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Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1961-12-08
The Need For A Home Rule Charter

A liberal construction shall be
given to the powers of local govern
ment units" Section 9 of Article x
provides for the adoption amend
ment, or repeal of home rule char
ters and for the submission to the
qualified voters of the local unit
for approval or disapproval of said
charter. Section II of Article TO
states: "A home rule borough or
city may exercise all legislative
powers not prohibited by law or
charter"
In 1859 the State Legislature I'M
plemented the directive of the Con-
stitution by enacting Chapter 1856,
SLA 1859, which requires:
CONTINUED on Page 81
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1961-12-08

Joe Simpson, storekeeper at
Wakefield's Cannery at Port Wake
field. is in the Griffin Memorial
hospital in critical condition after
colliding with spinning propeller
Wednesday afternoon.
Gene Kingston, pilot OF the
plane, a Kodiak Always Widgeon,
was revving up the engines pre-
paratory to takeoff, when ne no
ticed Simpson running towards
him. He shut off the engines, but
not soon enough, and Simpson was
struck in the head by the revolving
propeller, opening it to the BRAIN
Simpson was put aboard the air
craft and was flown Immediately to
,he Griffin Memorial Hospital. His
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1961-12-08
Fa|Iout Shelter Survey Now On

with nuclear weapons. This vast
majority would continue to survive
if they have adequate protection
against fallout, the horrible after
math of nuclear holocaust.
ITO survive fallout, we must pre-
pare shelters while there is still
time" Col. Hamburger went on to
say. Essentially shelters afford
adequate shielding against radio
active fall-out that would be needed
for about two weeks after an at
tack"
Architects or engineers under
contract will make the survey OF
existing structures in Alaska, &C.
cording to the engineer. The An.
chorage vicinity is the first sched
uled. The survey will soon cover
all communities in Alaska.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1961-12-08
No Night Sliding

There will be no sliding at
night" according to Chief of Po-
lice Vickery.
The statement was made earlier
in the week following the big snow
fall. Its too dangerous, Vickery
stated.
He also warned against walking
on the road going the same way as
traffic. Pedestrians should always
walk facing the oncoming traffic,
he said. Several close calls lately
prompted the warning.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1961-12-08
Kodiak Loses One
In State House

JUNEAU up = Gov. William
Egan has issued the long awaitet
proclamation on the reapportion
ment of the House of Representa-
lives. Kodiak is allotted one repre-
sentative.
1t follows, with one exception
the recommendations made by the
reapportionment advisory Board in
September In a lone change, Gov
Egan transferred the small com.
munity of Anaktuvuk Pass, in the
Brooks Range, to other districts.
The biggest change saw Egan
cut the number of election districts
from "a to 49, AS expected, the big
10th (Anchorage district) the
heavy gamer in House remembered
district 8, will have IA seats in
40-seat lower chamber instead of
the present 8.
The new appointments take
effect in the 1868 legislature. First
elections next fall. The 1862 legis-
lature is not affected.
The reapportionment setup for
The House includes No. II, Kodiak,
,ne representative; No. II, Aleu-
ian Islands, one.
Kodiak and the AleutianS will
continue to have one senator.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1961-12-08
Senator And Wife
Home From Japan

State Senator and Mrs. Al Owen
returned Monday from California
and the West Coast, after complet
ing a trip to Japan.
Sen. owen is State representa-
tive on the Advisory Board for the
North Pacific Fisheries Commits
sion which met in Tokyo, Japan
last month. Questioned as to the
results of the meeting, Sen. Owen
stated he was disappointed in the
accomplishments of the sessions,
particularly in the field of king
crab fishing which he said received
very little consideration.
Alaska" he said, did not have
a qualified king crab biologist at
the meeting, which weakened the
position of the State considerably"
Owen said Alaska was well repre-
scented at the meeting with large
delegation being present, many of
them non-government officials. He
felt, however, the evidence pre-
sented as regards salmon origins,
ETC., would act as a deterrant to
Japanese fishing in Alaskan wa
tiers.
Senator and Mrs. Owen enjoyed
their stay in Japan. They returned
by way of Los Angeles and Seattle,
visiting relatives ON the way. They
returned to their home at Uganik
Bay on Wednesday.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1961-12-08
Rifle Range Here

