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The frontiersman., 1962-11-01
Local Electrical Contractor Suggests Creation of State Emergency Loan Fund

phrey of Minnesota, was put ting pressure on the REA to re- verse this action" Dodge said. "REA in turn forced MTA, us- ing as an excuse the statement that Zontelli should be award ed the bid and then allowed to tain a license"
 Asked yesterday to comment on Dodge's statements, Max Clements, MTA manager, re- piled that REA's interpretation of the law is that a contractor has to have a state license be- fore he can begin construction but not before he can bid, and that the state attorney general has been unable to refute this interpretation.
 The requirement for the li- oense number to appear on the sealed envelope containing the bid is required by REA if the state requires it; Alaska does not, Clements said.
 obtain a license"
 which requires that contra ctor hold a state license is to insure that any electrical con- tractor awarded contract will do the work according to the Alaska electrical safety code" Clements said. "The intent is not to create a monopoly in Alaska of Alaskan electrical contractors work" /"
 REA lends money in a differ ent way from other lending ag- encies, he pointed out. Others require that the borrowing cor poration put up percentage of the necessary funds itself, whereas REA supplies 100 per- cent financing, and maintains more rigid controls. Written in- to the loan agreement is the re- servation that REA has the right to approve all contracts drawn up by the borrowing CO., operative.
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is asked to place all animals in the best barn shelter available, ill all inside stock tanks or water containers possible, and provide animals with an emer- gency supply of feed; then get into the family shelter and stay there.
 Every farm home location is listed and located on a map available for Civil Defense use, and as soon as the initial radio active intensity decreases en- ough to permit people to em- erge for limited periods of time, farm families will be notified by radio, telephone, curriers', or airplane loudspeaker, which ever is feasible or possible.
The frontiersman., 1962-11-01
AIRMEN PLAN HANGAR PARTY

Plans for the Buddy Woods hangar-Warming party are fast taking shape, with a large attendance expected, airmen said this week. Proceeds from the dance and smorgasbord will go for the purchase of run way lights at the Palmer air port. The party will be held this Friday, Nov. 2, beginning at 8 pm. at the Buddy Woods hangar.
 Chef Paul James is preparing the smorgasbord, and Tom Moffitt's Moose Orchestra will provide live music.
 Although tickets will be sold at ti,e door, guests may save themselves confusion and inconvenience by purchasing them beforehand from local airmen, Mary King, Floyd Spickerman, Dick Benson, or Dick Hamilton.
 The city of Palmer has allot- ed $2000 from a state grant of funds for grading a taxiway to be used as ski strip this winter.
 Positions for the lights were surveyed last weekend. The airmen hope to be able to SUD- ply l2 lights for the runways. They have expressed the wish that residents will support a very worthwhile project thro- ugh their attendance at an eve ming of fun. Not only a safety measure, the runway lights will be means of increasing business for the city of Palmer, the airmen said.
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In a statement before the Oct. "A meeting of the Matan- uska Valley Chamber of Con- merce, Jack Dodge, local cleo trical contractor, suggested the setting up of a state emergency loan fund to be used, in Dodge's words, as means of cur blng the excessive power of REA to dominate local deci- Sions."
 Dodge cited two recent ac- tions, one in which the award of contract for line construction to Dodge Electric Company by MTA was rescinded and award was made to T. Zontelli of Iron ton, Minnesota; the other, the case of the conditional hold placed on MEAS construction and transmission loan.
 At the original bid opening Zontelli was the low bidder but did not have an Alaska Elec- trical Contractors license as required by state law, Dodge said, and added that REA speci- fications for this job also re- quired that the bidders have their electrical contractors li- cense number on the outside of the bid envelope prior to bid opening, which is a standard requirement to apply in all states having such license laws.
 All bids were opened, how ever, and after Zontelli was found not to be licensed, his bid was rejected and award was made to the next low bid der, Dodge Electric Company.
 Upon request of REA head quarters in Washington, D. C., the attorney general of Alaska ruled that MTA was within it's legal rights to take this action.
 However, it soon became .pparent that the Senate major ity floor leader, Senator Hum-
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is off and cannot be soon restor- ed, clean stock water will be supplied by tank trucks and the fire department tankers. They will also assist where decon- tamination of the dairy from radioactive dust is feasible
 All farm production and sup plies will be rationed during any extreme emergency, so as to maintain a high level of pro- duction.
 It might be necessary to ne- glect livestock for a period of one or more days during a peri cd of high radioactivity, but as soon as it is safe for people to leave shelter for limited peri ods, all farmers will be notified.
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Ned Morgenson, mathematics instructor at the Palmer high school, had time on his hands one day a year ago last sum- mer (1961) while stationed with the U. s. Geological Survey at Lake George, and amused him. self by dropping several bot ties with his name and address inside into the Knik river.
 Two weeks ago he received a letter from Adelaide, South Australia, written in a child's hand. Theodore Arthur Wake field, playing with his sister on a beach at Moonta Bay while on family picnic, had found bottle with Morgenson's name and address, land that's fair ding" Local Australian Betty Mcintyre translates this
The frontiersman., 1962-11-01
Roast Beef Dinner
 To Be November 8

