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OSCAR Sends
Beeping “Hi”
To Radio Hams
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE
BASE, Calif. UPI — OSCAR, 10
| pound radio robot, is orbiting the
world, beeping “Hi” to radio
hams from Byrdland, Antarctica,
K to Kodiak, Alaska.
OSCAR — short for Orbiting
& Satellite Carrying Amateur Ra
dio — was launched yesterday
4) aboard a Discoverer satellite and
about 90 minutes later was trans
mitting the four dots and two
dots that spell “Hi” In Morse
I ' Code.
The Discoverer 36 satellite also
carried its usual cargo — a cap
sule of secret instruments that
I will be ejected within a few days.
| The Air Force has planes ready
to snag the capsule as it para
chutes near Hawaii — a feat
I achieved seven times to date.
Most of the attention is center
er on OSCAR — carried aloft
in the rocket's tail in place of
ballast. The capsule is in the nose
cone.
OSCAR, the world’s first satel
lite built entirely by private citi
zens, will transmit for about 30
days, or as long as its batteries
last.
It was conceieved and built by
space engineers whose hobby is
tinkering with short-wave radio.
Project Chairman M. Towns of
Sunnyvale, Calif., said this eras
the first time a satellite has trans
*mitted on the interastioaal ama
teur frequency of 145 mega
cycles.
All tihe world’s amateur radio
operators — about 300,000 — have
been Invited to help track
OSCAR.
OSCAR was ejected on Dis
coverer’s first pass over the
Antarctic, the Air Force said, and
was circling the globe every 91
minutes at an altitude ranging
from 150 to 260 miles, slightly
behind Its mother satellite.
Santa Rescued . .v# f
MEMPHIS, Tenn. <* — Santa
Claus had to be rescued from a
flag pole after frosty winds
numbed his feet. IPtr - *1
JClad in a Santa suit, profes
onal pole sitter Dixie Blandy
ad been dispensing Christmas
cheer for 12 days from a perch
high above a suburban shopping
center.
A spell of rain, crisp winds and
20-degree cold had poor Santa so
hearse yesterday he could hardly
say “Merry Christmas” to chil
dren at a telephone below.
Finally, he said, “I’m beginning
to feel numb. Get me down."
A husky fireman was dispatch
ed up an aerial ladder to retrieve
St. Nick.
Blandy, 99, of Dayton, Ohio,
was treated for exposure at a
hospital.
U.S. Fires Sixth
Underground Blast
WASHINGTON OW — The Unit
ed States fired an underground
nuclear test shot today, the sixth
since it resumed testing.
A brief announcement from the
Atomic Energy <%mnximton said
Tragic Fire Claims
Live of Two-Year-Old
Rodney Crewe, two-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Crewe burn
ed to death In a tragic fire which
swept through their home on
Monday evening.
Joan Longley Crewe, who is a
practical nurse at the MMM Hos
pital on the night shift was
awakened from sleep to find the
house on fire. She picked up two
children, Rose an infant less than
a year old and Jean Marie, aged
four. Another child, Davey, aged
five, was not in the house. She
was unable to get back in the
house for the little boy, accord
ing to the report.
The fire was already out. of
control by the time the fire de
partment was called. Fire offi
cials stated that the fire must
have started in the kitchen.
*n>e body of the child was found
near the front door.
Funeral is pending the arri
val of the father, who is with
the Alaska National Guard in
Bethel.
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"Monstrous Substitution" . . .
VATICAN CITY UFi — A Vati
can weekly newspaper says Santa
Claus represents a “monstrous
substitution” for the Christ Child
and “offends the faith.”
This “can not and must not be
accepted or tolerated by Chris
tians,” declared L’Osservatore
Della Domenica in an editorial in
its current editions.
The editorial also assailed the
Christmas tree as “an attempt to
substitute for the crib ... with
a certain sense of naturalism and
paganism."
Tickets for Charity . . .
ROCK ISLAND, 111. Ufi — Over
time parkers in Rock Island will
find on their windshields next
week tickets reading:
“Give the dollar that a ticket
would cost you to your favorite
charity. The entire city adminis
tration, through its police de
partment, wishes you a joyous
and happy holiday season.”
The City Council voted to run
the moratorium on parking fines
from Monday through Christmas
Day.
The police chief warned, how
ever, that motorists taking ad
vantage of the Yule spirit to
park all day at a metered spot
will get regular tickets — and
fines.
