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The Nome nugget., 1961-09-13
FAA to Install
 Direction Finders At Alaska Airports

WASHINGTON R - The Fed eral Aviation Agency said today it will install 100 new direction finders at selected flight service stations and at airport control towers not now equipped with radar.
 Most of the installations will be in Alaska, in the western states, and in some northeastern states.
 The new equipment uses the s'Doppler" system to provide fast CT, more accurate navigational information.
 It is being purchased for $1,- 733,892 from Servo Corp. of Amer ica, Hicksville, N. Y.
 The equipment uses cathode ray type. with display screen, somewhat like teievision tube.
 When pilot calls into the FAA station or control tower, a bright line shows on the direction find CT equipment in a fraction of a second, to indicate the bearing of the aircraft.
 "This is not only much faster than the older DE, but it also more accurate" FAA said.
 When a button is pushed at the FAA ground station, line shows on the DE equipment with the magentic heading to the sta tion. This heading can be trans mitted to the pilot for his guid. ance."
 By means of pushbuttons tn, equipment can quickly select an, of 20 different frequencies cover ing virtually all aviation bands for civil transports, general avia tion ana military
 Tentative plans are to install the new equipment at Anchorage Aniak, Annette, Bethel, Bettles Big Delta, Cold Bay, Cordova, Galena, Guikana, Gustavrs s, Homer, Kenai, King Salmon, Ko- diak, Kotzebue, McGrath, Min chumina, Nenana, Nome. North way, Sitka, Summit, Talkeetna, Panama, Unalakleet and Yakutat.
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By Guess and By Gosh'' Xl5
 Hits 3,645 nnph

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. M Fuel pressure failure, smoke in the cabin and an in Hated pressure suit don't stop test pilot Joe Walker.
 He ignored them all yesterday and piloted his xl5 rocket plane to "by guess and by gosh world speed mark for winged craft of 3,645 miles an hour.
 He broke Air Force Maj. Bob Whites record by 42 nph despite;
 I. Fuel pressure failure in the x15 moments after it's drop from B52 mother ship. Walker throttled the 57, 7,000-pound thrust engine to half power until fuel pressure was restored.
 2. A cloud of smoke in the cock pit which Walker said he thought came from paint scorching in the nose.
 3. Imitation of his pressure suit, explained as test of the suits ability to compensate for loss of cabin pressure.
 4. Air friction that shot the fuel temperature to almost 900 de- grees and set the Kiss steel skin popping like hot stove,'' in Walkers words.
 The flight plan called for a 3,700 mph burst to 100000 feet, then a dive back into the earth's thicker atmosphere to test the crafts ability to withstand re- entry heat and stress.
 Walker scared to 112,000 feet, but cut the flight from a sched- uled 12 minutes to nine.
 On subsequent missions the rocket plane is expected to be scheduled for speeds up to 4,O00 mph and heights up to 250,O00 feet.
The Nome nugget., 1961-09-13
Mercury Space Capsule Recovered
 After GGne Sweep Around the Earth

CAPE CANAVERAIs, Fla. R,--- The United States took a long stride toward manned orbital flight to day by rocketing Mer- eury space capsule into orbit and recovering it after one sweep around the earth.
 The two-ton capsule, which car ried an artificial astronaut," was fished from the Atlantic Ocean 161 miles east of Bermuda by the destroyer USS Decatur at 12:14 pm. = just over three hours after it roared away from Cape Cana veral on the nose of an Atlas missile.
 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the capsule will be returned to Cape Canaveral as soon as possible for study.
 The single orbit of the earth had taken one hour and AS minutes.
 Its course ranged from a high altitude of IA miles over Aus tralia to low point of 99 miles over Bermuda.
 Except for a landing 39 miles short of the planned impact point 200 miles from Bermuda it was a precision performance through out.
 The success signaled the be- ginning of concentrated U. s. drive to send a human astronaut into orbit soon A source close to the project said the manned orbit try could be made within two months if officials decide to eli- minate preliminary chimpan- zee shot.
 Present plans call for the chimp to be sent into triple orbit about the earth in a Mercury capsule within a few weeks, with man to follow over the same course soon afterward
 If this two-shot schedule is fol- lowed, NASA admittedly faces a tough row if it hopes to orbit a
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man before the end of 1861.
 The informed sources reported there is very good chance a man will ride the next Atlas boosted capsule if a study of the space craft and telemetry records indicate the life support and en- vironmental control system work ed perfectly. This study may re- quire several days, he said.
 To test these systems, today's space craft carried a gray box of instruments called crewman sinulator which consumed oxy- gen, expelled carbon dioxide and filled the space cabin with heat and moisture much as an astronaut would. Using pre- recorded messages it even talked back to earth in successful com munications test.
The Nome nugget., 1961-09-13
AEC Reports Two More Blasts Set Off by Russia

