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Venus, the sun may a me:ir t
rise in ttit- w sf and set in the
east, surprised sci • n. is . vj ,,n
nou not'd.
I his state of affairs would be
brought about if the earth’s cloud
obscured space neii.hbor rotates in
a clockwise direction, as scientist;
tentatively concluded here Friday.
Venus would rotate backward
in relation to the Earth and to all
other planets in the solar system
with the exception of Uranus and
possibly Pluto.
The conclusions, subject to re
vision, came from data b am d
through space by Mariner 2 space
craft when it buzzed the planet
Dec. 14, and from radar experi
ments by Richard Goldstein from
Oct. 1 to Dec. 17 at the Goldstone
Tracking Station in California's
Mojave Desert.
Goldstein’s report was one of
several presented Friday in the
second day of a three-dav joint
meeting of the American Geophysi
cal Union and the American Physi
cal Society.
Goldstein believes that Venus
rotates about once in 250 Earth
days. He said his radar showed a
large feature on the surface of the
planet, previously unknown, that
could be an ocean or mountain
range. Until the cloud cover can be
penetrated there is know way of
knowing.
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T ■ < risimas “Poke" which
f "or. f on - P.iiry" f !h f| i ,
* ' ‘i i iv! cheer liu- old
’ ■1 i at Hie Pionf'. rs Ho no in
Sitka c k.v: <d $1,103 this yea-.
fo ■ the 35th lane, since th
fti’-fi v.as darted by W. D. Gross
n* Tuoc.au. friends of the Pioneers
■(■nl annual gifts with heart-warm
ing messages.
• -OKing tin 74 donors this year
were former Alaskans now livin
in Florida, Virginia, New York,
Michigan, California, Oregon,
Washington and Alaska. Four of
• •'lose are past the “90 mark” . . .
Mrs. Christine Ives, <95> and Mrs.
Fmma McKinnon (94> Fairbanks;
Esther Rirdsall Darling <94h Nome,
and Ed Conrad '92>, Dawson. First
Delegate to Congress in 1909, Frank
Wa. ke a Olfl) also sent nuggets.
Among former Nomeites and
vicinity friends sending good wish
es were Mrs. Chas. Lewis, Jennie
and Milton O’Farrell. Bertha Mc
Kay, .J. J. “Jack” Devine, Etta E.
Jones 1 Attu>, Paul W. Schwarz
(Council', R. N. “Dick” Sundquist
'Candle', Carl and Ralph Lomen,
J. E. “Jack” Steigler, O. F. Wei
nard, Chas. O. Sivertsen. Fred A.
Zcusler (Aleutians), and Sverre
Nord.
The above gifts were added to
those from the Igloos in Alaska and
: other sources and divided among
the 205 guests at the Home for
distribution on Christmas Day by
i Supt. James Harrigan.
Nome Light & Power Utilities
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•*’00 a r), durmn the Cuban crisis,
'1"‘! ' ritafivo sources said.
n:< fr-"bokor said in a sneeoh at
>T'- an ' . hero 'm i-: holidaying;
“Urn '"’rnts of tho last few months
’1 Cu'>a have, insofar as Canada
: coneorneri, been misinteroroted.
T’1Pre have been those who sa;d
that we did not. take our stand
,v>mofhatoly. We are united with
the U S. in North American De
f"nse . . . we were not consulted
in advance.”
The NOT?AD agreement of 1 958,
provided that “the plans and pro
cedures to be followed bv NOT? aD
n wartime shrdl bp formulated
and annroved in peacetime by ap
Mi-o^riate national authorities and
,;hall be canable of rapid imple
mentation in any emergency.”
Authorities said this procedure
"■as not followed by the United
States in the Oct. 22-28 Cuban
j erts’s and this was one reason
! D’efenbnker did not announce
until Oct. 25 an increased readi
ness status of the Royal Canadian
Air Force.
Competent sources said Canada
also declined to declare an imme
diate armed forces alert Oct. 22
or 22 for at least two other reasons:
There were no intelligence re
j ports giving the slightest indiea
; tion that Russia was preparing r
| strike against North America,
i Canada wanted to try to damper
j down the critical situation anc
believed it would only make mat
tors worse by rushing into a mili
tary alert.
Diefenbaker’s remarks at Nas
sau went far beyond anything h
or Foreign Minister Howard Oree
had said previously about lack c
I consultation by the United State
in the Cuban crisis. At the tirm
Diefenbaker had confined himsel
to saying little more than tha
Canada was “informed, not con
suited.”
Extends Greetings to Friends
Through the Nugget, Bett;
Shamblin, former nurse, extend
greetings to her many friends ii
Nome, l aving left recently to joii
the nursing staff at Sitka.
She states that she has had th<
pleasure of meeting with Mrs. Dar
Steele and hopes to see other for
mer Nometies when she gek
settled.
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the new •..*<■• < ■ If■ i and A! ra
ka are among da d • • a1, 1 toda>
by the Interior D ar’w'mt na
tional historic la. k
They bring ta» 37- tag numb-r
of such sites in tia n • n select 1
to commemorate a .1 j’iu-irate the
history of the United State-.
The landmark are not ad min
istered by the National Park
Service but are recognized with
certificates and bronze markers
The new list includes sites mark
ing the ancient Birnirk Culture of
-Maska and Capt. James Cook's
first landfall in Hawaii.
AUSTIN, Tex. LP — A burglar
pounded a large hole in a concrete
block wall of a grocery store be
fore dawn Friday.
He left with loot consisting of a
few coins and a box of checks—
all hot.
The checks were from custom
ers, returned from the bank for
insufficient funds or other rea
sons.
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WAS. I NOTON .•? - - Relay. the
■ : . a'eilite. is getting
' :■ * to try to build up its
T O’ day, the Goddard Space
V Cent. r of the N itional Aero
: I*. '- evi Space Administration
a ‘ . :nals from the 172-pound
mitv after an eight-day rest
•.vhieh save “indications the volt
aye had recovered somewhat."
Sri' ntists signaled the satellite
to turn on its communications
equipment. But, said NASA Fri
day: “During the latter test, the
abnormal drain on the power sup
ply ri occurred.
NASA said the trouble had been
trace f to the system which con
trols tic power level to one of the
communications transmitters.
A spokesman said Relay will
get am ther rest after which more
tests will be made.
Every sixth American adult now
is a shareholder in industry, ac
cording to the New York Stock
Exchange.
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