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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-17
Local Clubs Send
Gifts for Patients
To State Meeting

Christmas gifts for patients
in Maryland mental hospitals
were brought by clubwomen
throughout the State to Tues
days board of directors meet.
ing of the Maryland Federation
of Women's Club in Baltimore.
Mrs. James w Douthat of
Silver Spring presided over the
morning business session. The
Pan American program fea.
tured a talk by MigueI Aran-
guren, public affairs division of
the Pan American Union, and
entertainment by Mrs. Barbara
A. March, pianist and dancer
from the cultural affairs divi-
sion.
Mrs. Clarence Milton Fisher
Of the D. c. Federation ar.
ranged the event.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-17
Diane Miller
R. G. Wiroy
Are Engaged

Mr.. and Mrs. John William
Miller of Silver Spring an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Diane Cecilia, to
Richard Gregg Wilroy, son Of
Mrs Mary Edith Farr Wilroy
of Takoma Park and Arthur
Wilroy Of Glassmanor.
Miss Miller is a graduate of
the Montgomery Junior College
and the Washington Hospital
Center School of Medical Tech.
nology, where she is employed.
Her fiance, graduate of the
University Of Maryland, is as
ISOLATED with the Greenbelt
Consumers Service, Inc, Whea-
ton.
The couple plans February
wedding at st. Johns Catholic
Church, Forest Glen.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-17
Bethesda Club
Studies Oils

The Art Section of the Won
ans Club of Bethesda is meet.
ing every. Monday morning
from $3.50 to 1890 at the club
house for instruction in oil
painting by Mariana Eckert,
well.known local artist and
teacher.
Mr.. Eckert has just returned
from studying old masters and
touring art galleries abroad.
Mrs. Richard J. Powers is
chairman of the section.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-17
Book Section Meeting

The Book Section of the Won.
ans Community Club of Ken.
sington win meet November q
at 1880 pm. at the home OF
Mrs. c. Stanley Titus, 9S11 E.
Bexhill DIR. Mrs. Felix Spurney
will present a review.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-17
Author to Speak
On Recent Novel

Miss Patricia McGerr will dis
cuss her recent novel, Martha.
Martha" for the Womans Club
OF Chevy Chase on November
10 at 2 pm. Miss McGerr; a
Washingtonian, is best known
for her seven successful Crime
Club Mysteries"
The Literature Section with
Mrs. Melbourne Steele as its
chairman has arranged the pro-
gram and Mrs. Bernard Locraft
is chairman of the tea that fol
lows.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-17

VIM Photo
Mrs. Birch
Lean, Va, and Edgar F. Hill
of Alexandria.
Nuptial music was provided
by N. Reed Price, organist, and
Allen S. Frye, bass soloist.
John Clark Eekstine, cousin of
the bride, was acolyte.
Top of the Park" at the
Woodner Hotel was the setting
The Nome nugget., 1960-08-29
Boobies Break up
 Big Beatnik Bingge

LONDON, R-London Boobies sent in police dogs Friday night to break up mob of 1000 jiving, stained beatniks who chose quiet street in the genteel suburb of Hamstead for ball.
 The binge put the beatnik ses- sions of Chelsea in the shade. Three bands and TV set blared through the haze of dingy club room as the party built up to it's climax, a snake-eating contest.
 The bizarre, pulsating throng was the cream of London's great unwashed, but the gentlefolk of Hamstead were not impressed.
 "The world seems to have gone absolutely mad" said Grace Bloom, who lives in one of the nearby houses. "No one can sleep around here"
 We claim to have the dirtiest and most unwashed mob of beat niks in London here tonight" boasted David Joseph 23, assistant manager of the Beatnik Club that sent out the invitations.
 With spotted black tights and stringy hair especially dirtied for the occasion, Beatnik girls slith- cred around the dance floor. No male beatnik was allowed in the club unless his beard was soused with beer.
 Police stood guard in the street, 1 keeping reVelers away from neighboring houses. Dogs broke up beatnik crowds outside the club, and all spectators were or dered away from the area.
The Nome nugget., 1960-08-29
SOVIETS SPY IN THE US. WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO

WASHINGTON, R-A Central Intelligence Agency official said today the Soviet Union does a lot of old-fashioned spying in the United States despite the un- fortunate ease with which they can quite openly obtain informa- ton in this country"
 C. Tracy Barnes, senior of ficial of CHA, told an American Bar Assn. section meeting that the Soviets believe individual agents are so worthwhile that they will risk destroying the use fulness of top Embassy officials in order to encourage the agent activities.
The Nome nugget., 1960-08-29

SELL - Those surplus items that you don't need. Just let a Nugget Classified Ad convert them into cash for you.
The Nome nugget., 1960-08-29
Nome Directory

Northwestern Alaska Chamber of Commerce Meets Every Monday Noon at North Star Dining Room
 Pearse Walsh, President
Evening star., 1960-10-19
Housing Needed
For Displaced
Large Families

Two out of five families dis
placed by District improve
mentS who have approached
the Welfare Departments hous-
ing agency have been placed
but a large problem remains,
Welfare Director Gerard Shea
said yesterday.
The large low-income fami-
lies that haven't been placed
need more multibedrcom units
Mr.. Shea told the department. 4
advisory committee in execu-
tive session yesterday.
The committee evaluated the
departments service to dis.
placed persons and then voted
a general Endorsement Of its
work.
The service was established
last March. A six-month report
showed that 4l2 families were
counseled, with 200 still in need
Of new homes. Ninety-foul
families have been placed in
public housing, 81 in private
dwellings and 3 in their own
homes.
Evening star., 1960-10-19
Lady Decker Seeks
Peace With Monaco

Cannes" said fiftyish Lady
Norah. q buxom and still
comely blond. But I know
this would not get me back on
my beloved Riviera.
what is needed is a summit
meeting between the Prince
and me where we can exchange
apologies. The Prince hurt me
far more than I hurt him.
Still, will apologize-if he will
apologize at the same time"
The summit meeting, if it
comes of, will have to wait a
while. Lady Norah and Sir
Bernard are leaving tomorrow
for a business trip to Canada,
followed by a vacation in the
Bahamas.
This will give the Prince
several months to think it over
Evening star., 1960-10-19
Eyes Signal
FoiIs Kidnop
Ransom Plot

BURBANK, Calf, Oct. 10
(AP.-A young widow spoke
with her eyes yesterday and
helped undo the plot of q man
who had kidnapped her baby
daughter. the FBI reported.
Mrs. Betty Utterback said a
man she met on a blind date
a week earlier stopped by her
home and asked to take her
21-month-old daughter Gym
thia on a shopping trip with
him, He left with the child,
she said. but returned Is min
utes later without Cynthia
demanding $500 for her re-
turn.
Then, Mrs. Utterback said,
the man forced her to accom-
pany him to her bank and stood
near her as she asked to make
a withdrawal.
Sne gave me a sign with her
eyes that something was
wrong" said Barney L. Kotrbe,
the bank operations officer.
Mr.. Kotrbe said he gave a sign
to another employe, who called
the FBI. Agents said they
seized James E.. Reinhardt as
he was leaving the bank with
Mrs. Utterback.
Cynthia was found crying
and hungry in a motel room.
Mrs. Utterback. 81, said
Reinhardt told her he needed
the money to pay a gambling
debt. She said she received
an insurance settlement after
her husband was killed in an
auto accident last Easter, but
didn't know how Reinhardt
found out about it.
Reinhardt, "a, of Ventura,
Calf, was booked on suspicion
of kidnapping.
Evening star., 1960-10-19

LONDON, Oct. 10 (AP).-
Lady Norah Decker sent out
peace feelers today for a sum-
NIT meeting with Prince Rainier
Of Monaco.
She wants to end the state Of
war that has existed between
her and the monarch Of the
worlds roulette capital for 21a
terrible years.
THE Prince and l." said Lady
Norah, should make our peace.
"He is stubborn and I am
stubborn. But this silly little
quarrel is not worthy Of the
long, bitter, widely publicized
row 1t has grown into"
Started in 1858
The Docker-Monaco war be-
gan in April. 1858. Lady Norah
and her millionaire husband,
Sir Bernard, patrons of Monte
Carlo for many years. were in
vited to attend the christening
of Prince Rainier's son and heir
by Princess Grace, the former
Grace Kelly Of Hollywood.
Prince Rainier failed, how
ever, to invite Lady Norah's
son. Lance. The Prince declined
to correct this oversight when
it was brought to his attention.
One thing led to another. cul-
minating in a scene in a Monte
Carlo restaurant where Lady
Norah disdainfully ripped up a
paper flag Of Monaco.
Prince Rainier forthwith ex-
PEELED the Dockers from his
tiny realm. He went further.
He had the French govern
ment declare them persona non
grata (unwelcome) on the en-
tire French Riviera. There
matters stand between him and
Lady Norah.
(Officially. she's Lady
Decker because the title is
her husbands and not hers.
But to the English, who hear
Of her high society scrapes,
she's Lady Norah.)
HarbOr Plan
Il am seriously considering
a sizable investment in a plan
to eniarge the harbor at
Evening star., 1960-10-19
USIADutu
On Prestige
Requested
BY the Associated Press

