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YOU. LIX No. 82_NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1957 Per Copy—15*
Art Simpson, District Governor of
Rotary, Pays Visit To Nome Club
To Nome Rotary Club was host
today to Art Simpson, governor
of the 504th District of Rotary
International.
Mr. Simpson is making his an
nual official visit to each of the
38 Rotary Clubs in Alaska, Brit
ish Columbia, and northwest
Washington.
Mr. Simpson is manager of A.
Simpson & Co. in Vancouver,
B.C., and is a member and past
president of the Rotary Club of
Marpole. B.C. He was elected as
a district governor of Rotary In
ternational for 1957-58 at Ro
tary’s 48th annual convention in
Lucerne, Switzerland last May.
He is one of. 249 district gover
nors supervising the activities of
■more than 9,500 Rotary Clubs
which have a membership of over
446,000 business and professional
executives in 102 countries thru-1
out the free world.
Mr. Simpson met last evening
at the home of Willard Mecklen
burg with the chairmen of the
Rotary service committees and
discussed club programs with
them.
Today at noon luncheon he j
was guest' of honor and spoke of i
the four epochs of Rotary since |
its inception in Chicago in 1905.
The Nome Club presented Mr.
Simpson with an ivory paper
weight as a memento of his visit
to Nome.
Other guests at the luncheon
were: P. D. Koon, Rotarian of
Seattle, Forrest Baker, of Alaska
Airlines, Anchorage, and Mrs.
Connie Farrar, of Portsmouth,
Va. Mrs. Farrar is the mother
of Ashby Craft of the local Wea
ter Bureau station.
Arthur Simpson
Two U.S. Airmen Killed
When Scorpion Jet
Crashes in Alberta
EDMONTON, Alberta, l/P—Two
U.S. Air Force men were killed
last night when their F-35 Scor
pion jet tighter . crashed and
burned in a farmer’s field as it
was about to come in for a land
ing at the .RCAF station Namao
near here.
The twin-egined jet was re
turning to the U.S. from exercises
in Alaska and was to make a
scheduled stop at Namao.
The 20-ton jet plowed into a
field several hundred yards from
a farm home. Debris was scat
tered over a wide area.
Namao is a regular stopover
point for planes flying between
the U.S. and Alaska.
Board of Juvenile Institutions Will
Have Representative in Nome to
Handle Problems Involving Youth
By RUTH McLEAN
Calvin Pool, head of the Board
of Juvenile Institutions in Alaska,
was a guest at the regular weekly
meeting of the Northwestern
Alaska Chamber of Commerce
Monday.
Introduced by John McNees,
Mr. Pool talked to the members
briefly and said he was in Nome
to arrange for a part-time em
ployee of his Board to handle
problems which arise with the
young people in the community.
There will be an officer of the
Board in Fairbanks who can come
to Nome in an emergency, Mr.
Pool said; otherwise, routine cas
es will be handled by the local
representative.
Correctional School Needed
At this time, Mr. Pool stated,
there is a detention home in
Ketchikan and one planned for
Anchorage. The Board of Juven
ile Institutions wants a correc
tional school in the territory, but
a bill in favor of such a school
failed to pass the House in the
last legislature, according to Mr.
Pool.
He continued:
“It is only through the courtesy
of Outside institutions that we
can place youngsters there. The
Territory of Alaska is the only
territory or state which does not
have its own correctional insti
tution.”
Need for Foster Homes
Speaking of the juveniles who
are having a difficult time be
coming acceptable citizens, Mr.
Pool stressed the fact they they
need encouragement and that
they must be accepted with toler
ance, altho some of them may
slip more than once.
Chamber President Jim Walsh
asked what the Chamber mem
bers could do to help with the
juvenile program. Mr. Pool said
there will be a ( need for foster
homes which the Chamber mem
bers can help find. Foster homes
will be needed for young people
in the community and also for
young people who want to come
to Nome from villages to attend
high school.
City Council Hears
Calvin Pool on
I Delinquent Youth
Calvin Pool, director of the
Board of Juvenile Institutions for
the territory, met with the Nome
City Council Monday evening and
announced the appointment of
Rev. W. Mecklenburg as proba
tion officer on a part-time basis
for the department.
He discussed with the city their
share of the responsibility with
delinquent children as well as the
facilities desired.
To date, stated Pool, 10 chil
dren, seven of them girls, have
been turned over to his depart
ment from the Territorial Welfare
and placed in institutions in Alas
ka and stateside. Ten have also
been turned over in Fairbanks
and 50 in Anchorage.
Other business conducted at the
City Council meeting included:
Property Sold
Lot 26 in Block 12 was sold to
Jack Blattler and Lot 30 and the
east 10Vi> 'feet of Lot 31 in Block
67 were offered to Richard Lee
for assessed valuation.
Swimming Pool
An agreement was signed with
C.A.A. for the use of their drag
line for digging a municipal pool
providing the Scout committee
gets permission from the U. S.
Smelting to dig the pool on the
company’s ground.
Councilman Hungerford Resigns
The resignation of Don Hunger- j
ford was accepted. Hungerford,
who was elected to the council in
April, gave the reason for his
resignation as due to business
pressure.
Floods Drive
Many Topekans
From Homes
TOPEKA, Kan., UP)—Flash floods
hit the Topeka area early today,
driving scores of persons from
their homes, including Mrs. Geor
gia Neese Clark Gray, former
treasurer of the United States,
and her husband.