Flu Epedemic
Hits Hydaburg Village
KETCHIKAN UP> — Up to 40
per cent of the 250 residents of
Hydaburg, village on Prince of
Wales Island 80 miles southwest
of here, are down with the flu,
the Coast Guard reported today.
A Coast Guard cutter from this
southeastern Alaska city reached
there last midnight with 50 doses
of vaccine, after a radio call for
help.
The 50 vaccine doses were all
that could be spared here. Dr. E.
Wicks, director of the Alaska Di
vision of Health, said vaccine was
in short supply in Alaska.
Thomas Burdon, Hydaburg
school principal, radioed the call
for help. He was Instructed to
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Negroes Kneel and
Pray in New Racial
Demonstrations
ALBANY, Ga. Ufl — A group of
80 Negroes knelt and prayed in
a new racial demonstration in
front of the Albany, Ga., city hall
today and rebuffed initial police
efforts to remove them.
The group, lead by Slater King,
a member of the executive com
mittee of the “Albany Movement”
backing desegregation, marched
to the city hall shortly before
10 ajn. t
Chief of Police Laurie Prit
chett asked for the leader. When
King said he was in charge, Prit
chett asked him Ao disperse the
demonstrators.
“We will never disperse until
you’ve freed every one of our
•people," King said.
He was referring to 156 Ne
groes still in custody of the 267
arrested yesterday for parading
in front of city hall during a
hearing for “Freedom Riders" ar
rested at an earlier demonstra
tion.
The kneeling Negroes continued
their praying and sang.
King was arrested and charged
with contempt of court.
About hall an hour after the
Negroes gathered in the new de
monstration, Pritchett spoke to
them and introduced Mayor Asa
Kelley.
Kelley told the Negroes they
were violating a city ordinance
■ad that their demonstrations
[were causing an influx of per
sons whose purpose “is to cause
you violence and bodily harm."
Ninety-two Negro juveniles ar
rested yesterday were released in
custody of their parents; 20 adults
posted $200 bonds and were re
leased; and 156 others were trans
ferred to jails in nearby towns.
The demonstrators were booked
on charges of disorderly conduct
attempting to intimidate the Re
corder’s Court and failure to obey
•police commands to move on.
Yesterday’s marchers, who
chanted “we want freedom, we
are not afraid,” were detoured
into the Albany jail yard behind
city hall on their third trip
around the block.
Rockefeller Will Not
Leave Public Life ,
NEW YORK UF> — Gov. Nelson .
Rockefeller — shaken in recent ;
weeks by the disappearance of
his youngest son and by his im- ■
pending divorce — today termed
absurd a report that he will leave
public life.
He said the published report
“sounds to me like wishful think- :
ing on the part of a Democratic
boss.”
Asked about the report, pub
lished last night, the Governor
said in a radio interview: “Well,
it’s absurd.”
He said ha plans to complete
his current term and run for re
election next year. He said he is
already drafting campaign plans
and cited a meeting of leadens
in Albany Dec. VI.
WEATHSU OUTLOOK
Continued fair. Low tonight
-10, high tomorrow 0. In the last
24 hours: Hhig of 11, low of 0.
Max. wind 25 mph from the
north. Sunrise at 9:55 am, sun
sat at 146 pm. Temps, a year ago
today: High of 19, low of 9. Ex
tremes on this date since 1907:
High of 94 in 1914, low of -30 in 1
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Britain Calls for 1
Cease-Fire in Katanga
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. UP)
Britain today called for a cease
fire in Katanga, but the United
States and the influential Asian
African bloc threw their support
behind U.N. military operations
in the war-torn Congo province.
In a series of rapid-fire de
velopments, the British formally
urged acting Secretary-General U
Thant to seek and end to the
Katanga fighting as a preliminary
to Congolese unification negotia
tions.
The 49-nation group of Asian
and African countries unanimous
ly approved a statement praising
the U.S. support of the UN.
operations and giving its full sup
port to Thant.
The U.S. policy was outlined
in Washington by Undersecretary
of State George Ball.
Sir Patrick Dean, British U.N.
representative, handed a memor
andum to Thant declaring his
country’s belief that it is “the
duty of the United Nations to
bring about at the earliest pos
sible moment an end to hostilities
and a return to the path of con
ciliation and negotiation.”
It said Britain is “deeply dis
turbed toy the course of events of
the past week in the Congo.”
Such events, the memorandum
said were difficult to understand
in view of Thant’s assurances
that UN. objectives are limited
to restoring freedom of communi
cations and to defend UK. forces
from hostile attacks.