The ONCE Of Senator Ken
nedy repeatedly has asked for
the results Of United States
Government polls testing g
American prestige abroad.
A similar request repeatedly
was made by Senator Fulbright,
Democrat Of Arkansas, chair
man Of the Foreign Relations
Committee. Senator Fulbright
and the Office Of Senator Ken
nedy asked for the results of
public opinion polls they said
were made by the United
States Information Agency in
foreign countries.
USIA officials said that while
the agency has been making
public opinion studies for many
years it has made no recent
poll on the question of prestige
which has become an issue in
the presidential race between
Senator Kennedy and Vice
President Nixon.
They indicated a reply along
that line was being made to
Senator Fulbright and to Sena-
tor Kennedy's Office.
Aides said the polls. normally
carried out under contract with
established polling agencies in
various countries. help USIA
develop information programs
and normally are kept secret.
The polls ordinarily deal with
specific questions such as the
attitude of the people in a
country toward the American
position in the space race with
Russia, the United States mill
tary position in the world, the
issue of peace and such matter:
as the American economy anC
American industry. Sometime:
a poll includes a general ques-
ton about the attitude of tht
person polled toward tht
j United States.
Evening star., 1960-10-19
Fairfax Pupils
TopAveragein
State Tests

School children In Fairfax
County scored well above the
average in Statewide achieve
ment tests. the county school
board has learned.
A summary Of the test results
in county schools was presented
to the school board last night
by John Hurley, county school
psychologist.
After examining the results,
the board decided the figures
alone didn't mean too much
and asked school officials to
return in a month with q
method for comparing the
scores to los.
A board member, Berge
Thomasian, commented: Com
pared to a mass norm. you're
doing fine, but that's ALL"
Comparisons with State and
national norms are mot a good
yardstick," Mr.. Thomasian said.
He wanted to know what the
figures meant as far as the
school systems standing Is
concerned.
Over State Averages
The test results did show,
Mr.. Hurley said. that county
youngsters scored 10 to-. IL
points higher than the State
wide averages.
He also said the figures show
primarily how an individual
youngster is doing in school.
Comparisons between schools
in the same system would not
necessarily be valid because
there would be many vari-
ables." Mr.. Hurley said.
The test results Jumped to-
gether the scores from white
and Negro schools, a decision
announced two weeks ago by
the board.
Of the county's $4,000 stu
dents, 1000 are Negroes.
/ Statewide results listed sep
arately the scores of white and
Negro students in cities and in
counties. The Statewide re-
suits showed white students
were above the national norms
but the Negro students were far
below.
! Fairfax County's test results
showed high school students
scored better than elementary
school pupils.
School officials explained to
puzzled board members that
many youngsters drop out be-
fore they reach high school.
making high school students a
more select" group.
One of the fields in which
county youngsters did not score
well above average was arith-
metic computation.
Harold Ford, assistant super
intendent for instruction. said
the county was trying to find
ways to improve the teaching
of arithmetic.
Pay Study Voted
In separate action, the board
agreed to study a proposal by
Assistant Supt. Robert B.
Walker to switch to an ideal
teacher pay scale. which would
start at $1,000 and rise to So
600 in IL steps.
Mr.. Walker suggested the
pay scale be adopted gradu-
ally over five years. With
longevity. the top salary would
be $4,000 after "a years. The
present basic scale is $4,41O
to $6,522 in IL steps.
The board also took under
advisement a working outline
for setting up a year-round
school system.
The outline, which explains
various systems used around
the country, notes that Tex
tended summer school appears
to achieve many of the objec-
tiveS with fewer disadvan-
tageS. :"
But the report concludes
that something as far-reach-
ing as changing the tradition.
al length of the school year
throughout the Nation, ever
on an optional basis, as in the
summer school plan, will come
slowly, if at ALL"
Evening star., 1960-10-19
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

