NEW SPACE PROBE
HURTLING INTO FIVE
MONTH SOLAR ORBIT
By GEOFFREY GOULD
WASHINGTON, I* — Pioneer
V hurtled through silent space at
week’s end, toward its destined
place as a tiny new sister planet
■between earth and Venus in a
giant orbit about the sun.
A# 11:05 a.m. Saturday, the
sphere was 206,000 miles from
earth, and roughly over the
South Pacific Ocean.
Pioneer V was speeding away
at 6,487 miles an hour. This speed
carried it to an estimated 213,
140 miles out from earth at noon.
All equipment was reported op
erating perfectly. Giant radios
triggered from earth approximate
ly once every hour sent back loud
and clear signals from which
scientists computed speeds and
distances from earth.
The instrument packed space ve
hicle was expected to plunge into
its giant five-month orbit around
the sun during the weekend.
The orbit is a 514,500,000-mile
Government Advance
Helps Planning of Kodiak
Sewer Construction
WASHINGTON, UP) — A $5,000
advance to Kodiak, to finance pre
liminary planning of new sewer
facilities was announced by the
Community Facilities Adminis
tration last week.
Construction of the project, to
cost an estimated $126,500, is ex
pected to begin by May, 1961.
The advance will be repayable
when construction starts.
circle through space between the
orbits of the earth and the planet
Venus. On the orbit Pioneer V
will approach to about 74,967,000
miles of the sun, compared with
the approximately 93 million miles
between the sun and earth. It will
reach that point — its closest ap
proach to the orbit of V^nus —
in 152 days according to latest
calculations of scientists directing
the probe. Its most distant point
from the sun on the giant orbit
will be an estimated 92,358,000
miles.
TRAIN TIME . . .
NEW ORLEANS, UP) — An irate
motorist fumed while a stalled
freight blocked a crossing.
Finally, his patience exhausted,
he uncoupled the box cars. But
the motorist didn’t know an auto
matic brake, linked to the un
coupled air hose, automatically
stopped the train.
He had to wait 20 minutes lon
ger Friday night while workmen
put the train back together.
To rig for diving in a modern
submarine, the crew must con
duct 225 individual operational
and equipment checks.
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WAT E R
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Pure, Natural Water
Mrs. Neuberger and
Former Oregon Governor
Will Vie for Senate Seat
SALEM, Ore., ID — The con
test for Sen. Richard L. Neu
berger’s seat in Oregon apparent
ly will be between his widow and
former Kovernor Elmo Smith, an
Albany newspaper publisher.
Filings for the state primary in
May closed Friday with Mrs. Neu
berger the only prominent candi
date on the Democratic ballot
and Smith the only widely known
person on the Republican side.
Each will have, however, four
opponents in the primary.
Governor Mark Hatfield earlier
said he would not name any ac
tive candidate to serve out Neu
berger’s term, which runs until
November. Hatfield said he will
name the successor after memor
ial services for Neuberger Sun
day. The senator died last Wed
nesday.
In Michigan, a new bank build
ing features a “money tree” — an
abstract mural of lacquered steel,
lucite and aluminum containing
hundreds of dollars worth of U. S.
and foreign coins.
Chamber Meeting Notes
Lorene Nershak, Alaska Junior
Miss who leaves for Mobile, Ala.,
this week for th# Junior Miss
Pageant, demonstrated her talent
of dancing this noon at the Cham
ber of Commerce luncheon. Miss
Nershak has been taking lessons
with the King Island dancers and
has perfected their traditional
“Invitation Dance of Greeting.” A
fine recording has been made of
the King Island singers and drum
mers which will provide the musi
cal accompaniment for the dance.
* * *
The Alaska National Guard ex
pects to have over 250 represent
atives here from all States at the
ANG convention in August. As
most of them will be flying their
own planes, the airport will also
be a busy place during the meet
ing, stated Capt. O’Rourke.
* * *
Next week the 1st and 2nd
Scout Battalions will have their
annual intensive meet at Ft. Rich
ardson, which is also a training
course for the Scouts from Bar
row to the Aleutians.
* * *
President Pearse Walsh report- '
eel that the invitation for bids
should be advertised some time
this week for the Penny River
Sinuk road, according to advice
given him by Frank Morris of the
BPR in Fairbanks last week.
* , * •
Art Zylstra reported that test
ing on KICY radio station starts
this week and an open house is
scheduled for the last week of the
month.
<• * *
Charles D. Jones reported that
while in Fairbanks last week he
was advised by his son Dan, that
he has been offered the position
of heading the Alaska Land Of
fice in which office he has been
working in connection with the
land records. He was also advised
that the Land Office has been in
structed by Secretary Seaton to
set up a land office in Nome and
the records be returned here.
* * *
Rep. Bob Blodgett, through the
Legislative Committee, urges any
one having ideas on the borough
system to get that information to
him as soon as possible. He says
the most popular plan now is to
divide the state into 24 boroughs
following voting district lines.
Every atom consists of a rela
tively heavy central region or nu
cleus surrounded by a number of
very light particles known as
electrons.
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Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Pearse Walsh, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO 1
Order of Eastern Star
Ruth Reed
Worthy Matron
Verna Mickelson
Secretary
Meets first and third Mondays
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
BYRON G. REED, W.M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets First and Third Thursday
of Each Month
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Asb Craft
President
Herb Jenks
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheot
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meals last Tuesday of every
month at School.
WERNER BOHRER. President
VESTA 8UNDSTROM, Secty.
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