A small bore rifle and pistol
range is scheduled to be set up in
the Kodiak National Guard Armory
in the near future.
AS soon as the 50-foot range is
set up the unit will participate in a
competitive craftsmanship pro-
gram within the Bird Battle Group
of the Alaska National Guard.
Other units will be participating
from Fairbanks, Anchorage, Jun
eau, Sitka and Ketchikan. Seven
matches will be held before annual
guard encampment in March, when
the two top teams will have a
shoulder to shoulder shoot to de-
eide the winning team. Sgt. Reyn-
old L. Morris has been appointed
MOO in charge of the program for
the local unit.
Three local guardsmen attended
a Battle Group conference In Jul
neau last week. They are Capt.
Arnold S. Bjerken, company com
mander, SEC Charley E. Miller,
and S/Sgt. Robert Norman, unit
administrator. Capt. Bjerken will
return next week after attending
seyen-day cold weather and noun
tain school at Fort Greedy.
The unit recently received wore
that local residents 20 and 2.
years of age with no prior service
may now join the national guard
Any local resident may inquire a
the Armory as to obligations i'm
cluded in joining the Alaska Ma
tional Guard.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1961-12-08
By BILL POLAND
Kodiak City Manager

During the span of years from
1913, when the first territorial leg
islature was formed, until state
hood was achieved in 1859, all cit
les in Alaska were subject to and
limited by the laws of the Terri
tory of Alaska pertaining to Mu-
nicipal Corporations, which laws
were enacted as a general restric-
tive measure by which all Alaskan
cities were governed. Under this
general law, municipalities were
restrained from acts which were
not specifically authorized by ter
ritorial law. If particular city had
a unique problem of a purely local
nature, and the method or means
of combating it was not specifically
written into State law, such cities
had to live with that problem as
best they could.
The far-sighted architects of the
Constitution of the State of Alaska
recognized this intolerable situa-
ton at the Constitutional Conven
ton at Fairbanks in 1856, and took
steps to rectify it. In Article x
which is devoted to local govern
ment, Section i states: "The pur
pose of this article is to provide
for maximum local self-govern
ment units, and to prevent dupli
cation of tax-levying jurisdictions
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1961-12-08

A public radioactive fallout shell
ter survey. conducted by the U. S.
Army Engineer District, Alaska,
has started this month, with final
plans now shaped up by that
agency. The survey is part of the
national Civil Defense program.
The purpose of the survey, to be
done under contract by private en-
gineer-architect firms, is to locate
and mark existing buildings and
other facilities such as mine shafts
and tunnels which provide ade-
uuate shielding against radioac-
tivity resulting from a nuclear
weapon attack. The designated
shelters will be set aside for use
by the public in an emergency.
1.-THE most serious threat to ou1
survival is not posed by bombs, nc
matter how large, Col. c. Hanbur
ger, District Engineer, stated in {
speech recently. "Dr. Edwin Tel
Ter. father of the H-bomb, has sale
that nine out of ten Americans
would survive an about attacl
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1961-12-08
MKrored Reflections
BY SIG DIGREE

Homer, we learn the community of
Ninilchik built an access road to
the beach at Deep Creek for a total
of $2,072, road sorely needed by
the residents for at least 10 years.
According to the article, it was sur
veyed several times by the state
at a total cost of no less than
$1,000. Cost of construction was es-
timated by the state at $4,000. The
writer is probably right when he
said it would have cost no less than
$4,000.
This is something for the Island
Lake residents to think about Or
any community for that matter.
They do things different in Mi
ami. The city sewage crew was 60
ing to put in a manhole in certain
spot near an upgoing building, ac-
carding to the Miami Herald, but
the architect for the new building
spotted eight trees for the sidewalk
on the south and west sides of the
building. The to-be-built manhole
didn't go in because it would '1ouse
up the planting of a tree"
Now we've found out why music
in certain supermarket here.
There's a scientific reason. Music
hath charms to soothe the super
market shopper and get him or her
to buy more than in non-musical
atmosphere, according to a study
conducted by Cornell University in
Ithaca, N. Y. stores. Eight out of
ten shoppers like the music, the
survey showed. They like it clearly
audible but not distracting, and
mostly in the light classical or mod
erately popular vein.
Fishery Chemists are looking tor
new ways to lock in the essenfis1
nutritives of fish foods. One pro-
lem: unlike many forms of me
which improve with controlled
ing, fish are at their best when 10(
Continued or i'age Al
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1961-12-08
Vehicle Licenses
On Sale Dec. IS

