New All-Weather. Jet
Planes Assigned To
Elmendorf, Arrive
ANCHORAGE, — The first
Scorpion all-weather interceptors
assigned to the Alaskan Air Corn
man reached Elmendorf Air Force
base Sunday afternoon, Maj. Gen.
George R. Acheson said today.
The commander of the Alaskan
Air Command said these F-89s are
the first U.S. Air Force planes de
signed from the ground up as
all-weather interceptors. *
Powered by twin turbojet en
gines, they are armed with 20mm
cannon and manned by a pilot and
radar observer. Elaborate elec
tronic equipment enables them to
intercept other , aircraft in dark
ness or foul weather, Gen. Ache
son said.
I'VE GOT MY DOUGH
TO KEEP ME WARM
PLYMOUTH, England, UPl —
They used to kid old \Alex Wem
bury about wearing his ragged
winter overcoat right through the
summer months. He would always
reply:
“You can’t trust the British
weather.”
Wembury, a 61-year-old junk
dealer, dropped dead Monday
while waiting for a bus. In the
lining of his battered overcoat
police found £3,600 in cash
($10,800). i
Douglas School Superintendent
Injured In Head-On Car Crash
DOUGLAS, UPl—Douglas schools
opened Wednesday—but without
the services of their superintend
ent.
Elwyn B. Dell was still recover
ing from neck injuries suffered
in a head-on automobile colli
sion Friday night. It was reported
Dell was in no danger. Another
persons injured in the accident,
Mrs. Mona Martin, was reported
still serious.
There was a young lady of Skye,
With a shape like a capital I.
She said, “It‘s too bad!
But then, I can pad,”
Which shows you that figures
can lie.
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