The fifth annual roast beef and-apple pie dinner of the St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in Palmer will be serv- ed at the Elks hall here on Nov. 8 from 5 to 2 pm. The annual event is planned by the wo- mems group of the church.
 Tickets may be purchased from any St. Bartholomew's member, with the charge being $2.50 for adults and 75c for children.
 The church women are also arranging for a gift table and a baked goods table. Features will be all kinds of gift aprons guest, novelty, and utilitar- ian.
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few hours to several days if radioactive fallout is present.
 Local and state officials rec ognize that milk and meat pro- duction, stored potatoes, vege- tables, and grains are of ma jor importance in any survival plan; therefore, top priority will be given farmers in pro- viding radioactive fallout in- formation, communications, de- contamination assistance, feed and water supplies, etc, in the event of attack.
 In case of attack, it is antici- pated that from one-half to sev- eral hours will elapse before radioactive fallout becomes critical, and each farm family
The frontiersman., 1962-11-01
525 VOTERS
 REGISTER FOR BOND ELECTION

By noon tooay, 525 Palmer area taxpayers had registered to vote in the Palmer Indepen- dent School District bond is- sue election, the office of the tax assessor said. This number represents about a third of the eligible voters on the tax rolls.
 Polling places for the school election will be the same as those for the general election, with Palmer Precinct No. voters polling at the original Koslosky Building, between Lea's Dress Shop and the Tro- pical Gardens; Matanuska Pre- cinct, at B and H Supply on Matanuska Road, just beyond Ketchikan Spruce Mills; Butte, at the Butte Fire Hall, Sutton Eska, at the Sutton Community Hall.
 Outside the school district, voters in other precincts of District 2 will go to their usual polling places unless otherwise instructed.
 
 Polls will be open from 8 am. to 8 pm. In the general election there are four bal lots, one for choice of candi- dates, one for the capital re- location initiative No. 1, one for four bonding propositions on the state level, and one judicial ballot.
 Incumbent William Egan and challenger Mike Stepovich are candidates for governor; Hugh Wade and Robert Ross, secretary of state; Ernest Cru ening and Ted Stevens, U. s. senator; Lowell Thomas Jr. and Ralph Rivers, U. s. repre- sentative; Nick Begich, Samuel Lightwood, and Bob Stratton, state senator from District E.; and Eugene Reid and Jalmar Kerttula, state representative from District 2.
 Bonding propositions include construction at the University of Alaska, general school con- struction for number of state operated schools, trunk airport construction, and a vocational school in the Kodiak-Aleutians Senate District.
The frontiersman., 1962-11-01
cordova AirIines
 To Resume Flights

Merrill "Cordova" Smith, owner of Cordova Airlines, said here Monday that the air line plans to resume a regular schedule of flights to Palmer in early 1863 if not sooner.
 Freight and passenger runs are planned, with possibility three flights a week, Smith said. The schedule would pro vide passenger service for Pal mer residents to the Copper River Valley area, as well as to Cordova and Valdez.
The frontiersman., 1962-11-01
SCHOOL DISTRICT
 RECEIVES ALLOTMENT

