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12 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medferd, Or. Tuesday, Jan. 5, 1960 Americans Spent Huge Sum For Recreation Boating in '59 By ELMER C. WALZER UPI Financial Editor New York - (UPD - The Uni ted States of America has the biggest civilian "navy" in the world. If any one wants to ar gue about the foregoing s u - perlative, let mm iook a i the record. A total o f 39 million per sons. 22 P e r w"er cent of our en tire population, is estimated to have taken part in recre ation boating during 1959. These 39 million boating en thusiasts spent $2,477,000,000 at the retail level during 1959 for new and used boats, en gines, accessories, safety equipment, fuel, insurance, docking, maintenance, launch ing, storage, repair, and boat club memberships. Our civilian "navy" owns 7.800,000 boats of all descrip t i o n s, inboards, outboards, sailboats, row boats, dinghies, prams, and just about ' any other craft you can mention. This is big business when you consider the boats used 490 million gallons of gasoline; 24.5 million gallons of diesel fuel; and 25.5 million gallons of lubricating oils. For New Boats More than $200 million went for each of the following during 1959: Purchase of new inboard boats; purchase of new sailboats; purchase of new outboard motors; out board maintenance; inboard and sail launching and dock ing; and inboard maintenance and storage. It took 165 million square feet of sheet plywood to make the boats as well as 75 million pounds of reinforced plastics and 50 million pounds of aluminum. And the painting operations involved used 12 Ingres An Easier Way to EXTRA CASH t.1 COMMERcl CREDIT PIAN Why do it the hard way? Call on the Commercial Credit Plan whenever you can use extra cash. Our loan service is fast, friendly and convenient. Rates are reasonable. That's why thousands of families prefer to use Commercial Credit Plan It's the pay way that fits your pay day! 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Americans with their good incomes and lots of leisure are making the boating industry one of the nation's biggest. The boating enthusiasts run their craft on our bays, lakes, rivers, and oceans. They are going to do more on the St. Lawrence Waterway in 1960. The boating industry is a major part of America's leis ure market which is estimated to involve annual spending of between 30 and 40 billion dol lars. Autos Still Lead Automobiles still dominate but the boat trend keeps grow ing, and it helps keep down highway congestion on week ends and holidays. The show will devote its first three days exclusively to the 20,000 members of the boating industry. And just to demonstrate how the motor boat of today has made life easy for the owner, the show will include some of the old-timer craft, steam craft, naphtha launch, and early gasoline motor boat. It didn't take much naphtha to run the early one-lungers because the owner spent most of his leisure time, and he didn't have too much, in try ing to fix the blamed thing, and keep the weeds off the propeller. New Things Ahead There'll be many new things in boating on exhibit such as a turbocraft with a water jet propulsion unit that shoots water into the air through a special device in the transom for thrust: a fiber glass sloop; a 12-foot Tiki catamaran that converts from sailboat to sail ing ice-boat to outboard in less than five minutes; and a 16-foot Hawaiian fiber glass canoe, among many others. H. B. Atwater, president of the Marine Products Division of McCulloch Corp., makers of Scott Outboard Motors, looks for tug things ahead in the boat industry. "Temporary sales plateaus are a possibility," he said, '"but with a rapidly increasing population, more and more leisure time, and steadily ris ing standards of living and income available for discre tionary spending, the outlook for the marine business is for a continually expanding market." Alaska Prepares To Observe First Year of Statehood By United Press International The 49th state of Alaska - its vast area still faced with the complexities and problems of a new government pre pared this week for a calm commemoration of one year of statehood. Alaskans, from the Arctic Circle settlement of Atanick to the quiet yet bustling capi tal of Juneau, 1,250 miles to the south, will commemorate Statehood Day Sunday in a noiseless fashion compared to the "we're in" type of cele brations that were held throughout the territory a year ago. Even as the preparations for the brief ceremonies marking the birthday near completion, most Alaskans realize that a crucial period is coming up this month in the form of their second state legislature. The days of the glittering gold dust are almost gone and Alaskans know that with one year of statehood under their belts there are many problems to face and solve. Budget Balancing One of these problems, and it is a major one, is how to balance the budget. This is a problem that not only the legislature has to face but one that challenges each house wife, businessman, employee and employer alike. The costs of labor, production, trans portation and general living are still putting a damper on plans for expansion. Alaskans truly pay for what they receive, whether it be a 45 cent loaf of bread or the $8 an hour for the services of a skilled laborer. The state still is and will be for some time to come dependent on imports of food and manufac tured goods. But high costs alone are not the only problem that Alaska has for a first birthday pres ent. The coming Legislature, which convenes Jan. 25, is go ing to have to wrangle with appropriations without impos ing additional taxation. One year as a state still leaves Alaska with the du bious responsibility of latch ing on to enough money to take care of courts, prisoners, fisheries, highways and so on down the line. Gov. William Egan, a 45-year-old Democrat, said re cently that a review of the budget indicates that it is go ing to come out balanced. But he added, "if it doesn't I will have to propose tax in creases." Oil - the black gold that rocketed other states into the economically sound positions they now enjoy is one indus try that Alaskans are placing a great deal of faith in. Oil legislation is expected to flood the desks of the 40 representa tives and 20 senators. A recent purchase of state owned oil off-shore lands next to the Kenai Peninsula amounted to $4 million, an in dication of the faith the indus try has in Alaska. The sagging fishing indus1 try is still first in the state. A number of bills are expect ed to try and give this $40-$50 million business a boost. All in all Alaskans are con vinced they can settle the problems facing the year old state. The gold dust glitter may have faded, but enough of it has stuck to make the 49th state a "bonanza" of potential. More Stormy Weather Seen In New England Suitland, Md., (Science Service) More stormy wea ther of the kind that lashed the Midwest and New Eng land in the past few days is foreseen for the coming month. The temperature and pre cipitation patterns expected during January s u g g e st a "succession of vigorous win ter storms attended by con siderable wind, snow and sleet, especially over central and northern regions" of the nation, the U.S. Weather Bur eau's extended forecast sec tion said in its 30-day outlook. Temperatures are expected to average below seasonal nor mals over the western two thirds of the nation, with greatest departures from nor mal over the Mountain and Great Plains states.. Above normal temperatures are fore cast from the Appalachians to the East Coast, with near nor mal averages in unspecified areas. Subnormal in Northwest Precipitation is expected to exceed normal over most of the country except for sub normal amounts of the North west and also the extreme Southwest. Cause of the predicted vig orous winter weather during January is the expected de velopment of a strong ridge, off the West Coast of North America, in the great wavy band of air that circles the Northern Hemisphere and is known as the planetary wave. Development of this ridge will result in cold polar air masses being tossed down into the western part of the country, where a so-called trough will form. Warm, moisture-laden Gulf air will be drawn northward by this trough. Strong storm systems are expected to de velop where these two air masses clash, and these storms, with their savage winds and snows, are predict ed to move northeastward.' Washington - Buttons be came a feature of naval coat sleeves when Admiral Hora tio Nelson ordered them sewed on uniforms to discour age men from wiping their noses on their sleeves. A recent survey showed that two-thirds of all prescrip tions filled in the United States were priced at three dollars and under. 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