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ALASKAN TEA PARTY
(Jessen’s Weekly)
Boston had its tea party. Alaska may well have
one of its own should Jack Marler be retried for failing
to file an income tax report for the years 1950 and 1951
and be acqutted. Last week’s hung jury put many an
Alaskan on hopeful tenterhooks.
The possibilities that might develop out of this
affair could prove interesting. Marler, claiming that
he did not file in order to see whether or not citizens of
the United States can be taxed without representation,
had a hung jury this past week with nine voting for
acquittal and three either undecided or voting for
conviction.
Technically, the problem of whether or not Marler
is testing out the law has nothing to do with what the
jury decides in the case, but feelings of members who
live in a land where they have no voice in the govern
ment and yet pay federal income taxes did enter into
the discussion.
Right now there is a movement on to offer financial
support to Marler to fight the case on through, should
a retrial be scheduled. This is gaining support form
quite a number of people in Fairbanks. The other night
Byron Gillam and Bob Johnson went on KFAR-TV and
made an appeal for such support, citing many of the
grievances suffered by people who pay taxes and can
not vote, not the least of which is a 25 percent cost-of
living allowance paid federal employees in Alaska tax
free, while non-federal employees get no break on taxes
or cost-of-living.
What tickles our fancy is the possibility of Alas
kans in droves refusing to pay federal income taxes and
inviting the government to prosecute thousands of
Alaskans all at one.
Could be quite a tea party.
MARCH, 1956
Now comes March on the scene of 1956, and after
. it has spent itself, one-fourth of the year will have
passed. It seems that 1956 began only a few days ago,
but now that March is upon us, spring is not far behind.
Spring this year comes on March 20th, at 10:21 a.m.
when the sun enters Aries, which marks the vernal
equinox. Thus, spring comes early this year, some two
days earlier than has been the case in many recent
years.
Girl Scout News |
Nelda Liebig
BLUEBELL BROWNIES
We are learning about commu
nity living this month. Last week
we each told our patrol about our
father’s job. This week we made
posters showing what our father
does.
This week Mrs. Morris told us
about International Friendship
Week and the Girl Scout birthday.
We had a Brownie birthday
party last Saturday.
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POLAR BEAR BROWNIES
After we played games we did
soap carving. Most of us made
little churches.
Seven girls were present for our
monthly election. Wanda Yates
was elected chairman; Laura
Walker, secretary; and Jean Fos
ter, treasurer.
We did our horseshoe ceremony,
cut snowflakes from old news
papers, and did exercises.
—Mary Anne Hoyle, Scribe
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PANSY BROWNIES
Troop 65
We elected officers at our Sat
urday meeting. Our patrol leader
is Jeanne Heath. The treasurer is
Carol Oksaktaruk, and the scribe
is Helen Moses. Gladys Cannon is
the representative to the Court of
Honor.
—Helen Moses, Scribe
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Sec. Wilson Says U.S. ‘Capability
Of Inflicting Vast Destruction’ on
Any Aggressor Can’t Be Thwarted
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WASHINGTON, UH—Secretary
of Defense Wilson declared T-ues
day American “capability of in
flicting vast destruction” on any
aggressor “cannot be thwarted.”
He said the United States “is
sure to surpass its potential en
emies” in some aspects of missile
development. But he added that
“from time to time they will sur
pass us in other individual re
spects.”
Wilson spoke at the National
Press Club.
The defense secretary asserted
the American retaliatory force
can be applied “regardless of a
massive surprise attack on our
country and regardless of defen
sive maneuvers of the aggressor.”
In an apparent reference to cur
rent Democratic criticism of the
administration’s defense program
and claims the Soviet Union is
ahead in new weapons, Wilson de
clared: “No recent development
and no foreseeable development
will basically change" the ability
of the U.S. to hit back decisively.
The secretary also argued against
those, like Sen. Russell <D-Ga',
who would give the Air Force
more money this year to buy
bombers and develop missiles.
George had suggested adding
$lVfc billion to the defense budget
for these purposes.
Without mentioning any admin
istration critics by name, Wilson
stated: “There does not appear to
be any need to importantly in
crease the defense budget above
the figures currently before Con
i gress.”
U.S. Will Test
Cruiser Firing
Robot Weapons
By ELTON C. FAY
Aboard the U.S.S. Boston, —
Atomic striking power of tomor
row’s surface fleet may be a task
force of cruisers firing robot
weapons and huge Forrestal class
carriers.
Adm. Arleigh Burke, chief of
naval operations, made that pre
diction to newsmen Tuesday be
fore they boarded this forerunner
of a guided missile cruiser to wit
ness the first public demonstra
tion of its weapons in the Carib
bean Sea.
Burke, discussing the likely
composition of future forces, said
“You can see that a half dozen
Bostons and three or four Forres
tals would be a pretty tough nut
for an enemy to crack.”
The Boston, like the 70,000-ton
carrier Forrestal, is on her shake
down cruise in these Caribbean
waters, with her crew learning
the intricate technique of firing
missiles instead of guns. The Bos
ton does retain two turrets of 8
inch rifles foreward. The two
twin-mount launchers of the Ter
rier missile are mounted aft.
Alaska Indian Youth
Charged With Rape
Of 6-Year-Old Girl
EUREKA, Calif., UP)—A young
Alaska Indian who has lost one
lung to tuberculosis pleaded guilty
here Tuesday to the kidnaping
and rape of a 6-year-old girl.
He is John T. McKinley, 22, a
native of Hoonan, Alaska.
The victim of his Sunday after
noon attack on an isolated strip of
ocean beach 18 miles north of
here was Vicki Guidici of Clam
Beach, a small seaside settlement.
Suffering'^from shock and hys
teria, she was taken to a hospital
where her condition was said
yesterday to be satisfactory.
McKinley, who hasn’t worked
since he came here two years ago
from Juneau, was captured late
Sunday after a manhunt in which
some 200 persons took part.
House Cancels Cut in
Business & Excise Taxes
WASHINGTON, UP)—The House
Tuesday passed and sent to the
Senate bills canceling a scheduled
April 1 cut in business and excise
taxes.
The cut, if allowed to take ef
fect, would cost the government
$3 billion a year in revenue.
St. Patrick’s
Day
Card Party
And Dance
PIONEER IGLOO
8 p.m. March 17
• Cards Prizes Food
• Dancing Music
Under Auspices Of
Ladies of Sf. Joseph's Church
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