Blaze Wrecks Sawmill at
Army’s Port of Whittier
ANCHORAGE, UP> — A raging
fire destroyed a major portion of
a seasonal sawmill operation at
the Army’s port of Whittier early
yesterday, causing injury to at
least one man.
The blaze struck the Columbia
Lumber Company sawmill and
caused damage estimated at one
million dollars, according to plant
manager Dale Williamson.
Injured was Marvin Elphs, a
wokrman, who was virtually
blown from the power plant of
the mill by exploding acetylene
gas. He was treated for shock at
the Army dispensary, and re
ported in good condition.
Army information officers at
Fort Richardson here said the big
lire destroyed the power plant,
drying kiln and several outlying
buildings. More than 75 soldiers
aided port firemen in fighting the
flames, "Which broke • out about
2 a.m.
Olaf Halverson, of the Nome
School staff, leaves today for a
■ short vacation in Seattle. He plans
to return soon.
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13 Injured As Maine Car
Plunges Through High
School Band Formation
MADAWASKA, Maine, UPl — A
car plowed through a 71-member
high school band assembled in a
parking lot to play for a parade
yesterday. Thirteen band members
were injured, two critically.
Maine’s Gov. John H. Reed,
standing only 25 feet away, de
scribed the accident as “horrible.”
“It was one of the most tragic
scenes I’ve ever seen,” the Gover
nor told newsmen.
JUNEAU LAD WINS STATE
SAFE DRIVING CONTEST
JIUNEAU, UP) — Mike Korhonen
Jr., 17, of Juneau, has been
named winner of the state Jaycee
Teenage Roadeo Safe Driving
Contest, and will represent Alas
ka in the national finals at "Wash
ington, iD. C., August 8 to 11.
Korhonen scored 349 points out
of a possible 400. Bill Hill of
Anchorage was second with 322
points. Third place went to Dale
Rogers of Ketchikan, who scored
301 points.
RED CHINESE COMPLAIN OF
THREE U-2 FLIGHTS
TOKYO, UP) — Red China
charged today that American U-2
jets have made at least three
flights over the China mainland.
Peiping Radio said one U-2,
taking off from Okinawa, flew
453 miles into China over Che
kiang and Kiangsi Provinces on
Dec. 6, 1958.
No details were given for the
other two alleged overflights.
On The Job!
CORVALLIS, Ore., UP) — Light
. ning struck the courthouse Mon
day and put an elevator out of
commission between floors.
The elevator’s lone occupant',
who was trapped for 20 minutes,
was P. T. Wolfe, the County’s Civil
Defense Director.
Woman's Work . . .
TRENTON, N. J., UP) — A bill
affectng county maternity hos
pitals has been referred to the
State Senate’s Labor Committee.
U. S., Canadian Fishermen
Got Bumper Halibut Crop
SEATTLE, MB — A bumper hali
but catch of 22,676,000 pounds has
been taken by American and
Canadian fishermen in North Pa
cific waters this season, the U. S.
Fish and Wildlife Service reported
this week.
Prices, however, have been poor.
The catch has been split almost
evenly. American boats took 11,
607,000 pounds, Canadian boats,
11,069,000.
PUBLIC RESPONSE FAVORS
PRESIDENT'S REPORT
WASHINGTON, UH—The White
House yesterday reported “just
tremendous” favorable public re
action to President Eisenhower’s
radio-television report on the
summit conference collapse.
Press Secretary James Hagerty
said there were only two critical
telegrams among the first 300 re
ceived after the Presidents talk.
PASTERNAK GRAVELY ILL
MOSCOW, UR — Physicans*
have found author Boris Pasternak
to be suffering from cancer of
the lung in addition to a heart
ailment and stomach trouble, in
formed sources said yesterday.
Pasternak has been coughing
blood and attendants expressed
belief a crisis is approaching for
the 70-year-old writer. They de
scribed his condition as “ex
tremely grave."
U. S. DOLLAR CATCHING UP
WITH CANADIAN MONEY
NEW YORK, MB — The value
of the Canadian dollar in terms
of U. S. currency continued to
slide today.
Foreign exchange dealers
quoted it at $1.01 21/64 in U. S.
currency, down 11/64 from $1.01
xh yesterday.
