Gen. LeMay Wants
His Generals to
Keep in Top Shape
WASHINGTON UPl — Gen.
Curtis LeMay has taken steps to
require the 91 Air Force Generals
flying desks at the Pentagon to
play squash, lift weights or ex
ercise regularly in some other
way.
The Air Force Chief of Staff, a
pretty rugged type himself, has
expressed “very, very great con
cern” that generals doing staff
work keep in top shape, sources
said.
To this end, the Air Force Sur
geon General, Maj. Gen. Oliver
Neiss, has drafted a program
which is expected to gain final
approval by LeMay.
Each general would be required
to undergo a physical examina
tion by an Air Force doctor, who
then would recommend whatever
measures might be needed to keep
down waistlines and stay in trim
generally.
Under the plan, general offi
cers would have a couple of op
tions. They could leave their of
fices for at least a half day a
week for recreation or exercise
“of which physical activity is an
essential element.” This could in
clude golf.
If they -preferred, the generals
could take more strenuous ex
ercise for shorter periods of time
at an officers’ gymnasium in the
Pentagon. Available there are
handballs, swimming, weightlift
ing, squash and the like.
Air Force doctors would keep
tab to determine whether the gen
erals attain and maintain the
proper physical condition.
The Air Force, along with the
other services, has taken a new'
look at its fitness program under
Defense Department orders to in
tensify activities in this field.
And what about LeMay him
self?
Air Force officers said they ex
pect the Chief of Staff to put him
self through the paces he pre
scribes for the generals under
him.
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Assassin Commits Suicide
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Afri
ca UPl — David Beresford Pratt,
wealthy white farmer who shot
and wounded Prime Minister
Hendrik F. Verwoerd, was found
dead 4n his room in a mental
clinic Sunday night, the South
African Press Assn, reported.
Pratt was found with a bed
sheet tied around his neck, clinic
authorities said.
The attempt on Verwoerd’s life
was made in April 1960. Pratt
went on trial a year ago but his
trial was halted when the Su
preme Court committed him to
a mental asylum.
East Coast Families
Arrive at Refuge
In California
CHICO, Calif. UR — Twelve
families from New York and New
Jersey, seeking refuge from the
threat of a nuclear attack, ar
rived here Sunday night — 16
hours ahead of schedule.
Mayor Ross Lawler and other
dignitaries had planned to wel
come the group, but the 38-person
motor caravan quietly entered
this northern California city with
out fanfare.
The group journeyed west from
Smithtown, N.Y. They hope to
establish new and safer homes in
this community of 14,757, almost
in the center of the rich Sacra
mento Valley.
Alvin Bauman of Smithtown,
who led the exodus, said the war
scare had led to the decision to
seek haven in the west.
Donald Woodside, manager of
Chico’s Chamber of Commerce,
spoke informally with a few of
the weary travelers some hours
after their arrival.
“They were excited—very ex
cited,” Woodside said. “They said
they had a delightful trip but
were glad to be here.”
Since it was dark when the
group arrived, members of the
caravan who had never seen
Chico before had to wait until
daylight for their first good look
at their new home.
Hungry Monkey Cows
A Section of Dtallas
With Icebox Raids
DALLAS, Tex. [JF> — A hungry
monkey with a fir.e throwing arm
has cowed a section of Dallas
.with his icebox raids.
“It’s a big, husky Capuchin,”
said poundmaster R. G. Alexander
Friday. “When he can’t get
enough food out of garbage cans,
he scouts for an open window, re
moves the screen, enters the house
and makes for the refrigerator.
The monkey first tosses all the
eggs on the floor and eats the
fruit. If discovered, he bares his
teeth, throwte the fruit at the hu
man and makes his escape.
“He’s rough and hap a mouth
ful of ivory and people don’t want
to mix with him,” Alexander
said.
The Police Department and
poundmen have tried unsucces
sfully to capture the animal. Of
ficers said they don’t know where
he came from.
HONG KONG (JFi — A court
sentenced Leung Bui to eight
years in prison after a .policeman
fired a water pistol loaded with
red ink at a man who sold him
heroin. Officers said Bui was
easily identified at the inked
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Gov. Egan Plans
Creation of Regional
Development ‘Committees
ANCHORAGE UPi — Plans for
the creation of Regional Econ
omic Development Committees to
serve in an advisory capacity to
the State Division of Planning
were revealed by Gov. Egan last
night.
Speaking before the 1961 Con
vention of the Pioneers of Alas
ka, Egan said the Regional Econ
omic- Development Committees
would be created by executive
order. He said the Legislature
would be asked to make them
permanent.
The committees, Egan said,
would advise the Planning Di
vision on all aspects of economic
growth possibilities within the
areas they represent and recom
mend priorities for state and local
attention.
Egan said he would have other
economic development proposals
to place before the 1962 session
of the Legislature.
Alaska, the Governor said, ha
started a three-phase program for
development of the state’s re
sources.
