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SAC Chief LeMay To Tell
Congress What He Needs
To Offset Red Air Might
WASHINGTON, Sen. Jack- j
son <D-Wash> said Thursday Gen. j
Curtis LeMay has promised “to
spell out in a complete package”
what his Strategic Air Command
needs to offset Soviet Russia’s
expanding air might.
“This will be for the benefit of
the Senate subcommittee and will
not be cleared through Pentagon
channels,” Jackson said. He is a
member of a Senate Armed
Forces subcommittee studying
relative U.S.-Russian air power.
LeMay, cigar - chewing com
mander of the globe-girdling U.S.
bomber force, made it plain in
previously censored public testi
mony Monday and Tuesday he
wants more jet B-52 bombers as
quickly as possible.
Completing more than a week
of testimony, he disclosed late
Wednesday that out of 78 heavy
B-52 bombers produced to date,
The Postman's Friend Is—
A Friendly Big Pooch
SACRAMENTO, Calif., UP)—'The
best protection against unfriend
ly dogs, reports Postrpaster Ken
neth R. Hammaker, is a bigger
dog.
Hammaker said Sacramento
postmen, victims in 96 biting
cases last year, are trying the
system.
“They make friends with the
biggest dog in the neighborhood
and get that pooch to go along
on their route,” Hammaker said.
The mail carriers trying the
system now encounter a lot of
barking, but no bites.
only 47 were immediately ac
cepted by the Air Force.
Other Air Force officers said a
defect in the bombers’ complex
electrical systems had caused the
rejections and grounding of all
B-52s after a crash last year.
LeMay said the defects are being
corrected and the jet bombers put
I into production.
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Congress Lifts Ban
On Alaska Bonded
Indebtedness
Cling Lftd 4 'Alaska Prjcts .
WASHINGTON—A 44-year-old
prohibition, which stopped Alaska
from assuming bonded indebted
ness, was lifted last week when
Congress approved a bill to au
thorize the territory to bond it
self for public works.
A ceiling of $20,000,000 was set.
The measure has gone to the
President for action.
In the Organic Act of 1912, the
territory was forbidden to bond
itself, and many attempts have
been made throughout the follow
ing years to lift the ban. In 1952,
voters approved by a 5-1 margin
a referendum seeking views on
territorial bonding up to $12,500,
000 for,school purposes.
The House originally passed
the bill that way, but the Senate
amended the measure by lifting
the debt limitation to $20,000,000
and adding the public works to
the bill.
ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF HALVERSON
The orbits of Jupiter's moons
i lie in the plane of Jupiter’s equa
tor. That plane is always in our
plane of vision so that the satel
lites seem to swing back and
forth in their journey around the
planet.
Sometimes they are in one po
sition and sometimes in another.
At times all four are on one side
while at other times two are on
one side and two on the other.
They present a different relation
ship to each other every succes
sive evening and even in a few
hours they may seem to change.
Frequently these moons are
bright spots against the surface of
the planet or their shadows are
black spots traveling along one
of the colorful belts.
Ganymede, which is the name
of Satellite III, is the largest of
all known moons in the solar
system, having a diameter of
3,560 miles. This moon actually
exceeds the planet Mercury in
size.
Nome Directory
NOME ROTARY CLUB
George Bayer, Pres.
Joe Kroninger, Sec
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Tuesday Noon
STAN MORGAN, President
ALASKA CHAPTER KO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Meets 1st & 3rd Monday of each month
Betty Edwards
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Harry A. Lewis, W.M.
Norvln W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month
COMING TO THE THEATER — MORE THAN EYES HA.VE EVER SEEN ! !
‘ROSE MARlE’-in CinemaScope
Starring Ann Blyth, Howard Keel, Fernando Lamas MAY 13, 14 and 15 An M-G-M Musical