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Scientists to Study
Northern Lights in
Geophysical Year
COLLEGE—Scientists the world
over will attempt to unlock many
of the secrets connected with the
aurora borealis or northern lights
during the International Geophys
ical Year, which starts July 1.
Geophysicists at the University
of Alaska Geophysical Institute
last week disclosed that radar will
provide one of the most important
means of studying the aurora.
Dr. C. T. Elvey, institute di
rector, said the main concentra
tion of effort in the auroral pro
gram for the United States will
be in Alaska with a chain of over
lapping stations running from
north to south across the auroral
zone. Dr. Elvey is chairman of the
technical panel on aurora and
airglow for the U.S. National
Committee for the IGY.
He explained that these sta
tions will extend from Point Bar
row to College, then Farewell,
which is west of Mt. McKinley,
then King Salmon on the Alaska
Peninsula, to Unalaska in the
Aleutians. There will one radar
set at Kotzebue.
A second set of stations will be
established in northern U.S.—in
Washington, South Dakota and
New York. These stations will
monitor the longitudinal distri
bution of the auroras.
Scientists generally believe the
auroras are caused by bombard
ment of the earth’s atmosphere
4>y ionized particles emanating
from the sun.
Cameras will be focused on the
radar scopes to photograph the
intensity of the aurora, the time
it occurs, and where it is.
Approximately 1,200 100-foot
rolls of 16-mm. film will be used
to record the aurora radar pro
gram.
Famous Italian
Murder Case Ends
With Acquittals ,
VENICE, UP)—A three-judge
court yesterday returned its for
mal verdict acquitting all three
top defendents of complicity in
the death of pretty Wilma Mon
tesi:
The decision ended a three
month trial that slumped to its
anti-climax last week when State
Prosecutor Cesare Palminteri told
the court the prosecution’s chief
witnesses had lied repeatedly.
Palminteri said no proof had
been developed against any of
the three accused.
The trial started in a blaze of
publicity with rumors of dope
and sex orgies in high social cir
cles and of influence wielding by
leading officials. The body of the
20-year-old girl was found on a
beach near Rome three years ago.
Acquitted were Gianpiero Pic
cioni, 34-year-old jazz pianist,
who was accused of manslaughter
by allegedly abandoning Wilma’s
body on the deserted beach; Ugo
Montagna, Rome playboy and
self-styled marquis, and Saverio
Polito, former Rome police chief.
Montagna and Polito were ac
cused of trying to cover up for
Piccioni.
Mayflower II Sails
138 Miles in 24 Hours
For Best Day’s Sailing
LONDON, UP)—Mayflower II re
ported Tuesday she had covered
138 miles in 24 hours, one of the
b-est day’s sailing of her replica
Pilgrim voyage to Plymouth,
Massachusetts.
The journey brought the ship
to a point just over 600 miles
from the West Indies. The noon
position for yesterday Was given
as 20° 41' N. and 54° 20' W.
Cmdr. Alan Villiers reported
“making knots and all well.”
Recital Program j
By Piano Students!
Of Mrs. Dunbar
Piano students of Mrs. Luther
Dunbar presented a recital Sun
day afternoon at the Community '
Methodist Church. Following arej
the students and the compositions
they played:
Mary and Catherine Walsh, a
duet, “The Cradle Song.”
Bobby Carpenter, “Runaway
River,” “Swans on the Lake,”
and “Traffic Cop.”
Rosemary Barber, “The Dream
Boat,” “A Rose In My Garden,” ]
and “I’m A Soldier.”
Elizabeth Walsh, “The Old Mill
Wheel,” “The Birdling’s Sere
nade,” and “Evening Chimes.”
Sally Walker, “White Seal’s |
Lullaby,” “Chimes and Varia
tions,” and “Mr. and Mrs. Grizzly
Bear.”
Douglas Lee, trumpet solo,
“Kiss of Fire.”
Elizabeth and Catherine Walsh,1
a duet, “I’m Called Little Butter
cup.”
Linda Doyle, “The Woodpeck
er,” “Blue Iris Waltz,” and “The
Whistling Boy.”
Edna Johnsen, “Spinning Song,”
“Meditation,” and “L’Avalanche.”
Gail Mclvor, “Barcarolle” from
“Tales of Hoffman,” “Dark Eyes,”
and “Etude Polka.”
Diane Lee, Chopin Waltz 64,
“Largo” from “New World” Sym
phony.
Douglas Lee, Sousa’s “Semper
Fidelis” and “Moonlight Sonata.”
Mary & Elizabeth Walsh, duet,
“Little Indians.”
