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63rd Year No. 25
NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1962
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Congress Told
Spacemen Can
Navigate by Stars
In Trip to Moon
WASHINGTON W — The na
tion’s astronauts told Congress to
day that Lt. Col. John Glenn’s
orbital flight showed that future
spacemen can navigate by the
stars much like a sailor at ses
and steer their own course to the
Moon.
Glenn, accompanied by Cmdr
Alan Shepard Jr. and Capt. Virgil
Grissom, testified before the Sen
ate Space Committee in their third
appearance in as many days a1
the capitol.
The committee members stood
and applauded as the three astro
nauts strode into the big Senate
Caucus Room, filled to overflow
.
ing with cheering spectators.
Shepard, the Navy officer whose
sub-orbital flight last year made
him the first American in space
said he feels one discovery made
by Glenn that has ben generally
overlooked is the visibility oi
stars in daylight.
“We intend to use the stars as
a fix on the way to the moon.’
Shepard said, “and John’s ob
servation of the stars during day
light shows us we could use
them for navigation.”
Advice for Young Americans
At one point Glen was asked bj
Sen. Keer, (D-Okla.), the com
mittee chairman, what advice he
had for young Americans who
would like to have a part in the
space age, either as astronauts or
in work backing them up.
“A basic good sound education
is a prerequisite to any progress
in this field,” Glenn replied.
He said his advice to young
Americans was to get this good
basic education and then to let
their own talents guide them as
to the particular field they should
enter.
The Astronauts have already
had sessions with the House Space
Committee and a House appro
priations unit.
Glenn cautioned the House com
mittee members that the nation
should realize that all future space
flights may not be so successful
as the first three.
“We are riding a crest of en
thusiasm and happiness at this
moment,” the Marine lientenant
colonel said. “There will be times
when we are not on such as big
crest.”
Glen and his family were guests
last night at a Pentagon dinner
■given by Secretary of the Navy
Fred Korth, civilian chief of the
Marine Corps as well as the
Navy.
Looking rested and happy,
Glenn cut a cake baked in the
form of the space capsule in which
he made his three orbits around
the world Feb. 20. Lettered on
the cake in yellow frosting were
the words “Friendship 7, United
States.”
Glenn also got the pay form
for the time he spent whizzing
about the earth—a slip of paper
worth $245 in his monthly pay
check.
.Free School Transportation
JUNEAU UP>—Children in areas
without school facilities would b«
entitled to free transportation tc
.and from a primary or high
School of their choice each year
under the terms of a bill intro
duced in the House today by Rep,
Bruce Kendall, R-Anchorage.
Congressional Committee
Flans to Question Powers
WASHINGTON iff) — A special
board of inquiry has finished its
questioning of U-2 pilot Francis
Gary Powers, high government
sources said today, and Powers
may appear before congressional
committees and a news confer
ence within the next few days.
Meanwhile, the 32-year-old flier
will be kept behind a wall of
secrecy a bit longer, although gov
ernment officials said that he is
a free agent and can come and
go as he pleases. They said, too,
that it will be up to Powers him
self to decide whether he wishes
to hold a news conference, but
that the announcement of this
probably will come through the
White House.
Informants indicated yesterday
that the flier could talk with the
press after he appears before a
congressional committee.
So far only one congressional
group, the House Foreign Affairs
Committee, has said definitely it
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man Thomas Morgan announced
the committee will call Powers
at a closed session, probably next
week.
The Senate Armed Services
Committee will decide whether
to hear him after it receives a
closed-door briefing on the case
tomorrow from John McCone, Di
rector of the Central Intelligence
Agency.
BIDS FOR FERRY TERMINAL
DOCKS TO BE OPENED MAR. 15
JUNEAU «P> — Public Works
Commissioner Richard A. Down
ing said today bids wil be opened
March 15 for construction of dock
structures for ferry terminals at
Skagway, Haines, Juneau, Sitka,
Petersburg and Wrangell.
The only southeastern dock not
included is the Ketchikan dock.
Downing said bids on that struc
ture have been delayed pending
approval of a site.
Downing said a final decision
will not be mgde until the com
pletion of investigations now
under way on several sites.
Auto Insurance Firm
Flans Discount Rate For
“Good” Alaska Students
SAN FRANCISCO (A — The
State Farm Mutual Insurance Co.
announced today that a “good stu
dent” discount plan cutting auto
mobile insurance rates dp to 20
per cent will go into effect in
Alaska tomorrow.