Car license plates go on sale To-
cally and throughout the state on
Dec. Is. Present plates are good
until Feb. %.
Vehicle licenses have increased
this year, with different formula
set up for determining charges.
The weight of the car determines
the cost. Private car licenses have
increased in cost to $50. Pickups,
trucks and other commercially
used vehicles will be charged for
according to the following scale:
$500 pounds or less, $35. 1901
pounds to $4,000 pounds, $50. For
hire plates are now $50 They were
$40 before.
The small boy with the motor
scooter has to pay an additional SIS.
His plates will cost his SIS instead
of the present $40.
In announcing the above sched-
ule of prices, Mrs. Lou Veerman,
issuing officer here, further stated
that her office will be moved down.
stairs in the Bank building. office
space on the ground floor will be
shared with the Chamber of Com
merce. License plates will be sold
from that office from Dec. 10.
Drivers licenses will be issued
only on Saturday. They will be Is
sued in the office upstairs. Drivers
licenses are SIS for three years.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1961-12-08

Up OuC UOCS h6dDis 1iilhSo a.
on the up and up alright. Licensing
of cars has gone up. You now pay
at least another $40 for driving
along our bumpy roads. Normally
you expect and receive some value
for an increase in prices. Not as
far as your car is concerned you
don't. It's the same old roads, main.
tanned a little less each year. We're
paying about what our relatives in
the south 48 pay for licenses, sans
the privilege of a little macadam-
lied surface.
Wear and tear on the car with
roads such as we have ought to re-
ceive some consideration when
prices on licenses are set. That
item alone is heavy drain on the
car owners pocketbook. Oh we'll,
we know these surveys cost money,
especially when they have to be
repeated SO OIten!
Then the kid with a motor scoot-
er-even he has to ante up another
five bucks. But there is still
Santa Claus, kids.
Maybe we sound little sour, but
we're sitting with our feet in about
a half-inch of water. Our street
reached the near flood stage again,
and we spent few hours mucking
out. This condition was due to two
things condition of the road in
front and inadequate drain, also
in front.
Can you wonder we can't drum
up any enthusiasm for the higher
cost of riding on these streets?
Kodiak will now have to go selec-
tive in her choice of representa-
tive at Juneau-under the reappor-
tionment, Kodiak will have only
one representative.
Hats off to the people of Ninil-
chik! From an article in the Inlet
Courier, a weekly published in
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1961-12-08
EIks Memorial
Service Sunday

ice will be held at the Elks hall
Sunday beginning at 2 p. III.
The service is in memory of the
members who have passed on and
it is mandatory for all Elks to at
tend. The service will be provided
by the Lodge officers with special
music furnished.
The public is invited to attend.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1961-12-08

Hats off to the people of Ninil
chik! From an article in the Inlet
Courier, a weekly published in
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1961-12-08
NO Tv SCHEDULE

TV fans will miss the TV sched-
ule this week, which has been a
regular feature. Sorry, no TV
schedule received.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1961-12-08
Wakefield Man Hit By Spinning Prop

condition is extremely critical.
Simpson was taken to Seattle to-
day to be placed in the care of a
brain specialist.
Evening star., 1961-11-26

things in private life that are
very attractive"
He gives a variety of reasons
for deciding to relinquish it again.
In his statement of Sept. 27. an
nouncing his candidacy, he said
in part:
MY heart is in public service.
e.. The most exciting position /
could seek and in which 1 could
serve, next to being President of
the United States, is to be Gov
ernor of what will be the first
State Of the Nation. I believe
1 will be able to unite the members
of my own party (and) attract
members of the Democratic Party
and independent voters in suf-
ficient numbers to win"
Mr.. Nixon also believes that,
unless a Republican wins the Gov
ernorship next year, California
may stay Democratic for 10 years.
Mr.. NiXon's enemies insist that
Sacramento, the State capital, will
be merely the base from which he
will drive for the G. o. P. presi-
Dental nomination in 1864. He
denies it and says:
Il could talk until I'm blue in
the face about not running for
President in 1864, but it wouldn't
do any good. My actions during
the campaign next year will speak
louder than any words"
If he can win in California, he
Evening star., 1961-11-26

