Bendix Race
Winner Beats
Speed Record
WASHINGTON, MWet ace
Kenneth D. Chandler won the
Bendix Air Race yesterday with
a record speed performance—but
he almost ran out of fuel at the
end.
Piloting a Convair F-102 inter
ceptor, Air Force Capt. Chandler
averaged 679 miles en hour in
flying the 620 miles from Chica
go’s O’Hare Field to Andrews Air
Force Base in Maryland. Elapsed
time of the flight was 54 minutes,
45Vz seconds.
Chandler bested five other Air
Force Pilots, all of whom flew
delta-wing F-d02s.
The new Bendix record set by
Chandler was 13 mph. faster than
the former mark set last year by
an F-100 from Victorville, Calif.,
to Oklahoma City.
The Bendix race was one of the
first events of a celebration mark
ing the 50th anniversary of the
U.S. Air Force. The celebration is
sponsored by the Air Force Assn,
and is scheduled to run for sever
al days. The actual anniversary
•date is Aug. J.
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WANTED: ADIRONDOACK
MOUNTAIN TOP
BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE, N.Y.,
UP—Has anyone a mountain top
to spare?
The director of the new Adir
ondack museum here wants to
slice off the top of an Adirondack
peak for exhibit.
“Think of all the frustrated
mountain climbers who would get
a kick out of looking at the gen
uine article,” says the direcor, Dr.
R. Bruce Inverarity.
PRESSURE OF MODERN
LIFE IS TOO MUCH
INDIANAPOLIS UP)—Police ar
rested 46-year-old Oscar D. Fore
man of Fountaintown when they
found him stomping on the hood
of his parked car and hammering
the fenders and body with a rock.
The reason? He said he worked
himself to a frazzle on his farm
which was damaged badly by re
cent heavy rains, and then when
he tried driving in Indianapolis
traffic his nerves just wouldn’t
take any more.
Leller-Sixe File Folders For
Sale At The Nome Nugget Office*
INVITATION FOR BIDS
Sealed bids, in duplicate copy, will be
received by the Director of Aeronautics,
Department of Aviation. Territory of
Alaska, Room 202, Glover Building, An
chorage, Alaska, until 2:00 P.M. on Aug
ust 16, 1957, and then publicly opened
and read for furnishing all labor and
materials and performing all work for
the grading of an airplane landing strip
located near English Bay, Alaska.
Plans. Specifications and Project doc
uments may be obtained from the above
address upon deposit of ten (10) dollars.
Bids must be accompanied by a certi
fied check or bid bond in the amount of
ten percent (10%) of the total bid.
The item of work required in the
grading is approximately 2,000 c.y.
The right is reserved, as the interest
of the Territory may require, to reject
any and all bids and to waive any in
formality in bids received unless such
hid is qualified by a specific limitation.
TERRITORY OF ALASKA
DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION
By: E. G. Roguszka,
Acting Director of Aeronautics
Publ. July 29, Aug. 2, 5, 9. 12, 1957.
Alaska Delegation in Washington Sees
Hope in Statehood Bill Postponement
Special to the Nome Nugget
The three members of the Alaska
delegation, “Sens.” Ernest Gruen
ing and William A. Egan, and
“Rep.” Ralph J. Rivers, Friday
provided some further informa
tion on the proposed postpone
ment of the statehood bills. They
wired the Nugget (in part) from
Washington, D.C., as follows:
“At a meeting held Friday at
tended by the Alaska-Tennessee
Plan senators and representatives
and Speaker of the House Sam
Rayburn, Rayburn pointed out
that tempers in the House were
badly frayed over highly contro
versial legislation which had
greatly irritated many members
in recent weeks.
“Based on his long experience
in the House, (Rayburn) insisted
that the (Alaska statehood) bill be
deferred until the second session
j of this Congress. He said that
whereas he had previously been
opposed to statehood for Alaska
he now favored it, and would give
his full support when Congress
reconvened and would make ev
ery effort to get the bill acted
upon in January 1958.
“In view of these circumstances
we had no alternative but to fol
low the speaker’s judgment. The
view that this is a wise decision
is reflected in a current editorial
in the Washington Post, which
says:
“ ‘Alaska Postponed’ (headline).
