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NEARING JOURNETS ENDTranscontinental Kayak Paddlers Reach HuntingtonBy Jim RenneisenPaul, 14; Linda, 11; and Carlos, John added, “But I don’t be-HUNTINGTON (AP)—A West18—drove here this moromg after Virginia Air Force veteran; receiving a phone call from Jim making a transcontinental: from Ashland. Ky., last night kayak voyage with a friend; The two young men conceived readied his home state her ethe idea of crossing the country Saturday to find his family wait-' in the tiny craft white serving in mg on die dock with a fried die Air Force in Germany to-chicken picnic dinner.. gether.Jim Curnes, 24_ of Wheeling.1 They have been averaging and John Davidson, 21, of about 25 miles a day on the Carlisle, Pa., began paddling voyage that took them up the their two - man canvas-covered Columbia and Snake Rivers and kayak nearly five months and then down the Missouri and Mis-i 4,000 miles ago at Astoria, Ore.„^ssippi to the Ohio River, in the mouth of the Columbia They have another 355 miles River. ; to travel to Pittsburgh whereWeary blit determined, they they will go up the Morwogehela expect to reach their goal—-land Cheat Rivers to a portage Chesapeake Bay below Wash-j across the Allegheny divide into ington — in another month or so. the tipper reaches erf the Poto What will they do then? “Quit; mac. paddling, for one thing,’* was Why did they start? Jim said, Jim’s laconic reply. I “It all started as something tolieve we would do it again.John, whose father is the Rev. Mafius Davidson, an Assembly of God minister at Carlisle, said they both had lost weight al-for as much as two weeks at a time.Jim said, “As we came east where there are more people along the river, they don’t seem to be so concerned about othertfthough meals on the trip h a v e j people.been mostly starchy foods such Not that Curnes and Davidson as nee and spaghetti. need any help. Mrs. CurnesHe said, “I know we haven’t!said she wrote a letter to the been eating as much meat as we! Chief of Police at Evansville.should, but its bard to carry.” The pair shot a deer whileInd., asking Mm to watch for the two young men. As a result, theMr. and Mrs. Ray Curnes and!do for enjoyment, and that’s might stop long enough to getil---- ---J-iU ---• *--**«__.«-----f| L‘ t ■ .. i * -their three other childrenwhat it has been.traversing the upper Missouri, j Evansville police gave them a but lost most of the meat wheel big reception by providing trams-a storm damaged that ajPOrt3^00 and offering them a few days later. Their camera!stock of food, equipment also got a dunk-: Later Jim wrote his parents ing and bad to be shipped off with a note of annoyance telling for repairs. jher not to do it again.Both men are trim and sun-1 Mrs. Curnes added, “He didn’t bronzed with heavy beards and: bke it. He’s kind of independentlong hair. Jim indicated he—like, you know.fyDunbar to NameNew Housing Unit£ 'mx'Per Suspended'’Itosud, ‘TCie beard and **'* for T ibetroroetimes is a hinderance| BEIRUT, Lebanon -lt;*- Die People get a mtle leery when g0vemment suspended the they see it. But when they find Beirut newspaper A1 Muharrer out about the trip in the papers for five days for alleged libel ofor on TV, they become very:the ruling sheikh of Kuwait in an friendly.”article titled: “Kuwait Will Not, mi agreed people were Be a Base for Imperialism, Justj Dunbar City Council will take.office and it appears now that|friendlier along the lonely a Corridor.” steps this week to appoint k new!council did not name the com-jstretohes of river in the wes t Lebanese press law forbids at-fcousing commission, according mission according to ordinance. j where they went sometimes tacks on friendly heads of state, to Council President C. Ray’ He said the fire chief and;without seeing another person particularly an Arab chief.
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Gazette Mail
Charleston, West Virginia, US
Sun, Oct 16, 1966
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