Nike-Zeus Anti-Missile
Streaks Into the Sky for
Its First Over Water Test
POINT MUGU, Calif. UP — A
lightning Nike-Zeus anti-missile
streaked into thq sky Saturday
for its first over water test but
was destroyed high in the air be
cause of technical problems.
The finned white rocket was
destroyed some 20 seconds after
launch — apparently several sec
onds before the Army had plan
ned to explode the missile.
An Army spokesman would say
only that technical difficulties
were encountered.
Prior to the launch the Army
said the Nike-Zeus should reach
an altitude of about 100,000 feet.
The altitude reached was not
disclosed, but ground observers
estimated the spectacular ex
plosion came at little more than
half that height.
The launching was designed as
a test of a system to defend Amer
ican cities from missile attack.
The 48-foot Nike Zeus when per
fected will be able to intercept
incoming ballis1£c missiles.
Georgian Mountaineers Seale
Peak of Tian Shan Range
MOSCOW Uft — A group of
Georgian mountaineers have suc
cessfully scaled a 22.025-foot peak
of the Tian Shan Range near
Tashkent and named it after In
£dian Prime Minister Nehru, Tass
reported Saturday. Nehru flew
homeward to New Delhi from
Moscow Saturday by way of
Tashkent.
Labor Committee
May Endorse a
32-Hour Work week
PITTSBURGH UR — The Pres
idential Management-Labor Ad
visory Committee may endorse a
32-hour work week and extended
vacations in a move to create new
jobs, says David McDonald, pres
ident of the United Steelworkers
Union.
McDonald, speaking at a legis
lative conference of steelworkers
Friday, said the recommendations
will shock the steel industry.
“The selp-appointed leaders of
the American steel industry are
going to be in for some rude
shocks when they read the rec
ommendations,” McDonald assert
ed.
The committee is scheduled to
meet at the White House Oct. 16.
FISHERMAN'S BODY
RECOVERED AT KETCHIKAN
KETCHIKAN tR — The body
of a Ketchikan fisherman was
raised from the chill water of
Thomas Boat Basin here this
morning, bringing to an end al
most a full week of speculation
over the fate of the viotim, Joseph
Denny Jr.
Denny, 28, was last seen in
downtown Ketchikan last Sunday
night, said Police Sgt. Carl Webb.
A skin diver recovered the body
within two minutes after he dove
into 10 feet of water at low tide.
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Pilotless Aircraft
Holds Iowa City in a
Tizzy for Several Hours
BURLINGTON, Iowa UPL-Dor
cn Bumgardner planned a short
airplane flight around Burling
ton Friday. He didn’t make it —
but the plane did.
The plane, a Civil Air Patrol
L16, jumped its mooring blocks
at Muncipal Airport after Baum
gardner started the engine.
Then the shiny craft tried its
wings without a pilot on an er
ratic two-hour flight that ended
in an Illinois bean field.
“I sure hope it doesn’t happen
to me again,” said the 29-year
old pilot, a member of the Bur
lington CAP Squadron.
The plane’s unusual behavior
had this city of 34,000 persons in
a tizzy for an hour as it circled
lazily at L2000 feet over down
town. buildings and outlying resi
dential areas.
Finally the plane straightened
out, climbed to 12,000 feet, ran
out of gas and plunged onto thr
J. L. Garmer farm four miles
west of Aledo, 111. The only dam
age was to the plane — demolish
ed — and to the bean field.
“When that engine started, it
started real fast,” said Baum
gardner, a rated pilot for six
years. He said he ran to the side
of the plane, grabbed the control
stick, but couldn’t get inside.
“I tried to do everything in
my power to hold her down,” he
said. “I just couldn’t. I had to
let go.”
Baumgardner suffered a skinned
right side from ankle to hip. He
was taken to a hospital.
Sen. Goldwater Calls
On JFK to Resist Pressure
From Nonaligned Nations
WASHINGTON UR—Sen. Barry
Goldwater, (R-Ariz.), called on the
President Friday to resist pressure
from nonaligned nations for any
negotiations that would lead to
appeasement in Berlin.
Goldwater a spokesman for Re
publican conservatives, told the
Senate the uncommitted countries
have been so terrified by the So
viets’ use of nuclear terror tac
tics that they want concessions
made to Premier Khrushchev.
The Arizona senator said the
United States is going to have
to make up its mind to use its
full power against Communism
or it will >be led “down the miser
able road to final appeasement.”
SAUNA BATH COMPLETE . . .
