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Jessen's weekly., 1962-05-09


Food, entertainment and at
mosphere direct from the 50th
State will greet Fairbanksans
who attend the Mothers Day
Hawaiian Luau, from 1890 to
$50 pm. Sunday at Foodland
parking lot, Cushman side.
Sponsored by the Fairbanks Lions
Club and Foodland, the luau will
feature authentic Hawaiian food
Kalua pig, chicken long rice, lomi
lomi salmon, sweet potatoes. pine
apples, punch, poi, coconut cake
dried tuna and hau pia.
Two complete professional Ha-
waiian shows flown in from Hawaii
by Pan American will provide en-
tertainment including Samoan
sword dance.
Also from Hawaii, Donald Chang,
Willy Barros and Pa. all of whom
are luau specialists, will prepare the
feast. They will be greeted at the
airport tomorrow by Georgia Har-
wood, Miss Fairbanks. and two at
Jessen's weekly., 1962-05-09
CITY COUNCIL NEWS BRIEFS

there probably wouldn't be any
progress on the extension of water
to South Fairbanks, Statewide. or
other proposed extensions this year.
He said that this work should COM
mence next year, provided the Cen
eral Obligation Bonds can be sold.
A request for liquor license
transfer to the International Liquor
Store was denied when it was
learned that state law forbids liquor
establishments within 200 feet of a
church. The International Hotel IS
l78 feet from the Immaculate Con-
ception Church.
An attempt to table indefinitely
Ordinance 1131 (Tort Claims Against
the City, was blocked when Coun-
Gilman Boucher switched his vote
to the prevailing side and made a
motion for reconsideration.
Boucher stated that he felt there
was a lot of good in the Ordinance.
The Council authorized the pur-
chase of additional land from the
Dawdy property on Noble for the
construction of a sidewalk between
Fourth and Fifth.
The Council voted to appropriate
$4,000 for a summer swimming pro-
gram.
Consideration of the 1862 school
budget was postponed one week for
further study.
Harrie Hughes presented the
Council with letter protesting the
property assessment rate. He also
stated that he was unable to obtain
a copy of the assessment break
downs. Hughes charged that the
City Manager was at fault for not
citizens with these fig
ures.
Hughes also made mention of a
petition being circulated requesting
the removal of the City Manager.
Soon after Hughes letter was
read. letter from City Manager
Clifford Nordby was read request
ing acceptance of his resignation.
Jessen's weekly., 1962-05-09

paper, 100 coconut panels, go pounds
of dried tuna and one gallon of
coconut milk are being sent to Fair
banks from Hawaii.
Exotic flowers Will be on sale
Saturday and Sunday at Foodland
by the Lionesses of Fairbanks.
Only 800 tickets will be sold.
These are available from any Fair
banks Lion or at the Northward
Building office. Pan Am office or
Foodland All proceeds will go to
the Fairbanks Lions Club and their
various community projects
Jessen's weekly., 1962-05-09
Funeral Services
For Frank Johns

Funeral services for Frank P
Johns, 79year-old pioneer who died
Saturday are at 2 pm tomorrow
at Fairbanks Memorial Chapel.
Johns resided in the International
Hotel in Fairbanks and had lived
in Alaska for about 25 years. He
was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsyl-
vania.
A local bartender for many years,
Johns had served as financial Sec
rotary of the Bartenders Local 877.
He is not known to have any rela-
tiVeS.
Jessen's weekly., 1962-05-09
MOTHERS DAY HAWAIIAN LUAU PLANNE

tendants as well as the Fairbanks
Lions Club.
Some 1176 pounds of lava rock
will be used to bake 700 pounds
of kalua pig which are domesticated
Hawaiian pigs. The pigs will be
wrapped in tea leaves and baked in
an underground pit over cord of
hardwood
Fifteen hundred Hawaiian leis
20 cartons of papayas, f04 pounds
of poi, 20 pounds of long rice. $50
pineapples, 1000 tea leaves. four
banana stumps, rs pounds OF tapa
Jessen's weekly., 1962-05-09