“ ‘The decision to postpone
House action on the Alaska state
hood bill, far from being damag
ing, may actually prove a gain.
With the civil rights debate still
stalling other important legisla
tion, there is virtually no chance
that the Senate will have time for
fair consideration of Alaskan and
Hawaiian statehood during this
session.
“ ‘Speaker Rayburn may have
read the temper of the House well
in thinking that the prospect in
that body will be more favorable
next January. The important
thing is that Mr. Rayburn, who
long has been a frank opponent of
Alaskan statehood, has now de
j clared that he is for it and will
' support it in January. This is a
welcome boost.
“ ‘Both houses of Congress have
at separate times, approved state
hood for Alaska and Hawaii.
What would now help notably
would be to have expressions
similar to Mr. Rayburn’s from
other congressional authorities.
“ ‘House Minority Leader Mar
tin has been personally opposed
in the past to statehood for Alas
ka, but the recent unequivocal
stand of the Administration may
have induced him to moderate his
views. .
“ ‘Minority Leader Knowland
has supported the bill in the Sen
ate, and Majority Leader Johnson
has indicated that he would bring
it to a vote.
“ ‘Specific promises from these
leaders would help to remove the
statehood question from consider
ations of partisan advantage as
well as to advance a cause to
which both political parties are
pledged in their platforms’.”
Continued Hot Weather
Sears Crops in Northeast
(By The Associated Press i
Hot humid weather, with show
ers and thunderstorms, was the
outlook for broad sections of the
country today.
No general rain was in sight for
the drought-stricken sections in
the northeast, where damage to
crops was estimated as running
into the millions of dollars.
Hot and humid weather pre
vailed in the southern plains and
in most areas east of the Missis
sippi River. The season’s hottest
weather was reported in sections
of the plains yesterday. The mer
cury soared to 104 at Salina, Kan.,
and 103 at Kansas City, Mo.
Alaska Airlines '
From Anchorage: Geo. McCaf
ferty, J. Dawson, Phil Holds
worth, Pearl Taggart, Mrs. Alex
Hartson. J. Webb, Mr. and Mrs.
C. J. Morken, Fred Hensley, Ada
Mae Link, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Brady and five children, Herbert
Tresidder, Chas. McLean, Leon
Hartman, Jack Wise, Harry Bal
lot, Morgan Aukongak, A. Smith.
Blasting Cap
Found in Airliner
Damaged in Flight
VICTORVILLE, Calif., W—1The
FBI said Saturday an unexploded
blasting cap was found in the
airliner damaged early Thursday
on a flight to Los Angeles.
Evidence found indicates “a
small explosion may have oc
curred,” said the FBI statement.
An unexploded blasting cap
was found in the toilet of the
plane, an FBI agent said.
The tadly mangled body of a
passenger, hurled thru the side of
the plane at the time of the ex
plosion, was found Friday on a
jagged, lava-strewn hill in the
Mojave Desert.
Ground searchers came upon
the body of Saul F. Binstock, 62,
a retired jeweler from North Hol
lywood as they followed a trail
of airplane fragments.
“There was nothing on the body
or in his clothes to indicate what
caused the explosion,” one offi
cial said. An autopsy was ordered.
The blast ripped open the side
of a Western Airlines wtin-engine
Ccnvair early Thursday as it flew
between Las Vegas and Los An
geles at 10,000 feet.
SOCIAL SECURITY
REPRESENTATIVE DUE
Tom Burtscher, field represen
tative of the Social Security Ad
ministration, will be in Nome on
July 30. He will be available for
interviews at the Wallace Hotel
from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on that date.
Burtscher reminds women that
they may now receive Social Se
curity benefits at age 62 if they
desire.
Queen Serves Hot Dogs
To Visiting Americans
At Buckingham Palace
LONDON, GW—Queen Elizabeth
II- entertained 5,000 Americans
today at a Buckingham Palace
lawn party—with hot dogs and
hamburgers.
The young Queen was clearly
enjoying the surprised look on
the jj:aces of members of the
American Bar Assn, and their
families.
The traditional American fare
had most of the trimmings with
plenty of mustard. The only thing
missing was onions.
“After all, my dear fellow . . .”
explained one of the court flunk
eys.
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Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon
JIM WALSH, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
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