College Youths from Kenai Take Part
In Record-Setting Bicycle Marathon
Two former Kenai students
were among members of the stu
dent body "fail CoUego, TjUt.
Calif., carrying out a carefully
planned effort and successfully
completing a 500-mile bicycle ma
rathon at Martin Memorial Stad
ium, travelling the distance in 20
hours. 14 minutes.
Getting underway at 4 p.m. Fri
day, March 20, the TC collegians
kept the specially-built two-wheel
ers rolling through the night and
the next day. finishing the course
at 0:14 p.m. the following day.
Among the participants were
Ross Cooper and Mike McGuire,
now at Taft College majoring in
liberal arts. Both are 1002 gradu
ates of Kenai Central High
School.
Students helping to establish a
mark expected to withstand any
competitive effort from other col
leges came from all geographic
areas of the United States. States
represented include Hawaii, Alas
ka. Michigan, Montana, New Mex
ico. New York, Missouri, New .Jer
sey, Arkansas, California, Neva,
da. Colorado, Mass achusetts,
Pennsylvania, New Hampshire.
Illinois, Oklahoma. Ohio and Iowa,
with both male students and co
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eds making their rounds of the
stadium track.
An intematjoihal flavor was
added to the record-setting bike
marathon with several students
from abroad helping complete the
1,875 laps necessary for the 500
mile goal. Nations represented by
these students were the Republic
of South Korea, Saudi-Arabia,
Iran, the British Crown Colony
of Hong Kong and Greece. Several
members of the TC faculty also
came as volunteer riders to spur
the two-wheel steeds around the
marathon course.
FAA To Construct
Project at Homer
Plans to construct a prefabri
cated metal service building and
related work at Homer were an
nounced Wednesday by the Fed
eral Aviation Agency.
Bids will be received on the
project at FAA’s Acquisition Sec
tion. Area C, Third Floor, of the
headquarters building at 632
Sixth Avenue in Anchorage until
May 1. Bids will be publicly open
ed at this office May 1, 1963 at
2 p.m.. Plans and specifications
are available to prospective bid
ders, no deposit necessary, accord
ing to R. J. Hampton, chief of the
contract unit.
Construction at Homer will in
clude a prefabricated 32’ x 80’
metal seiwiee building on a con
crete slab foundation, complete
with electrical and mechanical
systems.
Work on the project, scheduled
to get underway by May 20, also
includes removing and disposing
of existing concrete building slab
and the modification of existing
garage and shop building and re
lated work. ■
TO HAVE BAKE SALE
SOLDOTNA —- An Easter bake
sale will be sponsored this Sat
urday by the Soldotna Homemak
ers and will be held at the Big
K Market from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Funds received will help pay ex
penses of a club representative
to the State Homemakers Short
Course at the University of Alas
ka in June.
CHAMPION SPELLER
STERLING — Mary Coursen,
eighth grade student at Sterling
School, is Sterling’s champion
speller. According to Joseph Wid
man, principal, Mary will repre
sent her school in the coming
State Spelling Bee.
19th PLACE
Alaska now ranks 19th among
the States in oil production, with
an output of aproximately 29,000
barrels a day.
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Major Richard I). Allen presents 1ft year certificates with pin awards to Mrs. Ruby Coyle and George
Buckingham, civilian employees of Wildwood Station. L to R: Bill Durham, I'atti Monroe, George
Buckingham, Ruby Coyle and Major Richard D. Alien, Rost Commander.
Alaska Manpower
Facts Recited
The manpower report of the
president, which was transmitted
to Congress last week, discloses
that Alaska last year had the
highest unemployment rate of any
state except West Virginia. The
Alaska rate was 8.6 per cent of
the total work force, compared
with 10.9 per cent in West Vir
ginia and 2.8 per cent for South
Dakota, the state with the least
unemployment. Alaska had 6,490
unemployed. Nonagricultural em
ployees totaled 57,800 of which
5,700 were in manufacturing es
tablishments.
Insured unemployed in Alaska
last year totaled 3,400 for a rate
of 10.8 per cent of average cover
ed employment, by far the highest
rate of any state. The national av
erage was 4.4 per cent.
Alaska’s civilian population ov
er the age of 14, shown as 149,
000 in 1960, is expected to in
crease to 236,000 by 1970, while
the labor force should go up from
100,000 to 159,000 in the same
period, the report estimates.
WHITE ELEPHANTS NEEDED
HOMER — The Homer Society
of Natural History is seeking
“white elephants” for an auction
sale planned April 27. Proceeds
will go into a fund for construc
tion of a historical museum. A
social meeting of the Society was
held April 2 at Homer High
High School at which time Alas
kan slides and movies were shown.
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