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Published Every Saturday at Kodiak. Alaska
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Entered :n the Postoffice at Kodiak. Alaska as Second
Class matter under act of Congress of March 3. 1878
THE BENNETT PUBLISHING COMPANY
James G. Rennett. Publisher
Patrick J. Bennett, Editor
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use
for eenublication of all news dispatches credited to it
or noc otherwise credited in this paper and also the
_local news published herein.
Sticks & Stan s
As publisher of a weekly paper, I find that keeping the^
friends I have in balance with my enemiea,is a Herculian task.
Hardly a week goes by that someone doesn’t come to me or I
rtieet them on the street and I anrasked thequestipn,"It would
kill my mother, or wife, or Dut a blight on my kids or some
thing if you printed that little escapade 1 was in this week. ’
Lets get down to cases. A man is arrested by the police for
drunken driving. He comes to the paper office and offers a'
most pitiful plea, "Why hurt my wife and kids in school by
printing my name as a drunken driver?” He goes on to state
that as far as he is concerned he doesn’t care whether or not
his name appears in the coming issue, and then goes on to
add; They aren’t to blame for my wrong doing, yet they are
the ones that will suffer by the adverse publicity.
The only answer I can give this man is, "He should have
thought of that while he was still in command of h;s senses.
Then too, the police department come in for a lambasting
because they arrested the man, Sure he was on his way home
but-supposing he had killed someone on the way home? That
would put a different aspect on the whole matter. All the po
ke did was protecf that person that he might have killed.
This same man didn’t show any respect for his kin or fellow
man, so why should he, in bis sober and penitant moments, be
shown any consideration. i
Here is the MIRROR’S viewpoint on this subject. We are
duty bound to give the public news that is made in KodiaK as
well as the world wide breaks that come via wire.
1. Don’t ask to have your name withheld from print when
you have been envolved in trouble. We may not know about
your trouble and if you bring it to our attention, we will have
to print it.
2. Think of the publicity prior to the commitment of the
act and don’t put yourself on the spot.
Our position in the unfortunate happening is simply this. A
newspaper that is trying to do a conscientious job cannot sup
press news. We are duty bound to put the clear facts before
the public regardless of their natuie. To suppress one item,
would be putting us on the spot the next time a like record
came before us.
The entire situation reverts back to the golden words of
Caesar in his speech made to the Roman Senators, “The good
men do in their lives is oft interred with their bones, their
evil lives on to haunt their memory.” James G. Bennett
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tion, and on his return trip to
Anchorage he will accompmy
two female prisoners to An
chorage for incarceration.
Connett spoke highly of the
local jail system and praised
the people of Kodiak for their"
wonderful cooperation and I
hospitality while he was here.
He also stated that he be
lieved that Kodiak had the
lowest rate of crime of any of
the Alaska Cities and said this
splendid record was due to
the present police force and
Kodiak’s Chief.
Oregon Fisherman
Stop Crab Fishing
New Port, Oregon (iP) —
Crab fishermen at four Oregon
ports have voted to stop fish
ing after canneries reduced
the price of fresh whole crabs
from 12 cents to 10 cents a
pound.
A spokesman for the group
of fishermen said, “fishermen
can not fish profitably for less
than 12 cents unless the catch
is heavy.” Wholesalers said
redu tion of crab was neces
sary because of the poor mar
ket.
Ports in Oregon where the
crab boats are tied up are New
Port, Depoe Bay. Reedsport
and Coos Bay. j
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Vatican City (-4*) — Pope
Pius XIT, who became gravely
11 i huraday, was reported to
,r s'lghtly improved today.
His condition was announced
! as “ .atisfactory.”
The Pope is suffering from
the continuation of the gastric
ci-iorder which was the cause
01 his illness at the beginning
of this year, and the situation
has been aggravated by spells
of hiccuping and nausea.
NOTICE
Walnsiday, December 8,
will be the last day that Ads.
can be acoepted for publication
for the Christmas edition.
Strike
Co-’firmed from page 1
slaughter half my herd.”
According to Clarence
King, the Alaska Steam agent
for Kodiak, ‘‘The Lucidorvvill
j sail for Kodiak on December
Uth with all its original car
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Undefeated UCLA grabbed four places in the 1954 Pacific Coast Conference All-Star team
selected for The Associated Press by sports editors of JP member newspapers. California won
three places and Oregon and Southern Ca'ifornia got two each. The backfield is composed of
George Shaw, Oregon; Paul Larson, California; Bob Davenport, UCLA, and Lindon Crow.
Southern California.The line: Bob Long, UCLA, and Jim Hanifan, California, ends; Ed Fouch
Southern California and Jack Ellena, UCLA, tackles; Jack Patera, Oregon, and Jim Salsburjr,
UCLA, guards; and Matt Hawltine, California, center. {iPwirephoto)