Soldotna Airport Awarded $10,000
From State for Recent Improvements;
Cordova Airlines Building Terminal
Soldotna became the first re
cipient of funds allocated by the
last State of Alaska legislature
for the improvement (or build
ing) of bush airfields. The state
has approved $10,000 to reimburse
expenditures at the Soldotna air
port, according to Eugene Rogus
ka, director of aviation.
M. L. "Red” Grange, manager
of the local airport, said Monday
that the $10,000 was expected to
arrive within the next few days.
A large portion of it will go to
pay local contractors, Dave Fow
ler and A1 Myrick of Hercules
Construction Co., whose work in
extending the runway to 120'
in width and 4000' in length, the
size required by the state, made
the state aid possible.
Several other improvements
are in the immediate offing at
the airport, including the erec
tion of terminal building by Cor
dova Airlines. Materials are be
ing moved this week for the
18'.x36' Q u i k - L o g structure,
Grange said.
Also scheduled for this week
is the putting in of storage tanks
by Union Oil Co., for 80-87 oc
tane aviation gasoline.
Wire is on the field for com
pletion of electric lighting along
the runways and a work party
is planned for this wreek to com
plete this job, the manager said.
Homer Electric Association,
Inc., is extending power lines to
the field, also this week and
Trans-Alaska Telephone Co., is
installing telephone equipment.
“Everything should be erected,
installed or extended within a
week or 10 days and in opera
tional condition,” Grange said.
“The Cordova ticket office, next
to the Burger Den in Soldotna,
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ever, tickets may be also pur
chased at the terminal building
near flight time.” Either Grange
or Joanna Hollier, the other tick
et agent, is at the office from
6 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.
“Many people do not realize
that we can sell tickets here for
tours and far away places,” Mrs.
Hollier said. “They seem to think
all our passenger traffic is just
between Soldotna and Anchorage
or to Seward.”
The first “out of the United
States” ticket sold at the airport
was a ticket to Manila, Philippine
Explains Alaska
Amendment to
Wilderness Bili
An Alaska amendment by Sen
ator Gruening was explained and
endorsed by Senator Clinton P.
Anderson (D-NM), chairman of
the Senate Interior and Insular
Affairs Committee as he present
ed the wilderness bill in the Sen
ate. Said the chairman:
“The bill carries a provision
that in states where more than
90 per cent of the land is in
federal ownership, there shall be
established a presidential land
use commission to advise on the
best utilization, development,
protection and preservation of
the lands in that state, and spe
cifically to advise the secretary
of the interior in relation to his
recommendations to the Presi
dent on wilderness areas. I under
stand that the senator from Alas
ka (Mr. Gruening) is going to
offer an amendment, which is
entirely acceptable and proper, to
include the secretary of agricul
ture as well as the secretary of
interior, since both administer
lands in Alaska.
The 90 per cent amendment
applies only to Alaska. There is
not 90 per cent federal owner
ship in any other state. This
amendment is a recognition that
Alaska is not so far along in
settlement, development and es
tablishment of economic pattern
as the contiguous states. Alaska
is still in the homestead era, the
period of its development when
distribution of public lands is
desirable to encourage develop
ment, and a period when the re
sources are largely unknown and
the pattern of ultimate settle
ment undetermined.
“In view of these circum
stances, the Alaska provision is
not special consideration, but ap
propriate and wise consideration
of Alaska’s special character and
problems. A great deal of good
can flow, not only in relation to
establishment of wilderness areas
but in relation to all our special
Alaskan development problems,
from the Land Utilization Com
mission authorized in section 9
of this hill.’’
Alaska First
Alaska ranks first in all the
states in active civil aircraft
ownership in relation to popula
tion, with 63.2 aircraft por 10.000
population, or 48.9 aircraft per
10,000 population more than any
other state.
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Islands, this past week. Buyer
was Maurice N. Gutierrez. 23,
nephew of Mrs. Jim (Josephine)
Davidson, who lives on the Kenai
Spur Road. Gutierrez has been
in Alaska the past three months
and is returning to his work as
a civilian surveyor working at
the U. S. Naval Station at Subic
Bay.
Air France representatives
from the Anchorage office were
weekend visitors at the airport
and left posters and brochures
advertising their trips to scenic
spots in France, Mrs. Hollier
said. “So, you can book that tour
to Europe right from the Soldot
na office, any time you like,” she
added.
The airport commission con
sists of Grange, William “Red”
Olsen and Clarence Goodrich. The
Soldotna mayor is a member of
the advisory staff.
Labor Areas
The Labor Department recent
ly certified 22 of Alaska’s 24
election districts—all but Juneau
and Sitka—as areas of substan
tial and persistent unemployment.
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Such certification should pave
the way for possible assistance
under the Area Redevelopment
Act, the federal procurement sys
tems and the liberalizes! loan
program of the Small Business
Administration.
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