Gruening Co-Sponsors
Library Extension Bill
Forty-nine senators, including
Senator Gruening, joined Senator
Lister Hill (D-Ala) as co-sponsors
of a bill, S.2830, introduced last
week, which would extend by
amendment the Library Services
Act of 1956 for another five years.
The act authorizes an appropria
tion of $7,500,000 annually for ex
tension and improvement of rural
public library service, and the
new bill provides for continuance
of the program.
The grants-in-aid program al
lows funds to be allotted to the
states on the basis of their rural
population, and are matched by
the states on the basis of their
per capita income. “Rural” is de
fined as any place of 10,000 popu
lation or less, but funds may be
utilized by urban libraries to ex
tend service to rural areas. Within
a state, the funds may be used
for salaries, books, other'1 library
materials and equipment, and op
erating expenses, but may not be
used for construction of buildings
or land purchases.
Fine Job Printing At The Nugget.
N. W. Senators Agree
On Financial Regulation
For Elections Measure
WASHINGTON, UP) — All sen
ators from Washington, Oregon
and Alaska voted in favor of an
amendment adopted 53-27 by the
Senate Wednesday extending the
financial reporting requirements
of its election bill to state and lo
cal committees supporting candi
dates for federal office.
WALLA WALLA PAROLEE
WANTED IN FAIRBANKS
ON NARCOTICS CHARGE
WALLA WALLA, Wash., UP) —
Charles Larry Johnson, paroled
this week from the Washington
State Prison here, posted $2,000
bond Wednesday on a federal
bench warrant from Fairbanks,
charging him with a narcotics
violation.
The amount of the bond was
set by the U. S. Commissioner.
LONDON MEDICS REPORT
BEVIN IS 'VERY WEAK'
LONDON, UP)—Aneurin Bevan,
the Welsh miner who rose to be
Britain’s No. 2 Socialist, was re
ported “very .weak” today in his
fight for life after. a major ab
dominal operation.
“Mr. Bevan is very weak,” said
a medical bulletin issued this
morning on the 62-year-old dep
uty leader of the British Labor
Party.
4Miss Sam’ Monkey
Survives Nine-Mile
Stratosphere Flight
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va., UP! —
A little monkey named "Miss
Sam” yesterday survived a 48,900
foot rocket flight in rehearsal for
human space travel.
The animal, a female, rode
more than nine miles up in a
replica of the chamber that will
carry the first Mercury Astronaut.
The capsule was separated from
a Little Joe booster rocket by
means of an escape mechanism
designed to save the astronaut if
something goes wrong at the
launching.
With its 7Vi>-pound passenger
in a special compartment, the
capsule was parachuted to the
surface of the sea 12 miles off this
Virginia eastern shore island.
Then the capsule was recovered
by helicopter.
Officials of the National Aero
nautics and Space Administration
said the animal appeared to be in
good condition on the basis of pre
liminary examination made bjr ’
remote control while the animai
was still inside the one-ton cap
sule.
.It was announced that the Little
Joe booster rocket which car
ried the capsule aloft rose to a
height of 36,500 feet. At that point
a smaller rocket mounted above
the capsule was fired. The latter
rocket boosted the capsule to its
ultimate height of 48,900 feet.
The second rocket was part of
the device intended to free an
astronaut from the main vehicle
in case of trouble.
Space agency offfcials said that
on the basis .of preliminary study
it appeared the test was com
pletely successful.
The main object of yesterday’s
test was to test the escape mech
anism under rigorous air load
conditions.
Scientists will analyze data re
corded on board to determine the
operation of the escape mechan
ism.
The capsule, in which the
■ monkey rode in its own chamber,
was subjected to air load pressure
of about 1,000 pounds per square
inch at the time the escape rocket
was detonated.
Other monkeys have been rock
eted higher and farther than yes
terday’s animal, but this was the
first time a living creature had
been in a capsule at a time when
maximum air load conditions
prevailed.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE NUGGET
GEORGE BEACOM NAMED
MAN OF YEAR' CANDIDATE
George Beacom, who lived here
for ten years, anfa since leaving
Nome has been 'in business in
Sitka, has been named as a can
didate for “Man of the Year.”
Beacom, who is now 36, is presi
dent of the Sitka Chamber of
Commerce for his third term, and
has been a leader and promoter
of the annual Alaska Day cele
bration in Sitka, past president
of the Sitka P-TA, and past pres
ident of the Sitka Lions Club.
Beacom married a former Nome
nurse, and both are active civic
workers in Sitka. E^ven their home
is reported to be a tourist at
traction.
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No woman can resist a shirt
with a fluff of lace for a collar,
a flutter of lace at the cuffs!
This one’s in care-free Dacron
and Cotton, the miracle fabric.
Wash and dry without ironing
to a wrinke-free appearance.
What’s more, it boasts the
distinctive virtues of all Lady
Manhattan shirts . . . pre
cision-cut collars, buttons that
won’t pull off, controlled
stitching to eliminate pucker
ing,; and extra-long stay-in
shirt tails. Sizes 10 to 18.
White and colors.
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Russians Confirm
Accuracy of
Rocket Firing
MOSCOW, UP) — The Russians
announced yesterday they fired
a rocket 7,760 miles into the cen
tral Pacific< which fell less than
1.24 miles' from its calculated
target.
The multistage ballistic missile
“was the first in the series of
planned launchings” for produc
ing rockets to put heavy earth
satellites into orbit and for space
flights toward other planets of
the solar system, Tass news
agency aid.
The Tass announcement said
the point of fall of the rocket
“confirmed the high exactitude of
the system of rocket control.”
It landed at a point 12,500 kilo
meters (7,760 miles) from the
takeoff spot — not named in the
announcement — and traveled at
a speed of 26,000 kilometers (16,
1'50 miles) an hour, the announce
ment said.
At a height of about 80 to 90
kilometers (49 to 50 miles) the
next to last stage of the rocket
“disintegrated and partly burned
out” on entering the dense strata
of the atmosphere,” Tass said.
“It was established that the
rocket fell less than 2 kilometers
(1.24 miles) away from the pre
determined point, which confirms
the high precision of the rocket’s
guiding system,” Tass said.
» * »
The captain of an Australian
jet airliner reported from Sydney
that the Soviet rocket had ex
ploded at least 200 miles from its
designated target area. He said he
had seen a “huge bright orange
j flash bulb going off” 12:45 p.m.
Wednesday. This was the same
| time the Russians said the rocket
landed and may have been the
next to last stage which Tass said
had disintegrated upon entering
the atmosphere.
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Ruth Reed
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Verna Mickelson
Secretary
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’ _. S> 3^ Herb Jenks
< JfS Secretary
' Wednesday Luncheon
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets last Tuesday of every
month at School.
WERNER BOHRER. President
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