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Show HERALD PHONES FAIR SUNDAY Orem Office ..........-- AC 5-1605 ir Utah. Provo Offices eietereleveiriers = FR 3-5050 For Advertising, News and Circulation Prevo Society ....-.---- FR 3-4684 PRICE TEN CENTS PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1957 VOL. 35, NO. 26 | Plane Lost in Pacific ith 44 Aboard ‘Yellow Objects’ Sighted as Ships, Planes Spur Hunt TO NEW BUILDING Herald Begins Big Job ~ Of Moving Its Presses The Daily Herald begins this weekend the gigantic task of moving to its new home—the modern $200,000 office building and plant being completed at 190 W. 4th N., Provo. The first unit, the big Goss Rotary Tubular Press, is being moved today. Other units—the battery of linotype machines, the heavy stereotyping equipment, the teletype machines, engraving plant, photography department, newsroom, advertis- ing, circulation and business offices, etc.— will be-moved on subsequent weekends. How does a newspaper, with its arrayof equipment and complicated operations, move to a new plant and still keep the presses rolling, without missing a publia cation day? It’s a big and many-sided job. The @fer- ald hopes to accomplish it—with your patience and tolerance. To move the big rotary press and get it in operation again Monday, we had to go to press six hours earlie r than usual Saturday night with today’s Sunday edi- By CHARLES BERNARD United Press Staff Correspondent HONOLULU (UP) — Dozens of planes and surface ships combed a 100,000 square mile area of the Pacific in perfect weather today searching for a Pan American Stratocruiser named “Romance Of The Skies” that disappeared last night on a flight from San Francisco to tion. This means that our paper today does not carry the BYU-Fresno State football game played Saturday night; nor does it carry some of the other late-breaking sports and other news. We apologize to you for this and hope you will understand. We have an efficient moving crew headed by a representative of the Goss Printing Press company. If all goes well, units of the press will be assembled in time that we can print a 12-page paper’ Monday. In the event of unexpected problems or delay, the Ogden Standard-Examiner has agreed to assist us. In that case we will produce the paper at our old plant at 50 S. lst W. to the full-page mat stage. The Honolulu. A flurry of hope for the 44 persons aboard came with reports of the spotting of “yellow objects” near the point where the double-decked luxury plane made its last radio report at 4:04 p.m.(HST) (8:94 p.m. EST). However the navy said later that the objects “may be” disposable jet fuel tanks and the coast guard said that The huge four-engine plane was the paper printed. The papers will then be returned to Central Utah for delivery. If the Provo-Ogden shuttle becomes necessary, delivery of your Monday Herald may be delayed an hour or two. ~ As you might well imagine, moving a (Continued on Page Four) WASHINGTON (UP) — The. radio relay station. But it caw safely be assumed that: ».-lmeadcasts via_ the moon would be much harder for an No one has said yet that this enemy to jam than ordinary high gives the United States terri- frequency radio communications. torial rights to the moon such as It would take a vast amount of might be claimed by the first na- power and much larger equiption to hit it with a rocket. ment to jam the moon circuit a “But we do claim,” a Naval re- radio expert said. —Even if nuclear war smash- Press, ‘‘that the moonis a fairly ed up existing microwave relay high elass radio relay station of st-tions, it still would be possible both military and commercial to communicate between any two value.” points on earth via the moon. It And, he added, moon research makes no difference how far also has established the ‘‘perfect apart the earth stations are. feasibility’ of sending radio —In any case, it is now pos“commands” to rocket craft in sible to leap-frog the vast Comlunar space and of receiving ra- munist areas of the world where dio reports from them. the free nations have no relay The United States in 1946 be- stations. came the first nation to bounce radio pulses off the moon. The British, Canadians and Austral- ians have done it since. Moonradio experts here have no evi- dence that Russia has yet undertaken such