LONDON UR — Friends of
Prince Philip report he has de
cided to set up at Balmoral Castle
a Finnish sauna bath complete
with birch twig massages and al
ternate intensely hot and icy
cold applications. They said the
idea came to the husband of
Queen Elizabeth II while he was
shooting on the chilly Scottish
moor.
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Two Army Officers
Take Blame for TV
Filming of Berlin Border
WASHINGTON UP — The Army
Saturday removed one officer
from his job and admonished an
other for their roles in helping
Jack Paar film a television show
on the touchy boarder between
East and West Berlin.
The Defense Department an
nounced this quick windup of an
investigation of the incident un
dertaken only Friday with White
House approval. Army partici
pation in the filming of a Paar
showing for use in the United
States next week had been bitter
ly denounced in the Senate as
“shocking . . . highly dangerous.”
Action is being taken to pre
vent repetition of any such inci
dents in the future, the Pentagon
said.
Relieved from duty from his
post for “improper performance of
duty” was Lt. Col.- Dallas Hoad
ley of Baltimore, information of
ficer of the Berlin Command.
Admonished was Col. J. R.
Deane Jr. of San Francisco, com
manding officer of the 2nd Battle
Group, 6th Infantry, in Germany.
He was accused of “exercising
poor judgment in diverting a
squad from regular training duties
in order to participate in acti
vities beyond the scope of their
military mission.”
British to Form New
Combat-Ready Division
WOKING, England UP — Britain
I intends to form a new combat
ready division for swift movement
,t.o Germany “if the situation
worsens.”
Defense Minister Harold Wat
kins made the announcement Sat
urday in a speech for a conserva
tive party political rally.
Dealing largely with the Berlin
crisis, he said the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization must stand
ready to meet any aggression
against any of its members. That
! is why Britain is strengthening
her military posture (both in West j
Germany and at home, Watkins
explained.
THIEVERY IN CHURCH . . .
NASHVILLE, Tenn. UP — A
man who knelt as if to pray in
the Christ Episcopal Church here
pried $1,500 worth of gems from
the altar cross and fled, police
were told.
Everett Crutcher, church cus
todian said the thief came in Fri
day with a companion who sought
to shield the thievery by striking
up a conversation. Crutcher said
that when he heard the gems
being pried loose and went for
help, both men ran away.
The Irish are rich in lions.
Some 550 lion cubs have been
born in the Dublin zoo during its
127-year history. Many have been
exported all over the world, in
cluding—of all places—Africa.
40.000 Army
Troops to Be
Sent to Europe
WASHINGTON UPl — Secretary
of Defense Robert McNamara an
nounced Saturday that about 40,
000 additional regular Army
troops would be sent to Europe
“in the immediate future.”
Most of them will go to Ger
many to strengthen combat and
supporting forces in view of So
viet Russia’s threats to West Ber
lin.
The Pentagon also announced
that transportation of dependents
to Europe would be suspended,
beginning Oct. 9.
The suspension covers all means
of travel and applies to travel to
the following countries: Belgium,
Denmark, Prance, West Germany,
Greece, Italy, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal,
Spain, Turkey and the United
Kingdom.
The suspension of travel ap
plies to dependents oi both com
bat troops and civilian employes
of the Defense Department. It
does not apply to West Berlin.
The Pentagon said West Berlin
was a “special case” but did not
explain this.
The 40,000 men being sent
abroad are all regular army
troops. Officials would not name
the units or tell exactly where
they are coming from.
An announcement said these re
inforcements would bring the 7th
Army, 'stationed in Germany, and
other U. S. units committeed to
North Atlantic Treay Organiza
tion to full combat strength. They
will also provide addition combate
supported logistical units for UB.
Army forces in Europe.
The 40,000 includes 3,000 men,
the Army previously announced
were going to Germany. Gen.
George H. Decker said Friday that
each of the three infantry di
visions in the critical German
area was being given 1,000 addi
tional men.
Present strength of U.S. farces
in Germany includes five di
' visions — three infantry and
two armored.
There are about 250,000 troops
in Germany.
Explaining the cutoff of travel
for dependents, officials said it
was due to “logistic requirements”
for the movement of the troops
which apparently means that
transportation is overburdened.
The flow of dependents of
military personnell and civilian
workers of the Defense Depart
ment has been running at about
7.000 to 8,000 a month.
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will be announced.
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The evening Flight 309-310 has been discontinued
as well as the 507-508 Polar Sea Tour flight.
Wien Alaska Airlines, on behalf of the personnel
of the Name station, sincerely thank the towns
people of Nome for the wonderful cooperation
afforded this season.
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