Joel Craft, “Autumn Days,” j
“Bluebonnets,” and “Pierrot.”
Mary Walsh, “Indian War j
Dance,” “At the Skating Rink,”
and “Tattletale.”
Catherine Walsh, “Juanita,”
“Dream Boat,” and “Polka.”
Diane Lee, flute solos, “O Sole
Mio,” and “La Cucaracha.”
Beverly Bohrer, “Habanera,”
“The Bee and the Clover,” “Song
of the Birds.”
. Barbara Mclvor, “Fur Elise,”
“Deep River,” “La Zingana.”
Edna Johnson, “Waltz of the1
Flowers,” “Der Fledermaus,” and '
“Ballade.”
Douglas Lee, Sinding’s “Rustle
of Spring.”
Diane Lee, “Prelude” in C
Sharp Minor, Rachmaninoff.
Edna Johnsen, saxophone solo,
“When I Grow Too Old to Dream”;
by Romberg.
Diane Lee, “Twelfth Street
Rag,” (Liberace’s interpretation).
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U.S. Air Force Will Cut
Air Rescue Service
In Britain by 170 Men
LONDON, (A*)—'The U. S. Air
Force announced yesterday it is
cutting its Air Rescue Service in
Britain by about 170 men.
The announcement said the ac
tion was part of a general reduc
tion throughout the world which
will reduce total “troop strength
of the Air Rescue Service from
approximately 4,500 men to about
2.500.”
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Troubled Souls of Fast-Paced
New Yorkers Seek Billy Graham
To Bare Tales of Frustration
By GEORGE CORNELL
NEW YORK, (S’!—“Troubled
souls” of fast-paced New York
City—night club dancers, stage
actors, and desk-chained career ;
men—are seeking out Billy Gra
ham these days to bare their tales
of frustration.
“They’re sick inside,” Graham
said.
They catch him at many times,
at many places, and they grab his
arm, and start pouring out their
stories. He’s found them waiting
outside his hotel room, or they
snag him in a lobby or corridor.
Poignant Sidelight
Each is a case history in human
disillusionment, and they form a
poignant sidelight to Graham’s
New York Crusade, where thou
sands are listening to his advice
nightly—'16,500 of them Monday
night at Madison Square Garden.
Graham insists their names be
kept confidential, but will de
scribe their plights in a general
way. Here are a few:
1. A bartender was held up,
tied and threatened with death if
he moved. While he lay there,
frightened, a noon radio program
told of the “Morning Bible Hour”
Graham is conducting in a Times
Square auditorium. The bartender
showed up there next morning
and “accepted Christ as his Sa
vior.”
Toward a Fuller Life
2. A leading male actor tele
phoned Graham, said he felt as if
his success was leading nowhere,
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Vancouver Newspaper
Forced to Close
By Rising Costs
VANCOUVER, B.C., UP>—Van
couver’s only morning newspaper,
the Herald, has announced it will
cease publication June 15 because
of rising costs.
In a front page announcement
Thursday the management said
“ We close this newspaper with a
heavy heart ... A newspaper, to
be free and independent, must be
profitable.”
Bernard J. Wood, general man
ager, said economic pressure re- i
suited from rising costs altho the ;
Herald’s circulation of 33,413 in
creased 11 percent in the last j
five years.
Vancouver has two evening
daily papers.
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and wanted help. Graham agreed
to have dinner with him. They
talked, Graham prayed with him.
; Graham said he believed the act
\ or is moving toward a “newer,
fuller life” with God.
3. A Calypso dancer, in the
middle of the night, called the
Graham offices, and said she was
going to murder her husband.
She was persuaded to change her
plans, and ended up promising to
go to Graham’s meeting the next
night.
Outside Hotel Room
4. When Graham got back to
his New York hotel room one
night, a man sat outside the door.
He was a mechanic. “I want to
find God,” he said. He was out of
a job, despondent. Graham took
him inside, told him that trouble
aften leads a man to seek God.
They got on their knees, prayed
i together. Next day, Graham made
some calls, got the man a job, too.
Narcotics Addict
5. A blonde stage star, in a cur
' rent production, stopped Graham
j in a garden hallway, crying, and
pleading for guidance. She had
been a Texas church member, but
quit church when she came here
to purrsue her career, rose to the
top, and now is a narcotic addict.
Graham said that after his talk
with her she “found Christ” that
night, and “new peace and
strength.”
Graham said the problem is
that these individuals had be
come “spiritually dead. Why?
Because their souls haven’t been
in contact with Christ, and until
it is, their souls ere dead.”
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