WASHINGTON R The Atomic Energy Commission re- ported Russia fired two more nu- clear blasts today = the 9th and 9th in the new series of Soviet tests.
 Like the earlier ones, these de- tonations were in the atmosphere The AEC described them as in the low to intermediate range.
 The Soviets resumed testing B days ago, and yesterday fired a nuclear blast with the force of several million tons of TINT.
The Nome nugget., 1961-09-13
Mammoth Typhoon Heads for Ryukyu Islands

TOKYO B = A mammoth ty- phoon packing winds up to 230 miles per hour ragged across the Pacific today, shrieking a des- tructive course toward the Ryu- kyu Islands south of Japan.
 The awesome storm, dubbed typhoon Nancy and measuring more than 230 miles across, moved at Is mph clip in a northwest direction. The US. Air Force pre- dicted the storm would be 2l 2ll miles southeast of Okinawa, a major American military base, at noon Thursday.
 At present strength Nancy would be the most powerful ty- phoon the Pacific version of a hurricane - to hit Okinawa this year.
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FalIout May Have Blown Back Over Soviet Cities

WASHINGTON R = It is pos sible that some fallout from the two latest Soviet nuclear weapons tests = the one involving big H-Bomb type devices has blown back over Soviet populated areas like Leningrad and pos sibly even Moscow, Weather Bu- reau scientists said today.
 Dr. Lester Machta and some of his associates told reporter that world weather charts show that a Tow pressure area" prevailed in the atmosphere above Novaya zemlya, the big Soviet island in the Arctic region, at the time the two latest Soviet shots were fired from that point.
 And, unless the shots were detonated at very high attitudes, Machta said, this would mean that radioactivity debris at lower levels could have been blown over So- viet territory instead of heading generally eastward and away.
 As to the United States, the Public Health Service said today it's fallout detection station in Phoenix, Ariz., has reported an abrupt increase" in atmospheric radiation.
 But the service said the increase is mot considered significant from health standpoint" Fur thermore, it added, the rise may
 be due to factors other than fall
 out.
The Nome nugget., 1961-09-13
SToRK oUTRUNS HURRICANE CARLA

HOUSTON, Tex. R Hurri- cane winds didn't howl alone near the Texas coast
 A son was born to Mrs. Ray Rubino in an elementary school shelter at Angleton. Monday night. The delivery was made under the beam of flashlights by three nurses without a doctors help.
 At Lamarque, two babies were born in the Galveston County Hospital while the city was iso- lated.
 Mrs. Stephen Dupius, 20, of Port Arthur, gave birth to boy after she was taken from a refu- gee shelter to hospital at Hunts vile.
The Nome nugget., 1961-09-13
TYPHOON RAvAGES CAPITAL CITY OF FORMOSA

TAIPEI, F'OTnosa RE-TyphoOn Pamela smashed across northern Formosa yesterday killing perhaps as many as AS persons, leaving thousands homeless, and ravaging this capital of Nationalist China.
 The great storm, with maximum winds of 135 miles an hour, was the worst in the memory of long time residents of Formosa.
 None of the Americans in this city of 320,000 was injured, but some were isolated by flash floods.
 Authorities estimated damage throughout the storm area in the millions of dollars.
The Nome nugget., 1961-09-13
JFK's SCHOOL AID BILL TAKES "A LICKING IN SENATE AND HOUSE

WASHINGTON R - President Kennedy took a prestige -denting political licking when the Senate sided with the House in voting to continue two school aid pro- grams until 1863.
 For all practical purposes this action, accomplished yesterday on
 a 45-40 Senate vote, probably
 means Kennedy will not get the full-fledged aid to education pro- gram he is certain to propose again next year
 Congress may enact some fringe benefits for colleges in 1862, but the classroom construction and teacher salary assistance he has plugged for seems to have little chance for enactment. The House pigeonholed measure of this nature after it had been passed by the Senate.
 The theory is that these contro- versial proposals need to be sugar coated with extension of the popu- lar impacted areas and national defense act programs. The first of these gives federal aid to school districts crowded with children of federal workers. The second provides scholarship grants as well as loans for scientific equipment.
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Navy to Call Up ll,957 Reserv;sts
 For Active Duty