The Palmer Ind e p e n d n t School District was notified to- day that the allotment for the local district from the State to- bacco tax will be $36, ,288.21. The amount is a decrease of about $5,000 from the sum re- ceived last year. Funds re- ceived from the tax are ear marked to retire bonds for the Palmer high school, which tot al $27, ,000 yearly. Receipts from the tobacco tax statewide showed a drop of $100,000 in the past fiscal year.
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In response to the special problems of farm families as to what to do in case of an enemy attack, the Extension Office, with the aid of local and state civil defense officials, has prepared list of sugges- tions.
 First, no pre-attack evacua- ton is planned in or out of the Palmer-Wasilla area. If subse- quent evacuation becomes nec- essary because of attack, radio active fallout, or otherwise, families will be notified.
 In case of bombing attack, each family is expected to take care of itself for the initial period, which may be from a
The frontiersman., 1962-11-01
Dinner Tonight
 honors Gov. EgaH

Gov. William Egan will be honored at a potluck dinner to- night at the Elks hall, to be served from 6 to 8 pm. There will be no charge, and every one is welcome to attend, Democratic committee mem bers said.
 The governor visited the coal mines at Sutton this morning, and was entertained at a lun- cheon at the Sutton Commun- ity hall at noon.
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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-07
Anti ilibusters Filibuster

4 great deal of Juror always accom-
panies southern filibusters, which
take place in the Senate. Usually, when
legislation completely repulsive to most
southerners is introduced in the Senate
and brought to the floor of the Senate,
a filibuster by some seventeen senators
(the number may vary) occurs on the
Senate floor The filibuster is a way
that a minority group can halt passage
of legislation because Of the unlimited
debate provisions which are in force
in the Senate
Now we read with fascination that
all ironic turn of events has happened
in the United States Senate. The so
called liberals eight senators) halted
Senate proceedings in an attempt to
block an early vote on an administra-
tion-backed House approved bill to set
up private ownership for fast develop
ing space communications system.
The liberal senator's feel that the
United States portion of the worldwide
space communications system should
be government owned, because tax money
developed the rockets which make
it possible to send aloft equipment,
such as Telstar. 1t is ironic to see those
who oppose these Methods employ
them with no hesitancy when they feel
the measures work in their favor.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-07

is as much Congress as the adj
ministration 5. for the ceiling
HAS to go up. if the government
is tG meet the debts incurred by
Congressional appropriations.
The size Of that astronomical
debt is hard for the average
man to grasp. But he can get
some idea Of it when he stops
to realize that it costs more this
year to pay INTEREST on the
national debt than it cost to run
the entire government back in
1910.
Bringing the lesson even clos
er to the pocketbook, this means
that just about 10 cents out Of
every tax dollar goes to pay in
tereSt.
when somebody complains
over government spending, he is
given the excuse that national
defense costs are soaring as the
nation moves into nuclear and
space programs.
But the raw facts Of the mat
ter are that the costs OF d0mes-
tic programs are rising at a
greater rate than are the costs
Of national defense.
We American taxpayers may
not be sophisticated enough to
suit the White House. but we
are smart enough to understand
such simple principles as these
That no person, firm, or gov
eminent can forever spend
more money than it takes in
without winding up in bank
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-07

have made our economy consid-
erably more dynamic. BY law
Federal Employment Act of
1886 the government is obliged
to try to offset Oppressive eco
nOmic factors.
The Problem: The Small
Privtely Endowed College
College enrollments have trip
led since 1929-30, to over $780,
600 in 1860. DR.. Ronald Thomp-
son, an authority on college
population projections, es-
Inmates that this falls enroll
ments will reach 4,234, 769. BY
1865. his studies predict. $685.
493 will be enrolled; and by
1878, 8.480,6 The question is
not one of the effect of the cur
rent market gyrations on 1862
63 enrolln1ents, but rather of
how to find the faculties and
facilities to meet the fantastic
increase in demand.
The real developing problem
is this: Public colleges and uni
versitieS supported by taxes are
already increasing their facili-
ties at a rapid rate. Small pri-
vately endowed liberal arts
colleges will be harder and
harder pressed to compete. :.
or even to maintain what they
already have. There must be
considerably more financial sup
port of the small privately en-
dowed liberal arts college.
Parents who see the uncer-
tainties Of life ahead are will
ing to go into debt for education
and things worthwhile. Many
say. What's the use of saving
we all may be blown up
before long. And if there is no
nuclear war surely imitation is
ahead. so let us take a chance
for the cmldren's sake" think
they are wise if the children are
worthy.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-07

