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VOL. LX I No. Ill NOME, ALASKA,- FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1959_Per Copy—154
U. S. Hoists Vanguard III Into Orbit
By HOWARD BENEDICT
CAPE CANAVERAL, UP). — The
Vanguard III satellite soared into
orbit today and revived sagging
U.S. prestige in the spa^e explor
ation field.
The 100 - pound satellite was
boosted aloft by the. last of the
Vanguard rockets. The Vanguard,
once the scapegoat for American
space failures, thus ended its
hard luck history on a triumphant
note.
The success followed two
straight American space flops.
Just 14 hours before, a Thor-Able
rocket fizzled in an attempt to
place a 265 - pound navigation
satellite in orbit. On Wednesday,
a Jupiter missile carrying mice
and frogs on a space flight ex
ploded 1,000 feet above its launch
ing pad.
Third in Eleven Tries
The satellite was the third put
up on 11 tries by the Vanguard.
It includes the 50-pound payload
and the 50 - pound third - stage
rocket, which remained attached.
Its job was to measure the
earth’s magnetic field, solar x
rays, micrometeOrite bombard
ment and temperatures inside and
outside the satellite.
Shaped like an ice cream* cone,
Vanguard III is made of magne
sium and fiberglass. It consists of
a 20-inch sphere with a 26-inch
tube extending from it. The tube
is tapered from 6 to 2V£ inches in
diameter.
In the tip of the cone is a mag
netometer to measure the mag
netic field and help locate pockets
of dangerous radiation. The infor
mation may help draw a map of
the safest route to the moon and
other planets.
Signals Loud and Clear
Nine hours after the launching
the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration announced
that radio signals from the satel
lite were coming in loud and
clear.
On the basis of information re
ceived so far, NASA said Van
guard II is following a path that
takes it 2,329 miles from earth
at its most distant point, and 319
miles away at its closest point.
The orbit is inclined 33 degrees
north and south 'of the equator.
As it swings down to the low
point of its orbit, something equi
valent to a downhill slide, it is
traveling 18,567 mph. At the top
of the orbit, its speed is 12,631
mph.
NASA officials estimated the
satellite would remain aloft for
30 to 40 years. They said its radio
equipment should operate for
about three months.
Its first few passes carried it
over the United States, but then
its path shifted over Central and
South America. NASA said the
satellite would pass over the
United States again some time
Saturday.
MeElroy Says
Alaska’s Defenses
Are 44Adequate”
WASHINGTON, UPt — Defense
Secretary Neil MeElroy has given
assurance that the military de
fenses of Alaska are adequate in
terms of present overall planning.
* MeElroy discussed Alaska’s mil
itary defenses in a letter to Sen.
Lyndon Johnson, chairman of the
Preparedness Investigating sub
committee. The letter was made
public by Sen. E. L. Bartlett.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff be
lieve “the Alaskan commander
can accomplish his assigned mis
sion with the current and pro
grammed military resources,” Mc
Elroy said.
Bartlett had asked for a sur
vey of Alaskan defenses in July
and McElroy’s letter is a sum
mary of information given to the
Senate committee.
MeElroy said he had been as
sured by the Joint Chiefs of Staff
that “they attach to the defense
of Alaska the same degree of im
portance as is given the other
parts of the United States.”
Lt. Gen. Frank A. Armstrong,
Alaskan military commander, has
reported “he is satisfied with the
defense forces presently assigned
and programmed for Alaska,”
MeElroy said.
“In this day of • supersonic
. planes, missiles and advancing
technological developments, we
cannot afford to limit our de
fense posture by state boundaries
and fragment our total effort,”
MeElroy wrote.
“In no case do we assign to any
single state . . . forces required
to defend that state alone,” he
added. “To do so would obviously
dilute our total effort and would
weaken our defense for this coun
try.”
USAF Commander
In Icelaml
Is Recalled
WASHINGTON, UP)—Brig. Gen.
Pritchard has been relieved of his
command in Iceland in the wake
of an airport incident that raised
Icelandic feelings against Ameri
can forces there.