The Cushman Street setback
was the principal item of dis
cussion at Mondays City Coun-
Gil meeting.
The question was brought up
for public hearing by the Plan
ming and Zoning Commission.
The Commission indicated that
it felt Cushman should be wild
ened to sixty feet to provide
four-lane road from Airport
Way to the four-lane Cushman
Bridge.
Don Gordon. who earlier had pre-
sented a petition signed by many
Cushman st. property owners OPP
posing the proposal, appeared to
defend his position.
Gordon pointed out that the Com
mission had proposed that a five
foot set back be enforced against
all new buildings on Cushman. He
stated that it might be 30 to 40
years before present buildings built
flush to the sidewalk would be old
enough to be destroyed and thus
provide a pniform set back.
Gordon also objected to the pro-
posed widening because he felt it
would. in fact. create four-lane
arterial running right through the
City. He said such street would
tend to bring additional traffic
down Cushman and spoil the street
as shopping area.
Councilman Tom Roberts pointed
out that had the setback ordinance
been enforced 20 years ago. there
wouldn't be any problem to widen
ing the street today.
Councilman Boucher pointed out
that Cushman still is a problem and
urged Council members to give
thought to some system of diverting
traffic around the core area of the
City.
After more discussion the Coun- /
Gil unanimously defeated the widen
ing proposal.
Water Going Ahead
Utilities Manager Robert Wade |
reported that the Utilities Board
has decided to go ahead with the
expansion of water treatment facili-
ties this year. Since the sale of gen.
eral obligation bonds authorized in
a recent election has been blocked
by a suit, the expansion will be paid
for out of revenue bonds.
Wade said that due to the suit
Evening star., 1962-05-25
TROUBLE
Steering Hompered
By Fuel Shortage

ated with their colleague in
orbit.
Il want him to stop using
the auto (matic) fuel" Cape
Flight Director Christopher
c. Kraft TOLD a tracking sta
ton in Australia at 11:10 am.
EDIT, midway in the second
orbit. 1t was the fourth time
in SIS minutes that Comdr. Car
penter had been warned about
fuel consumption.
Then two minutes later, at
ll:l2 am. Chris Kraft's voice.
edgy with tension. snapped out /:
Let's get him to stay on
the manual system now. If
he comes down any lower we
will have to end the flight"
That seems to have done it
Il will be sure and stay or
manual" Comdr. Carpenter re.
sponded at l1:l3. And the
record shows that he did.
Evening star., 1962-05-25

The story of Comdr. Carpen-
ter's ride through space was
beamed across the Iron Cur
tain by Radio Free Europe to
Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hun
gary, Romania and Bulgaria.
Back across came a compli-
mentary comment from Mos
cow Radio. Astronomer Valery
Lutzky of the Moscow Plane
tarium said:
This is another achievement
by United States science in con-
quering space. Manned flight
in space, though so far only in
orbit around the globe, will be
followed with trips to other
planets. 1t opens up a new era
in the history of science and
civilization"
Mr.. Lutzky said Comdr. Car
penter's flight. like those OF
John H. Glenn, jr., and Soviet
Cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin and
Gherman Titov, demonstrate
vividly what mighty means OF
Evening star., 1962-05-25
House Votes Rise
In Okinuwu Aid
BY the Associated Press

The House yesterday re-
sponded to reports of growing
dissatisfaction among Okinaw-
ans by passing a bill to in
crease aid to Okinawa from Sc
million to $25 million a year.
A voice vote, with no dis
sents heard, approved the bill,
which now goes to the Senate
Representative Price, Demo-
crat of Illinois, author of the
bill, said Communists in both
Japan and Okinawa are using
the dissatisfaction amons the
Okinawans to agitate for re-
turn of Okinawa to Japan.
The United States started
paying Sc million a year to Oki-
nawa in 1860 to provide eco
nomic and social benefits for
the islanders, much of whose
land was taken over by United
States military installations.
Evening star., 1962-05-25

scientific study both countries
possess. He urged that they
unite in the peaceful investi-
cation of space.
Gagarin MinimiZes
Maj. Gagarin. on a goodwill
tour of Japan, told newsmer
Comdr. Carpenters flight can
not be termed a total success
because he missed his landing
target by $50 miles.
There were no such failures
with either myself or Ghermar
Titov," he said. I'VE landed in
our designated areas"
Mai. Gagarin, the worlds
first spaceman, even voiced
some doubt that Comdr. Car
penter made the triple orbital
flight, declaring: "It is still un-
known whether Carpenters
flight is a fact. However, il
it is true, it did not indicate
any progress"-over 1t. Col
John H. Glenn's three-orbit
flight.
Evening star., 1962-05-25
GAGARlN AN EXCEPTION
World Cheers New Hero

