R. E. BANCROFT
Disabled Workers 50-65
Years Old Must Apply
Before Jan. 1 for Benefits
Severely disabled workers 50 to
65 years of age who could qualify
for the new social security disabil
ity benefits which became pay
able last July will lose some of
their monthly payments if they
do not apply to their SS district
offices before Jan. 1, it has been
announced.
Qualified workers who make
application for disability insur
ance benefits before the end of
December can be paid benefits
back as far as July 1957. After
Dec. 31, no back benefits can be
paid. v
The disabled worker must have
social security credit for at least
5 of the 10 years before he became
disabled, including at least a year
and a half out of the three years
just before his disability.
Letters of application should be
mailed to Social Security,' Box
1331, Juneau.
Northern Lights Circle Meets
The December meeting of the
Northern Light Circle was held at
the home of Kay Casperson. The
devotions were led by Ginny Reh
der and the Bible lesson was
given by Barbara Royce.
The next meeting will be held
Thursday evening, Jan. 2, at the
home of Mrs. Sherard.
W. B. THOMPSON
Wilbur B. Thompson
New Traffic Official for
Alaska Steamship Co.
SEATTLE, <A — Wilbur B.
Thompson has been named special
traffic representative for Alaska
Steamship Co., R. C. Rose, traffic
manager, said Friday.
Robert E. Bancroft, who has
been assistant general freight
agent, will succeed Thompson as
general freight agent. The ap
pointments are effective Jan. 1.
Thompson joined the Steam
ship Company in 1948 after a
| shipping career that began with
the American Mail Line in 1929.
He was with Puget Sound Navi
gation Co. from 1930 until 1940
and served the company as chief
purser apd agent in various ports.
In 1940 he joined Frank Water
house and Co. as district freight
agent. Later he was chief purser
and passenger agent for North
land Transportation Co.
Bancroft joined the company in
1942 and after a year in the
freight office was promoted to
assistant chief clerk of freight
traffic. He is a Navy veteran of
World War II and has been assist
ant general freight agent since
1954.
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Firemen Battle Bullets
While Facing Flames
MANORHAVEN, N. Y., UP) —
Firemen had more than a blaze
to contend with while battling a
house fire. The heat of the flames
sent 100 rounds of rifle and re
volver ammunition flying in all
directions. No one was hit.
The blaze occurred at the home
of Nicholas Skaredoff, 48. Skare
doff and his son, Michael, 10,
were burned, but not seriously.
Skaredoff is a member of a gun
club.
Lobsters sometimes weigh as
much as 45 pounds.
SCIENCE IN
Y« LIFE
Fat’s In The Fire
Students of nutrition have long
been suspicious of the fats in our
diet — ever since an apparently
erroneous report in 1939 that
large quantities of heated fats
caused stomach cancer in rats.
Today heated fats are still be
ing studied, because we consume
so much of them. But interest is
now focussed on another kind of
question: what is the relationship
between heart
disease and fats?
Here the suspi
cion has arisen
that it isn’t the
quantity we eat
that counts, but
the balance of one
kind of fat with
another.
One substance
which has been implicated is chol
esterol, a fat which accumulates
in the arteries to cause one of the
important circulatory diseases.
Cholesterol is present fin almost
all foods — indeed it is also a
natural substance in the body,
essential to many body processes.
When cholesterol in the blood
gets too high, circulatory disease
results, medical researchers be
lieve. Many scientists say that a
high blood cholesterol level results
from an imbalance between “hard”
dietary fats such as are found in
meats and dairy products, and
“soft” fats such as those in most
vegetables and fish. One way to
correct this imbalance is to take
in additional quantities of “soft”
fatty acids in the form of a diet
ary supplement such as Linodox
ine. Alternatively, the diet itself
can be altered to cut down on
slices of bacon and pats of butter,
and increase the consumption of
lima beans and filets of sole.
Actually, the relationship be
tween the “hard” fatty acids and
circulatory disease hasn’t been
proved yet. But suspicions are
strong that such a relationship
exists. I
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SANITARY
SERVICE
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For Dependable
Pickup
ARCTIC OIL DELIVERY
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Residence Office
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School Tax 1958: $10.80
Notice to All Employers
All employers upon the first regular
payroll after January 1 of each calendar
year, or,in the case of employees on later
payrolls, on the first regular payroll after
their employment, shall make deduction
of $10.00 School Tax from the employee’s
salary or other compensation and trans
mit it to the Territorial Tax Commis
ioner on or before the last day of the
following month.
Payments should he made to:
Department of Taxation
Box 259
Nome, Alaska
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