Pritchard was commander of
the air base at Keflavik where
two Icelandic officials were re
ported to have been forced by
guards to lie in mud puddles.
The action was taken at the re
quest of the Icelandic government
an Air Force spokesman said in
answer to questions.
State Department officials, how
ever, said the move Was made
only because of the Icelandic re
quest and did not reflect upon the
general’s personal competence.
Privately, it was explained that
the case is much like that of an
embassy attache in a friendly cap
itol who might be pulled out sim
ply because the host government
declared him personally unac
ceptable.
Icelandic Ambassador Thor
Thors had made *a formal protest
to the State Department.
He said American guards at the
base had forced the two officials
at gunpoint to lie in pudoHes of
water for 10 minutes and threat
ened to shoot if they opened their
mouths.
The contention of the guard was
that the two officials had entered
a restricted area.
Pritchard had been in com
mand for only about two months.
The Air Force said no new as
signment for Pritchard had been
decided yet, and no successor ap
pointed.
Hearing Tonight
At Post Office On
Nome-Teller Road
Members of the Road Commit
tee of the NWA Chamber of Com
merce were scheduled to meet this
morning with Bureau of Public
Roads officials on a special hear
ing concerning the Nome-Teller
road.' The BPR officals are: Wm.
J. Neimi, regional engineer; H. W.
Johansen, divisional engineer, and
Richard Downing, state public
works commissioner.
Work on the road was held up
this season because state officials
were considering a new route, al
though a complete survey had
previously been made. The BPR
men have come to get more facts
on whether the road should be
built as surveyed or on a pro
posed route which may cost less.
People of this area are aware
that the original survey was made
to reach as many of the important
mineral areas as possible between
Nome and Teller so the road
would not only connect two im
portant ports, but would encour
age the mineral development of
Seward Peninsula.
A1 persons having information
and opinions on why the route
should remain as surveyed or if
they would favor a change in the
location of the road, are urged to
present their facts before this
group tonight at 7:30 in the U.S.
Commissioner’s court room on the
main floor of the Post Office
Building.
According to mining engineers
and geologists, this highly min
eralized area contains a large
body of iron ore, tin ore, placer
tin, feldspar, mica and beryl.
Beryl is the ore of the metal
beryllium which is used in many
important alloys, especially those
of copper.
According to the Jones report
of 1951, bismuth, stibnite, and
scheelite are also to be found in
the area.
The hearing should be of in
terest not only to those who have
information to offer, but to every
one interested in the development
of this section of Seward Pen
insula.
Four Amateur Bullfighters
Die in Peruvian Festival
"~LIMA, Peru, UP) — The annual
bullfight festival in the streets of
Santo Tomas yesterday brought
this score:
Four amateur bullfighters killed
and 15 injured.
Today authorities of the Andes
mountain village announced the
festival is off forever.
All those killed and hurt were
“totally drunk,” a police an
nouncement said.
In the festival—a tradition for
a century or more—the bulls were
turned loose in the plaza and
anyone could join in the fight.
Low Pay Doesn't Justify Larceny
SACRAMENTO, Calif., UP) —
Alton Joe Bryant, charged with
lifting $4,000 to $6,000 from his
boss’ bank account, told the judge
he was perfectly justified.
“Because I was not receiving
my full salary as agreed upon,”
Bryant explained, “I felt I should
make an allowance for my in
come.”
But the judge ordered him to
prison anyway.
Mr. K. Loses Temper at Questioners
By WILLIAM L. RYAN
NEW YORK, UPi — The great
Soviet-American traveling debate
moves today to the stage of the
United Nations Assembly, with
Nikita Khrushchev, already show
ing signs of testiness, reported
ready to spring a Soviet surprise.
The Soviet premier, after three
full and rugged days of speaking
and touring, lost his temper mo
mentarily in public last night.
But he quickly recovered his
usual aplomb.
His appearance before the U.N.
will be the highlight of another
busy day. It is generally expected
he will make some new surprise
announcement regarding disarm
ament. Already he has promised
a Soviet proposal on the subject.