LONDON. May 25 (AP).-
The non-Communist world had
"a new hero today-Malcolm
Scott Carpenter, Americas Sec
ond aStronaut to orbit the
earth three times.
The epic of his flight yes
terday and the drama of the
final minutes when his space
craft overshot the target area
filled newspaper pages and on
radio and television time.
"Comdr. Carpenters flight
yesterday had a rather too ex-
citing end" said the Guardian
with traditional British under
statement.
West Europeans Joined in
the tension and pride of Amer
leans as they listened during
the day to radio commentaries
and newscaSts from Cape Ca
naveral. They waited breath
lesSly for the final relief-flood-
ing moment when 1t. Comdr
Carpenter was picked up from
his tiny life raft.
Evening star., 1962-05-25
Nigerion Stabbed
In Free-for-AII
Assembly Fight

LAGOS, Nigeria, May 25
(AP) A government minister
was stabbed in the neck with
a knife during a wild fight in
the Assembly of Western Nj
geria at Ibadan today.
Police said the minister was
taken to a hospital seriously
injured, but in the confusion
they were unable to supply his
name or the name of his
aSSailant.
A police officer said a free
for-all battle broke loose in the
chamber Immediately after the
customary prayers opening the
session.
Members hurled chairs at
each other and made violent
attacks with anything they
could lay their hands on, police
said.
Police finally moved into the
chamber and dispersed the
battling legislators with tear
gas. The chamber was a wreck.
Evening star., 1962-05-25

AStronaut Malcolm Scott Car
penter and residents of hi:
home town rejoiced over his
safe recovery after three orbits
around the earth.
The tenseneSs that gripped
Americans everywhere during
the adventure and the anxious
moments to locate him in the
Atlantic impact area was mag
nified in this city where 1t,
Comdr. Carpenter was born,
reared and educated.
Three With Her
Nowhere was it concentrated
more than in the neat trailer
home where Mrs. Carpenter, a
hospital clerical worker, lives
alone. With her during the day
were two friends and Will
Fowler, a former classmate of
Comdr. Carpenter at the Uni
versity of Colorado.
At Palmer Lake, rs miles
south of Boulder, the astro-
naut's father, DR.. Marion Scott
Carpenter, viewed the space
flight on television with his
second wife Edyth.
The Carpenters were di-
vorced in 1945.
I'm a very proud man and
I'm indeed glad it's all over, +"
said DR.. Carpenter, a retired
chemist.
Evening star., 1962-05-25
Unsafe Trucks
Found in Tests

Nearly all of five trucks in
spected at Woodbridge, Va, last
week was in hazardous driving
condition and had to be side
lined for repairs, the Inter-
state Commerce Commission re-
ported today.
preliminary analysis of the
findings at Woodbridge indi-
Gates no improvement from the
results of our most recent
Nation-W Wide checks" comment
ed ICC Chairman Rupert L.
Murphy, who called upon motor
carrier operators to see that
their vehicles and drivers con-
form to ICC safety rules.
ICC safety inspectors re-
ported that inadequate or de-
fective brake systems was the
most frequent vehicle safety
deficiency. Other trucks had
burned-out or missing lights,
faulty turn signals, defective
steering systems, and worn
tires.
Last October, 1,449 of 1886
vehicles had to be ordered off
the highways for repairs. The
commission has recommended
legislation to Congress which
would discourage unsafe prac-
tices and facilitate the en-
forcement of existing ICC
safety regulations.
Evening star., 1962-05-25
WIFE
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the Concerned part of the
flight?" newSmen persisted.
Il wasn't concerned at all,
she replied. Perhaps only once
she added, when an unofficia
report had said that her hus
bands capsule was in the watel
and nothing had been pickeC
up on radar.
What sustained Mrs. Car
penter during the crucial mo.
ments when her astronaut hus-
band encountered difficulties
in his high venture?
II think I've been thoroughly
checked out in all backup pro-
cedures." she said.
Saw Other Shots
Emphasizing that knowledge
of what her husband was do
ing gave her confidence, Mrs
Carpenter added that she hac
also watched other missile
shots.
Reminded that her husband
had said recently that he wa:
not going to pray during hi:
flight, that he did not believe
in prescriptions to pray al
lift-off time" Mrs. Carpenter
was asked if she had prayed
mo, 1 did not" she replied
II felt the same way"
The astronaut's wife, wearing
a white MILDLY blouse and navy
Evening star., 1962-05-25

