Seven Spacemen
Chosen For
Project Mercury
WASHINGTON, UR — The seven
U. S. nominees for the assignment
to become the world’s first true
spacemen were to be named yes
terday.
The Los Angeles Times said
one of them is Navy Lt. Scott Car
penter, 33, of Garden Grov/, Calif.,
married and the father of four.
The National ^Aeronautics and
Space Administration, however,
declined to comment on that re
port in advance of the 2 p.m. an
nouncement of the whole list.
NASA is in charge of the project,
named Mercury, to put a man in
orbit in about two years.
The seven are survivors of a
panel of more than 100 picked on
the basis of known qualifications
from the roster of military test
pilots.
NASA said it was not necessary
even to go through the whole list
to find enough eligibles. Of the
first 69 called to Washington, 80
per cent volunteered.
Cancer Crusade Endurance
Flight Starts After
Delays At Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, OPt—1Two Seattle
pilots set last night for the start
of a light plane endurance flight
to publicize the National Cancer
Crusade.
’ The flight planned by Gene
Tanner and Lew Becker has been
delayed several times because of
bad weather and an ear infection
suffered by Tanner.
Tanner said yesterday his doctor
said the ear had improved enough
to allow the start of the flight.
! The pair arrived here April 3.
From here the two plan to fly
their Cessna 182 to Seattle or
Spokane, where they will make
their first ground-to-air refuel
ing stop on the proposed flight
over each of the 49 states.
The pair hope to end the flight
in New York City after breaking
the present light plane endurance
mark of 64 days, 22 hours.
GONE TO THE DOGS . . .
WEST MEMPHIS, Ark., <*> —
Eight scattered residential blocks
were turned over to the dogs by
postmen who said they have been
bitten once too often.
The postmen — four of them —
cited a federal postal regulation
which says they cannot be re
quired to deliver mail where dogs
are a threat.
Postmaster Donald Hall said
yesterday that all of the city’s
nine postmen have been bitten at
least once in the past year.
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Legislature Confirms First
Department Appointee
JUNEAU, UP) — Floyd Guertin’s
appointment as State Commission
er of Administration was con
firmed yesterday by a 47-0 vote
of a joint session of the Senate
and House.
Guertin, a resident here, was
appointed last week by - acting
Governor Wade to head the first
department created under the
state reorganization of the execu
tive branch of government.
The appointment by Wade in
his capacity as acting Governor
raised a constitutional question on
the floor of the House before the
vote. Rep. Peter J. Kalamarides,
House Democratic floor leader,
said the State Constitution stipu
lates appointments shall be made
by the Governor, not by an act
ing Governor.
Legislative confirmation o f
Wade’s appointment may “have
repercussions in the future,” he
said.
Rep. John Hellenthal, chairman
of tiie House Judiciary Committee,
disagreed. “There’s absolutely no
difference under the Constitution
between the powers of the Gov
ernor and the acting Governor,”
he said.
Nominations Made
For State Offices
JUNEAU, UP) — A list of nom
inations to be sent to the Legisla
ture early next week include ap
pointments to the new State
Board of Education and the Fish
and Game Board, acting Governor
Hugh Wade said Wednesday.
The other appointments appar
ently would be for various state
licensing and examining boards.
All the appointments must be
confirmed by the Legislature.
Wade would not say whether his
list of nominations would include
appointments to “cabinet rank”
jobs in the executive branrh.
Only one of the 12 department
heads under the state reorganiza
tion act has been named so far.
Floyd Guertin, Juneau, was ap
pointed last week as the state’s
first Commissioner of Adminis
tration.
CREEPY CRAVAT !
TUCSON, Ariz., UP) — John
Boykin’s neck wear attracted
some attention in a department
store yesterday.
Boykin, of Tucson, strolled into
the store wearing a bright checked
shirt with a four-foot bull snake
wrapped around his neck.
