marine Highway system
struck back today as a result of
state action which last week can
celled his contract.
Part of Palzer’s statement made
in Ketchikan this morning:
“After reviewing the complaint
made by the State of Alaska in its
letter of June 29, I do not consider
myself to be in breach of contract.
“The state claims of sub-stand
ard service are totally unfound
ed. I recognize of course that in
this new operation, as in any other,
The growing pains have resulted
in some rough spots in the conces
sion operation. 1 feel sure though
that state officials will have to
agree in conscience that they were
beset with the same sort of prob
lems since the delivery of the
Malaspina.
“I feel the operating personnel,
both on the Shite of Alaska crews
and my own are to be highly com
mended for the great progress
which has beeQ. made since Jan
uary.
“The deficiencies in service
which were referred to in Public
Works Commissioner Richard A.
Downing’s letter of notification
indicate to me that the state was
sparing nothing in coming up with
grounds for cancellation of my
contract. Some of the things men
tioned in the letter were never
brought to my attention either
verbally or in writing.
“It is my understanding that
contractual law, and certainly
good business practice, dictate that
dissatisfactions on either part must
be brought to the attention of the
other so that problems may be
.worked out mutually without re
sort to cancellation procedures and
ultimately to the court.”
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