mately $4,000 individuals studying
at 100 American colleges.
Twenty-Five of our leading uni
versitieS enroll 40 per cent of all
foreigners studying in the United
States.
Though $4,000 may seem
large number, in fact it repre-
SentS only 1.5 per cent of our COL
lege population. In Great Britain,
for example, II per cent of uni
versity students come from abroad.
About $4,000 Americans go
abroad for study overseas each
year, the large majority on pri-
vate funds.
In addition to the Fulbright
exchange graduate students and
professors, short-term visits to
this country are arranged for in
dividualS among opinion-forming
groups and specialists in various
fields like labor, journalism. gov
ernment. etc. In addition, United
States Government programs in
this area also include sponsorship
Of American schools and colleges
abroad. maintenance of institutes
and seminars in American studies,
assistance for appearances abroad
of American orchestras, theatrical
and ballet companies as we'll as
writer's, artists and athletic
groups. The State Department
also brings about 1000 selected
undergraduates a year from Latin
America for a months visit on
American college campuses to OBJ
serve the role that student leaders
play in our country.
Evening star., 1961-11-26

The Governor of California's
salary is $4,000.
Mr.. Nixon is building a home
in a suburb of Los Angeles. He
paid $4,000 for the lot. The Los
Angeles Times reported that he
borrowed 100000 to build the
house. Meanwhile, he and his
family have been living in a
rented house in the area recent
ly ravaged by disastrous canyon
fires.
His daughters, Patricia, Is, and
Julie, 13, are in a private high
school in Los Angeles. They are
seldom photographed. He has kept
his family out of the limelight.
Prior to his announcement that
he would run for Governor, Mr..
Nixon went to his office in down.
town Los Angeles arou- 9 in
the morning and stayed until
about 7 pm. He devoted the
morning to legal business. The
afternoons were solidly booked
with appointments.
He kept three secretaries busy
answering his mail. 1t came
mainly from politicians around the
country, and from organizations
inviting Mr.. Nixon to speak.
One speech tour, covering eight
States and scheduled to begin
next February, would have paid
him $4,000. He cancelled it when
Evening star., 1961-11-26
nixon Confident as He Nears Fight for Political Life

lyst who knows California well
says: Joe Shell is the sleeper
in that election. He may sur
prise everybody"
Assemblyman She'll argues
strongly for conservatism in gov
ernment. He has been campaign
ing tirelessly, travelling by air
to every corner of the 600-mile
length of California.
His arguments may carry par
ticular weight in Southern Cali
fornia. After World War II, hun
dreds of thousands Of people
from the Southwestern States set
tied there. The majority are DEM
ocrats, but traditionally more
conservative than northern Demo-
Gratis.
Mr.. Powers charged that un-
named 'kingmakers" are back
ing Mr.. Nixon, aided by bank
rolls" And he said:
Il intend to stay in the fight
and Knight and Shell have de-
clared they will not permit them
selves to be muscled out either"
So the free-for all takes shape.
It. promises to be one of the po-
litical spectaculars of all time.
And some Republicans express
anxiety over the prospective
blood-letting and the condition
of the party after the primary.
AS for the finals, there are these
points to consider:
l. Mr.. Nixon has never lost in
his State. He won five consecu-
tive elections.
2. He carried California over
Mr.. Kennedy by $4,000 votes in
the presidential race last year.
Hes No jock Kennedy"
Referring to this, Mr.. Chotiner
said, land Pat Brown will discover
he's no Jack Kennedy"
Gov. Brown, a genial, easy
moving man, processes not to be
worried. He points out that he
has not yet said he would run
for a second term and might not
for personal reasons" He looks
however, as though he would be
in the ring again.
He points to three m ain
achievements of his administra-
ton.
They are (D the SITS billion
in bonds for the Feather River
water project approved in State
wide referendum, % "revitaliz-
ing" the educational system,
opening the way for six State coI-
leges and three more University
OF California campuses, and 80
finding new avenues that bal
anced the States $2.6 billion
budget, thus achieving fiscal
stability"
Gov. Brown has been making
speeches, appearing frequently on
televiSion, holding at least one
news conference per week.
He is a Roman Catholic and
he says the religious issue was
one of the factors in Mr.. Nixon's
victory over Mr.. Kennedy in Call
ifornia. Kennedy carried on a
great campaign" he says, but in
the Bible Belt it hurt him,
whether you like it or not"
Evening star., 1961-11-26

y
There are no more comfortable
words in the language than Peace
and Joy. which Richard Hooker
has conjoined in a famous sem
tence: Peace is that state in which
fear Of any kind is unknown. But
Joy is a positive thing; in Joy one
does not only feel secure, but
something goes out from ones self
to the universe, a warm, possess
sive effluence of love. There may
be Peace without Joy, and Joy
without Peace, but the two COM
bined make Happiness. - John
Buchan Uord Tweedsmuir) in
Pilgrtr'S Way.
Evening star., 1961-11-26
Quotations: On Cities and Peace