Boykin said he caught the snake
on a picnic and thought it looked
“real sporty” with his shirt.
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McElroy Assures
All-Alaska Defense
In Event of War
WASHINGTON, UR — Alaskans
received the assurance this week
of Defense Secretary McElroy that
military plans call for the full de
fense of Alaska in event of ag
gression.
In a letter to Alaska members
of Congress, McElroy wrote:
“You may be assured that there
is no military plan in existence,
and none has been considered,
which contemplates or accepts the
concept that the United States
would fail to defend any and all
of our sovereign territory — and
[ that includes, of course, Alaska
as an integral part.”
The assurance resulted from in
quiries of Senators Bob Bartlett
and Ernest Gruening and Repre
sentative Ralph Rivers about pub
lished statements in the New York
Times that only the Fairbanks and
Anchorage areas of Alaska would
be defended.
Canada’s Coal Board
Expects to Sell Resource
In Quantity To Japan
OTTAWA, Of) — The chairman
of the Dominion Coal Board says
negotiations may start this fall
with Japan that could lead to the
sale of “hundreds of thousands of
tons” of Western Canada coal.
W. E. Uren said in an interview
Wednesday that next November
or December Japan expects to
place orders for large tonnages.
“There is no question in our
minds that after Japan has tested
Canadian coal we will get orders,”
he added.
PLANE CRASH NEAR
FAIRBANKS KILLS A.F. SGT.
FAIRBANKS, W — A light,
private plane crashed 70 miles
south of here yesterday, killing
an Air Force sergeant and injur
ing his flying companion.
The victim was T. Sgt. Stanley
Vengston, 37, Cogswell, N. D. His
widow, Ellen, and 9-year-old son,
Richard, live here.
Injured'was C. C. Morrison, a
Fairbanks civilian, who was fly
ing the aircraft when it crashed.
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Frank Lloyd Wright, Dies at 89 Years
PHOENIX, Ariz., (ff) — Frank
Lloyd Wright, 89, colorful and
controversial genius of design,
died at 4:45 a.m. yesterday in a
Phoenix hospital after a* brief
illness.
^ A giant on the national and in
ternational architectural scene,
Wright underwent an operation
Monday for removal of an intes
tinal obstruction. He had been
stricken Saturday at his winter
home near Scottsdale.
Wright was almost as noted for
his pithy comments as for his un
usual buildings.
“Early in life I had to choose
between honest arrogance and
hypocritical humility,” he said at
the age of 87. “I choose honest
arrogance and have seen no occa
sion to change.”
Born June 8, 1869, in Richland
Center, Wise., Wright designed
House Passes Measure To
Divert Gas Taxes To
State General Fund
JUNEAU, (ff) — A bill to divert
gasoline tax money from special
funds to the state general fund
was approved by the House, 31-9
Wednesday, and then sent to the
Senate.
The bill was part of the legis
lative program to eliminate ear-,
marked money from the state fis
cal picture.
There had been some question
whether the bill might interfere
with federal aid to highways in
Alaska, but a check with the at
torney general’s office apparently
satisfied most House members
there was no danger.
Fine Job Printing At The Nugget.
more than 700 buildings around
the world, to leave a lasting im
print on the building of today.
The most famous included the
Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, the Gug
genheim Museum in New York,
and Price Tower in Bartlesville,
Okla.
In 1948 the American Institute
of Architects named him the 15th
winner in 42 years of its gold
medal “for distinguished service
to the advancement of the art and
the profession of architecture.”
But there was no love lost be
tween Wright and members of his
institute. Some of his sharpest
barbs were reserved for his fel
low architects.
He once described the institute
as “the American institute of ap
pearances,” and on another occa
sion declared: “The only thing
wrong with architecture is archi
tects.”
But architects were not the only
objects of his wrath.
He didn’t like cities. He called
them “vampires living on the fresh
blood of the countryside and vil
lages, sterilizing humanity.”
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