T.BlRD '55; radio and heater.
Fordomatic, power steering. Wv.
tires, 2-t0ne green and white;
S1,699. MONROE FORD. 1877
East.West hwy, silver Spring, Nd.
THUNDERBIRD SO convertible
coupe; white; power steering,
power brakes; very sharp: S3,O95;
CCC guar.
Capitol Cadillac OldS Co.
1223 92nd st. NV, FE. 7-26O0
THUNDERBIRD SO hardtop;
white; power steerinG, power
brakes; very clean; special;
S3,795; ccC guar.
Capitol Cadillac OldS Co.
1e.. e.nd st. NV, FE. 7.2sOO
TRIUMPH '59 TR-3: 10000 mt; 7;
hard and soft tons, cd, radio.
jump seat. tonneau: white with red
seats: only Sl,y50. RA. 3-44S5.
TRIUMPH 1859 TR-3 roadster:
heater, both tops, w.-w. tires.
forest green: S1,Sga. MONROE
FORD. 1877 East.West hwy, Sill
YER Spring, Nd. JU. 5-7S04.
Evening star., 1960-10-19
TRAILERS

CASH PAID
For clean. used mobile homes. Cal
R0. S.1400.
COLONEL cox says: III you need
mobile home trailer. brand-nev
or used, you should see me for the
of . Laurel. S Nd. Pa. 5-5s2s.
ELCAR go model. 52x10 it.; never
used. custom made, bedrms.
pymts 1886 mo So. 5-1lSl,
FOR SALE-25-ft. 1852 Royal
trailer: all alum; good cond.
@ $995, SS6 M ,1 Gsntrsyille ysss, 3D. Ma
JACK BLAIR & co.
. mi. South Of Waldorf. on Rte. 30I
sPARTAN.-MAdNoLiA-KNox sflS. 1
AVON and LUXOR Travel Trailers
MHMA-Approved Park
Q to 6-closed SUM- pm. Wed
La SALE 1851; 80 it,, / bedIm !;
East Potomac PIX. Motor Ct,
Haines Point. Wash, d. c 23'
PRAIRIE SCHOONER. -4lx8: 2 bed
rms, front porch: clean. good
cond. $1,000. so. 5-2S25.
SPENCE CRAFT '55, 34xs; new
furn.; , bedrms., tub, shwr. CIR
4-4367 week ends. aft. 5 wkdys.
TRAILER. l0x46 vanDyke. 1905
2 bedrms., excel. cond. Ewes. daily,
SO. 5-3S3O; Sat.-Sun. anytime.
WILL ACCEPT house trailer In trade
on 2-bedrm. house; BATH. central
heat, hardwood fis.. Compl. redec.
inside and out: lge. trees; nr.
Manassas; SS,950. IA. Alias, aft.
8 pm.
'53 TRAVELO. 35 IT., excellent
cond.; air conditioner. washer,
aluminium awnings. fenced yard.
BRYANS RID. TRAILER PARK.
Lot "A.
Evening star., 1960-10-19
7th and R SO. N.W. 10. .-7OOl

VOLKsWAGEN '5s black sunroofi
extras, ORIG. owner. mech. per.
feet. S1.O50. FL. 4-0213.
VOLKSWAGEN go black sunroof
radio, many extras. low mileage
$1,000. OIL. 2-3l94.
v0LKsWAGEN 80 for immediat.
terms.
United Auto Sales, Inc.
PLYM. VALIANT TRIUMPH DIR
1925 Ga. Ave. Wheaton 10. 5-336(
VOLKSWAGEN 81 Karmann CHA.
RiDdEWvSY RiiS vaTsY IN Mo4oR sR5 nj sES1fcs r ice
3O5 Cedar st. NV, RA. 3-97O2
VOLKsWAGEN go sedan: luggagI
rack: 10000 miles; owner goinI
overseas: $1,000. JU. 9-9669.
WILLYS JEEP Ig49: 4-wheei drive
excellent condition; $026. OIL
2-2902.
Evening star., 1960-10-19
HILL &
SANDERS