Today’s closing was lowest
since Jan. 6, 1958, when the fig
ure was $1.00 55/64.
IKE TO GETTYSBURG
GETTYSBURG, Pa., MB — Presi
dent Eisenhower flew here yester
day for a long Memorial Day
weekend on his farm.
His helicopter landed at the
farm at 4:50 p.m. EDT after a
40-minute flight from Washington.
X-15 May Have Set
New Speed Record
EDWARDS AFB., Calif., Of) —
The X-15 rocket plane may have
set a speed mark of as much as
2,148 mph. in a test flight two
weeks ago.
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, announc
ing this today, said the exact
speed cannot be definitely deter
mined. It could have been 2,074
mph., not a record.
The old mark for manned air
craft was 2,094 mph., reached
here Sept. 27, 1956, in-the X-2 re
search plane by Air Force Capt.
Milburn Apt. He was killed mo
ments later when it went out' of
control and crashed.
At the X-15’s controls during
the possible record flight last May
12 was NASA test pilot Joe
Walker. '
Walker was not trying to set a
record on the flight. It was mere
ly another of the X-15 test flights,
in which speed and altitude are
gradually being stepped up.
The X-15, with more powerful
engines, is exected ultimately to
soar 50 to 100 miles high at speeds
up to 4,000 mph.
Bomarcs Reach Flying Targets
ELGIN AFB, Fla., Of) — Two
Air Fotce Bomarc missiles today
successfully intercepted a simu
lated enemy sneak attack on the
•U. S. mainland.
Both Bomarcs passed • within
several feet of their targets, set
ting off proximity fuses in the
noses of the ground-to-air inter
ceptor missiles.
Neither carried a warhead and
the targets, a supersonic Regulus
and a subsonic F-80 Drone, were
recovered. The Regulus had a
speed of about 1,500 miles per
hour.
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Reunion at Academy June 6
WASHINGTON, Of) — President
Eisenhower will visit West Point
June 4, and again June 6, for the
reunion of his Class of 1915.
Eisenhower will interrupt his
West Point visit June 5 to go to
South Bend, Ind., where he will
deliver the commencement ad
dress at the University of Notre
Dame.
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Were ‘Needless,’
Says Rescue Chief
SEATTLE, (J>) — A light plane
that crashed during the V.rount
McKinley rescue operation, kill
ing two' men, had no business
being that high, Ome Daiber,
Seattle Mountain Rescue Council
leader, said on his return Monday.
“It was a shame the rescue op
eration hajl to be marred with the
senseless crash,” Daiber said.
The plane was supposed to be
observing the progress of rescue
teams and dropping supplies at
a much lower level, 13,000 or
14,000 feet, Daiber said.
The decision to fly above 17,000
feet where the four injured
climbers were stranded, was made
'by the pilot, Bill Steenson, An
chorage businessman, Daiber said,
adding: “Nobody sent him up
there.”
Stevenson and a passenger,
T/Sgt. Robert T. Elliott, Hum
boldt, 111., were killed.
The altitude at which the crash
occurred was far above the ceiling
for that type of plane. Daiber said.
Daiber helped direct the rescue
operations from a base at Talkeet
na, 80 miles north of Anchorage.
Sails Alone from Los
Angeles to Australia
SYDNEY, Australia, UP) — An
American who sailed 8,000 miles
alone in his 20-foot sailboat
reached Sydney Thursday night.
For the past two weeks he said
he lived on a diet of rice. On
reaching Syney he had only one
gallon of fresh water left.'
Dayton LaLone, 31, of Clarks
ton, Wash., plans 'to settle here.
He left Los Angeles last June 4.
He sailed 2,200 miles despite a
broken rudder post and experi
enced four weeks of gale force ,
winds off the Australian coast.
He said he took his position by
his watch, and when that broke
he used an alarm clock.
For 2,000 of the 8,000 miles his
craft, the Craig J., sailed with a
makeshift rig of ^ paddle nailed
to a foot-high stump of the mast.
The American said he survived
three hurricanes off Mexico.
LaLone served 10 years in the
U. S. Merchant Marine and eight
years in the U. S. Navy.
He said on reaching here: “That
ends my yachting experience.”
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