Radio Signal From “Ham” Operator
May Have Destroyed Missile In Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., UPt—
The Air Force and the manufac
turer studied thousands of feet
of taped data for clues to the
cause of an explosion that de
stroyed an Atlas Intercontinental
Ballistic Missile after less than
four minutes of flight Friday.
A spokesman for Convair divi
sion of General Dynamics Corp,
said the cause of the self destruc
tion was still a mystery. He said
the cause might not be known
until completion of a thorough
job of reading the information, if
at alL
This information was recorded
on tape sent back by radio from
the instruments aboard the giant
missile.
Some persons here speculated
that interference by a radio sig
nal, possibly from a “ham” ama
teur, set, had caused the Atlas to
destroy itself.
The Convair spokesman said
the Atlas “does have a destruc
tion package in it operated by
radio.”
He said there are safeguards
on it to prevent accidental oper
ation.
» “We could not be 100 per cent
sure in saying that this did not;
happen, but it would have to be j
an awfully strange coincidence.” j
The two million dollar missile J
shattered into bits about 30 miles j
above the ocean. Before it ex- j
ploded, the missile had yielded,
virtually all the essential data j
that even a much longer test i
flight could have provided.
Air Force experts started the
long task of reducing that data to
usable information—and to facts
which might help prevent the loss
of still another ICBM.
Two earlier Atlas missiles were
destroyed last year shortly after
launching. Because of the volume
of information gained, the Air
Forces classes those flights as 95
per cent successful.
Only two of the five 5,000
mile - range ICBMs launched to
date have made completely suc
cessful flights.
Winston Churchill To Be
President’s Guest In April
WASHINGTON, UPV—'The White
House Saturday confirmed that
Sir Winston Churchill, former
British prime minitser, has ac
cepted President Eisenhower’s in
vitation to be a White House
guest for several days late in
April.
The President and Mrs. Eisen
hower invited Sir Winston and
his wife to be White House guests
while the former prime minister
is in Washington in connection
with an exhibition of his paint
ings at the Smithsonian Institute.
White House press Secretary
James C. Hagerty said they have
accepted the invitation and Sir
Winston will visit here as a “per
sonal old friend” of Eisenhower.
The last time Churchill was here
was as prime minister for British
American talks in June 1945.
Boy Scouts, on 48th Birthday,
Besrin National Safety Good Turn
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OFFICIAL BOY SCOUT WEEK POSTER
More than 4,700,000 Cub Scouts,
Boy Scouts, Explorers, and adult
leaders throughout the nation
will observe Boy Scout Week,
February 7 to 13, marking the
48th anniversary of the Boy
Scouts of America.
Boy Scout Week sees the
launching of a yearlong Safety
Good Turn suggested by Pres
ident Eisenhower, Honorary
President of the Boy Scouts of
America.
In cooperation whh ither or
ganizations giving leadership in
safety, the Scouts will promote
traffic safety in March, April,
and May; outdoor safety in June,
July, and August; and home
safety in September, October,
and November. __
U.S* Ski Team In Europe
Not Very Successful
BADGASTEIN, Austria, UP)—A
tiny Austrian hillock and a mis
calculation made in the fraction
of a split second told the differ
ence between a great and a not
very successful American ski
tour of Europe.
The hillock and the miscalcula
tion sent Wallace (Bud) Werner
of Steamboat Springs, Colo., spin
ning and falling just short of the
finish line of the downhill race,
final event in the World Alpine
Ski championships yesterday.
Instead of finishing first, sec
ond or third—as he surely would
have had hfe not fallen—the in
tense and sincere American com
petitor finished 37th.
Toni Sailer, Austria’s seven
time world champion, won the
downhill instead. It gave him the
downhill and Alpine combined
titles.
American team coach Othmar
Schneider said:
“Buddy’s luck was the worst I
ever heard of in sports.”
After constant training and
competitions since arriving in
Europe Nov. 20 the American
team can look back with real
pleasure only on: a second place
scored by Sally Deaver of White -
march. Pa., in the women’s giant
slalom, and the fourth and fifth
places scored by Werner in the
men's slalom and giant slalom.
Western Military Men
Taken On Weekend
Russian Hunting Trip
MOSCOW, UP—Western mili
tary attaches oiled their guns
Saturday for a weekend hunting
trip as guests of the Soviet gov
ernment.
The Soviet Foreign Office in
vited seven U. S. officers and
others from the West, as well as
the Indian attache, to spend Sun
day hunting foxes, rabbits and
elk 75 miles from Moscow.
When the attaches reached the
end of the bus line from Moscow
they skiied several miles to the
shooting lodge.
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Ketchikan Girl Is Finalist
In Voice of Democracy
Script Writing Contest
WASHINGTON, ifff — Deann
Gingc, Ketchikan, Alaska, is the
first of 51 state and territorial
winners in the 11th annual Voice
of Democracy script writing com
petition to arrive here for a tour
of the nation’s capital.
The 16-year-old high school
senior arrived by air and Satur
day night attended a get - ac
quainted dinner and dance with
other successful competitors.
The winners were chosen from
more than 750,000 high school
students who submitted three to
five-minute scripts on the sub
ject: “I Speak For Democracy.”
Four national co-winners will
be announced at a luncheon to
be held Tuesday after a visit to
the White House. Each will re
ceive a $500 college scholarship.
The program is co - sponsored
by the National Assn, of Broad
casters, Electronics Industries
Assn., and the U.S. Junior Cham
ber of Commerce.
The total investment in Boy
Scout camps throughout the na
tion exceeds $55,000,000.
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Alaska Deputy Marshals
To Get Raises In Pay
WASHINGTON —Action is ex
pected shortly to grant pay iil
creases to Deputy U.S. marshals
in Alaska, according to a recent
announcement by Delegate Bari
lett following conferences with
Justice Department officials.
The boosts are expected to hje
made In the form of grade in
creases through arrangement
being concluded between the
Civil Service Commission and the
Department of Justice.
Deputy marshals in the terri
tory for many years have re
ceived salaries one grade higher
than their counterparts in the
states. The compensation of depu
ties in the states was increase^
recently placing them on a pai*
with those in Alaska, with thfc
promise made that the Alaska of
ficials would receive pn increase
which is now in the ofifng.
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