Single male drivers in high
school and college with above
average grades can qualify.
Edward Rust, State Farm pres
ident, said the annual cash sav
ings can be as high as $45. The
plan has been approved by the
Alaska Insurance Commissioner.
Rust said high grades are the
result of homework and study
and “more time spent on home
work means less time on the
highway, thus reducing exposure
to traffic dangers.”
WEATHER OUTLOOK
Cloudy with intermittent light
freezing drizzle mixed with light
rain and snow and fog. Winds
ESE 15-25 mph. Little change in
temp. In the last 24 hours: High
of 22, low of 23. Max. wind 25
mph from ENE. Sunrise at 7:10
a.m., sunset at 5:16 p.m. Temps,
a year ago today: High of -6, low
of -22. Extremes on this date
since 1907: High of 27 in 1915,
low of -37 in 1956.
Two Trucks to Cart
One Million Silver
Dollars to Seattle’s C21
SEATTLE — Two big trucks
carrying one million silver dollars,
weighing 33 tons, wiH roll across
the country in April to the Seat
tle World’s Fair with Pinkerton
men riding shotgun all the way.
Police in every state crossed
by the modern-day covered
wagons also will keep a wary eye
out for bandits lying in wait
around the bend.
The money caravan is sched
uled to leave the U.S. Mint in
Philadelphia April 6 and arrive
here April 19, two days before
the Fair opens.
The silver cartwheels, which if
stacked would make 14 columns
as high as the 600-foot Space
Needle, will be displayed at the
Fair by the Behlen Manufacturing
Co., Columbus, Neb., which manu
factures grain storage bins and
other prefabricated metal struc
tures.
Arrangements for the unusual
display were made by Northwest
Historical Metals, Ltd., Walla
Walla, official numismatist for
the Fair.
DISCOVERER SATELLITE 38 ON
SECRET AIR FORCE MISSION
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE
BAS, Calif. UP> — The 38th rocket
in the Discoverer satellite series
is orbiting the earth on a secret
Air Force mission.
Discoverer 38, launched Tues
day, carried a capsule loaded with
instruments and gear listed as
classified. . As in previous shots
the capsule is to be separated from
the rocket within several days.
The Air Force hopes to snag the
capsule in the air as it parachutes
toward the Pacific.
So far seven capsules have been
caught in the air and four fished
from the sea.
Seek $10 Million
Bond Issue for Causeway
Across Turnagain Arm
JUNEAU UP) — Legislation pro
viding for a $10 million general
obligation bond issue for the con
struction of a bridge or a cause
way across Turnagain Arm was
introduced in the Senate today.
The authors of the measure
were Sens. Lester Bronson and
Howard Bradshaw.
The question of whether the
bonds would be issued would be
put to the voters of Alaska at the
next state general election.
The bonds would mature in 30
years. Interest could not exceed
6 per cent a year.
In a companion resolution,
Bronson and Bradshaw asked tnat
the Commissioner of Public
Works take any action necessary
to place the bridge or causeway
on the federal aid highway sys
tem so matching federal high
way funds could be obtained for
use in construction of the facil
ity.
Blizsard of Parking Tickets
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. W —
While city officials try to rid
streets of record February snow
—more than 25 inches so far,
motorists are prohkibited from
parking on odd-numbered streets
on odd days — even-numbered
sides on even calendar days.
It has resulted in a blizzard ol
parking tickets and some con
fusion, topped by a woman’s pies
to police: “Where should I park?”
she asked, “if my license plate
Cnds in an even number?”
New York Plans Big
Welcome for Astronauts
NEW YORK — It takes a
real American hero to make New
York turn handsprings in the way
of a celebration. But that’s just
what it will have tomorrow —
Lt. Col. John H. Glenn Jr. and
his fellow astronauts—and that’s
why the sky will be the limit.
Gotham is preparing for one of
its biggest blastoffs of all times,
weather permitting.
As the New York Times put
it, “a reception fit for a king is
being planned by the city for
Glenn, America’s first flesh-and
blood Buck Rogers, and his six
fellow astronauts.”
Police said they couldn’t esti
mate how many of the city’s eight
million residents would turn out
but that they were expecting
something close to a record de
monstration if the weather is fair.
in any case, u-ienn ana col
leagues will get the royal treat
ment.
There’ll be the traditional ticker
tape parade from the Battery to
city hall for formal greetings from
Mayor Robert Wagner and others.
Afterward there will be a pro
cession to the Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel for luncheon and other
festivities.
