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63rd Year No. 12
NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1962
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Moon Flight Is Big
Disappointment
PASADENA, Calif. UP) — Ranger
3, the Moon shot that missed its
target by nearly 23,000 miles, is
doomed to spend the rest of
eternity in futile flight — an ac
cidental satellite of the sun.
Of its four objectives, the $7
million space craft apparently ac
complished only one.
The biggest disappointment was
that it missed the Moon by 22,
862 miles. This happened because
it was hurled into it trajectory
at excessive speed after it was
launched Friday from Cape Can
averal.
That failure brought on others.
For one thing, the 727-pound
space craft was unable to bounce
radar signals off the Moon. And,
it did not land its capsule on the
Moon.
It also failed to get close-up
pictures of the Moon. The long
range shots it got as it sped past
apparently will be of little value.
The one thing Ranger 3 did was
collect gamma radiation data.
These data already are being ana
lyzed.
tKanger 3 raced by the Moon and
into oblivion Sunday afternoon,
beginning to tumble as it went
into solar orbit. Only one of its!
transmitters was working. Dur
ing periods when that transmitter’s
antenna was pointed toward
earth, scientists were able to pick
tip the signal and chart Ranger's
progress.
Manned Orbit Shot
Slated for Thursday
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. —
Project Mercury officials say the
next attempt to rocket astronaut
John H. Glenn Jr. three times
around the world will come no
earlier than Thursday.
Thus, today may have dawned
T minus 73 hours for the Marine
lieutenant colonel who sat more
than five hours in the waiting
space craft Saturday before
weather forced a postponement.
Glenn, 40, attended Sunday
services in Riverside Presbyterian
Church at Cocoa Beach and told
the Rev. Charles Pfeiffer when
he left, “don’t worry, I’ll be back.”
Otherwise Glenn was busy with
preparations for his trip.
KocKet and spacerran crews
worked on the Atlas booster
rocket and Friendship 7 atop
it. They also went through a
dress rehearsal of the last critical
hours of the launch-day count
down.
The critical -problem at this
stage again seemed to be the
weather. Will clouds or winds over
this missile base prevent the Atlas
from being launched by limiting
the visibility or making the few
unsteady moments of the
liftoff dangerous?
SINUS TROUBLE . . .
rocket’s
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Siegfried,
the St. Louis Zoo’s valuable wal
rus, is suffering from sinus
trouble, complete with splitting
headaches and runny nose.
Henry Sanders, assistant zoo di
rector, said “he had a tremendous
and did not want to
about 10 days. But 1 *
ring gradually and we 1,
is doing extremely well at'
point.”
Six times a day the 20-month
walrus is given 20
te infra-red heat treatments.
in the wuntry and the
If
Famed Violin Virtuoso,
Fritz Kreisler, Passes
NEW YORK M — Fritz Kreis
ler, one of the great violin virtu
osos of the last half century, died
today. He was 86.
Death came to him in the Hark
ness Pavillion of the Columbia
Presbyterian Medical Center
where he had been a patient for
16 days. His agent said a heart
attack, along with old age, brought
the end.
Kreisler not only was a master
performer, but also a versatile
composer.
In the last several years, Kreis
ler and his wife, Harriett, lived
in virtual seclusion in their Man
hattan apartment. With his hear
ing and sight failing, Kreisler
seldom appeared in public.
His wife at present is seriously
ill.
m ms penorming aays, Areisier
could make his Stradivarius sing,
of cry, or laugh, with a skill that
touched the hearts of millions. But
he never took a formal lesson
after he was 12 and he rarely
practiced.
His mass of unruly white hair
and a mustache gave him an ap
pearance of old world charm. His
face was keenly expressive, and
his hands — amazingly unveined
and unwrinkled in later years —
never seemed to rest.
He gave his first concert in his
native Vienna, Austria, at 10 and
his last in 1950 at 75. His first
United States tour, as a gangling
teen-ager, earned him $37 a week.
Later he earned thousands per
performance.
Although there was a deep
gentleness in Kreisler’s music,
and in the man, too, his life was
marked by several incidents of
danger.
He was badly wounded in World
War I while serving in the Aus
trian army, nearly killed by an
automobile in 1941, had a serious
case of appendicitis in 1946 and
had undergone two major opera
tions since 1950.
Would Require Primary
Processing of Red and
Pink Salmon In the State
JUNEAU <T> — The House Re
sources Committee Saturday gave
its unanimous recommendation to
a (bill which would require pri
mary processing of red and pink
salmon in Alaska before shipment
out of the state.