When the report of Comdr
Carpenters recovery was con-
firmer, Mrs. Carpenter shouted
"Hooray!"
The parents were asked later
if, in view of difficulties that
plagued their sons flight, they
would want him to venture
into space again.
Mrs. Carpenter gave her ap-
proval-after a few days wait
to catch her breath.
"Senseless to Worry"
In a more serious vein, she
told a news conference at the
University of Colorado:
II wasn't really worried. II
is a senselesS waste of energy
to worry about things 1 cannot
control. I can't afford to dc
that. My hope is always up"
For the parents and relatives
of other future astronauts, Mrs.
Carpenter counseled: You have
to condition yourself for it. If
they want to do it, by all means
let them"
Said Comdr. Carpenters IA
ther:
Nov that it's over I can say
I hope he's chosen to be a
member of the first three-man
team to orbit the earth"
Evening star., 1962-05-25

Carpenters blood pressure de-
vice became stuck.
The surgeon said the blood
pressure button was "jarred
loose" by multiple arc-out, 4"
but did not elaborate.
He said that suit tempera-
ture rose 80 degrees on the
first pass over the Ksno, Nj
geria, station, and at that time
I'VE should have stopped his
exercise. We should have asked
Muchea to do this" 1t was
later in the flight that Comdr
Carpenter was ordered to stop
exercising-primarily by pull
ing an elastic cord.
The surgeon said that
Comdr. Carpenters body tenn
perature actually did rise on
the second and third orbits
fluctuating between 101 and
104 on the second pass and be-
tween l01 and 102 on the final
circuit.
THE aStronaut," he said,
did report he was warm and
sweating. This caused more
concern about what was hap
pening to the body tempera-
ture."
Drank Much Water
The surgeon said that
Comdr. Carpenter drank much
water because Of the warmth.
He also ate solid food cubes,
reporting that they crumbled,
apparently in their container.
Mercury control reported
that at times during the flight,
a high rate of fuel consump-
ton on the automatic and
ly-by-wire" control systems
was noted. Fly-by-wire is a
combination manual-automatic
system and draws fuel from
the same tank as the automatic
controls.
Manual control has a sepa-
rate tank and Comdr. Carpen-
ter often was ordered to turn
to the manual device to con-
serve the automatic fuel.
I'VE are unable to verify the
cause of the excess consump-
tion," Mercury control report
ed. But apparently the l.
pound thrusters GetS) were be-
ing used for long duration
sometimes five or six seconds
on the first orbit. 1t ap-
pears to be a gyro problem"
The gyroscope is part of the
control system and helps align
the capsule attitude to the
| proper angie with the horizon
Evening star., 1962-05-25