If the cities were all America,
as they pretend, so years would
see the march Of progress brought
to a standstill, as a locomotive is
stopped by heated bearings.
Down in the meadow the mow-
ing machine has checked and the
horses are shaking themselves.
The last Of the sunlight leaves
the top of Monadnock and 4
miles away Main Street lights her
electric lamps. 1t is band night in
Main street and the folks from
Putney, from Marlboro, from
Guildford and even New Fame will
drive in their well-filled wagons
to hear music and look at the ex-
Evening star., 1961-11-26
BY ROBERT McHUGH
Associated Press staff Writer

COLUMBIA, s. Cat So, James
Francis Byrnes displays the COM
placent philosophy of one to
whom life has been kind. I'm
at peace with the world. I'm not
mad at anybody" he says.
Relegated to their places in his
tory are the explosive political
battles and tension-p packed diplo-
matte negotiations with the Rus
slams that highlighted his spec
tacular half-century career in
American politics.
1t was a career that spanned
the horse and buggy and atomic
ages. 1t embraced high posts in
all three branches of Federal Gov
ernment.
Mr.. ByrneS served as United
States Representative, United
States Senator, Representative to
the United Nations General As
sembly. Chief of Rationing and
Mobilization during World War
II. Associate Justice of the United
States Supreme Court, Secretary
of State, and Governor of South
Carolina.
In honor of those achievements
citizens here plan a James and
Mandie Byrnes Day" Tuesday.
Since completing his term as
chief executive of his native State
in 1855, Mr.. Byrnes has pursued
an active retirement as philan-
thropiSt and historian, with oc-
casional sorties as an elder states
man.
He visits his office on the fifth
floor of a downtown bank building
here each morning. To natives
Of Columbia. Mr.. Byrnes is a ia
miliar figure whose appearance
attracts little attention. But to
a visitor, that familiar jaunty
angle of the hat, the quizzical
slant of the brows, and patrician
bearing bring a sudden shock that
evokes images of war time ra-
tioning and sober negotiations
with Stain and Molotov.
Work Of the Foundation
Mr.. Byrnes' office is headquar-
ters for what presently is his most
important project the James F..
Byrnes Foundation. 1t provides
college scholarships for worthy
orphans or semi-orphans. Since
the foundation was established,
264 youngsters have been helped
Evening star., 1961-11-26
Outlook Under Expanded New FuIbright Act

In keeping with changing con-
ditions in Asia, Africa and Latin
America-and the increasing ac-
tivitieS of Russia and China in
international education - these
older United States programs re-
quired revision and new planning
which Assistant Secretary Coombs
is now organizing.
Revision of Programs
For example, although there are
now more than 100 countries, the
Fuibright program enabling Amer
ican graduates to study and teach
overseas, operates in only SO where
local counterpart funds had been
accumulated by the United States
Government through sale of sur
plus property and food. In Latin
America only seven out of 20
countries had Fulbright programs.
None existed in sub-Sahara Africa.
In Europe local currencieS are
running out in Norway, Sweden,
Denmark, Germany. Austria and
Belgium.
Administrative restrictions, such
as immigration regulations, have
hampeYed the development of
exchange programs. Then, too,
all appropriated funds had to be
spent in the current year. This
procedure failed to take into ac-
count the fact that grantees
might, after their selection, be
forced to postpone their study
abroad for unexpected personal
reasons. Until the new law was
passed, no emergency medical
costs could be met for those under
government programs.
The new law has corrected
many of these deficiencies. But,
more than that, it has opened
new vistas in the field providing
an opportunity for development
in international education and
cultural affairs in the following
ways:
l. Exchanges of scholars, teach
erS and students can be conducted
by using dollar funds with every
nation and bi-national commits
sions can be organized to direct
the program in all countries.
2. Foreign countries can Join
the United States in financing
such exchanges. Until now, Ireland
alone was doing this. Greater flex-
ibility is permitted to use either
dollars or local currencies.
Athletic Groups Included
3. Nonprofit cultural and ath-
letic groups can be brought to the
United States to be presented to
the American public by museums