research. The most recent and presumably most productive work on the U. S. ‘moon circuit’’ is a military secret. Also secret is the moon's military significance as a Walter On Fate Of Space Dog Army Medical Center today for an annual, 24-hour ‘head to toe’ medical checkup, the White House said Saturday. The President is scheduled to enter the hospital late today and return to the White House Monday afternoon. It will be his first complete physical checkup since Oct. 28, 1956, when the examining physicians reported that he gave “every appearance of being in excellent health.” The pre-election checkup confirmed the President’s physi- cal fitmess to serve another four years in the White House. Provo River Flood Control Work To Be ‘Much Higher’ Than Estimate of $550,000 prevent flooding along the Provo ted early in 19586. River will be ‘‘much higher’ than “The report will contain a recthe original estimate of $550,000. A higher cost was expected, the ommended plan for controlling the bureau said, after studies showed requests,” Dexheimer said. “Our that flooding along the Provo Riv- studies, to date, have not progresser in 1957 “‘equalled the highest ed to the point where we have flood on the river for 50 years a definite plan or a firm cost es- Power and Light Co.’s diversion dam will be extended to tie into a hill at the Murdock Power plant tailrace so there will be no possibility for the.river to by - pass (UP)—President the diversion dant. Pay Increases HERALD INDEX Obituaries (oc... nase se ose er 4 Scciety Sorts .. ..13, 14, 15, 16 «oo. 5, 6 7%, 8 Seeeecsves 17 spending. ‘If the administration goes through with present plans to ask Congress for the raises, Congress is likely to approve, as 1958 is an election year. San George H. Brown, Palo Belmont; Purser, E.- Crosthawaite (box#"482) Felton; visor, Jack King Flight Super(556 Parkway Terrace}, “South San Frameisco; Stewardesses, Yvonne Alexander Golden Gate Avenue, planes flew over Syrian towns close to the mediterraneans Satur- (1445 Belview), Burlingame. The passengers: Hawaii bound: 1. Robert Alexander, Pan American Co-Pilot, 815 Dickson Way, Los Altos, Calif. 2. Mrs. Margaret Alexander, day. The charge was similar to a number made recently at the height of the Syrian-Turkish ‘‘war crisis.”’ The government said Turkish the Syrian village of Tal Afar and Tal Akqa near the city of Kameshi (Qamichlye), The communique identified the alleged Tutkish attackers as a patrol but did not give its size. Kameshli is in northeast Syria, close to the ‘border. Syrian civilian volunteer guards returned the fire for half an hour, St. George Man. Killed in Traffic Crash curve, a LOST ON PLANE—Stewardesses aboard missing plane are pictured in lower photos. They”are Yvonne Alexander, San Francisco, left, and Marie McGrath, Burlingame, Calif. (U.P. Telephotos). U. S. Delays Legislation For Baring Atom Secrets Strauss said he was approach- and Marie garet and Judy Alexander, Los Gatos, Calif. Coast guard Rear Adm. Stephen H. Evans, who is coordinating the search effort, said ‘‘time ram out” after the plane had been missing some 14 hours. . He immediately launched a his wife, same address. 3. Judy Alexander, 9, same address. 4. David Alexander, ll, same address. 5., Mrs. Marian Barber, Shaker Heights, Ohio. area between Honolulu and miles 1,100 to the East toward San Francisco. Subs Used In Search Coast Guard, Navy and Air Force planes from Hawaii were pressed into the ‘search, and Pan American sent planes from both Honolulu and San Francisco. Two submarines and eight coast guard cutters were dispatched to the area and all surface vessels in 6. Fred Choy, 26 North Eldo- the vicinity were alerted. The Navy search rescue center rado, San Mateo, Calif. 7. Edward Ellis, 1780 Manor at Pearl Harbor confirmed a reDr., Hillsboro, Calif. 8. Dr. William Hagen, 437 Club Lane, Louisville, Ky. port that a Military Air Transport Plane spotted blinking lights on the air route the missing plane would have taken, but search planes found nothing in the area. It was reported that the lights may have been those of a passing ing the problem on the philosophy “that it does not make any sense to withhold from ourallies information Which, based upon adequate intelligence, is already Atlante Treaty Allies, it was known to our potential enemies.” learned Saturday night. The president took the same Chairman Lewis L. Strauss of position Thursday night in the the Atomic Energy Commission first of his ‘‘chins up’’ speeches _9. His wife, Norma, same address. 