Boeing 707 Jet Reaches
805 MPH on Flight from
Kansas City to Chicago
CHICAGO UP> — Continental
Airlines reported a Boeing 707
jet flying between Kansas City
and Chicago Saturday reached
805 miles an hour, a speed the
airline said it believes as a 707
record in scheduled flight.
An airline spokesman said
Flight 12, piloted by Capt. Nor
man Meyer of Los Angeles, ar
rived in Chicago, 42 minutes after
leaving Kansas City.
Continental said the flight, nor
mally a one-hour and five-minute
trip, was assisted by a strong tail
wind at 31,000 feet. The 707 nor
mally cruises at 575 to 600 mph,
the airline said.
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U. S. lias Rocket Booster
“Twice as Powerful”
As Used by Russians
WASHINGTON UP — Rocket
expert Wernher Von Braun re
ports good progress on a rocket
booster “twice as powerful” as
that used by the Russians to blast
their space probe toward Venus
last month.
But he added, in testimony Fri
day before the House Space Com
mittee, that he is “convinced that
the Russians are working on one
just as big,” and that they are
“still several years ahead of us
in big boosters.”
Von Braun said it “may well
be that the Russians will put up
yet another big surprise with a
much bigger vehicle” than any
body has used or is working on.
The huge Saturn Rocket will be
test flown by the National Space
Flight Center this year, Von Braun
said.
The German-born rocket pio
neer, director of the flight center,
said the space reappraisal order
by President Kennedy will pro
duce a request for more money
this year to speed work on the
gigantic boosters.
Oceans cover 71 per cent of the
earth. The Pacific rolls over 33
per cent, more than the Atlantic
and Indian Oceans combined (30
per cent). Other seas account for
the remaining 8 per cent.
Our longevity really is increas
ing. If you are healthy at 40 — and
take care of yourself — you have
a better-than-even chance of
living to be 80.
Outlawing Public* Sale of Fireworks
Passes House After Two Hour Debate
JUNEAU UP> — A bill outlaw
ing the public sale of fireworks
throughout the state passed the
House Friday after two hours of
debate which hit all the notes
on the emotional scale.
The bill also places strict reg
ulations on public fireworks dis- '
plays and carries penalties to vio- j
lators of fines up to $100 and 30
days in jail.
Before final approval the meas
ure survived two motions to be
indefinitely postponed, which
would have killed it; a motion to
table it, and a motion to send it
back to committee.
Finally, under a call of the
House, it passed 27-12. Just before
adjournment, however, Rep.
Robert Blodgett gave notice of
reconsideration.
The bill introduced by Rep.
James Parsons, bans the sale of
all fireworks from sparklers on
up, except for standard toy cap
guns.
Permits would be issued by the
State Fire Marshal and be re
quired for all public displays of
fireworks. Such displays must be
handled by a “competent opera
tor” to be approved by the Chiefs
of Municipal Police and Fire De
partments, or by the Fire Mar
shal.
The licensee would have to be
bonded for not less than $500, or
adequately covered by insurance.
Opponents sought every parli
amentary means to kill the meas
ure, and, failing that, tried to kill
it with comedy.
Rep. Harold Z. Hansen offered
an amendment to a clause per
mitting the firing of blank cart
ridges to mark the start of pa
rades, regattas and sports events
to include “basket socials”.
Blodgett suggested an amend
ment which would require that
the operator of public displays
hold “valid powder handlers’
permits”. Such permits are ob
tained only after rigid examina
tion under the Department of
Mines and are required for those
handling dynamite.
“If we’re going to make things
tough, let’s make them real
tough,” said Blodgett.
Opponents called the bill an in
vasion of personal rights.
Supporters cited cases of maim
ing, blinding and death through
the careless use of fireworks,
especially by children.
“If this bill would save the
life of just one child, it would be
worth it,” said Rep. Gilbert Jar
vela.
If the bill proceeds successful
ly through the Senate, and is not
vetoed by the governor, it will
go into effect Aug. 1, 1961.
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LIKE TO HEAR FROM FRIENDS
Father Joseph Bernard, S. J.
retired priest who was active
here a generation ago would like
to hear from former friends, par
ticularly among the native people.
His address is Joseph Bernard,
S. J. “Les Fontaines”, Par Chan
tilly (Oise) France.
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$240,000 In Cash
Returned to FB!
By Honest Father
LOS ANGELES (/P> —A canvas
bag containing $240,000 in cash
fell out of a Brink’s, Inc., armored
truck into a street. A father out
hunting a job found it and called
the FBI.
“I thought if I kept that money
I’d never be able to look my
three kids in the face again,” said
Douglas William Johnson.
When he works, which has been
about half the time in the last
six months, the neatly dressed,
Negro maintenance man washes
windows and hauls away rubbish.
Friday, he drove to an apart
ment where he had an appoint
ment to see about cleaning up
debris. The man he was to see
wasn’t in.
As he drove away the cavnas
bag lay in the street in front of
his car.
The Brink’s truck had been
taking it from the United Califor
nia Bank to the Federal Reserve
Bank. Fifteen money bags were
piled high inside the truck.
One apparently slid off the pile,
hit a horizontal inside handle that
released the door and fell into the
street. A guard inside the truck
sat facing forward updating his
records, and didn’t notice the
open door.
Scores of police and FBI agents
were scouring the truck’s past
route when Johnson telephoned
the FBI: “I’ve got something here
you folks might be looking for.”
As to a happy ending for being
honest, Johnson received offers of
a job for himself and a college
scholarship for his son. The offers
came from Brink’s.
Nome Directory
Nome
Shrine Club
Werner Bohrer, Pres.
H. M. Crinklaw, Sec.
Meets First Thursday of Each Month
Masonic Hall
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Boom
Don Hoover, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Barbara Martin
Worthy Matron
Bev Morgan
Secretary
Meets First and Third Mondays
Anvil Lodge
No. 140
A. E. BOHRER, W. M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets First and Third Thursday
Of Each Month
Nome Rotary Club
' V Robert Grant
| *'^7 President
£f>« Dusty Rhode
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets Last Tuesday of Every
Month at School
Mina Bachelder, President
Jane Foster, Secretary
—VISITORS WELCOME—
Pioneer Igloo No. 1
Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays
Wm. H. Cameron, Pres.
Chas. D. Jones, Secty.
Civil Air Patrol
Northwestern Group
Lt.-Col. Dusty Rhode, Cmdr.
Main 118 or 165
Meetings - Monthly, Last Tuesday 8 p.m.
Staff Conferences - Each Tuesday 8 p.m.
Group Hdqtrs., Nome Airport
Nome Cadet Squadron
1st Lt. Jesse Jones, Cmdr.
Main 118 or 334
Meetings - Each THursday 7:30 p.m.
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