Metropolitan Washinston's Oldest
Ford Dealership
1880 Vters Mil Rd., wheaton
10. 5-4066.
Open Sunday. II TO Pm
ROLLS ROYCE 1852, Silver Dawn
$4,000. EN-. 5-5S3I.
STUD: '4s 4-dr.; 49.OO0 miles
best offer. WA. 7-4120.
STUDEBAKER "a station wagon;
nice condition.; 6-cylinder Cham
pion; straight drive. S36D: terms,
s.a down ROPER La. 6-21l0
TAXICAB-l95O Plymouth. 80
Dodge motor. Good body, good
upholstering. Can be seen at 3rd
and aHS H ,,i i's; a.SSis Sssi; $isS or make
Evening star., 1960-10-19
SALE!.

SALE!
839A-'59 FORD
Custom 4-dr.. gray and white; T..
$1,395
919A-'59 PLYMOUTH
Savoy 4-dr.; exceptionally clean;
$I,45O
551h-'58 THIRD
White; power steerins, brakes. Z.
$2,595
666A-'58 FORD
Fairlane 4-dr.: green; automatic
Transmission, tram :" h. tires prneti-
$1,295
929A-'58 CHEVROLET
Bel Air 4-dr.; tan finish: air cond..
r., h.; will sacrifice.
$1,295
1928 EDSEL
Convertible; truely . beautiful car;
auto. trans. r., h.. power steering.
$1,495
89lA-'57 BUICK
4-dr; hardtop; Roadmaster: fun
power. A real buy.
$1,000
913A-'57 CADILLAC
Convertible coupe: baby blue; viii
install new tires.
$2,195
235A-'57 FORD
trans: one door Sanssd in. VIII
$685.
661A-'56 FORD
siz-passenser station wagon; 4-dr.;
auto. trans; r.
7816-'55 MERCURY
Four-dr. You can't beat this for
MenR
Evening star., 1960-10-19
AUTOMorIVE MISC.

TRUCK BODIES sale-6 new Gar
Wood dump bodies: ] used Ia
stake bOdy: misc. truck body parts:
FRED s. G1CHNER IRON WORKS.
Truck Body Division. BeltSvillI :,
Md OR. 4-55:i3 or FE. 3-65OO.
Evening star., 1960-09-05
Jacksonville Riots
To Bring Change,
NAACP Man Saws

JACKSONVILLE. Fla. Sept.
S (AP).-An official of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
says Negroes in a few years
will see a big change toward
the end Of segregation in
Jacksonville.
Robert w. Saunders Of
Tampa, field representative Of
the NAACP. made the predic-
tion at a meeting of the
NAACP'S Jacksonville Youth
Council yesterday.
The racial disorders Of the
previous weekend, he said,
might be considered the be-
ginning of a new era in jack
Sonville.
Mrs. Ruby Hurley of At
lanta. NAACP reginoal director,
told the audience Of several
hundred that Jacksonville will
be Just like Little Rock before
long if the racial strife con-
tinues,
Meanwhile, police said the
week end had been very quiet
in contrast to Saturday and
Sunday a week ago when vio-
lence erupted in a downtown
park, after 10 days of sit-in
demonstrations.
Evening star., 1960-09-05
Space Crew Solves
.Woodpecker Problem

+ CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla,
Sept. 5 (AP).-Missilemen here
refer to their rockets as birds"
But a veteran space launch
crew claims the distinction
Of firing the first honest-to-
goodness bird-a red-headed
woodpecker-into a question:
able arbit.
!. The story is told by H. j,
sHank" Trepanier. a mechani-
cal technician with the Doug
las Co. Thor crew which has
sent aloft such satellites as
Transit, Tiros and Echo and
space probe Pioneer v.
Threat to StyrOfOam
! Hank said the woodpecker
was first sighted several weeks
ago busily hammering away at
an electrical cable high on the
nmbilical mast of one of the
Thor launch pads. The mast is
b tower-like structure filled
with cables which provide the
upper sections Of a rocket with
power just before launch.
''The darn bird was pecking
Evening star., 1960-09-05