WASHINGTON R = The Navy moved today to cali another 1 ,957 reservists to active duty next month to bring 18 reserve air squadrons to full strength.
 This brings to nearly 8,4OO the number of Naval reservists sum- lmoned to active duty in October.
 ReseTvists who are recalled in- voluntarily will be given at least 30 days notice and will be told to report at various times through out October.
 The Navy set up a scedule of priority order in which reservists will be called, insofar as military requirements perrnit
 The order:
 l. Those who did not serve on active duty from June 25, 1850, to Jan. 31, 1855, or between Dec. ", 1941, and Sept. 2, 1945, in any of the military services or the Public Health Service. Credit also is given for service in World War II in the armed forres of any al- lied nations.
 2. Veterans of the Korean War who had not served in World War II.
 3. World War II veterans, who did not serve in the Korean War.
 {. Veterans of both wars.
 There was no geographical breakdown orl where the addi- tional reservists would be drawn from.
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US. Accuses Russia of Secret Plans for Tests During Geneva Conference

WASHINGTON R = The Unit ed States accused Russia today of conducting extensive secret pre- parations for atomic explosions while the Geneva test-ban con- ference was underway this year
 It said an effective treaty out lawing nuclear tests remains "a matter of the greatest urgency"
 The U. S. statement was con tained in Q reply to a Japanese note of Sept. 6 regretting the U. s. resumption of atomic weap- ons tests and asking America to reconsider.
 The U. s. reply said President Kennedy was inevitably forced" to announce a resumption of American tests because of the threat to U. s. and free world security posed by the Soviet re- sumption.
 The U. S.. reply to Japan was contained in a note handed to the Japanese ambassador yesterday and made public by the State De- pertinent today.
 The response was given to the Japanese about the time word reached Washington of Russia's seventh atomic explosion since the Soviets ended the three-year moratorium on nuclear testing two weeks ago.
The Nome nugget., 1961-09-13
Seattle Firm Submits
 Low Bid for Construction Of Alaska's Three Ferries

JUNEAU lR The Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock Co. of Seattle today submitted low bid of SIG, ,445, ,000 for construction of the three ferries the state will operate in Southeast Alaska.
 Puget Sound Bridge and Dry docks low bid covered an alter nate calling for delivery of the first vessel 12 months after the contract is signed and delivery of the remaining two vessels at four month intervals.
 If the first vessel is delivered 10 months after execution of the contract and the others at four month intervals, Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock asked $10,- 495, ,OO0.
 The three 352-foot vessels will be operated by the state between Prince Rupert, B. C., and Skag- way, with stops at Ketchikan, Petersburg, Wrangell, Sitka, Ju- neau and Haines.
 Each boat will be designed to carry a maximum load of 108 vehicles and 500 passengers.
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RIGA Awarded Contract For Operation Of White Alice System

JUNEAU lR - The Air Force renewed the RIGA Service Co., $ contract for operation and main tenance of the White Alice Com munications System, the Alaska congressional delegation advised the Associated Press by wire from Washington, D. c. The amount of the contract is $14,650,000.
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Alaska to Receive $44.30o For Civil Defense Programs

WASHINGTON R) - Alaska will receive $44,300 as its share of SIP million federal allotment to strengthen state and local civil defense programs.
 The money. for personnel and administrative costs, is on 50- 50 matching basis. The Pentagon announced the allocations Mon day.
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RIGHT ON SCHEDULE

