Cuban Exile Leader Says
Kennedy Backed Down on
Promise of 2nd Invasion
MIAMI, Fla. — Dr. Jose
Miro Cardona, president of the
Cuban Revolutionary Council,
charged Thursday that President
Kennedy backed down on a prom
ise of a second invasion of Cuba.
Miro said this in a 10,000 word
document which the U.S. State De
partment had said distorted the
facts.
The Cuban leader said Kennedy
promised after the ill-fated Bay
of Pigs invasion in April 1961 that
there would be another invasion to
topple Fidel Castro.
The controversial document was
released after Miro quit as presi
dent of the council. Three other
members followed him out the
door of the closed meeting.
Kennedy’s policy on Cuba is a
vague one, Miro charged, and he
added that the President had re
neged on promises to help the anti
Castro cause.
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Examinations Set For
Academy Appointments
Sen. Ernest Gruening announced
that the Civil Service Commission
will conduct written examina
tions in Alaska July to help him
select young men lor appointment
to the Air Force Academy at Colo
rado Springs, Cok>., the Military
Academy at West Point, N.Y., the
Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md.,
and the Merchant Marine Academy
at King Point, N.Y.
Examinations will be given at
Anchorage, Cordova, Fairbanks,
Juneau, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Nome,
Seward, Sitka and Skagway.
Information about the exams
may be obtained from the senator
or the Civil Service Commission.
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It Is Time for
Pre-Season Planting
(U of A Extension Service'*
About this time of the year many
a green thumb starts to itch. The
best cure is a little pre-season
planting.
It is not too soon to start seed
lings. It takes about 6 to 8 weeks
to bring the more commonly
grown annuals to transplant size.
For the best results, plant
specialist in the U.S. Department
of Agriculture suggest that you
carefully control the temperature
and the amount and kind of light
the plants receive.
If you keep the temperature
within the growing chamber be
tween 50 degrees and 70 degrees
Fahrenheit, you can grow excel
lent seedlings with only two 40
watt flourescent lamps. Place the
bulbs about a foot away from the
seedlings. As the seedlings grow,
raise the lamps.
Make your seedlings grow into
short-stemmed, compact plants by
delaying their flowering period.
Do this by regulating the amount
of light they receive — this is
what controls flowering.
Be sure to use fluorescent lamps
for your seedlings. The heat and
farred light of the incandescent
lamp causes plants to grow long
stemmed and spindly.
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34-Orbit Flight Of
Astronaut Cooper
Delayed A Week
CAPE CANAVERAL m — The
planned 34-hour orbital flight of
astronaut LeRoy Gordon Cooper
Jr. has been delayed several days,
possibly a week, from the sched
uled May 7 launching date, it was
learned reliably yesterday.
Best estimate was that the
launching will be moved to May
14.
Officials reported a number of
minor problems, primarily' with
the Atlas booster rocket, made it
necessary to allow additional time
to prepare for the flight, longest
yet planned in the U.S. man-in
space program.
There was no official word from
the National Aeronautics and
Space program.
The Atlas problems involved
fuel tanking and a faulty electrical
inverter in the guidance gyro
scope.
Meanwhile, sources reported
Cooper had selected the tentative
name “Faith 7” for his capsule.
French health officials feel that
good times and rich sauces may
explain why one in 10 adult
Frenchmen has high blood pres
sure compared with about one in
20 only 15 years ago when the
national diet was leaner.
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Officer Testifies
Many Difficulties
Plagued Thresher
PORTSMOUTH, N. H. I/R — A
young officer who missed the sub
marine Thresher’s final voyage
testified Thursday there were
many mechanical problems on the
ship but all had been corrected
before she sailed on her fatal test
dive.
Lt. Raymond McCoole, 33, elec
trical officer for the Thresher,
testified at a Navy court of in
quiry. He would have been aboard
on the fateful trip except for an
eye ailment of his wife.
Testifying haltingly, McCoole
said a fast - cruise test of the
Thresher which began March 23
was cut short by the skipper,
Cmdr. John W. Harvey, two days
later because of the discovery of
deficiencies.
McCoole told the court of in
quiry faults were found in the air
and hydraulic systems on Thresh
er before she sank April 10 in
8,400 feet of water.
He said, “The air systems were
a continuing problem.”
McCoole said, “At least 20 per
cent of all the valves in the hy
draulic system operated back
wards.” He also said there were
“numerous leaks” in the system.
McCoole, father of five sons, the
eldest 9, was excused from Thresh
ers last trip because his wife had
suffered an eye injury in the kit
chen of their Dover, N.H., home.
Someone has figured that a man
shaves about 20 square miles of
face during his lifetime.
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BERING SEA^HiNS CLUB
Sven Larsen, Pres.
Tom Balone, Secty.
Meets Every Tuesday
at 7:00 pjn.
at the North Star or Polaris
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Frank Couch, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Verna Mickelsoa
Worthy Matron
Bev Morgan
Secretary
Meet# First and Third Mondays
Anvil Lodge
No. 140
Warner M. Bohrer, W. M.
Norvln W. Lewie, See.
Meet* Flret and Third Thursdays
Of Seda Month
Nome Rotary Club
Roy Snyder
Marc Beauchamp
Secretary
Wednesday
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets Last Tuesday of Every
Month at School
President
Couch,
Harriet Amundsen. Secretary
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Pioneer Igloo No. 1
Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays
Don Lyle, Pres.
Chas. D. Janes, Secty.
Civil Air Patrol
Northwestern Group
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Meetinss—Each Monday 7:0d
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