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The “West Bend (Wise.) News” says: “As an ex
ample of the progress being made in the United States
... in 1945, the death rate from influenza and pneu
monia was 47 per 100,000 population. Ten years later,
in 1955, the figure had been reduced by approximately
one-half. The death rate from tuberculosis had been
reduced by 75 percent in the same decade.”
Butler Booed by
U. S. Chamber t
WASHINGTON, l/P>—-The U. S.
Chamber of Commerce apologized
today to Democratic National
Chairman Paul Butler for the
storm of boos he received during
a political debate at the Cham
bers annual meeting.
President Boyd Campbell sent a
letter extending the Chamber’s
“sincere apology” and “profound
regret” for yesterday’s incident.
The booing came when Butler
told the more than 3,000 Chamber
delegates meeting, in Constitution
Hall, that the Republican Party
was the beneficiary of “vested
wealth.”
Butler and Sen. Kennedy <D
Mass) were pitted against Repub
lican National Chairman Leonard
Hall and Sen. Goldwater <R-Ariz>
in what was scheduled as a panel
discussion.
Goldwater said that “compul
sory union dues” were being fun
neled into the Democrats’ cam
paign funds, bringing Butler's re
tort about the GOP and “vested
wealth,”
UAL Will Continue To Serve
Complimentary Cocktails
DENVER, (4’t—United Air Lines, j
citing a survey conducted among
7,300 passengers, says it will con
tinue serving complimentary cock
tails on some flights.
President W. A. Patterson re- j
ported that HO per cent of those I
polled favored the liquor service, j
17 per cent were opposed and
three per cent expressed no
opinions.
I
i Respiratory Epidemic
Reported In Yukon Terr.
FAIRBANKS, UP — Word of a
respiratory epidemic at Old Crow,
Y.T. reached here Monday.
Two deaths have been reported
! and more are feared.
A radio message sent out to
' Wien Alaska Airlines, at Fort
I Yukon, asked tnat a doctor be
! sent at once from Aklavik, in the
i Northwest Territory.
Barklev Die's . . .
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But all fire apparatus is auto
motive now and not horse
drawn.”
Reminiscently, he recalled he’d
been a delegate at large to every
national Democratic convention
since 1920; a junior, then a senior
member of Congress; a junior sen
ator, a senior senator, majority
Senate leader, Vice President,
1 then junior senator again.
“I am willing to be a junior,”
I he said. “I am glad to sit in the
i back row, for I would rather be
I a servant in the house of the
; Lord than to sit in the seats of
the mighty.”
He collapsed. Two students on
the platform sought to break his
fall. The 1,700 people in Doremus
gymnasium sat dumbfounded.
Gov. Thomas B. Stanley of Vir
ginia, who had introduced him,
grasped Mrs. Barkley’s arm and
escorted her to the platform.
The convention recessed but
later was called off indefinitely.1
The students dispersed quietly
and the senator’s body was re
moved on a stretcher.
Survivors Must
Apply For Social
Security Benefits
JlJNF.ATJ—If a worker in your
family dies, ask if survivor bene
fits are payable. James G. Browne,
district manager of the Juneau
social security district office sa>s
that each year there are some
benefits that are not claimed by
the survivors of insured workers.
This is particularly true when the
deceased worker is a female or
when a male worker is not sur
vived by a widow or close rela
tive.
The Social Security Act pro
vides that lump-sum death pay
ment can be made in every case
if the worker was insured at the
time of his death. An application
for this payment must be filed
within two years after the wage
earner’s death
The lump-sum death payment
is paid to the worker’s surviving
spouse, provided 'they were living
together at the time of the work
er’s death. If there is no surviving
spouse, then it is payable as re
imbursement to the person or per
sons that paid the deceased work
er’s burial expenses.
In addition to the lump - sum
death payment, monthly benefits
may be payable to the deceased
wage earner’s children under 18
years of age; and to his widow,
regardless of her age, if she has
minor children of the wage earn
er in her care. When the last child
reaches age 18, if the widow is
still under 65 years of age, her
benefit is stopped—to be resumed
when she becomes 65, provided
she has not remarried. Under
some conditions, monthly pay
ments are possible to dependent
widowers, at age 65.
In cases where the wage earn
er leaves no minor children and
no surviving spouse, if he was
contributing as much as fifty per
cent of the support of his parents,
monthly contributions may be
payable to them when they reach
age 65.
Browne explained that social
security benefits are not auto
matic. Applications must be filed
for all types of benefits. He urges
that in the event of the death of
a worker, soon afterwards some
one should contact the nearest
social security office and find out
whether survivors benefits are
payable.
PONDERING IMPONDERABLES
DALLAS. (.4**—A husband com
plained in a divorce trial this
week that his wife drank too
much. The wife countered that
her husband was a nudist and
made her go to nudist meetings.
She said she had to drink to keep
from being embarrassed.
The judge is still pondering the
case.
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Cherry's . i
Barber Shop
Two Barbers
No Waiting
Shower Bath
Smoke Shop j
Everything in
the tobacco line
Areade - Games
Legislation Now Before Congress
Would Authorize Sale Of The ACS
By Frank W. Vaille 4
WASHINGTON, m — Until a
decision is reached on possible
sale of the Alaska Communica- j
tions System, the Army plans to
“sit tight and not put any more
money in the system.”
This “minimum essential” pro
gram, disclosed with the release
of testimony before the House (Ap
propriations Committee, was
given recently by Maj. Gen. W.S.
Lawton, chief of the Army’s bud
get division.
The possibility of selling ACS,
which handles civilian as well as
Army communications in Alaska,
has been discussed for many
months and was mentioned during
hearings before the committee last
year.
In response to inquiries on its
status, Maj. Gen. W. Preston Cor
derman, Office of the Chief Sig
nal Officer, told the committee
that “legislation to accomplish
this sale is now in the Depart
ment of Defense.” He said he
could not say “just what the pros
pects are.”
An Army spokesman said the
proposed bill wTould merely au
thorize negotiations toward a pos- j
sible sale and does not name any
potential buyer.
“Actually we have no potential
or prospective buyer,” he said.
“The proposal is merely part of
the over-all program aimed at
getting the government out of civ
ilian business.”
Col. Elmer Littell of Corder
man’s office testified at the re
cent committee hearing that “for
the period of this year and until
the status of the legislation is
determined, we are maintaining
the Alaska Communications Sys
tem at a constant level.”
Lawton and Littell told of the
construction hold-down after Rep.
Flood (D-Pa> sought assurance
that system improvements, would
n’t “fatten the cat . . . unneces
sarily” for any prospective buyer.
Although no construction money
is asked for the year beginning
July 1, Littell said there is some
3Vi> million dollars in proposed
work ready to begin in event the
sale falls through.
Corderman said a new coaxial
cable between Ketchikan and
Skagway is expected to be com
pleted and placed in service in
January 1957.
At the same time, he said, cir
cuits from Skagway north thru
Whitehorse, Y.T., and into cen
tral Alaska, Fairbanks and An
chorage will be leased from a
Canadian firm and put into oper
ation.
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