Engine Wouldn’t Start,
Progress Was Halted
CAPE CANAVERAL UP) — Am
erica’s space scientists and tech
nicians can rocket a warhead more
than 5.000 miles to a designated
spot in the ocean.
But yesterday morning, the
greatest collection of scientific
know-how in America couldn’t get
a diesel engine to start.
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr.,
in his pressurized, air-conditioned
space suit, was waiting inside his
Mercury capsule. All systems in
the powerful Atlas rocket and its
payload checked out “go.”
Then it came time to start a
diesel engine which is used to
move the 450-ton gantry—service
tower—from the rocket. The die
sel grunted, wheezed and whined,
but refused to come to life.
Progress halted at Cape Cana
veral.
The trouble was finally traced
to fuel impurities but it was two
hours and 9 minutes before the
launch countdown was resumed.
Mercury control center reported
the trouble was caused by impur
ities in the fuel line and fuel
pump. The announcement said the
fuel pump was being replaced, the
lines purged, and a new supply of
fuel put in.
The service tower is 123 feet
tall and weighs 450 tons. The die
sel engine moves it on railroad
tracks. Before launch, it is trans
ported to a point about 500 feet
from the rocket and locked in
place on the tracks.
It was once believed that kissing
a donkey would relieve a tooth
ache.
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50 Persons Drown
TEHRAN, Iran (/Pi — More than
50 persons drowned when heavy
floods swept through Iran’s chief
overseas port of Khurramshahr on
the Persian Gulf Friday.
Eyewitnesses said many bodies
were floating in the Karoun River,
which runs into the gulf at the port
city.
It has been estimated the mo
ther of an infant child works up
to 98 hours a week.
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Inaugurates New
Flight Schedule
Alaska Airlines has inaugurated
a new flight schedule between
Nome, Kotzebue, Unalakleet, Mc
Grath and Anchorage, George
Lienard, the airline’s Nome station
manager, announced yesterday.
According to Lienard, the new
schedule began on May 1 “to pro
vide better service on all of Alas
ka Airlines’ routes throughout the
state.”
Lienard said a Convair 340
leaves Nome at 3 p.m. for Kot
zebue on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday. It returns to Nome at 5:10
p.m. and departs again at 5:45
p.m. for Unalakleet, McGrath and
Anchorage.
The airline official added that
on Saturday the plane leaves Nome
at 11 a.m. and returns at 1:25 p.m.
before taking off at 3 p.m. for
Unalakleet, McGrath and Anchor
age.
Lienard stated no trips are
schedule between Nome and Kot
zebue on Tuesday and Thursday
because the new schedule calls for
the use of a Constellation which
cannot land at Kotzebue during
breakup. He added it is possible
to fly from Nome to Anchorage
on these days. The plane departs
from the Nome Airport at 12 noon.
Lienard also announced that be
ginning June 10 Alaska Airlines
will offer for the first time fully
pressurized daily service between
Nome, Kotzebue, Unalakleet, Mc
Grath and Anchorage.
He stated the seven-day a week
schedule is the result of the air
line’s recent acquisition of a sec
ond Convair 340, which has been
modified to handle freight, mail
and passengers. The first Convair
was put into Alaska service on 1
March 27. The plane will leave
Nome at 10 a.m. daily for Kot
zebue. It will return at 2:25 p.m.
and depart at 3 p.m. for Unalak
leet, McGrath and Anchorage.
“The second Convair will make
it possible for Alaska Airlines
to offer consistently good service
over all our routes on a daily
basis,” Lienard said.
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didn’t buy the meat on the black
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by Or. Joe Linduska, Remington Wild Life Expert
The early bird hunter went afield
loaded down with powder, flasks,
shot pouches, wads and percussion
caps. His muzzle-loading fowling
piece took about two minutes to
ready, and one chance with each
^3 barrel was all he got. Shot pattern
was mainly a matter of luck.
In the 1850's a French gunsmith*-;
named Lefaucheux paved the way
for modern smoothbores when he
developed a pin fire cartridge and
the first practical breech loading
shotgun.
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FAIRBANKS — NOME — KOTZEBUE
Flight 311/312
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Lv. Fairbanks *8:00 a.m. Ar. Nome 9:05 a.m.
Lv. Nome 10:00 a.m. Ar. Kotezbue 10:50 a.m.
Lv. Kotzebue 11:20 a.m. Ar. Fairbanks *2:10 p.m.
Flight 309/310
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Lv. Fairbanks *8:00 a.m. Ar. Kotzebue 8:40 a.m.
Lv. Kotzebue 9:20 a.m. Ar. Nome 10:05 a.m.
Lv. Nome 1:05 p.m. Ar. Fairbanks *4:10 p.m.
In order to maintain a scheduled airline and conform to our
departure limes it is imperative that passengers check in at the
terminal one hour before departure time:
On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, check-in time is 12 noon.
On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, check-in time is 9:00 a-m.
NOME — N.E. CAPE
Flight 501/502
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Lv. Nome 10:50 a.m. Ar. Nome 12:20 p.m.
Lv. N.E. Cape 11:50 p.m. Ar. N.E. Cape 11:20 a.m.
NOME — GAMBELL
Flight 509/510
Monday and Friday
Lv. Nome 9:00 a.m. Ar. Cambell 10:20 a.m.
Lv. Gambell 11:00 a.m. Ar. Nome 12:20 p.m.
* Alaska Standard Time. All other limes Bering Standard