right through the styrofoam
and heavy aluminium tape
which are wrapped around the
cables to protect them from
corrosion and the intense heat
of blastoff," Hank reported. IF
we hadn't seen him. he might
have caused serious damage
that might have delayed our
launch program.
I'VE tried everything to get
rid of him. We threw things
in his direction, and he'd fly
away. BUT he always came
back.
I'VE finally rigged up a large
horn on the mast near where
Mr.. Woodpecker liked to peck.
I bet you could hear that horn
blast way down range. But 1t
didn't bother the bird"
Rocket-Style HOt-FOot
The crew next tried coating
the woodpecker'S favorite area
with a freezing solution from
a carbon dioxide bottle.
"He seemed a little surprised
Evening star., 1960-09-05
Dominicuns Rup
OAS Sanctions

sCIUDAD TRUJILLO, Domin-
lean Republic, Sept. S (AP).-
About 10000 women paraded
through Ciudad Trujillo yes
terday protesting decisions of
the American foreign ministers
conference at San Jose, and
supporting the policies Of Do
minican Dictator Rafael Tru-
jillo.
The ministers imposed dip
lomatic and economic sane
tions against the Dominican
Republic.
Maria Martinez de Trujillo,
wife of the generalisimo, and
his daughter, Angelita Tru-
jillo de Leon, paraded with
the women.
Dominican President joaquin
Balaguer and Gen. Trujillo
watched the demonstration
from a platform.
Evening star., 1960-09-05
HoIperin Denies Givinq
Reds Advice on Lotins

MOSCOW, Sept. S (AP) -
Maurice H. Halperin, former
United States Government off,
cial who now lives in Moscow
yesterday accused the State De.
partment of issuing a "deliber.
ate and malicious distortion
about his status here.
In a typewriter statement
Mr.. Halperin said:
There is nothing mysterious
or dubious about my being ir
Moscow I am a visiting
professor at the USSR Academy
of Sciences and not the first
American to be associated with
it,"
Last week Senator Heating
Republican of New York, reac
into the Congressional RECORD
a State Department document
which said Mr.. Halperin is now
in Moscow and is working fol
the Soviet government"
Headed OSS Unit
The document said there
were indications Mr.. Halperir
is giving the Soviet govern.
ment advice on Latin-Americar
affairs. During World War II
Mr.. Halperin was head of the
Latin American division of the
United States Office of Stra-
Evening star., 1960-09-05

tually at the agreed hour. He
carried the following state
ment, on which he declined to
elaborate:
"It seems to me that the
State Department and Senator
Keating are >scraping the bot
tom of the barrel to come up
with this stale red herring.
"There is nothing mysterious
or dubious about my being in
Moscow. Since my arrival
have filed two United States
income tax returns, listing my
salary and employer. I am not
working for the Soviet govern
ment any more than Van Cli-
burn tan American pianist)
when he performs in a govern
ment-owned concert hall.
IT am a visiting professor al
the USSR Academy of Sciences
and not the first American tc
be associated with it, as some
of our leading scientists car
testify. My appointment and
my Soviet visa expires in July
1861, as the United States En-
bassy here very well knows.
my teaching and resource
activities involve theoretica'
problems related to the eco
nomic growth of underdeveloped
areas. For the State Department
to say that I am advising the
Russians on Latin American
affairs is a deliberate and ma
liciouS distortion.
Specifically, I am making a
study Of the Latin-American
economy from 1945 to the crisis
of 1858. When my book is pub
Evening star., 1960-09-05

+, at seeing snow in summer,
said Hank. But that's ALL"
Then, someone suggested
launching the bird, rocket-style
A high pressure air bottle
was secured on the mast be-
meath the woodpecker's latest
excavation and a lanyard was
extended to the deck of the
launching pad.
I'VE even prepared a short
countdown manual" Hank ex-
planned. when the bird re-
turned. the crew took its posi-
tions and the countdown be-
gam"
Ten seconds 9-8-7 r..
3-2-1-Zero!
Wham! Up went the bird
Several feet into the air.
"He tumbled slightly" Hank
recalled. But not enough tc
cause abort. Then, looking
somewhat startled, he pitched
to the southeast-the same di.
rection our missiles go-ano
disappeared.
THAT did it! That blasted
woodpecker never came back tc
bother us again!"