Reproduces Shock of Jet Plane
GIANT PR]CSS at a Cleve
land, O. tool company (right)
used to test aircraft landing
gears, was fitted to smash
auto tires with tons of im
pact. Tires spin at high
speed, and dropping plat
form of press can be weight
ed to reproduce shock of
landing any size plane, even
big bombers. Above, photo
at 1/15,000 second shows
impact of landing F-86
Sabre Jet fighter on new
tire. Tire was undamaged.
A new passenger car tire said
to be strong enough to withstand
the shock of landing a jet fighter
plane was announced recently by
Seiberling Rubber Co. The tire
was spun up to 125 miles an
hour, then smashed with 21,800
pounds of impact force and
stopped instantly — conditions
said to duplicate the landing of
an F-86 Sabre Jet fighter plane.
Smoke poured from the tire and
its steel rim was bent back, but
the tire was undamaged, the
company said.
In another test, a tire, not
rotating, was smashed 11 times
with impact force ranging as
high as 23,000 pounds — seven
times the weight of an automo
bile—but the tire suffered no ill
effects although the wheel was
badly bent.
A third test was made by
dropping the new tire on a six
inch railroad spike welded to a
steel plate. Five other tires of
conventional construction, tested
for comparison, broke at be
tween 2520 and 2700 pounds of
impact against the spike, but
Seiberling’s new tire stood up
under four separate drops on the
spike, at up to 3600 pounds of
impact.
The tests, first of their kind
ever made, were set up “to dem
onstrate graphically” the tirefs
resistance to abuse. All tires
used in the tests were taken
from regular production runs in
the company’s plant at Akron,
and were not specially prepared
in any way. No puncture-sealing
tubes were used, and all tires
had 28 pounds air pressure.
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Kotzebue News
During Ray Woolford’s visit to
Kotzebue, oral and written exam
inations were given Arthur Fields
which resulted in Art getting a
registered guide license for this
area.
* * *
At a recent Chamber meeting
it was agreed an invitation should
' be sent to the Second Division
road commissioner, Ben Young,
inviting him to Kotzebue to sur
vey the road needs of the area.
The Chamber will again spon
sor a non - partisan town hall
meeting before which all political
candidates will be invited to
speak. It is expected this meet
ing will be held in August as a
number of residents of river vil
lages will be in Kotzebue at that
time.
* * *
Lyman Madden and Wilson
Bourdon flew from Candle to Kot
zebue reecntly after arriving in
Candle with tractors and equip
ment of the Gold Dust Mining Co.
from the Kougarok area.
* Jfe *
Bob Sholton, formerly of Fair
bank and Anchorage, has pur
chased the new 130 Cessna from
the L. W. Peterson Estate which
Bill was flying East to ferry from
the factory to Kotzebue at the
time of his fatal acicdent in Mon
tana. Bobby will operate the
plane as an Alaska bush pilot,
basing out of Kotzebue. He is a
long-time Doug captain with Al
aska Airlines on Pt. Barrow, St.
Lawrence and Kotzebue runs.
Fred Crane has returned to
Kotzebue after a six weeks visit
in Fairbanks.
* * *
Fritz Weinara of Candle and
Seattle is a visitor in Kotzebue
area where he is lining up several
men for the summer’s operation
at the Weinard mining operations
out of Candle.
* * *
Frank Snell of Noorvik passed
through Kotzebue enroute to Fair
banks where he will work dur
ing the summer season. He said
the rat season was poor this year
due to the warm weather.
• * *
Mae Vestal and Mr. Thompson
of the CAA are to be married
shortly. The bride is a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard P. Vestal
formerly of Deering, and is em
ployed at the ANS hospital.
* * %
Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Lathrop left
Kotzebue May 15 for an extended
leave in the States. Dr. Lathrop
is dental officer for the ANS at
Kotzebue.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Eph Wheeler
•have returned to Kotzebue after
several month’s visit to the States
which included a tour of southern
and eastern states. Eph will be
Adams Defends
Administration’s
Security Measures
BOSTON, Uft—Sherman Adams,
assistant to President Eisenhower,
said Thursday the administration
has been “eager to cooperate”
with congressional investigating
committees cm any subject of “leg
itimate inquiry.”
He said the goals of the Eisen
hower program are the “complete
elimination” of every Communist,
Fascist, or other subversive intent
on the overthrow of this govern
ment, and the agency entrusted
with this responsibility of eternal
vigilance is the Department of
Justice.
Adam’s remarks were in an ad
dress prepared for the centennial
convention of the National Assn,
of Cotton Manufacturers.
Adams is one of those who at
tended a Jan. 21 meeting of high
level officials in the attorney gen
eral’s office on the Army’s prob
lems with Sen. McCarthy.
That conference became an is
sue in the current Senate inquiry
into the McCarthy-Army row. A
Presidential order barring testi
mony about what was said at the
conference led to suspension of
the hearings last Monday.
Adams reviewed the work of
the Justice Department in com
batting subversives, outlined 11
administration bills to “plug the
gaps” in existing security laws,
and declared a “complete check
and recheck” of security reports
on every new and heldover em
ploye of the federal government
will be completed shortly.
He said there is one thing for
sure—the Executive Department
“has and will continue to devote
its every energy to protecting the
internal security of the United
States. It will take second place
I to no agency of government in its
zeal to provide the maximum vig
ilance to this end.”
Wien station manager for the
summer tourist season.
* • *
Chester Seveck and family have
moved into Kotzebue from Sela
wik where they spent the winter.
Chester has been retired after
many years as chief reindeer
herder of the government herd.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Smith are
enroute to the States for several
month’s vacation before going to
St. George Island where Smith
will be associated with the Fish
and Wildlife Service. He was of
ficer in charge of the Weather
Bureau at Kotzebue.
Dr. Albrecht Says
Mental Health Act
Progressing Slow
JUNEAU — Alaska’s proposed
Mental Health Act is progressing
more slowly toward passage by
Congress than had been hoped,
according to Dr. C. Earl Albrecht,
Alaska commissioner of health,
who returned to Juneau from
Washington last week.
Dr. Albrecht made a brief re
part on his trip at the final ses
sion of the Tuberculosis Hospital
ization Committee which con
vened here May 10 through 13.
The committee reviewed approxi
mately 500 applications for prior
ity admittance to sanatoria as
soon as beds and funds are avail
able.
Through efforts of Gov. Heint
zleman in Washington, Dr. Al
brecht said, a request for sup
plementary appropriations for the
hospitalization of Alaska’s TB pa
tients was made before commit
tees in both houses of Congress.
The privilege of special hearings
was granted to request funds to
provide for utilization of all Al
aska’s tuberculosis beds as well
as additional ones which have be
come available in the State of
Washington.
Referring again to the Alaska
Mental Health Bill, Albrecht said:
“In Washington they told me
correspondence received on this
bill almost ties that received on
the statehood issue. The bill is
now before the House of Repres
entatives for vote after which it
must go to the Senate. Sen. Guy
Gordon, chairman of the Interior
and Insular Affairs subcommittee,
undoubtedly will then hold hear
ings on the Alaska Mental Health
Bill.”
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