For the occasion, lower Broad
way’s name will be changed t<
“Astronauts Way.”
KOTZEBUE PROTESTS
CRITICISM OF BIA
Kotzebue has been busy send
ing wires to state senators fror
this area urging them to suppor
the BIA .programs in oppositior
to the strong expressions of criti
cism voiced by the people of the
Seward Peninsula.
Wires have been sent by the
Kotzebue City Council as well as
by Mrs. Edith Bullock, prominent
businesswoman of Kotzebue.
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SEATTLE FIRM IS FIRST
INTO SMALL BUSINESS
INVESTMENTS IN ALASKA
SEATTLE W—Traders invest
ment Corp. moved yesterday to
become the first group to obtain
federal charter and license speci
fically for Alaska under the
Small Business Investment Act of
1958.
The firm is headed by Robert
F. Caldwell, president, and John
Mawson, vice president.
Caldwell said formation of the
new enterprise was supported by
Traders Inc., a professional pur
chasing and shipping organiza
tion.
Traders Investment Inc., with
headquarters in Seattle, would
supply equity financing and long
term loans to small business and
industry in the state of Alaska.
Applicant List for
Submerged Lands Off
Nome Continues to Grow
ANCHORAGE W — The list oi
persons seeking permits to ex
plore undersea areas of Alasks
for minerals continues to grow
according to the Division of Lands
A tally of applicants Tuesday
shows 11 more individuals haw
filed for solid mineral explora
tion permits in the State offshore
area around Nome.
New applicants were identify
at Ruth J. Daily, John J. White
James F. Brown, John Brezonici
Wilma Anderson and E. W. Van
derbilt, all of Fairbanks.
Others are Wallace Parker an
Alan G. Doyle, of Nome, an
Henry G. Dossett, and Gloria J
Gibeau, Spenard.
This Year „ . .
A Million Students
Will Leave School
Before Graduation
ST. LOUIS, Mo. UP) — Almost
a million lost, bewildered, defeat
ed, hopeless youngsters will leave
school before graduation this year
and enter a world which has no
place for them, an expert on
youth problems said today.
Daniel Schreiber, Director of
the School Drop-Out Project of
the National Education Assn, said
of them, “constantly running from
work half-done, from school half
completed, these drop-outs are
truly fugitives from failure.”
Schreiber said half the drop
outs will be unable to find work.
Those that do, he said, will be re
stricted trv such unskilled irwhc QC
filling station attendants, stock
clerks and car washers.
Jobs that these youngsters can
handle are rapidly disappearing,
Schreiber said.
He cited these figures:
During the past 10 years. 50,000
elevator operator jobs disappear
ed in New York City alone, 8,000
during the past year.
Six men with modern ma
chinery can lay the same amount
of railway track as 100 men did.
before.
Automated examining equip
ment for checking transistors per
mit four men to do the work that
The greatest single factor in
/ “Study after study has shown,'*
he said, “that the average drop
out is two years or more retarded
in reading. Pupils who do not
read well enough to do the work
of their grade satisfactorily are
apt to fail, and constant failure
brings in its wake discourage
ment and discontent.”
school drop-outs, Schreiber said
is inability to read.
100 did a few years ago.
TWO GIRLS KILLED
ALIGHTING FROM BUS
RT<OQMSBURG, Pa. (Jt> — Two
girls were killed yesterday by an
automobile after they alighted
from a school bus. The driver of
the bus was the father of one of
the victims.
Killed were Wanda Edwards,
9, and Joan Henrie, 7, both of
Berwick. The bus driver was
Myron Edwards. Joan’s father
drives the bus in the mornings.
Investigators said the bus had
stopped on a side road at an inter
section and the girls were struck
when they started across the main
road toward their homes.
Call for One Year Delay
In Repayment of ESC Debt
JUNEAU UR — Resolutions call
ing for a one year delay in the
time for commencement of pay
ment of Alaska's $8,765,000 debt
to the Federal Heal (employment
security) fund and urging Con
gress to approve President Ken
nedy’s federal aid to education
» program were approved by the
■ Senate today.
: Would Issue Complimentary
■ Hunting Sc Fishing Licenses
! JUNEAU IS) — A bill which
would permit the governor to
1 issue complimentary hunting and
, fishing licenses to distinguished
visitors was introduced in the
- House today.
Under the provisions of the
1 measure no more than 20 of the
1 licenses could be issued in any
. one year. Each license would be
good for 10 days.