scholarships indicate gener-
ally serious financial situation.
Very few own stocks have
perhaps a few shares of Mutual
Funds. Most carry heavy mort
cages and are paying for late
model cars out of current earn
irgs. An appalling number
either have no savings accounts,
or at best but a few hundred
dollars.
l am glad to say that many
carry some life insurance. They
do what they can toward the
education of son or daughter.
However, if any great number
in this group were to be thrown
out of work or if the many
working mothers in these fami-
lies should lose employment,
college enrollments might be
affected.
The Thirties and the Sixties
College enrollements in 1927
% totaled l.053.955. In 1872
(the panic year. enrollments
did not drop. but increased by
$4,000. And in 30 81 another
1900 were added. for a total
of some $.l27 900. Not until 1882
80 was the crash reflected in
enrollmentS. and that was but
five per cent drop. Therefore
l believe most parents will have
no trouble financing WORTHY
children.
The 1865 cannot be compar-
ed with the 1905. Our credit
structure. under the watchful
eye of the Federal Reserve, is
on a vastly sounder basis.
Banks have been insure
against the kinds Of runs that
took place in the 1905. Most
home mortgages are guaran-
teed. Many new industries
such as electronics, chemicals.
and the preparedness effort
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-07

ruptcy.
That when we borrow money
to make up our deficits, we
have to pay that money back
with interest-through taxes.
And that the debts which we
run up but don't pay off are
passed on to our children and
their children. SO that they have
to carry the tax burden Of OUR
spendthrift policies.
The federal government could
do no greater service to us tax
payers today than 70 call an
abrupt halt to its demand for
new spending programs to
rause for a complete and crit.
cal inventory Of its financial as
sets and liabilities INN and to sci
an example Of frugality in its
future spending.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-07
w. D. Workmon
Economy VS.. Economics

If the Kennedy administration
really wants to restore public
confidence in its fiscal policies
it would do better to give more
lessons in economy and fewer
lectures on economics.
After all, we poor benighted
taxpayers can understand such
elemental things as balanced
budgets. debt reduction. and
lower spending. And it is not
very comforting to have the
President chide US tas he did in
his Yale speech about not ap-
preciating the need for "sophiS-
ticated" solutions to complex
economic problems.
Just now the administration is
sweating out a decision I on
whether to seek a cut in income
taxes. Under ordinary circum-
stances, members of Congress
and of the general public would
be falling all over themselves in
approving the idea. But some
how there seems almost as
much public concern over sound
government as there is over tax
saving even among the pre-
surnably naive" citizens.
After all, most of us Ameri-
cans were brought up with the
idea that there should be some
connection between income and
outgo. And, even allowing for
the popularity of installemnt
buying. the average American
gets an uneasy feeling when he
realizes that he is spending
more than he is earning.
But this old-fashioned idea is
not very popular in Washington
circles, except with moss
backs as Virginia's venerable
Sen. Harry F.. Byrd.
Only six times in the last 81
years, for example. has federal
spending been balanced by fed
eral income. Deficit finan-
cling which is a fancy name
for ''overspending," has come
to be a way of life in Washing
ton.
The undisputable evidence OF
this is the present level of the
national debt ceiling now at
an alltime high of 1903 billion
Blame for this tremendous debt
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-07

Prince Edward County in relation to
the current school situation.
We suggest to any citizen who may
have the opportunity, or the duty to
be interviewed by national mass media,
that queries and answers be written !;
IN the case of televison or radio inter-
views that arrangements be made for
a definite period Of time for statements,
and the program be rehearsed to fill the
allotted time precisely. Amateurs are
putty in the hands of professionals.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-07
Bosom Discusses
The Stock Market And College Enrollments