skirt, introduced her children
to newsmen.
Chris is 6 and she's the
best reader in first grade
Candy, 5, is in kindergarten"
Turning to the older of the
boys, Mrs. Carpenter said
"Scott, IL, is IN junior high
school-and his pants are cirty
Jay, 10, is in fourth grade"
Boys Interested
The girls, too young yet to
be space-conscious, played on
the beach during their astro-
'naut fathers blastoff. But the
boys obviously took more care
full notice.
Asked if he would like to
be an astronaut, Jay replied
hesitantly, We'll, in a way"
Newsmen asked her how she
had managed to keep in seclu-
sion until last night.
1T was very easy-dedicated
friends and the United States
Navy" she replied.
1.-THE Navy brought me down
and friends loaned me a house
stocked it with food and left
me alone" She would not di-
vulge names. saying that they
were dear friends"
Newsmen and photographers
had roamed nearby Cocoa
Beach, hoping that the next
ash-blond they spotted might
be Mrs. Carpenter.
Was yesterday. when he1
husband became the second
American to orbit the earth
the happiest day of her life?
mo, that day was when he
was chosen for the Mercury
program"
Evening star., 1962-05-25

Walter M. Schirra. Also on
hand were Flight Surgeons
Howard A. MINERS and VIII
liam K. Douglas.
Glenn Hugs Him
Col. Glenn was the first to
the door of the Navy plane that
brought Comdr. Carpenter from
the aircraft carrier Intrepid. He
reached in, brushed Comdr.
Carpenters cheek with his own
and Rugged the new space hero.
Then as he backed away to
let others congratulate Comdr.
Carpenter, Col. Glenn wiped a
tear from his right eye.
Comdr. Carpenters health
had been pronounced excellent
after a quick look by doctors.
Asked if he had any anxious
moments he was reported as
saying:
Yep, I had a few moments
OF anxiety near the retro fire
(the firing Of rockets to slow
the spacecraft for re-entry)
over whether I was going to
have enough fuel Ito control
the attitude of the space We
h1cle during re-entry).
The device, known as Sarah"
is manufactured in London.
Aurora-7, tilted at a wrong
angle at the time the braking
rockets were fired, went into
a. longer, shallower descent
than would have been the case
had it dug in" more steeply
into the atmosphere. It plop-
ped into the ocean off Anegada
Island, north of the Virgin
Islands and about 1000 miles
southeast Of Florida.
Commander Carpenter me-
thodically eased himself out of
the floating Spacecraft and into
a rubber dinghy. Then, while
the world wondered what had
happened to him, he sat and
waited for help.
A homing beacon, part of the
spaececraft rescue
equipment, caught the at
tention of a Navy Neptune
search plane Al minutes after
the capsule had gone silent on
At 2:2O pm. (EDT) the Navy
craft sighted the capsule and
was able to send out the glad
news that the aStronaut was
aboard his raft, waving his
arms vigorously and therefore
apparently in good health.
Evening star., 1962-05-25
KENNEDY PROUD:
ASTRONAUT SORRY
HE OVERSIGHT
BY the Associated Press


w hen at last word
flashed to the White House
that Malcolm Scott Car
penter had been landed
safely aboard the carrier
Intrepid, President Ken
nedy picked up a RADIO
telephone and told the as
tronaut I'VE are relieved
and very proud of your
trip"
In turn Comdr. Car
penter apologized "for not
having aimed a little bit
better"
Mr.. Kennedy told him,
II am glad that you got
picked up in good shape,
and we want to tell you
that we are all for you and
send the very best luck to
you and your wife"
well. we want to con-
gratulate you," said the
President, land I look for
ward to seeing you in
Washington som e time
soon."
Evening star., 1962-05-25
Carpenter Tells Story
Of Flight to Experts

