Electronic “Co-Pilot” Will Enable
Intercontinental Bombers Hit Any
Target In World In Any Weather
GREAT NECK, N.Y., UPl — The
Sperry Gyroscope Co. has an
nounced development of an elec
tronic control system for B - 52 j
intercontinental jet bombers that
enables their crews to “find and
hit any target in the world in any
weather.”
The announcement quoted Air
Force Secretary Quarles as saying
of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress:
“It’s range, bomb load and j
highly skilled crews, coupled
with electronic equipment which
enables its crews to find and hit
any target anywhere in the world
in any weather, constitute a wea- j
pons system which no other na
tion can macth.”
The Sperry Co. said it had de
signed two control systems, one
an “electronic co-pilot” and the
other an automatic bombing sys
tem.
The firm said the “electronic
co-pilot” is a near-human device
that automatically computes the
CAB Will Hold Hearing
In Anchorage May 28
WASHINGTON, JPt—'The Civil
Aeronautics Board will hold a
public hearing at Anchorage May
28, on whether any part of the
airlines within Alaska should be
merged or consolidated "into a
limited number of systems.”
The hearing, before examiner
Herbert K. Bryan, also will con
sider:
1. Whether any of the sched
uled airline routes in Alaska
should be modified or sold or
transferred.
2. Whether passenger and pro
perty routes paralleling mail
routes should be suspended.
3. Whether the irregular route
authorizations of the scheduled
airlines in Alaska should be sus
pended.
The hearings will be held in
the Z. J. Loussac Library.
Fishing Vessel Reports
Sighting Russian Sub
Near Ketchikan
ANCHORAGE, UP) — A fishing
vessel operating off Tree Point,
near Ketchikan, reported to mili
tary authorities Monday that it
had sighted what appeared to be
a Russian submarine.
The Coast Guard declined to
confirm or deny the accuracy of
the report, although fishing ves
sels in the area reported later
that a Coast Guard vessel had
conducted an immediate search
in the vicinity of Tree Point.
The Coast Guard in Seattle it
had no report of the incident.
Tree point is approximately 50
miles southeast of Ketchikan.
force to be applied to the plane’s
control surfaces for any flight
maneuver.
The bombing system, Sperry
said, automatically feeds steering
information to the flight control
system.
"The system also allows a ‘bomb
er to take evasive action to avoid
enemy aircraft and ground fire
while on the bombing run . .
the announcement said.
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE
CAPE NOME PRECINCT. SECOND
DIVISION. TERRITORY OF ALASKA.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
GUST J. CREMIDAS, deceased.
No. 757
Notice of Hearing on Second
Amended Final Report and Account
Of Executors and the Determination
Of Inheritance
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
George K. Geamalis and John Kost, the
co-executors of the above named estate,
have filed their Second Amended Finai
Report and Account with this Court, and
that the 18th day of June. 1956. at the
hour of ten o’clock a.m. at the office of
the above named Court. Nome. Alaska,
has by Court Order been fixed as the
time and place for a Hearing on said
Report and Account, and. also, at such
time and place the Court will determine
the heirs of this estate.
Objections, if any there be, to said
Report and Account, and the determina
tion of heirship will be heard at this
time.
DATED this 16th day of April, 1956.
George K. Geamalis
John Kost,
Co-Executors.
Publ. Apr. 18. 25, May 2, 9, 1956.
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