SEATTLE tA The Post Of flee Department here said today the first mail truck from Seattle to Alaska was right on schedule" when it passed through Ft. Nell son, B c. this morning. It is due in Fairbanks at 2 pm. Fri day. The truck left here Monday night.
Evening star., 1961-04-30

staff had with public officials
in Virginia" in an effort to
achieve IAN amicable voluntary
solution"
The theory given for the
policy of not disclosing names
is that if the department Gid
so it would lose the confidence
of responsible leaders it is reg
ularly consulting in number
of Southern States.
Seeks Peaceful Solutions
Its a very touchy situation, u
a Justice official explained. In
some places, it is apparently
hazardous for people IN public
office to admit they have been
in communication with the
United States Government or
civil rights matters"
The Attorney Generals posi-
ton, it was pointed out, is that
he will move in to protect the
integrity of the courts and the
judicial process wherever court
orders are circumvented OF
nullified.
He is trying to do this short
of court action where he can
AS a result, he has enlisted
the support OF a number of
reasonable people who may be
Evening star., 1961-04-30

opposed to integration of the
schools but don't want another
Little Rock or New Orleans sit
uation in their towns. Even if
they find it impossible to take
the steps urged by the Justice
Department, they still repre-
sent a line of communication
he doesn't want to lose.
The Kennedy administration
has gone to court in at least
seven cases involving civil
rights after unsuccessful con-
'ferences. But legal action has
ireportedly been unnecessary in
a number of instances because
of successful conferences.
MOderates Get Counsel
The changes that have beer
wrought without fanfare have
been dramatic IN some cases
according to Justice Depart
ment sources, even though
they haven't pleased the ex-
tremiSts.
The Justice Department now
pictures itself as a place where
the moderates of both races car
go in confidence for help. The
help ranges from changes ir
voting and movements toward
school integration to prevent
ing local incidents from &C.
veloping into much-publicizeo
violence.
Sometimes a Southern Off
cial will acknowledge that some
action he took resulted from
conferences with the Justice
Department. But some prefer
not to do so. There have been
occasions when Southern Off
cialS who have come to Wash
ington to see the Attorney Gen
eral have described their visits
as courtesy calls when spotted
by the press.
Evening star., 1961-04-30
Reds Resume Heavy
SheIIinq of Quemoy

TAIPEI, Formosa, April 90
(AP) The Chinese Commu-
nists dropped 146 shells on
Quemoy in a 2-hour and 10
minute bombardment today
from the mainland. 1t was the
heaviest shelling the offshore
island has had since last
October.
A spokesman for the Ma
tionaliSt Defense Ministry said
the government saw no special
significance in the recent up
surge of artillery fire. The
Communists still are sticking
to their self imposed pattern
of shooting only on odd-num-
bered days.
Evening star., 1961-04-30
Film for NuturuIists

Ralph Lawrence, a wildlife
photographer, will show his
color motion picture, The Liv-
ing Marsh and Shore" at a
meeting of the Audubon Natur-
alist Society of the Central At
lantic States at Sis and 8:15
pm. Thursday in the Natural
History Building of the Smith
sonian Institution.
Evening star., 1961-04-30

SulJeQ.
The "no-name" policy was
given as the reason the de-
partment has refused to say
what Virginia officials were
consulted before the Federal
Government went to court last
week in a move to reopen the
Prince Edward County public
schools.
The question came up after
Attorney General Robert F
Kennedy said that department
officials had attempted to COR
rect the Prince Edward Situa-
ton through personal contact
with officials before going 10
court.
Move Protects COnsultants
Virginia's Gov. Almond and
other public officials denied
that Mr.. Kennedy had been in
touch with them. The Governor
said that to my knowledge
there had been no conferences
between Justice representatives
and any Virginia official at the
State or county level.
Thereafter, the Attorney
General referred in a state
ment to the conversations
which I and members of our
Evening star., 1961-04-30
SchIesinger Visits
Bruce in London

LONDON, April 29 (AP).-
Arthur Schlesinger, special as
sistant to President Kennedy,
came to London from Paris to-
day for a weekend visit with
United States Ambassador
David Bruce. They are old
friends.
Mr.. Schlesinger assured Brit
ish newsmen he has not come
to discuss the Cuban situation
with British officials. He will
return to Washington Mon
day.
Evening star., 1961-04-30
McIIYune Gets
Ambussudorship

President Kennedy yesterday
announced he intends to name
Robinson McIlvane, At, now
deputy chief of the American
mission in the congo, as
United States Ambassador to
the new African Republic of
Dahomey.
Mr.. McIlvane, a native of
Dowingtown, Pa, will succeed
R. Borden ReamS, who is also
United States Ambassador to
the Ivory Coast, Niger and Up
per Volta and will continue as
chief American diplomatic rep
reSentative to those nations
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That happened when a pair
of Louisiana officials visited
the Justice Department while
the question of paying New
Orleans teachers was raging.
They, too, used the courtesy
call" explanation. Thereafter,
more conferences took place
with Louisiana officials, the
New Orleans teachers got paid
including those in the two
integrated schools-and the hot
situation in that State appears
to have cooled down.
Evening star., 1961-04-30
Mexico Fights Polio