The flood came just two days
before the anniversary of the one
which caused a billion dollars
damage in Kansas and Missouri
in 1951.
Hardest hit, apparently, was
Richland, Kan., 18 miles south of
Topeka, home town of the Grays,
in the wake of rains which are
estimated to have ranged to over
seven inches in some places.
In Topeka dozens of homes
were flooded and police called for
all available boats to help in the
rescue operations.
The National Guard and Civil
Defense personnel joined police
in helping many families to evac
uate their homes.
At Abilene, 80 miles west of
Topeka in the Kansas River val
ley, a freak cloudburst dumped
an estimated 10 inches of rain on
a single farm and sent a wall of
water rushing across U.S. high
way 40 so suddenly it swept five
passing cars into a ditch.
None of the occupants were in
jured.
America’s First Supersonic Bomber
Represents ‘Most Significant Step’
In History of Military Aviation
FORT WORTH, Texas, WV—The
Air Force today proudly displayed
its first supersonic bomber—“it’s
even better than we expected,” a
general said—and announced a
plan to buy more for testing pur
poses.
Lt. Gen. C. S. Irvine, head of
Air Force weapons procurement,
said at the official unveiling of
the B-58 Hustler that the Convair
atomic superbomber as of now is
the fastest in the world—“and we
plan to buy an additional test
quantity.”
13 More Ordered
Irvine told newsmen the Air
Force already has ordered 13
B-58s for testing and is so pleased
with the first ones that it is talk
ing about buying 17 or 18 more.
The plane is being built here
by Convair division of General
Dynamics Corp. Gen. Irvine said
the Air Force has found it good
practice to acquire up to 30 test
planes of a promising new type
before deciding whether to go on
with a production order.
“We must decide within the
next six months how many test
planes we want,” he added. “If
funds are available and we go
into regular production, we should
have B-58s in wings by 1960.”
Twice Speed of Sound
Irvine said the price of the
B-58 would be close to that of the
much larger and slower Boeing
B-52 heavy jet bomber.
Asked about the speed of the
B-58, he could report only that it
was highly supersonic. But later
he said it was designed to ap
proach twice the speed of sound
“and we are already at the point
where we can make it go faster
than it was designed to go.”
He added:
“The Hustler represents one of
the most significant forward steps
in the history of military aviation
—and thru it we are made aware
of some mighty possibilities.”
Wright Brothres
Frank W. Davis, chief engineer
at Fort Worth for Convair, put it
this way:
“The magnitude of advance in
the B-58 is best emphasized by
the fact that it provides a greater
BPR HEADS ARE
INSPECTING ROADS
IN THIS AREA
The first routine inspection of
roads in this area by officials of
the Bureau of Public Roads,
which took over the work of the
Alaska Road Commission last
year, is now underway.
M. B. Christenson, from the
maintenance and construction de
partment of the BPR of Washing
ton, D.C., headquarters, accom
panied by B. H. Swick, regional
engineer from Juneau and his as
sistant, Bill Niemi, are conferring
with District Engineer Frank
Morris and looking over the work
on Highway 97 and other projects
in this area.
increment in top speed advan
tage over the latest operational
bomber than that bomber provid
ed over the Wright brothers’ air
plane.” '
Since the newest operational
jet bomber, the eight-engine Boe
ing B-52, flies a good 600 miles an
hour faster than the Wright air
plane of half a century ago, Da
vis’ remark would indicate that
the B-58 hurtles along at more
than 1,200 miles an hour—close
to twice the speed of sound.
At that speed only about three
U.S. fighters could keep up with
the B-58—the Lockheed F-104,
McDonnell F-101, and Chance
Vaught F-8U.
Round-the-World Fuel
Development of a chemical fuel
which could propel the B-58
around the world without refuel
ing also was revealed yesterday.
The Olin Mathieson Chemical
Co. announced in Niagara Falls,
N.Y., that the fuel, known as
HEF-2, would increase the range
of jet engines by 40 percent.
Perhaps the most unusual fea
ture of the B-58, in outward ap
pearance, is the long, slim, dis
posable “pod”—a tank stream
lined to a point at each end—sus
pended underneath the airplane.
Pod's Possibilities
An official said the pod could
be a devastating bomb, a battery
of cameras, or electronic counter
measures equipment (devices to
nullify enemy detection radar.
The B-58 carries a crew of only
three men—pilot, navigator-bom
bardier, and defensive systems
operator.
It is only 95 feet long, has a 55
foot span of its triangular wings,
and its sharply swept tail fin
stands some 31 feet off the
ground.
Irvine aid development of a
heat resistant and fatigue resis
tant skin or outer covering for the
B-58 wing and fuselage was “one
of the most vital achievements in
recent years” in aircraft manu
facture.
Rain Brings Brief
Respite From Blistering
Heat Wave in Italy
ROME, Lft—Cool winds, clouds
and showers today took the sting
out of a blistering nine-day Euro
pean heat wave that has killed at
least 380 persons—most of them
ill sun-baked Italy.
Rain, skimming down from the
Alps, clipped Milan’s sweltering
94 degree temperature to 73 in
three hours. But the weatherman
said it would be a brief respite.
As the showers passed over,
temperatures quickly began to
rise again.
The recorded Italian deaths
from heat—many of them old
people ailing in rest homes in
Venice, Milan and Padua—stood
at 181. But this was believed to
be only part of the total. Many
cities and towns do not report
heat deaths.