It also approved a bill which
would ban shipment of live king
or dungeness crab from Alaska.
Both measures were introduced
by Rep. John Long worth, (R
Petersburg).
Primary processing of salmon
was described as evisceration and
by means of freezing, refriger
primary processing “does not in
clude holding or keeping of fish
b ymeans of freezing, refriger
ating, holding in chilled water or
brine, treating by chemical means
to obtain low temperatures, or
any combination of the above.”
MANCHESTER, England W —
A police car made a $5-ini}%daib
from Buxton, Derbyshire, to a
Manchester hospital Saturday to
deliver a man’s falsa teeth.
Cyril Johnson, 57, suffered a
double fracture of the jaw in a
road accident.
Surgeons at the hospital said
they could not start repair work
without Johnson’s teeth, which
remained in the wrecked car 35
way. Foliae were called
te teeth, unbroken,
and delivered.
Will There Be
A Next Monday ?
NEW YORK UP) — If you be
lieve in astrology, don’t make
any plans for next Monday. There
may not be a next Monday.
Even if there is a next Mon
day, the astrologers say, it won’t
be much fun. Storms, tidal waves,
earthquakes, the sinking of conti
nents, financial panic and the
outbreak of World War II are
liable to make the day hectic.
All these dire predictions, and
more, are being made by astrolo
gers the world over who expect
the advent of catastrophe some
time Sunday. They base their
prophesies on an inauspicious
combination of the planets in the
constellation of Capricorn.
Astronomers — serious students
of the heavenly bodies — agree
that the five planets of Mercury,
Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn
will be grouped along with the
sun and the moon around the
constellations of Capricorn and
Aquarius. Beyond this point, the
astronomers and the astrologers
go separate ways.
“Nonsense” is the way James
Pickering, assistant astronomer of
the Hayden Planetarium in New
York, describes the prophecies of
doom. “It’s the same kind of
gobbledegook astrologers have
been handing out for centures.
Astrologers — who try to tell
the future by the movements o1
the planets — don’t see it tha1
way. They are preparing for the
worst.
House Okays Measure to
Give Board The Power
In Fish and Game Dept.
JUNEAU UPi — A bill which
would place the State Board of
Fish and Game at the head of
the Fish and Game Department
found smooth sailing in the House
today.
The bill was a carryover meas
ure from the last session. It would
give the Board of Fish and Game
the power to hire and fire the
Commissioner of the Department.
Several amendments to the bill
were passed by the House with
out objection before it was sent
back to the Judiciary Committee
for alteration to make it conform
with legislation passed since its
introduction.
The bill was introduced early
last year and at that time the
full Resources Committee recom
mended its possage but the Judi
ciary Committee gave it only
partial approval.
Today Rep. Wm. Erwin one of
the members of the Judiciary
Committee who had opposed pas
sage of the bill last year, dis
played an apparent change of
heart.
Erwin offered an amendment
which would call for legislative
confirmation of the Commissioner
appointed by the Board and an
other which would empower the
Board to delegate certain author
ity to the Commissioner.
BILL WITHDRAWN
JUNEAU <41— A bill calling
for a 5 per cent tag on rentals
for temporary lodgings, such as
that offered by hotels and motels,
was withdrawn today after the
tax rate was cut to 1 per cent.
Sen. A1 Owen withdrew the
measure after the Senate adopted
an amendment by Sen. Jphn Cog
hill which cut the original 5 per
cent tax to 1 per cent.
Ribicoff Intends to Cut
Down Paper Work In
Health and Welfare Dept.
WASHINGTON UFi — Secretary
of Welfare Abraham Ribicoff told
a conference of state public aid
officials today that efforts to help
troubled people “is tangled too
frequently in an administrative
underbrush of forms and pieces of
paper.”
Ribicoff. in remarks prepared
for the opening of the Social Se
curity Administration Conference
with state administrators of Pub
lic Welfare, outlined the admin
istration’s proposed new welfare
program and other points “need
ing special attention in the days
ahead.”
“There is too much paperwork
in government,” declared Ribicoff.
“It stifles new ideas. It eats up
time. It frightens away top-notch
workers; it leaves their tasks to
the pedantic and unimaginative.”
The social welfare worker must
deal with people, not percentages,
he said. He cannot waste his time
with “irrelevant pencil pushing
and envelope stuffing.”
