Rocket Expert Says
Gagarin Definitely
Oribited the Earth
ANCHORAGE M — Dr. Wern
her Von Braun told some 500 per
sons attending the Alaska World
Affairs Council banquet Monday
night that Russia’s Yuri Gagarin
definitely orbited the earth in a
space vehicle.
He noted that there had been
questions raised in the press con
cerning the space flight and said
there should be no question con
cerning the historic event.
The German-born rocket ex
pert said Gagarin did orbit the
earth and did land in a prede
termined area of Russia. The Rus
sian did not have to parachute
from the vehicle as was reported
in some newspaper, the scientist
said.
The banquet was a glittering
affair attended by top military
officers and their wives, educa
tors, and many prominent An
chorage area residents.
Von Braun is in Alaska under
the sponsorship of the Alaska
Civil Air Patrol to take part in
the Aerospace Workshop now
being held at Elmendorf Air Force
Base. 1
j Wien Airlines Honored
By National Safety Council
CHICAGO (>P — Twenty-one
airlines were honored by the Na
tional Safety Council Monday for
operating without fatal accidents
in domestic operations during
1960.
Awards of merit for 10,000 to
75,000 aircraft hours named among
others, Alaska Coastal Airlines
and Wien Alaska Airlines.
Certificates of commendation
for fewer than 10,000 aircraft
hours were awarded Ellis Air
Lines, Northern Consolidated
Airlines and Reeve Aleutian Air
ways.
In announcing the awards, the
council said the 1960 passenger ]
death rate was 1.01 deaths per
100 million passenger miles in
domestic operations only. The
lowest rate on record was .09
in 1954.
In 10 fatal accidents encount
ered by airlines within the Unit
ed States and intra-Alaska and
intra-Hawaii operations last year.
374 persons were killed — 326
pasengers, 37 crew members and
11 persons not aboard the air
craft.
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Reapportionment . . .
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1 “a ballot for 14 offices would be
unwieldy . . . you might have
| 120 candidates for the offices.
But no actual reapportionment
! was done by the board at the ses
sions ending late Monday, Gray
j said.
The board will seek technical
aid and legal opinions of consti
tutional provisions from the State
Attorney General.
The board must make its rec
ommendations to the governor by
Sept. 20. Egan then announces
to the public reapportionment
within 90 days, Gray said.
Only three meetings of the full
board are contemplated. But sub
committees may meet to consider
specific problems. “Public hear
ings may be held if the necessity
occurs,” Gray added.
Arrivals & Departures
Mr. and Mrs. Ulloa and son,
who have been at Wales for the
U.S. Naval Station for the past
two years, departed for vacation
and re-assignment. Also leaving
were Jim Kirby, Robert James,
Danny Adams, Isaac Tingook, A.
Jones, Grace Edman, Mr. and
Mrs. Kokochuruk and daughter,
and Sig Krogstad.
Arriving from Fairbanks were
Daniel, Glenn and James Ed
wards, R. Rausch, W. Bums, Joe
Deeley, George Orf, Clement Bois
joi, Jack Ryan, D. H. Sears, T.
Wednes, T. Blauka, H. Flood, G.
Dossfett and C. Howard.
Passengers from Kotzebue in
cluded Lavem and Fergus Madi
gan and Theodore Witzel.
SAFETY FIRST . . .
SANTA MONICA, Calif. UP —
Traffic officers here asked the
name of a motorist they had halt
ed for speeding.
Said the driver: “Safety First.”
Then he produced a driver’s
license issued to Safety First, 67
of 1427 Camden Dr.
Armed Forces Set
Up Mil. tary King
Around Berlin
BONN, Germany OPl — Soviet
j and Communist East German
armed forces have set up a mili
tary ring around Berlin, sources
close to the Bonn Defense Ministry
said yesterday.
The informants declared the
Communists have about 67,500
troops and more than 1,200 tanks
stationed in a girdle 30 miles out
side the city.
So far the Communists have
given r.o signs of snapping the
ring shut around the city. But it
helps add psychological pressure
in the current Soviet diplomatic
offensive.
The East Germans also are
building anti-aircraft rocket bases
in two rings around Berlin, one
25 miles and the other 50 miles
from the city center, the sources
said. Some of the bases, contain
, ing Soviet rockets, were report
J ed already completed and man
j ned by East German soldiers.
The Soviet forces were report
ed equipped with heavy' T10 and
the medium T54 tanks, as well as
heavy artillery, anti-aircraft and
anti-tank guns and rocket launch
ers. The informants said the
equipment of the East German
army is similar.
FROZEN STIFF . . .
VENTURA, Calif. UPi — Elmer
A. Powers went to his refrigerator
for a midnight snack.
He opened the door and there
was Boots, the family cat. His
tail Was standing straight as a
flag pole and was frozen stiff.
“He wasn’t really badly hurt,"
said Powers’ wife, Billie. “Today
he is as frisky as ever.”
How Boots ever got into the icy
predicament remains a mystery
Wilma Rudolph Sets New
Record for 100-Meter Dash
STUTTGART, Germany CP —
Wilma Rudolph clipped one-tenth
of a second off the world record
I for the 100 meter dash with a time
i of 11.2 seconds today and the
United States’ men’s track team
defeated West Germany 120-91 in
a twilight meet. The Yanks won
eight of the final 10 events.
The United States won six of
: the ten events yesterday for a
56-50 lead. In all, the USA cap
tured 14 first places to six for
Germany.
The women’s 100-meter dash
was run off as a special race on
the program. It took the play
from the men.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Penoyer of
Wayne, Mich., had a special in
terest in visiting Nome as their
uncles came to Dawson City and
up the Yukon in 1898 and died
there in 1947. They drove as far
as Fairbanks.
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