Maii-lo-tlie-Moon
Race - Do the U.S.
People Want It?
By J. M. Roberts
Associated Press News Analyst
The Kennedy Administration
appears to be willing to let the
American people decide whether
they want to spend vast sums of
money over a period of years on
the possibility that this country
ciin send a man to the moon ahead
of the Soviet Union.
Lines for debate over it are ex
pected to be drawn soon.
As one official put it, the tech
nical groundwork for such a proj
ect is being laid and the question
is: “Does the country want it?”
Presumably the decision will be
based on reaction expressed to
Congress and the executive
branch after a period of trial bal
looning.
A guess is that the administra
tion would like to have approval.
The $125 million already added
to the space development budget
by the administration is to be
spent, according to official
sources, on rocket developments
pertinent both to current pro
grams and to the moon attempt
if it is decided upon.
According to these sources, if
such a project is to be attempted
within the estimated time it will
take the Soviet Union, it must be
decided upon in time for provi
sions in the 1963 budget.
The project involves develop
ment by 1967 or 1968 of the al
ready researched Nova booster
rocket, at extremely heavy cost,
at a time when the expense of
the space program already will be
passing $2 billion annually. Nova
might double it.
One of the great arguments ex
pected to arise is whether the
needs of the military development
program have been met before
this experiment in science and
showmaship is undertaken.
Some people in Washington will
tell you that military needs will
be met by missile programs al
ready in hand or decided upon.
Others are asking whether they
are sure that the competition with
the Soviet Union for prestige in
scientific space exploration will '
advance the American military
potential rather than hinder it,
and whether the United States1
space program pays as much at
tention to the military potential
as does the U.S.S.R.
The man-to-the-moon rocket
would have to be far more power
ful than the Saturn Cl now com
ing up, which has eight engines, i
is 21 feet in diameter and is one
third as tall as the Washington j
Monument, but not as powerful
as current Soviet boosters. The
larger C2. now projected, will not
do, cither, even with new engines
and fuels now projected.
As of today, there is doubt
whether Nova would have any
military significance.
The question to be answered
this year is, therefore, whether
the public wants to go into such
a project, primarily for the sake
of scientific exploration and in
an effort to regain some of the
prestige lost to the Communist
claim that the Soviet system is
the one which can produce the
fastest scientific and economic
advancement.
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Gov. Rockefeller Urges
Americans to Support
President Kennedy
WASHINGTON U?l — Gov. Nel
son A. Rockefeller of New York
Tuesday urged all Americans to
support President Kennedy in
whatever measures are necessary
for the defense of freedom.
Rockefeller, after conferring
privately with Kennedy for an
hour at the White House, said
steps that Kennedy has taken to I
promote solidarity among nations
of the Western Hemisphere have
been very constructive.
Rockefeller said further that
the presence of Premier Fidel
Castro in Cuba, coupled with
world developments, have threat
ened the security of the United
States. Then in summing up his
talk with Kennedy, Rockefeller
said:
‘‘I think it is time for all Ameri
cans to stand united behind the
President in support of what
ever action becomes necessary to
defend freedom.”
Navy to Bring Attack
Carrier in Atlantic Waters
WASHINGTON UP) — The Navy
is bringing the Shangri La, a big
attack carrier, back from the
Mediterranean and stationing it
in Atlantic waters within range
of Cuba.
The Shangri La will return
about May 15 to its home base at
Mayport on the east coast of
Florida .
This will cut the attack carrier
force in the Mediterranean to
two, and increase to four the
number of such carriers along the
Atlantic Coast and in the Carib
bean.
No official reason was given
for the move.
Jet Fighter Pilot Blameless
In Accidental Shooting
WASHINGTON UP! — The Air
Force has found a jet fighter pilot
blameless in the accidental shoot
ing down of a B52 jet bomber
April 7.
The Board of Inquiry found an
electrical malfunction caused a
short circuit that fired a Side
winder missile from the jet fight
er flown by Lt. James W. Van
Scyoc on a training mission. Three
of the eight men on board the
bomber died in the crash.
One idea can make you
wealthy. The man who invented
roller skates made a million dol
lars. So did the fellow who first
thought of putting a crinkle in
the ordinary hearpin.
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Secretary Ribicofi’
Assures Federal Aid
For Alaskan Education
JUNEAU iJ5) — Abraham Ribi
eoff, U. S. Secretary of Health,
Education and Welfare, lias as
sured Alaska the federal govern
ment will continue to help the 1
stale provide adequate elemen
tary and secondary education.