Rancher Gets Letters'
Of Backing After Ousting
Secty. Udall from Land
TOPEKA, Kan. Uh —* Carl Bel
linger, the rancher who asked
Secretary of Interior Stewart
Udall to leave his land last week,
says he has received almost 200
letters suporting his stand.
The incident came when Udall
and his party were inspecting
land for the proposed Prairie Na
tional Park. When they landed
on the ranch, Bellinger— who op
poses tiie park — asked them to
leave. Udall and his group left
immediately.
Bellinger said letters from con
gressmen are included in his mail
and that one came from Alaska.
The rancher said he and other
opponents of the proposed park
are “working against the park
right now.” However, he declined
to say what moves are being
taken.
HIGHLY EMBARRASSED . . .
NASHVILLE, Tenn. W — City
patrolmen Mickey Pybum and
Leon Musgrove were cruising in
their patrol car when they re
ceived instructions:
“Car 1, go to 20th and Char
lotte. There’s a woman stuck in
a telephone booth.”
That was just half the story.
There were two women.
“They were so embarrassed
when we finally got the door
open that they hardly stopped
long enough to say anything to
us,” the officers said. . |
Fight Over Religion . . .
TAIPEI, Formosa (I) — A de
vout Buddhist and a convert to
Christianity got into an argument
over religion last night. The
Buddhist went to the hospital and
the Christian to jaiL
Police said Lai Feng-Tien, 24,
struck Yang Hung, 34, on the
head with a hammer. Yang was
reported in critical condition.
U.N. Aerial Bombs
Batter Hotel In
Elisabethville
ELISABETHVILLE, Katanga
UD — U.N. aerial bombs and
rockets blasted a big hotel in this
battered capital today in a pos
sible prelude to a big push by the
United Nations’ still growing
ground forces.
Considering Katanga gendarmerie
occupation of the Lido Hotel made
it a military objective, four U-N.
Swedish Sabre jets teamed up for
a spectacular attack.
Part of the second-story rooms
of the Lido, one of Elisabeth -
vllle’s best, were shot up and
blackened. Debris toppled into
the hotel’s swimming pool and
shrapnel fragments pocked its
waters.
A handful of Katangan troops
who had dug in around the hotel
dived into their foxholes. Ambu- ■
lances streamed up as the raiders
flew away, but the soldiers re
ported everybody got through it
without a scratch.
President Moise Tshombe’s
Elisafoetville garrison, though re
inforced by fresh men yesterday,
is estimated by Katangans to
number only about, 2,000 men. The
U.N. Congo Command, with US.
Air Force Globemasters still as
1 signed to the transport work, has
[ deployed about 4,500 men in its
1 battle to obtain freedom of move
' ment in this secessionist Congo
s province. •
The Globemasters* latest assign
ment was to ferry in 700 Ethio
pian troops, 14 jeeps and about
22 tons of supplies from Leopold
ville, capital of the central Con
go government.
The jet attacks on the Lido
Hotel followed up a night of heavy
mortar action in which buildings
in the heart of this secessionist
capital were damaged.
Susie, the Sea Otter,
Dies in Captivity
SEATTLE Uh — Susie, world's
only known sea otter in captivity,
died from lung congestion caused
mites in her nasal passages, ex
perts said today.
The Alaska - bom Woodland
Park Zoo attraction also prob
ably never reached adulthood
because of her fresh-water en
vironment, Earl Kenyon, U.S.
Pish and Wildlife Service biolo
gist, said after an autopsy, Susie
had been kept frozen since her
death Oct. 27.
Kenyon brought Susie south six
years ago. He said he had seen
at least 100 sea otters in the
Aleutians and had never came
across such an infestation before.
Dr. Kenneth Binkley of the
Public Health Service and Dr.
Victor Scheffer, marine research
mamologist, joined in the autopsy.
Funeral Services
Held fur Art Johnson
The funeral of Art Johnson,
pilot for Wien Alaska Airlines,
and his passenger Mrs. Guy lone,
was scheduled to be held this
afternoon at 2 from the Covenant
Church.
Johnson’s mother, Mrs. R. Ode
gard, and his sister and her hus
band, Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Pow
ers, are here from Fairbanks, and
Mr. lone arrived yesterday from
White Mountain.
The American Legion conduct
ed the Johnson funeral with pall
bearers Stan Harhut, Bob Scott,
Pearse Walsh, Maurice Kelliber,
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