He said this includes a com
prehensive inventory of these
resources, development of mar
kets and improvement of the
state’s economic and social cli
mate in an effort to attract in
vestment capital.
Egan said the possibility of fu
ture trade with Japan holds great
promise for the development of
Alaskan resources.
U S.-Canada to Take
Part in Exercise Seashell
SAN DIEGO, Calif. UW — Ships
and aircraft of the United States
and Canada take to the sea and
air today to test their might in
hunting down enemy submarines.
The exercise, named Seashell,
will last two weeks. It will range
from the warm, calm waters ofi
Southern California to the cold
often stormy Northern Pacific.
More than 10,000 men are par
ticipating. One hunter- killer
group is led by the anti-submarine
aircraft carrier USS Bennington
The exercise is not only a test
but will serve, the Navy said, to
strengthen the combined U.S.
Canadian capability to meet any
undersea threat against the West
Coast of North America.
College Football Player
Dies from Brain Injury
PHILADELPHIA GW — A Le
banon Valley College football
player, taken to a hospital after
complaining of a headache during
a game Saturday, died today after
emergency surgery for removal of
a blood clot from his brain.
John Zola, 20, a halfback from
Hazleton, Pa., died at 3:53 a.m.,
hospital attendants said. He had
undergone surgery for removal
of a blood clot shortly before mid
night Saturday.
Zola’s death was the second in
college football ranks this year.
Donald G. Foley, 19, Pasadena,
Tex., a member of the Navy’s
junior varsity aauad, died last
Thursday of injuries sustained in
practice. There have also been 11
fatalities on high school gridirons.
Bookmakers Hare Yankees
2 Vi to 1 Favorite to Win
iLAS VEGAS, Nev. GW — The
New York Yankees eased out to
2 Vi: to 1 favorites today to defeat
the Cincinnati Reds in the World
Series.
Early line among Las Vegas
oddsmakers had the Yankees at
11 to 5.
Odds against the American
league champions taking four
straight remained 6 to 1.
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Washington Huskies
Run Over Illinois 20-7
CHAMPAIGN, 111. (JS — Wash
ington Huskies pushed across two
first half touchdowns and then
added the clincher in the fourth
period on a 66-yard scoring run
by fleet Charlie Mitchell as they
defeated Illinois Saturday 20-7.
Mitchell broke away on the first
play from scrimmage after the
Huskies had held the Illini deep
in their own territory.
Washington counted in each
of the first two periods. Both times
on short plunges by quarterback
Kermit Jorgensen. Both times the
Huskies went for the 2-point con
version. The first failed, but the
second clicked when Mitchell
gathered in a pass from Jorgen
sen in the end zone.
Illinois, a green team which
failed to generate any consistent
momentum, scored with just 25
seconds left in the first half as
quarterback Mel Romani hit Dick
Newell in touchdown-territory to
cap an 80-yard march.
New 50-Bed Hospital
In Kotzebue Holds
Informal Open House
KOTZEBUE — The new 50
bed, three million dollar PHS
Alaska Native Health Hospital at
Kotzebue is in its second week of
operation here. Formal dedication
of the hispital is expected in the
near future.
The transfer of all patients from
the old hospital to the new was
accomplished Sepjt. 19. The people
residing in the community were
invited to an informal open house
at the new hospital on the same
day with approximately 220
adults and 350 children visiting
the hospital.
According to Dr. K. Kasuga,
area medical officer in charge at
Anchorage, the new hospital will
make it possible for many native
pediatric patients in the Kotze
bue area to be treated closer tc
their homes rather than be sent
to Anchorage for care.
When in full operation, it is
expected that the new hospital
will furnish services to 50 pa
tients and will have a staff of 76
including physicians, nurses, dieti
tions, and other professional sup
ported staff.
'Sen. Fulbrighl Says Free
! Nations Should Share
I Burden Preserving Peace
LONDON UR — Sen. J. W. Ful
bright said Saturday free nations
should take up their share of the
burden of preserving freedom.
The United States, he said, is
carrying too great a load.
“We ask you to help, not to
prepare for nuclear war, but to
help us prevent nuclear war,”
the Arkansas Democrat declared.
The United States, he went on,
“is able and willing to bear its
just share of the burden of free
worid security, but it cannot ac
cept a disaproportionate share
when other nations, with equally
as much at stake, are reluctant
to bear responsibilities commen
surate with their strength.”
He spoke in the British House
of Commons in an address to the
closing session of the Common
wealth Parliamentary Assn. Con
ference.
Western GOP Conference
Slated for Oregon in 1963
SUN VALLEY, Idaho UP) — The
W estern Republican Conference
voted unanimously Saturday to
meet in Eugene, Ore., in 1963.
Eugene won out over Albu
querque, N.M.
Alaska also put in a bid, but
later withdrew on behalf of Ore
gon. • : ■ r>
Robert Davis, of Grants Pass,
Oregon State Republican Chair
man, and head of the Site Selec
tion Committee, said the 1963
meeting—right before the ’64
campaign—will be one of the big
gest in the history of the confer
ence.
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