Khrushchev has centered much,
of his attention in the Commun
ist-Western debate on the idea
that the Soviet system inevitably
will overwhelm the Western way.
It was in a question-and-answer
discussion of the two systems that
the stocky, 5-foot-5 Russian sud
denly snapped back at his audi
ence.
He even threatened to walk out
of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel’s
grand ballrom, where he was ad
dressing the New York Economic
Club. His audience was made up
of about 2,000 of the country’s top
industrial and business leaders.
He had been answering ques
tions with the same show of jo
viality he had displayed earlier in
the day. Then a guest asked him:
Why, if he was so intent upon
mutual Soviet - American under
standing, were not the Soviet peo
ple allowed to listen to U. S.
broadcasts? Why weren’t Ameri
can newspapers and periodicals
allowed to circulate freely? Why
were American newsmen’s dis
patches censored?
Khrushchev parried: He and
Rotary Governor Due
Here on Monday
Nome Rotarians and Rotary
Anns will welcome Thomas -E.
Morgan, district governor, who is
Thomas E. Morgan
scheduled to arrive here Monday
accompanied by Mrs. Morgan.
Morgan, who is on a statewide
Visit, heads Rotary clubs in Al
aska, British Columbia and the
Pacific Northwest.
He will be honored at a dinner
at the Seaview Room Monday
evening and several side trips by
car and plane are planned for
him and his wife.
President Eisenhower had agreed
their discussions would not in
volve interference in each other’s
internal affairs.
“Answer the question!” some
body shouted, amid groans from
the audience. The premier blew
up. His face reddened.
Threatens To Leave
“I am an old sparrow, so to say,
and you cannot muddle me with
your cries. You might not listen
to me if you don’t want to. But
surely you must show enough
hospitality not to interrupt. If
there is no desire to listen to
what I have to say,' I will go.
“I have come here not to beg
of anything; I come here as a
representative of a great country,
a great people, who have made a
great revolution, and no cries can
deafen, can do away with the
great achievement of our people.”
He offered to answer the ques
tions if there were no interrup
tions. For 10 seconds there was
silence. He calmed down, and
continued:
“The question of what our pub
lic listens to or reads should be
decided not by any outside gov
ernment or influence, but by our
own people and government.”
Accuses VOA of Jamming
/‘You also jam,” Khrushchev
went on, referring to questions
about Soviet jamming ( of the
Voice of America. “I would refer
to this unfortunate act. For in
stance, our people, and a great
many other people in the world,
like the great singer, Paul Robe
son. Yet for five-or seven years,
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Nikita Rushes
Through Visit To
FDR’s Memorial
By ARTHUR EVERETT
HYDE PARK, N.Y., UP>—Soviet
Premier Nikita Khrushchev made
a brief, 57-minute tour today of
the late President Franklin D.
Roosevelt’s estate here, on a pil
grimage to visit the grave of the
Soviet Union’s strong wartime
ally.
The widow, Eleanor Roosevelt,
was standing outside the plot
where her husband is buried,
when Khrushhcev’s limousine
pulled up.
After Khrushchev, accompanied
by his wife, Nina, had laid a
wreath of roses on the grave, Mrs.
Roosevelt tucked Mrs. Khrush
chev’s arm in hers and conducted
the couple on a quick tour of the
Roosevelt ancestral home, the me
morial library where mementoes
of the Roosevelt career are stored
and ended up with a brief stop
at Mrs. Roosevelt’s cottage, about
four miles away.
Mrs. Roosevelt said v Khrush
chev had been “terribly anxious”
about getting to New York in
time to deliver his speech before
the United Nations.
“He enjoyed nothing,” she said,
in answer to a question. “A man
behind him all the time kept
whispering ‘seven minutes, seven
minutes’.”
Khrushchev and his wife spent
less than five minutes in the cot
tage.
Before entering his limousine,
he turned to Mrs. Roosevelt and
said: “We came here not for
pleasure but to pay homage to the
memory of Roosevelt.”