Atlas 4Beast’
Success Told By
Defense Dept. s
WASHINGTON, UP)—A mighty
Atlas missile streaked 6,325 miles
from Florida to a target in the
South Atlantic Friday night,
showing the world the United
States has a fully operational in
tercontinental ballistic missile.
The feat put the U. S. on a par
with Russia which has claimed
possession of an ICBM.
The “Beast,” as the Atlas is
nicknemed, sped the distance in
only about 30 minutes after roar
ing away from the Cape Canaver
al launching pad.
Announcement that the missile
was “successfully test fired for
the first time over the full inter
continental range” was made Sat
urday morning by the Defense De
partment after a check on data
from observers and recording de
vices spotted along the missile's
pa*h.
Later an Air Force spokesman
raid the missile hit a designated
target area after its long roaring
flight across the South Atlantic.
He added that “all test objectives
were achieved essentially 100 per
cent.” The size of the target area
was not disclosed.
The missile’s silvertipped nose
cone — which in event of war
would be nuclear warhead —
dropped into the South Atlantic
near Ascension Island.
The huge rocket sped into the
Florida sky line like a flaming
meteor Friday night and remained
visible for nearly four minutes
as it curved gracefully into the
path through the higher atmos
phere to its target.
But, despite the very apparent
success of the launching at 9:27
p.m., the Defense Department and
Air Force waited until Saturday
to be absolutely certain before
announcing results of the shot.
The Convair Division of the
General Dynamics Corp„ builder
of the Atlass, claimed success of
the flight shortly after the
launching.
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Auto Thief Sentenced *
To Prison for Education
NEW YORK, (W — A teen-aged
auto thief who got into the ninth
grade without learning how to
read or write was sent to prison
Saturday after his own lawyer
suggested the youth might learn
something there.
Brooklyn Judge Samuel S. Lei
bowitz, sentencing George Jarvis
to an indefinite term of up to
five years, commented:
“It’s a shocking situation when
a judge is asked by a defendant’s
attorney to send the youth to
jail so he can learn to read and
write. Here’s another tragic ex
ample of the illiteracy of so many
of the students who are pushed
along, promoted year after year,
without learning the rudiments
of the three R’s.”
Jarvis’ attorney, Thomas P.
Lentini, said the Brooklyn youth
had learned only to write his
name. He said the boy’s illiteracy
contributed to a delinquency rec
ord which includes two arrests
for burglary and a term in the
New York State Training School
for boys.
PERFECT ATTENDANCE
Second Six-Weeks
HIGH SCHOOL:
Clark Adams, Ernest Ailak, Roy
Carlson, Myrtle Chambers, Curtis
Chunn, Alfred Edwards, Alice
Glavinovich, David Grant, Clarice
Hardy, Allen Jack, Edna Johnsen,
Frances Johnson, Pearl Johnson,
John Komakhuk, Sheryl Martin,
Gail Mclver, Alfred Moses, Wil
liam- Muller, Lois Okitkon, Lillian
Outwater, Maggie Panek, Daniel
Rockne, Allen Rylander, Daphne
Rylander, Cora Senungetuk, Jo
seph Senungetuk, Nina Sours,
Amy Titus, Ruth Towner, Clark
West.
6th Grade — MRS. DUNBAR:
Paul Amarok, Ruth Ashby* John
Attatayuk, Joel Craft, Robert
Fennell, Kay Mclver, Richard Mil
ler, Viola Oxereok, Mary Pasquan,
Richard Peterson, Fred Tocktoo,
Richard Young, Linda Lenert.
Reds Resume Firing .
TAIPEI, (W—The Chinese Reds
Saturday resumed their alternate
day warfare against the Quemoys
but up to 6 pm. had fired only
374 shells, the Nationalist De
fense Ministry reported.
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Firemen Control
4,000 - Acre Calif.
Mountain Blaze
LOS ANGELES, UP) — About
500 firefighters, aided by subsid
ing winds, brought a Santa Mon
ica mountains blaze near control
Saturday.
Approximately 4,000 acres lay
smoldering and blackened near
Calabasas, some 25 airline miles
northwest of Los Angeles. The
fire, feeding on parched brush
and trees, destroyed a small home,
a cabin and a house trailer, and
injured two firemen. It started
from undetermined cause Friday
afternoon.
Sixty-foot flames driven 'by 40
m.p.h. gusts burned to within
about a mile of comedian Bob
Hope’s ranch. They consiumed
grass on director John Huston’s
ranch property. The blaze swept
across the Warner ranch, where
firemen saved sets used in many
Western movies. " •
Sheriff’s deputies evacuated
eight persons from homes in
Stokes Canyon and about 12
others left voluntarily.
Two hot spots lingered on the
southern edge, but firemen hoped
to contain the blaze during the
weekend.