BABSON PARK. MASS, Aug
2 - Because of the multi billion
dollar losses in stock values
since late May. many have ask
ed me how the stock market
will affect college enrollmerts
Will parents be able to meet
college expenses. or will stu
dents be withdrawn and enroll
ments slump?
Most Can Make Payments
No one knows how many par
ents have suffered seriOu
losses in the market. But l sus-
pect some parent-investors may
find it difficult to put their
hands on large a m Oun t S of
ready cash this fall. We know
that many parents have been in
veSting in stocks because fixed
income securities just haven't
seemed to keep pace with ris-
ing educational costs.
College authorities tell me
that parents who have stable
investments tend to give their
children relatively rich college
budgets. These often include
late-model cars. generous sums
for personal service and
amusement items. Heavy cut
backs could be made in budgets
OF this kind without sacrificing
education! Most college finan-
cial officers believe also that
with the great variety of col
lege loan programs no worthy
student will be forced out of col
lege for lack of funds.
Parents with no Stocks
l am considerably more con-
cerned about another group Of
parents those in the 5000
$4,000 income bracket. College
financial officers tell me that
the financial statements sub
mitted by these parents when
their children apply for loans or
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-07
Home Burns
Near Amelia,
Little Saved

AMELIA, Aug. 3-The two
story home Of Robert and Es-
telle Brown, who lived just off
Route $50 approximately eight
miles from Amelia. burned to
the ground Thursday evening
about $50 pm.
The fire truck from Amelia
arrived in record time but the
building was too far gone to be
saved. Practically everything
was lost. No one was hurt. The
building belonged to Alfred An
derSOn.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-07
Jetersville HID Club
Holds Annual Picnic

AMELIA. August 3 -- The Jet
ersville Home Demonstration
Club held their annual picnic on
Wednesday night, Aug. l, at the
Jetersville Community house,
with about 80 members and
guests.
Mrs. H. S. Emerson, president
Of the club. had appointed the
following committees, food. Mrs
Milton Anderson, Mrs. Graham
Thompson and Mrs. George
Mckesson; publicity, Mrs. Rob
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-07
Stick To Your Last

WYE have forgotten who made the OBJ
p" servation, Shoemaker stick to your
last 1t was wise observation. A shoe
make may be capable of fashioning
comfortable pair of shoes, but would
be utterly lost in tailoring suit of
clothes, or baking a cake, or operating
linotype
A country newspaper editor has no
business on national television-espe-
cially recording, unplanned and un-
rehearsed This we learned last week
after seeing the program depicting
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-07
Undiplomatic Talk

THE Secretary General of the United
Nations, Burma's U Thant, recently
tired a few choice words toward Afri-
ca, from Helsinki, Finland. Displeased
with the policies of Katanga, where the
people are not SO thrilled over the
prospects of a takeover by the U.N., u
Thant called Katanga's leaders
bunch Of clowns
This included the present ruler of
katanga, Noise Tshombe 1t was hard
ly diplomatic lingo for Secretary
General of the United Nations.
And unfortunately it shows the eff
fect OF pressure from the left, and from
the Communist world, on the United
Nations and the U. N. Secretary Cen
eral Even if it is true that Katanga
(Which is pro-Western and pro-Con-
servatlve) is still colony, in some
ways, such statement from the U. N.
Secretary General is highly out of order.
We can imagine the howl if the Sec
rotary General made such remark
about Chinese leaders in Red China or
about any Communist dictator. But it
IS much easier to SANDER rightwingers
IN today's world than it is to put the
light of truth on leftwing dictators.
Regardless of this, the fact that the
U. n. Secretary General uses such
language about the leaders of one of
the new African nations is newsworthv.
Why not a remark about dictator
ship IN Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland,
East Germany? These nations, APP
parently, have too much powerful back
ing behind their relationships And yet
what is going on in these countries is
Tar worse than what is happening in
Katanga.
katanga, well organized, stabilized
and self-sufficient has shown a deter
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bert Harding. Mrs. E. J.. Seay,
and entertainment. Mrs. A. l..
Cole and Mrs. c. S. Farmer.
The entertainment feature was
enjoyed by the old and the
young as was the food.
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mination to be sovereign. Yet the U. N.
insists that this nation become a part
of the central Congo organization of I'M
stable governments. Katanga should be
allowed it's own sovereignty, the U. N.
to the contrary. Let there be evolution,
not revolution.