Gov. Egan said yesterday Ribi
coff gave the assurance in answer
to an expressed concern by Egan
that proposals advanced to pro
vide federal aid for education :
would give Alaska “an unjust and !
inadequate share of the monies I
appropriated.”
Under proposals submitted to
Congress by the Kennedy Admin
istration. federal aid to education
allocations would be based to a
large degree on per capita income.
Egan had objected m the
grounds that Alaska’s appare; t
high per capita income d.d not
reflect a corresponding high pur
chasing power.
Ribicoff told Egan in a letter
he had been consulting with
Alaska’s Sens. E. L. Bartlett and
Ernest Gruening on the problems
faced by Alaska in connection
with the federal program as writ
ten now.
London to Seattle Nonstop
In 8 Hours and 58 Minutes
SEATTLE WP — From London
to Seattle nonstop in 8 hours and
58 minutes!
The record was set Monday by
a Pan American World Airways’ j
Boeing 707 Intercontinental with
68 passengers and a crew of 11
aboard. The big plane averaged
547 miles an hour for the 4,777
mile westbound Polar flight.
The old record for the route of
10 hours flat also was held by
Pan Am.
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JFK Urges to Observe
Memorial Day by Praying
For a New World of Law
WASHINGTON IJPi — President
Kennedy Tuesday urged the
American people to observe Mem
orial Day, May 30, “by praying
for a new world of law where
peace and justice shall prevail.’’1
He also urged the people to in
voke the blessing of God on those
who have died in defense of our
country.
Kennedy’s proclamation said the
high courage and the supreme 1
sacrifice of Americans who gave j
their lives in battle made it possi- :
ble for our land to flourish under
freedom and justice.
He said “the same principles
and revolutionary beliefs for
which our forefathers fought and
died are still at issue in the world
and the challenge against them
can be met only through the same
qualities of courage, strength,
a n d unflinching determination
shown by our noble dead.”
ENVIED LASSIE . . .
HOLY LOCH, Scotland (#t —
Attractive Beryl McNeil is the
most envied lassie in Scotland—
one girl among 1,000 sailors.
She has gone to work aboard
the U. S. Navy tender Proteus,
anchored in the middle of Holy
Loch as a floating base for Po
laris submarines.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
No. 1(198
NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL
REPORT AND ACCOUNT AND
DETERMINATION OF INHERITANCE
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF
FRANCIS E COWDEN, deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
Miners and Merchants Bank of Alaska
of Nome, Alaska. Administrator. ha=
filed its Final Report and Account, and
that the 2nd day of June, 1961, at the
hour of 2:00 p. m. of said day. in th«
above named court, Nome, Alaska, ha:
by Court Order been fixed as the tim<
and pla e for a hearing on said Repor
and Account; and also, at such tim<
and place the Court will determine anc
adjudicate the beneficiary of thi:
estale. OBJECTIONS, if any there be
to said report and account will bt
heard at this time.
DATED this 3rd day of April, 1961.
MINERS AND MERCHANTS
BANK OF ALASKA,
Administrator
Virgil Voehoska, Attorney for Admin
istrator.
Publish: April 12, 19, 26, May 3, 1961.
Testimonial Dinner
Honors James Seitz Here
James Seitz, Chief of the Nome
FAA Flight Service Station wa
honored at a testimonial dinner
party held at the North Star on
Monday night. Seitz came to Nome*
from Anchorage where he has
held the post of station supervisor
He is leaving Wednesday to accept
a FAA promotion as the manage)
of the Aniak Flight Service Sta
tion.
More than 50 friends attended
the testimonial. Dusty Rhode was
toastmaster, and brief commen
taries were heard from Merle
Crump, Dusty Rhode and Allen
D. Hulen who is the manager of
the Alaska Region of the FAA.
Seitz has resided in Alaska
since 1929. having settled at that
time in the Matanuska Valley with
his family. He has owned several
Alaskan businesses including a
roadhouse and store at Talketna,
stores at Ninilchik. a saw mill and
mining as well as a fishing opera
tion, all in Alaska.
Accompanying him to Aniak
are his wife and two daughters.
Air Traffic Control Specialist
Lee Adams will be acting station
chief upon Seitz’s departure.
The arrangement committee for
the dinner included Merle Crump,
Jess Jones and Roy Snyder.
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