Vanguard Again
Fails in Launching
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., UP —
Vanguard missilemen, disap
pointed in their latest satellite
flop, turned their attention yester
day to their final launching ve
hicle.
The second stage failed to func
tion properly Monday on the 10th
Vanguard launching attempt. The
rocket’s 22V£-pound basketball
size satellite apparently plunged
to a fiery death in the earth’s at
mosphere.
Eight of the Vanguard satellite
attempts failed. The two successes
hurled Vanguard satellites 1 and
II into long-time orbits around
the ea*rth.
Only one Vanguard launching
vehicle remains. It probably will
be fired in the next few months.
HAD TO MAKE SAD CHOICE
NYSSA, Ore., OP — Angel Mar
tinez had to make a choice when
his stepdaughters sank while wad
ing in the treacherous Snake
River. He saved one and the other
drowned. So did a deaf-mute bro
ther who tried to save the girl
Martinez lost.
The victims were Magdaena Ri
bera, 11. and her brother, Reyes,
13. Martinez managed to save
Guadelupe Ribera, 9. He said he
grabbed at one of the girls but had
to let go to save the other.
Norwegian Hotel Blaze
Searchers Find 10 Dead
STALHEIM, Norway, —
Workers and an identification
team sifting through the blackened
ruins of the Stalheim tourist ho
tel today found three more bodies.
This brought the number of dead
after the disastrous fire yesterday
to 10.
Careless smoking by a Norwe
gian guide was suspected as a
cause of the fire.
The guide was questioned
through most of the night by
police. After questioning, he
was released but was told to keep
the police informed of his where
abouts. “Negligence is only a mis
demeanor, so there was no basis
for holding him,’’ the police
spokesman said.
Investigators did not discount
the possibility some of the missing
may still be found alive. Many of
the hotel’s 147 guests -— 130 of
them Americans — scattered in
the confused hours* after the fire
leveled the stately old wooden
building early Tuesday.
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Alaska Politics
6Big Business’
ANCHORAGE, UP) — The South
Central Republican convention
adjourned here Monday after
adopting a resolution calling for
a fulltime GOP headquarters to
direct organizational activities.
Former Territorial Senator John
Butrovich of Fairbanks, the Re
publican nominee for Governor in
the first state general election,
toid the banquet audience that
politics in Alaska has developed
into “big business.”
He said Republicans must or
ganize in order to compete with
the AFL-CIO Committee on Poli
tical Education.
Butrovich declared the GOP in
the last campaign was faced with
a lack of adequate campaign
funds, but the Democratic Party
received “thousands of dollars”
from outside labor unions.
Among the resolutions adopted
by the convention were one urging
the State Administration take the
Southeast Alaska fish trap issue
to a court of competent jurisdic
tion; urging the State Administra
tion to implement state judiciary
system immediately and asking
the Legislature to increase appro
priations for the State Agricul
ture Agency.
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DC-7C Stuck on Formosa
TAIPEI, Formosa, UP) — A
Northwest Airlines DC-7C swerved
off tlje runway after landing last
night at Taipei’s Pine Hill Air
'port, and got stuck in a muddy
field.
There were no casualties among
the 23 passengers or crew of
seven. The tips of the plane’s pro
pellers were slightly damaged.
It was raining hard as the plane
landed after a flight from New
York via Seattle, Anchorage and
Tokyo.
White House Appoints
New Air Command Chief
WASHINGTON, UP) — Assign
ment of General Frank F. Everest
to head the Tactical Air Com
mand was announced yesterday
by the White House.
General Everest, the new Tacti
cal Air Chief, has been serving as
commander in chief of U. S. Air
Forces in Europe, and as comman
der of the Fourth Allied Tactical
Air Forces in Europe, a NATO
assignment.
MONDAY BASEBALL SCORES
Pacifc Coast League
Vancouver 5, Phoenix 2.
Seattle 2, San Diego 1.
Portland 6, Salt Lake City 4.
National League
San Francisco 4, Pittsburgh 1.
Los Angeles 6, Philadelphia 2.
American League
New York 11, Kansas City 6.
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Army Sets Up
Arctic Research
Camp in Greenland
WASHINGTON, UP) — An Army
expedition of 41 men has set up a
base camp 500 miles south of the
North Pole before pushing on to
conduct scientific studies along the
Arctic Ocean coast of Greenland.
Designated “Operation Lead
Dog,” the expedition will spend
the rest of the summer traversing
areas which have been covered by
explorers, but about which more
accurate observations ^aye required
in this age of Polar operations.
The group broke camp near
Thule in northwest Greenland on
May 15 and traveled 340 miles
eastward before swinging north to
a point on the northern edge of
the Greenland icecap. On June 10
three Army aircraft joined the
party at the base camp.
The first objective of the ex
pedition is to locate a safe over
land route from the shelf of the
icecap, which is several thousand
Feet above sea level, to the shores
of Lincoln Sea. Attempts will be
made to land light airplanes on
the ice along the route.
The second phase of the opera
tion will carr\ the explorers north
eastward to Peary Land. On this
leg, which will take about three
months, the Army men will carry
all fuel, food and supplies needed
to sustain life and support their
scientific observations.
Studies will be made of snow
to a depth of 15 feet. Samples will
be compared with those obtained
in previous expeditions in Green
land.
Quartermaster Corps experts
will also conduct weather obser
vations and report on the possibi
lity of supporting troop move
ments in the far north regions.
Signal Corps scientists will
study snow drifts, measure winds
and conduct general meteorologi
cal observations.
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Killer’s Execution Set
LINCOLN, Neb., UP) — The Ne
braska Supreme Court yesterday
set June 25 as the new execution
date for convicted killer Charles
Starkweather.
The act'on came less than a day
after the United States Supreme
Court turned down his bid for a
review of his case.
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Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Jerry Manning, President
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Worthy Matron
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Meets First and Third Thursday
of Each Month
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Jim Blanning
President
Bob Grant
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheor
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets last Tuesday of every
month at School.
WERNER BOHRER, President
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