Debris From Thresher
Shows Evidence Of
“Rush of Flame”
PORTSMOUTH, N. H. 1* — A
large piece of polyethylene plastic
found with the new debris at the
scene of the submarine Thresher
sinking, showed charred spots, in
dicating it was burned “in a rush
of flame,” a naval court of in
quiry was told.
Frederick Downs, a chemist who
is conducting tests on the debris,
testified the plastic was of the
type commonly found in subma
rines of the Thresher class. He
said it is used in the reactor
shielding on nuclear - powered
ships.
There were bits of metal im
bedded in it also, he said.
Another shipyard chemist, John
Carriga, said he conducted tests
on some of the debris and found
that a few of the pieces contained
metallic elements, including titan
ium. Every item he examined, he
said, could have come from the
Thresher.
Louis Mackles, shipyard nuclear
power engineer, said none of the
items are radioactive.
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Suspended Pro Football
Players May Testify
Before Senate Committee
WASHINGTON UPi — Paul Hor
nug of Green Bay and Alex Kar
ras of Detroit, National League
stars suspended indefinitely last
Wednesday on betting charges, may
be asked to tell their stories to a
Senate subcommittee under oath.
Senator John McClellan, (D
Ark.), chairman of the Senate’s
permanent investigations subcom
mittee, said Friday, “we might
put them under subponea.”
The two stars were suspended
by the NFL following a probe by
the organization. Both told their
stories then to Commissioner Pete
Rozelle. However, they were not
under oath.
There have been published re
ports that it was the Senate in
vestigators who first uncovered
the fact that Hornug was placing
bets.
The halfback supposedly had
been betting on both college and
pro games for several years but
had not wagered on any in 1962.
Karras, a huge defensive tackle
who Friday was cleared to resume
a pro wrestling career, was sus
pended primarily because of his
associations with undesirable char
acters although admitting he bet
on some games.
Men dress to look like other
men; women dress to be looked at
by other women.
Wind Tears Stargazer
Balloon From Gondola
Poised For Launching
HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE,
N.M. Of) — A sudden wind carried
away the Stargazer Project balloon
Saturday morning without the in
strument-laden, 5,300-pound gon
dola it was to carry to the edge
of space.
The Air Force said the balloon
came down about 120 miles east
of here and about 20 miles west of
Roswell, N.M. It landed just off
US. Highway 70-380.
When recovered, a spokesman
said, the $53,000, 3-million cubic
foot balloon will have to be sent
back to the manufacturers, Schjel
dahl Co., Northfield, Minn., for a
complete inspection.
Air Force Capt. Joe Kittinger
and astronomer William White had
been sealed inside their gondola
about an hour when the balloon
left without them.
Col. Charles Harris, public in
formation officer for the base, said
the wind that developed at launch
time whipped the balloon back
and forth, creating static electri
city which fired a release mech
anism.
The function of the mechanism
was to permit the passengers to
separate the balloon from the
parachute above the gondola in
case of trouble at high altitudes.
In 1925 the death toll during
pregnancy and childbirth was 65
of every 10,000 mothers. Now it’s
less than five per 10,000.
Relatively Warm
Weather Covers State
By the Associated Press
An active low pressure storm
moved in over western Alaska dur
ing the night, bringing rain, snow
and high winds to many areas of
the state.
Snow depths throughout the in
terior remained substantial de
spite the relatively warm weather
experienced Sunday.
Fairbanks had a high reading of
51 Sunday, with two and a half
inches of snow on the ground. At
Nenana, the temperature hit 47
with 10 inches of snow on the
ground.
At Betties, where the winter ac
cumulation of snow has hit seven
feet, more snow fell during the
night.
The Weather Bureau said that
although the snow depth in various
parts of the state was rather im
posing, a rapid climb of tempera
tures yesterday indicated that
summer is rapidly approaching.
The high yesterday was 62 at
Annette Island, with many points
reporting readings in the mid 40s
and the low 50s.
The overnight high was 39 at
Kodiak and Yakutat, while the
overnight low was minus 16 at
Barrow.
The French are reported to be
among the fastest speakers in the
world, averaging a reported 350
syllables a minute. American men
speak about 105, American women
175.
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Doolittle Raiders Gather In
21st Anniversary Reunion
SEATTLE — In this age of
nuclear armament, rockets, satel-'
lites and space probes, a small
group of men talked last Thurs
day of 30 seconds in which 16 tons
tons of bombs turned the psycho
logical tide of a war.
Gathered for their 21st anniver
sary reunion were 30 of the 56
still-living Doolittle raiders who
stunned Japan with a daylight
strike against Tokyo and nearby
military targets on April 18, 1942.
Eighty in all took part.
They were joined by their lead
er, Lt. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle, re
tired from active duty but still
dynamic at 66.
The reunions started in North
Africa in 1945 when Doolittle com
manded the 12th Air Force in
World War II.
Doolittle introduced the raiders
at a $25-a-plate black-tie dinner,
and Maj. Gen. Perry Hoisington
read messages from Air Secretary
Eugene Zuckert and Gen. Curtis
LeMay, Air Force Chief of Staff.
Well-known is the story of the
daring raid on Tokyo from the
carrier Hornet 620 miles away,
and how it gave a boundless boost
to American morale in the dark
days of the war.
Often told, too, has been the tale
of how the lumbering twin-engine
B25 medium bombers had to take
off eight hours ahead of schedule
because the carrier had been sight
ed by Japanese fishing boats; how
some ran out of gas over China
and the crews had to bail out.
Three were killed then and eight
were captured by the Japanese.
They later executed three and one
died in prison. Five were interned
in the Soviet Union when they
landed in Vladivostok. The rest
made their way back to freedom.
None of the raiders has died in
the past year. But each man
drank a toast from a special silver
cup to comrades who are gone.
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Meets Every Tuesday
at 7:00 p.m.
at the North Star or Polaris
Northwestern Alaska
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Meets Every Monday Noon at
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Secretary
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Meets First and Third Thursdays
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Hoy Snyder
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Wednesday Luncheon
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Meets Last Tuesday of Every
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