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Electronic Training
” The course appr'oved at our State Univer
sity is just one if several training program
s we plan *fco implement under the MDTA Act to
train local citizens for employment,” he said
In general terms, trainee applicants will
be required to have a high school education
or it’s equivalent. No previous electronic
experience or training is necessary. Also in
general terms, unemployed heads of householdsj
will have priorty for the retraining.
Interested persons may secure information
on the course and application forms from any
local office of the Alaska State. Employment
Service after April 15* In most cases,qual
ified trainees will recieve transportation
to the university, a subsistance allowance
and a training allowance.
The course’will be a continuing part of the!
university service to the State. It is plan
ned that following graduation of the first
class of trainees next spring, a second classj
will immediately begin training.
The MDTA training course is similar to the
Area Redevelopement Administration retraining
programs which have been conducted in the
State. The major difference is that the stu
dents for MDTA courses may come from any porJ
tion of the Stateand the duration of the tr
aining is longer than the 16 week course nor
mally offered under ARA.
The Employment Security Division and the
Department of Education are currently work
ing on plans for several other MDTA training
programs for Alaska. Basically, the training
is designed to help reduce unemployment by
providing the jobless with news skills which
will allow them to find employment. Prime
'areas for training are those occupations in i
(Alaska that are hard to fill because of an
I acute shortage of qualified workman.
_ State of Alaska
Department of Highways
Highway Commissioner D.A.McKinnon recommen
ded award of a contract after a bid opening
held in Juneau.The project on which bids were
opened was a 8.566 mile relocation of the
Richardson between Shaw Creek and the Tanana
River, near Big Delta. Morrison-Knudsen was
the apparent low on this job with a bid of
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South Central Region Health Officer
Juneau, Marchl.3,1963 • Or. Thomas R. Me
gowan has been appointed health officer for
the Southcentral Region and will assume du
ties of the positions at Anchorage this we
ek, according to Dr. Edwin Wicks, director
of the Stajte Divison of public Health.
Dr.-McGowan left Alaska in 1957 after
serving as health officer aboard theM/V Hyg
iene during the last two years the marline
health center was un operation.He entered
the John Hopkins School of Hygiene and pub
lic Health where he earned both a masters
-and a Doctors degree in public health, with
emphasis on research of viruses. He served
as assistant professor of pathobiology'on
the John Hopkins'Staff, and as administrat
tor of the International Center for Medical
Research ahd training in India. Though his
headquarters for this work Was in Baltimore^
•he said that most of his'time was Spent in
Calcutta and satellite centers of the main
office in India .Dr. McGowan’s special work
in viruses will be extremely useful in
Alaska,Dr.Wicks said,since upper respiratory
infections and other viral diseases are am
ong the state’smost prevalent health probl
ems total of 11,166 upper respiratory in
fections: were reported in Alaska in 1962,
with inner ear infections, also often of vi
ral origin, next at 4,914 cases.
-Alaska, like. India, has a great poten
tial for improving health conditions, Dr.
McGowan said. He added that he was reminded
of this frequently while working in India
and resolved to return to the north*