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Seven Snacemen Chosen For Training
In First Manned Satellite to Orbit Earth]
By GEOFFREY GOULD
WASHINGTON, UP) — Many
were considered and seven were
chosen. Barring the U.S.S.R. doing
it first, one of these seven Amer
icans is likely to be the first man
•to orbit the earth in space.
The selection of the seven-man
team of “Mercury Astronauts”
was announced Monday by the
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration. Their names are
still a secret, but they will be
made public soon.
They were picked for America’s
first manned satellite experiment,
Project Mercury, from a carefully
selected initial list of 110 highly
qualified military pilots. Both phy
sical and mental fitness were
measured intensively.
The number was held to seven
— instead of 12 as originally
planned — so that each team
member could take full part in
all phases of the project.
They will have a hand in the
engineering and scientific devel
opment of the space vehicle. They
will handle test flights at moderate
speeds and altitudes, getting
ready for the supreme test, an
18,000-mile-an-hour orbiting flight
100 miles or more above the earth.
All the men are graduates of
military test pilot training schools.
They have at least 1,500 hours of
flying time. Each holds the equi
valent of a bachelor’s degree in
science or engineering.
They are all under 40 — space
flight is a young man’s game.
None is taller than 5 feet 11
inches. The space capsule they
will man is a cramped affair.
NASA officials said they did
not even get through the entire
panel of 110 men before making
the selections. Of the first 69 men
interviewed, 80 per cent volun
teered for the historic mission.
“All were of such high caliber
that selection was difficult,” the
NASA announcement said.
The Mercury Astronauts will go
within a few days to Langley Re
search Center at Hampton, Va.,
to start about two years of train
ing. All seven are married.
HOT WATER . . .
CLINTON, 111., Ufi — The two
men grabbed what they thought
was a pan of water and threw it
on the fire in the motorcycle
shop.
It was gasoline.
Result: John Lund’s shop de
stroyed, seven motorcycles ruined
by fire, the home of Lund’s par
ents next to the shop damaged
and singed hair on Lund and his
helper, William Dawson.
The two men were attempting
to douse a fire which broke out
Friday after a motorcycle back
fired in the one-story frame shop.
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Atom Sub Skate
Returns From 2nd
Polar Voyage
By LOU BLACK
GROTON, Conn., (*> — The
atomic submarine Skate came
back triumphantly yesterday from
her second trip under the North
Pole.
Her captain, Cmdr. James F.
Calvert, waved from the conning
tower of the nuclear ship as fog
horns sounded, whistles screamed
and a fireboat shot water into the
air in welcome.
The Skate showed signs of her
scrape with Arctic ice. A few
marks and a bit of rust were on
her sides, apparently caused by
her surfacing in 'Arctic waters.
The damago appeared to be very
slight.
As the Skate tied up for brief
dockside ceremonies, a citation
from President Eisenhower and
a commendation from Secretary
of the Navy Thomas Gates were
given Calvert and his crew of IQS
officers and men.
The documents cited the Skate’s
trip that started March 4 and car
ried her under the Arctic winter
ice for 12 days. She surfaced 10
times, once right at the North
Pole.
The 3,090-mile voyage had tre
mendous implications for missile
warfare. It showed that an atomic
submarine, capable of staying hid
den under water indefinitely,
could surface from under the ice
in any weather and fire missiles.
The Skate, using a television
device, looked for thin places in
the ice. A whip-like antenna
helped probe the ice above.
IN THE PROBATE COURT
FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA
SECOND DIVISION
CAPE NOME PRECINCT
In the Matter of the Estate
of JOSEPHINE KAIJA. Deceased
No. 1099
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
undersigned, Edith M. Arnold, was on
the 19th day of March. 1959, by an
order of the above entitled Court
appointed administrator of the estate
of Josephine Kaija, deceased; and that
she thereupon qualified as such admin
istrator in the manner required by law,
and all creditors of, and persons having
claims against said decedent are hereby
required to present their claims, with
the necessary vouchers, - within six
months from the date hereof, to the
undersigned administrator at Nome,
Alaska, which office the undersigned
hereby designates as his place of business
in all matters connected with the said
estate.
DATED at Nome, Alaska, this 30th
day of March, 1959.
EDITH M. ARNOLD
Administrator of the Estate of
JOSEPHINE KAIJA, Deceased.
Publish April 1, 8, 15, 22.
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Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
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Jerry Manning. President
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Jim Blannlng
President
Bob Grant
Secretary
Wednesday Lunehpor
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets last Tuesday of every
month at School.
ROSCOE WILKIE. President
MARY DIZDE. Secretary.
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