MEXICO CITY, April 20
(AP).-Mexican children have
received more than 313 million
shots of Salk antipolio vaccine
since last October, the health
ministry reports.
Evening star., 1961-04-30
Justice Hides Identities
Of Rights ConsuItonts
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG
Star Staff Writer

The Justice Department has adopted acroSsthe board
policy of refusing to identify the officials consts in the
South civil rights matters it learned yesterday
The Department repeatedly fears that its lines of
unication would dry up" if named the officials
Evening star., 1961-07-19
TuWes Worried
As Oyster Killer
Advances in Buy

ANNAPOLIS. July 10 tAPD
Gov. Tawes said yesterday he
is deeply concerned" about
the spread of the oyster killer
MSX in Maryland waters and
said the State ''is doing every
thing possible to conrAat this
killer"
The parasite, which bears
the scientific designation of
MSX. recently turned up in
the lower part of Tangier
Sound after having earlier
been found in Pocomo k e
Sound. In effect, it has turned
the corner northward in a
spread up Chesapeake Bay.
THE reports are particularly
disturbing because of the prox-
unity of the lower part of the
Tangier Sound areas in
which the State is now engaged
in extensive shell planting, :"
Gov. Tawes said in a state
ment.
The Governor approved in
creased funds 18 months ago
Evening star., 1961-07-19
Legislator Coils
Renovation Cost
Outside Reason
ny the Associa ted pres.

Representative Roush, Dem
ocrat of Indiana, yesterday de-
cribed a 100000 renovation of
the official residence of the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
Of Staff as apparently outside
the realm of reason and good
taste"
Mr.. Roush said the renova-
ton, ordered shortly before a
congressional limitation of
about $4,000 on such con-
struction went into effect, was
"in direct contradiction to the
will Of Congress"
Mr.. Roush wrote Secretary
of Defense Mcnamara to urge
him to reconsider and review
this decision" adding:
Although I feel that the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff (Gen. Lyman L. Lem
nitzer should be provided ap-
propriate housing. I am not
convinced that it is within the
American tradition to provide
him with quarters which are
luxurious and lavish"
The residence is at Fort
Myer.
Evening star., 1961-07-19
Senate Blocks
Old Subway Fund

The old monorail subway
system to the Old Senate Office
Building is on its way out.
The Senate Appropriations
Committee yesterday cut off
any money for the systems
operation after the end of this
session of Congress. The cut
was made from a $135, ,432 ,065
appropriations bill the commit
tee approved to run Congress
in the year ahead.
A newer subway system is
now operating between the
Capitol and both Senate Office
Buildings. Some Senators had
complained that the new cars
are too rough and wanted the
old cars to remain until the
new system is improved.
Evening star., 1961-07-19

The Communist delegations
won their demand that details
of an international proclama-
ton Of neutrality for Laos must
be discussed first.
But the compromise plan
overcame United States and Ca
madam objections by specifying
that a proclamation would not
become effective until agree
ment also had been reached on
cease-fire guarantees and long
term controls.
The compromise was worked
out during the last two days by
Malcolm MacDonald and Georgi
Pushkin, British and Soviet
chairmen of the talks, which
began here May Is.
1T is understood" the COM
promise said, that the docu-
ments on the neutrality of Laos
and other problems connected
with settlement of the prob
lem-in particular withdrawal
of foreign troops and military
personnel and the terms of in
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struction for the international
control commiSsion-will form
a single unit. Any decisions
reached will be considered final
only after the conference has
adopted the documents as a
whole"
The proposal said the work.
ing commissions would start
with the neutrality draft and
then go on to details of con-
trolling the cease-fire.
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PorIey on Laos Accepts
Procedure Compromise

GENEVA July 10 tAFD-The international conference on
broke 10Week deadlock today by accepting British
Soviet compromise procedure.
Daily sessions of the naon conference will suspended
starting tomorrow while delegation chiefs program
for Laotian neutrality in closed meetings.
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for scientific research against
MSX and the Chesapeake Bio
logical Laboratory at Solomons
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has been making studies from
IA selected samplins stations in
the bay.