Thus, said Ribicoff, he has di
rected the Commissioner of So
cial Security to organize a work
group to make a determined ef
fort to simplify and improve all
welfare forms and procedures.
Witnesses to Be Briefed j
At Div. of Highway’s
: Investigation Thursday
l JUNEAU UP> — The chairman
! of the special Senate Highways
Investigating Committee said to
day the group probably won’t
hear its first witness until Thurs
day night.
Sen. J. R. McNealy head of the I
special committee set up to in-1
vestigate the operations and fiscal
policies of the Division of High
ways and related division, said
necessary groundwork is taking
more time than anticipated
jviciNeaiy saia me commiuee
now is trying to determine what
records should ibe sought for intro
duction at the hearings and which
state officials should be called
upon to testify.
MeNealy said the committee was
anxious to hear testimony from
any citizen or group representa
tive in regard to satisfaction or
dissasifaction with the state
highway program.
“The failure of interested per
sons to appear at this committee
hearing and to state their thoughts
on the Highway Division may
well affect the road situation in
their areas,” MeNealy said, and
that he hoped to wind up the
hearings by Feb. 15.
While regular committee hear
ings will be held only at night
on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
and Friday, MciNealy said, special
arrangements will be made to
hear persons who come from a
distance to testify.
JUNEAU tfl — A joint resolu
tion urging that the processing
plant for Pribilof Island seal skins
be located at Seward was intro
duced Saturday by Sens. Irwin
Metcalf, (D-Seward), and Howard
Pollock, GR-Anchor age).
WEATHER LOUTOOK
Continued fair. Low tonight -15,
high tomorrow 5. In the last 24
hours: High of 3, low of *12. Max.
wind at 25 mph from NE. Sun
rise at 8:54 ajn., sunset at 3:36
pjn. Temps, a year ago today:
High of 21, low of 3. Extremes
on this date since 1907: High of
36 in 1945, low of -46 in 1919.
By Laws Drawn Up
For ARA Program
The Executive Committee of the
Area Redevelopment Assn, met
yesterday and drew up the By
Laws by which the group will be
governed which are now being
finalized, stated Ash Craft, presi
dent of the Board and copies will
ibe sent to all members.
Chairmen for the several parts
of the application for Overall
Economic Development Program
for this area wfiich is the first
requirement, are all working on
their assignments which includes
a description of the local organi
zation that represents the area;
background picture of Redevelop
ment Area; summary of factors
basic to economic growth; econ
omic potentials in light of re
sources, markets, and labor skills;
and most important, a program of
action for creating new employ
ment opportunities or otherwise
reducing unemployment and un
der employment. This must be ap
proved by the Secretary of Com
merce before the Area Redevelop
ment plans can function.
ah members oi the Executive
Board were present except John
Kakarak of Teller and Frank
Degnan of Unalakleet (who repre
sented Unalakleet, Shaktoolik and
St. Michael) as they had returned
to their communities after the
l meeting last Wednesday.
FISHING VESSEL SINKS.
18 PERSONS REACH SAFETY
JUNEAlT iff) — The 53-foot fish
ing vessel boat Illinois, carrying
the Kake basketball team home
after a game at Wrangell, went
aground and sank Sunday hear
Pt. Barrie in Keku Straits.
There was only one injury, a
broken arm, among the 18 persons
who donned life jackets and
reached the beach after the Il
linois suffered engine trouble and
drifted ashore. Kenneth Davis, 7,
suffered the injury.
He’s Breathing . . .
CLEVELAND, Ohio UP* — Dr.
Jerome Streem, 37, was found ap
parently dead in his home in sub
urban Cleveland Heights.
A relative said a doctor pro
nounced the dentist dead at 11
a.m.
Two men came from a funeral
home to take the body. As they
wheeled Streem into the prepa
rations room at the funeral home,
Larry Miller shouted: “My God,
he’s breathing.”
(Miller dashed back to the am
bulance for the oxygen tank while
his brother, Leon, gave heart
massage.
Streem was reported in fair
condition today at Mount Sinai
Hospital.
Would Provide $2 Million
For Construction and
Equipping New Schools
JUNEAU UB — Companion bills
creating a $2 million revolving
fund to provide long-term loans
for the construction and equipping
of new schools in political sub
divisions of the state was intro
duced in the Senate today.
Both the measures were author
ed by Sen. A1 Owen, (D-Uganik
Bay).
The first would create the
school construction revolving fund.
The Commissioner of Education
would administer the fund.
The second measure would
make an appropriation of $2 mil
lion to get the fund in operation.