Another fire about 18 miles far
ther northwest in Ventura Coun
ty was contained Friday night. It
had charred more than 1,250 acres.
Firemen kept it .from reaching an
oil field northeast of Moorpark
in the Simi Valley.
Area Contaminated
By Nuclear
Accident At Base
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho. UPt —
the discharge of some radioac
tive material at the national reac
tor testing station near here has
caused a brief shutdown of one
reactor being used in the program
to design a nuclear aircraft
engine.
The Atomic Energy Commission
said the accidental release of the
radioactive material November 18
was confined to about 1,500 acres
of the 431,000-acre testing sta
tion. An AEC spokesman said no
employes were exposed and the
short-lived radioactive particles
posed no danger to the public. He
said the reactor’s instrumentation
deviated at low power and caused
the mishap.
SUPERIOR HONOR ROLL
High School — Second Six Weeks
Ray Arnold, Rodney Boucher,
Charles Burnett, David Grant,
Clark West, Whitney West.
HONOR,ROLL
Fritz Chamber, James Foster,
I Allen Jack, Harry Johnsen, Diane
| Lee, Daphne Rylander, Ellen
| Saito.
NEW BOOKS AVAILABLE
AT KK LIBRARY
New books at the KK Library
include: DAYBREAK, by Frank
Slaughter; THE FOURTH DAY,
by P. D. Kuspensky, and THE
TRAVELS OF JAMIE McPHEET
ERS, by Robert Lewis Taylor.
Hardin-Simmons Univ.
To Play Arizona
In Sun Bowl Contest
ABILENE, Tex., (#) — Hardin
Simmons University today was
named to play in the Sun Bowl
game December 31 and immedi-1
ately accepted.
The Abilene University i s!
champion of the border confer
ence. Its opponent will be Wy
oming.
| Hardin-Simmons will leave for
El Paso on December 27.
The afterburner of a jet engine
in one hour can deliver enough
electrical energy to supply an av
erage home for fifteen years.
Legless Victim of
Train Crash Coaches
H. S. Team To Victory
BIGFORK, Minn., UPI — Four
teen years ago Jim McGarry lay
writhing alongside a St. Paul
railroad track, his legs crushed by
a switch engine he failed to see
as he was chasing a hall.
A few hours later he was given
the last rites of his church.
But he recovered and, although
the amputation of both of his legs
ended forever his dreams of star
dom in sports, he vowed never to
leave athletics.
A few days ago 27-year-old Jim
McGarry sat in a wheelchair and
watched his Bigfork basketball
team defeat Littlefork, 58-45, for
his first victory as a high school
coach.
“It’s like every new coach
feels,” McGarry said. “You’re glad '
to get the chance to prove your-!
self.”
This is all the husky, smiling!
young man has ever asked.
Within a few years after hisI
operation he was playing basket- I
toll from a wheelchair and ex-1
celled in the sport.
In 1949. when wheelchair has-j
kettoll was thriving because of
World War II casualties, McGar- 1
ry averaged 25 points a game.!
His team, the “Rolling Gophers,” j
gained the finals of the National
Wheelchair Tournament and Jim
was named to the all-star team.
After graduating from St.!
Thomas in St. Paul, he came to1
this northwood hamlet to become !
a history instructor and assistant
coach. Now he is head coach.
Broke Into
Sheriff’s Autos
NORWALK, Calif., UP) — Au
thorities said Feliciano Euribe
broke into 10 cars in a parking lot
and took everything he found of
value.
Then Deputy Sheriff Thomas
Veter arrested him and Euribe
found out exactly where he was.
Veter had just come off duty Fri
day and the parking lot was be
hind the sheriff’s Norwalk sub-1
station.
All of the cars belonged to
sheriff’s officers.
| U - A Conducts
Technical Institute
For H. S. Teachers
FAIRBANKS — For the third
consecutive year the University
of Alaska has been granted $72,100
by the National Science Founda
tion to conduct a Science Insti
tute for high school teachers in
connection with its annual sum
mer session.
Dr. Alfred M. Bork, associate
professor of physics, will continue
to serve as director of the Insti
tute, which will be open to 50
teachers of biology, chemistry,
physics, and mathematics. It will
cover eight weeks from June to
August, 1959. *
“The key role played by our
teachers of science and mathe
matics in increasing the technical
potential of our nation is now
generally recognized and ac
cepted,” NSF wrote Dr. Bork.
“Your efforts to help these teach
ers maintain and improve their
competence in their subject spe
cialities are most timely. Because
of the importance of sustaining
our country’s • technical leader
ship, we welcome your efforts to
help our teachers fulfill their role
in high quality education in the
sciences.”
In selecting participants, pref
erence will go to qualified Alaska
high school teachers, Dr. Bork
stated. Participants will be paid
a stipend of $75 per week, $15
a week for each dependent up
to four, and a travel allowance of
up to $80.
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