GRAND TURK ISLAND, Ba-
hamas. May IS (AP).-"Boy
the sunriSes and sunsets! They
are more beautiful than any
thing I have seen on this
EARTH"
With that small beginning
Astronaut Malcolm Scott Car
penter began to tell his story
the story of the second Ameri-
can space pilot to whirl around
the earth.
The brain picking session be-
gan in earnest today as Comdr.
Carpenter, his fellow astro-
nauts and other Project Mer-
curry officials tried to dredge up
every last detail of yesterdays
flight which saw the astronaut
orbit the earth three times,
overshoot his landing by $50
miles and vanish for Al min
uteS.
The plan now is to finish the
debriefing in time to return
the Navy lieutenant comman-
der to Cape Canaveral Sunday.
There he will face a news con-
ference and a motorcade from
Patrick Air Force Base through
the town Of Cocoa Beach and
to the missile launching site
where he was blasted into
space.
Kennedy Authorizes Medal
President Kennedy authorized
the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration to award
its Distinguished Service Medal
to Comdr. Carpenter. The
medal also was given to the
three astronauts who previously
ventered into space--Alan B.
Shepard and Virgil I. Grissom,
who took short-range rides, and
John H. Glenn, jr., the first
American to orbit the earth.
Pierre Salinger, White House
press secretary, said the medal
will probably be presented Sun
day at Cape Canaveral, but that
Mr.. Kennedy would not go
down to participate as he did
for Col. Glenn's award. Nor,
apparently, was any triumphal
greeting planned in the Ma
tion'S Capital.
Comdr. Carpenter spent last
night in the small hospital on
the grounds of a United States
Air Force auxiliary base on this
British island. With him were
Col. Glenn and Comdr. Car
penter's backup pilot, Comdr.
Evening star., 1962-05-25
Nation Cheers
Back
BY the Associated Press
"Thank God he's back"

Inank God he's back"
These few works summed ur
reaction to Malcolm Scott Car
penter's historic tri-orbitaI
journey-with a "cliff-hanger'
ending which jolted everyone
into prayerful suspense.
From blast-off through the
orbits. and announcement OF
re-entry. general interest in the
37-year-old Navy lieutenant
commanders flight seemed not
as great as that in the journey
of Marine 1t. Col. John H
Glenn. jr., the first United
States astronaut to circle the
globe in a space ship. 1t was
mainly regarded with a feeling
Of quiet satisfaction.
Then the bombshell an
nouncement: His capsule over
shot the landing target area
by 200 miles; radar lost him
starting with re-entry; all
radio contact was gone.
Fear Then Cheers
For Al agonizing minutes q
Nation was fearful and fearful
I'm afraid that boy burned
up," a man in New York's
Times Square muttered sadly.
Then the joyful announce
ment: "a plane spotted the
capsule and a life raft with
a gentleman named Carpenter
From coast to coast came
signs Of relief and shouts Of
glee. Up went windows al
Rockefeller Center, and out
went showers of ticker tape
celebrating the safe landing.
In a Dallas (Tex0 restaurant
a lady, after learning thai
Comdr. Carpenter was safe
said: IF I'd only known il
while I was trying to eat
couldn't eat a bite"
Joe Foss, commissioner oi
the American Football League
and a Marine hero of World
War II, said in Atlanta that
Comdr. Carpenters flight will
put us just that much ahead
Gin the space race), adding
"too, it will show that oul
first shot was not just luck
Child Was Sure
A little girl in Atlanta spoke
up proudly: "I knew he'd make
it; he's an American"
In Cincinnati, an observer
reported interest "a little SLOW
er" (than for Col. GLENN, un-
til contact was lost. Then, he
said, people dashed about ask
ing each other whats hap
pened."
In Cleveland, Ohio, during
Comdr. Carpenters flight, 9
man casually said, IF you've
seen one, you've seen them ALL
But he kept two right-hano
fingers crossed during the sus-
penseful period.
Among the first of the honorS
to be heaped on Astronaut Car
penter:
New York's Mayor Robert F
Wagner offered him a ticker
tape parade.
East Aurora, N. Y, has made
him honorary mayor, noting
that Comdr. Carpenters space
capsule was called Aurora-7.
President Kennedy personally
telephoned his congratulations
Former President Eisenhower
said, TITS good news. I'm de-
lighted he's back safely"
Evening star., 1962-05-25
Hindus Atone

KUALA LAMPUR, Malaga.
Hindus, to atone for
their sins, drive skewers, rods,
pins, and nails into their flesh
during the annual Thaipusam
religious festival in Malaga in
January.
Evening star., 1962-05-25
Carpenters S Parents
Hope He'll Go Again

BOULDER, Colo, May 25 (AP).-Her only child had just
been pluked from the 5000 miles away when
asked the fra friendly woman she thought he might be the
first the moon.
I'D like to have him wait few days until I catch my
BREATH" Mrs. Florence Carpenter replied mother of