Millions of New Yorkers Turn Out to
Cheer America’s Hero of Outer Space
NEW YORK ldP> — John Glenn,
America’s hero of outer space,
rode up spaceless Manhattan yes
terday in a titanic thunder of
cheers and torrents of confetti.
Up the canyons of lower Broad
way—where Lindbergh and Byrd
and Ederle had gone before him
—came the beaming, freckled Ma
rine. The motorcade began from
Bowling Green at 12:10 p.m.
“It’s wonderful, wonderful!”
shouted Glenn as the crowds
shrieked and confetti, torn paper,
and at times, whole newspapers
came pouring down from the sky
scrapers.
Glenn rode atop the back seat
of an open car and each time he
waved it was like a conductor
leading a massive symphony; the
crowd roared still louder each
time.
Avalanche of Confetti
In the avalanche of confetti,
thousands of signs in the hands
of shrieking adults and school
children welcomed Glenn up the
Canyon of Heroes. Several said
“Glenn for President.”
From Bowling Green, up
through the jammed financial
district, past historic Trinity
Church and the comer of Wall
Street, all the way up to City
Hall, the crowd blew its stack in
joyous welcome to Glenn, his
family and six fellow astronauts.
At many points screaming
spectators broke through police
barriers and tried to reach Glenn’s
car, but were pushed back.
All along lower Broadway, the
crowd was packed tight, curbside
to building line. Amid the noise,
the chimes of Trinity Church
playing the Marine Corps Hymn
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could barely be heard as Glenn’s
car went by.
With him in his open car rode
his beaming wife, Annie and Vice
President Lyndon Johnson. Glenn
delighted the mob with his smile,
his frequent waving and his
thumbs-up gesture.
"We Want Glenn!"
At City Hall, another dense
crowd roared “We want Glenn!”
as he climbed the steps of the re
viewing stand followed by his six
astronauts.
In their wake they had left
thousands of hoarse starry-eyed
spectators and confetti piled up
like snowdrifts.
“Stupendous, stupendous!” said
Asst. Chief Inspector James Nidds
who was there in 1927 when
CSiarles A. Lindbergh was wel
comed home by the big town.
Along the way, there were
hundreds of signs and full news
paper photographs of Glenn.
Some of the welcoming signs in
the hands of school children had
been printed in crayon on torn
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At City Hall, Mayor Robert F.
Wagner opened the ceremony by
introducing each of the America’s
seven astronauts one at a time.
The crowd roared seven times.
A Valid Excuse . . .
NELSON, B.C. Mr. Justice
R. W. Wooten agreed with Allen
Woodrow yesterday that a date
to wrestle a mountain lion is a
valid excuse to be relieved of jury
duty.
Due to serve as a juror at a trial
opening Monday, Woodrow told
the judge he operates an animal
sanctury as a hobby near Robson,
B.C.
The sanctuary has six moun
tain lions, better known here
abouts as cougars. Four are younj
but big — one measures 7 fee
from nose to tall tip and weigh;
130 pounds.
1Y> keep the young cougars from
going wild, said Woodrow, he
must enter their cages daily tc
feed them, talk to them and play
with them. At times the play is
rough.
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TO WARN THE COLONISTS
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BRANCH OFFICE IN KOTZEBUE
jLate Winter Snowstorm
j Blankets Seattle Area
, SEATTLE UPi — A heavy late
j winter snowstorm, which wa:
| blamed for five deaths in Wash
| ington, tapered off yesterday after
dumping as much as 13 inches oi
the white stuff on the west side
of the state.
The snowfall was the worst oi
the season in western Washing
ton and the first on Feb. 28 in
Seattle’s recorded history.
Traffic was slowed, planes
grounded, many rural schools
closed and business suffered.
The weatherman said the worst
was over, but scattered flurries
would continue through Friday
and temperatures would remain
near freezing.
The heaviest fall in any city
area was the Bremerton’s official
Capital Hill Weather Station,
which recorded 13 inches. Ten
inches or more lay over Kitsap
and rural King County. Seattle
had 7 inches.
Would Extend Cross Runway
JUNEAU UP — A resolution
asking the Federal Aviation
Agency to extend the cross run
way at Unalakleet passed the
House unanimously Wednesday.
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WATCH
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for
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PRIVATE FUNERAL SERVICES
HELD FOR VELLA W. LOMEN
SEATTLE iff) — Private funeral
services were held here today
for Mrs. Vella Weaver Lomen,
who came to Seattle from Nome
in 1934.
Born near Pendleton, Ore., Mrs.
Lomen attended the Sacred Heart
Convent in Walla Walla. She was
a member of the Seattle Tennis
Club and the Washington Athletic
Club.
Survivors are her husband
Ralph, a son, F. J. Lomen; a
daughter, Mrs. Warren L. David;
three sisters, a brother and four
grandchildren.
The family request that re
membrances be made to the do
nor’s favorite charity.
APPROVE $35 PER DIEM
JUNEAU W — Legislative
action was completed today on a
! bill which would permit legisla
tors to receive the same $35 per
diem pay as other members of
boards and commissions while
serving with such groups.
The measure was approved
unanimously by the House.
Under present state law, leg
islators receive only the $21 per
diem allowable to state employes
while serving on boards and com
missions.
COMIN' . . .
From Fairbanks: Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Grant and family.
From Kotzebue: Mr. Hauck,
Mr. Mills, Mr. Dygve, Archie Fer
guson, Roy Wall.
GOIN* . . .
To Kotzebue: Clyde Sampson,
Richard Ullrich, Charles Belt,
Lorraine Singer, Gene Joiner,
Archie Ferguson.
To Fairbanks: Wm. Cashen,
! Harold Pilcher.
FAA Collects Two Fines
WASHINGTON iff) — The Fed
eral Aviation Agency has collected
two $1,000 fines from Alaska Air
lines, Seattle.
One was for the takeoff of a
4-engine DC6 from Syracuse,
N.Y., last April 9 in an over
weight condition, and for DC6
landings at more than the maxi
mum approved weights at Shem
ya, in the Aleutians, July 13, 16
and 21.
The other fine was the result
of the takeoff of a DC4 from the
airport at Unalakleet under con
ditions when takeoffs were not
permitted.
JUNEAU UP! — A bill which
would require state officials and
employes to purchase tourist
class tickets while traveling on
state business was introduced in
the Senate today by Sen. Brad
Phillips of Anchorage.
FIND BRIEFCASE FULL OF
$500 BILLS AT CRASH SCENE
NEW YORK US) — A briefcase
containing $25,000 to $30,006 in
$500 bills today was found in the
wreckage of the American Air
lines jet which crashed Thursday.
Police said it belonged to W.
Alton Jones, former executive
committee chairman of the Cities
Service Co.
Jones, 71, was enroute to Cali
fornia to visit former President
Dwight D. Eisenhower and go
fishing with him as Jones often
had done in the past.
Deputy Chief Police Inspector
James E. Knott announced find
ing the briefcase and identified it
as that of Jones. Knott said it also
contained a passport in Jones’
name.
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