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City Clerk
Job Filled
The replacement for the po
sition of City Clerk for the
City of Kodiak was selected at
the Council meeting on July 12
in the City Hail. Out of eigh
teen applications and five per
sonal interviews by the City
manager, the City Council sel
ected RiehardG. Berg, 26 years
of age, who at present is the
Supervisor of Employment Ser
vice & Unemployment and Em
ployment for the Territory of
Alaska with its office in the
City Qf Anchorage.
Berg was born at Olympia,
Washington, on February 25th
1928. After graduating from
High School in Olympia he en
tered the Armed Services, ser
ving with the llth Airborne
Division of the Army in Japan.
He is married and has two
small children. ,
Berg graduated from the
University of Washington 1951
with a degree in Business Ad
ministration and other majors
in accounting and law.
The positions Berg will occu
py while in the employment of
theiCity of Kodiak will be City
Clerk, City Treasurer and City
Magistrate. He replaces Rob
ert Hedloff who up to his re
cent resignation, has been ser
ving the City of Kodiak forthe
past six years.
At the Council Meeting held
on July 12th at the City Hall
the Amendment to the Build
ing Code, changing the types
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T'“ ' Mrs. Joanne Ortiz-Patino, right. American, bride 1 of
Bolivian tin plate heir Jaime Ortiz-Patino, is accompanied by
Mrs. Anita Rogers, of Miami, Fla., friend and traveling com
panion, on their arrival in Frankfurt, Germany. Patino filed
divorce action recently in Paris, charging his bride of less
than three months, the former New York debutante Joanne
Connelly, with abandoning him and taking "large doses of
narcotics.” (Pwirephoto)
The Right Reverend Bishop
Johnas, the Right Reverend
Joseph Pisktey, Treasurer of
the Russian Orthodox Church
of the United States and Mr.
Alexander E. Bezsmertny.
Secretary of the Russian Or
thodox Church of the United
States, returned to the states
Saturday via PNA.
Germaine Madsen and Nancy
Norman attended the circus
at Anchorage last weekend.
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edienne Joa 1 Davis, right, plants a kiss on hor new
, Lient. Alan Norton Grossman, * 22. after his war
actress Beverly Wills, 20. left. Mias Davis’ daughter,
a honeymoon in Honolulu, thp newlyweds will set
Lewis, Wash, where Grossman is stationed.
Happy Landing For
Captain W. K. Rhodoa
Party Saturday Night
Farewell parties for some
and home coming for others
will be celebrated at the Civi
lian Club tonight as Captain
|W. k. Rhodes and Mrs.
Rhodes are being honored
guests, as “Dusty” finishes
his Kodiak tour of duty.
The homecoming dignitaries
are none other than Mr. and
Mrs. Jules Radinsky, for
many years manager of the
Civilian Club and Jules well
known pianist.in the Civil
Service Band, Marty Carl
| son (of Picolo Pete fame) and
[ his wife Dorothy are also re
turnng for the gala affair.
Other dignitaries from An
chorage to wish the Captain
a fond farewell are: Captain
Dickenson, the C. 0. of the
Naval Transport Service, and
Captain Day from Elmendorf
Air Force Base.
Local celebrities to attend
will be Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Craig and Captain Rimer, both
of the Seventeenth Naval
District, Kodiak.
Delicious unfrozen fresh
airborne T-bones and New
York sirloin cuts will be serv
ed at the dinner and the old
Civilian Club band and the
new will join together and
furnish the music for th<
dinner dance.
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At the regularly scheduled
meeting of the City Council on
July 12th a letter was intro
duced by Paul A. Dupler, City
Attorney, to the effect that
“proper action by the City of
Kodiak, has not at this time,
been taken which would allow
council members or the Mayor
to serve for a period of more
than one year, and thoseordin
ances in conflict with the last
aforementioned Statute (none
of which have been ratified by
the electorate) are void and of
no effect.”
The conclusion stated above
was arrived at by a thorough
study of the ordinance of the
City of Kodiak and the laws of
the Territory of Alaska, rela
tive to the terms of office of
the Mayor and Councilmen.
In 1942 the Common Council
passed Ordinance no. 63 setting
the term of office for the elec
ted Mayor at one year, and the
Councilmen elected for a two
year term on a rotating basis,
or three Councilmen elected
every year.
In 1949, by passing Ordin
ance no. 137, an attempt was
made to repeal Ordinance no.
63. setting the established
term of office for the Mayor at
two years, and the term of off
ce for the Councilmen at three
years.
Again in 1953, by Ordinance
no. 177, all the prior ordinances
dealing with terms ofoffice for
the Officials, was attempted
to be repealed and making the
term of office for the Mayor a I
two year term.
The Law of the Territory I
provide that the termsof office |
nrmmmm
for Couneilmen and May®*
shall be for a one yea* period*
The Statute also provided that
after the incorporation of fftjo
City, the Mayor and the Coup
eil could be elected for a two
year term, provided a pro
per ordinance were passed for.
that purpose and that such or
dinance were RATIFIED BY
A MAJORITY OF TB*
ELECTORATE.
In other words, a two or
three year term of office for
the Mayor or arty Council
man is not recognizable as
legal because the ordinance
giving either official any term
of office other than one year,
has not been ratified by vot
ers of Kodiak.
This situation will not effect
the incumbent members of the
Council or the present Mayors’
tenure of office, but to make
the terms of office if for more
than one year is destreous by
the electorate, it will have to
be passed or ratified by that
electorate at a special election
prior to the next general elec
tion to be held the first Tues
day after the first Monday in
October. Twenty days notice
must be given prior to any
election. This means that a
special election must be held
sometime between August t5
and September 1st for the
■electorate to ratify the ordin
ance extending the terms of
office beyond a one year term,
for the Mayor and the Council
Mat.
If passed by the voters at
this special election then a
Mayor and Couneilmen wttl be
put up for office at the next
general election in October.
Former Broadway actress Bette Ford, 23, above, was
knocked down four times (July 11) in her formal debit i"
hull fighting at Plaza de Toros, in Juarez, Mex. but was not .
injured. Critics acclaimed her beauty and daring, but with- ^
held judgement on her ability, as both animals she drew were
stubborn and unresponsive. (dPwiyephoto)