10. David Hill, 231 Hualani, Kailua, Oahu, T.H. lay in a letter to a member of He and British Prime Minister the joint Congressional Atomic Harold Macmillan agreed here Energy committee, The congresslast month on the broad outlines man had asked just what Presiof a plan for swapping more dent Eisenhower had in mind nuclear and other military-scienalong this line. tific information among the Bidg., Tokyo. The last report from the plane came at 3:04 p.m. h.s.t. when the captain radioed he had passed the point of on return 1,160 miles from President and General Manager of Renault Auto Co,; 425 Park Ave., New York. This was near the area where on Oct. 16, 1956, another Pan American plane developed trouble disclosed the administration de on missiles and satellites. 11, Robert Holliday, 38 Kangaroo, Park Sylvania, New South Wales, Australia. 12. Joseph Jones, 45470 Maka Lane, Kailua, Cahu. 13. Hadeo Kubuta, Marunouchi 14. said Britain will send a team of of the program. These officials experts to the United States soon included Allen Dulles, director of to— organize a joint scientific the Central Intelligence Agency. staff. : Regardless of how far the proposed legislation goes in relaxing security on atomic information, (UP) —, and U. S. Army men paid off Britain to Help Maj. Gen. H. N. Toftoy, com- U.S. Set Up Scientific Staff Redstone Arsenal, said Saturday the Army to make the necessary that the Army decided to enter preparations to launch an earth yesterday when Defense Secre- manding general of the Army’s | tary Neil H. McElroy directed it is headed for a thorough goingover in the House-Senate Atomic Energy Committee. Several of its members already have put up “go slow” flags, Wageand Salary Employment Hits Top Level ‘he guided missile field before satellite. It climaxéd an uphill fight for the Army to get into the ee eh of World War I. WASHINGTON (UP) — Wage — . ‘oftoy, one of the key figures “moon” field. A career soldier and graduate and salary employment in the in the Army’s “new look,” is the ™man responsible for ‘Operation of ‘West Point, the 55-year-old Mountain Region reached an aliPaper Clip,‘ the roundup of Toftoy is known throughout the time peak of 1,720,800 at its seaGerman scientists and engineers Army as ‘‘Mr. Missile.’”” He has general staff, official sources said who fashioned the terrifying V-2 headed the arsenal for more sonal high in mid-September, the Saturday. U.S. Department of Labor reportthan three years. rocket and their eventual setChief task of the experts Britain tling down in the United States Toftoy said he made “the origi- ed Friday. will send to Washington will be to Utah reported 5,500-new workto iaunch thisemation 2 that we plen cl of ileal in the mis- tial recommendation bring to this country- the scien- ers during the month, mainly in rocket research and development. (Continued on Page Four) schools and food processing. The teamwork of the Germans ship. Point Of No Return Robert La Maison, Vice Honolulu. 15. Mrs. Robert La Maison, Strauss said he will not make NATO allies. same address. recommendations to President 16. William Payne, Roxbury Strauss and other administraEisenhower until after talks later tion officials have made clear in Lodge, Scottsbar, Calif. this month with Sir Edwin Plow- subsequent conferences with con17. Louis Rodrigues, 53, 30 den, British atomic energy chief. gressional: atomic experts that no Benton Ave., San Francisco, (In London, official sources 18. Helen Rowland, 60, 1445 Tasdecision has been madeon details ArmyEntered RocketField Before World WarII Ended HUNTSVILLE, Ala. the Pacific. The crew is experienced and welltrained and weare still hopeful.” Two Large Families The plane, piloted by Capt George H. Brown, Palo Alto, carTied eight crewmen and 36 passengers, including twé large families San massive air and sea search which McGrath will cover a 100,000 square mile Francisco, Las Vegas, Nev. when he apparDexheimer said a comprehensive templated plan.” report en the river, which will be He said dikes are to be built ently fell asleep at the wheel and his automobile failed to make a in the vicinity of the Smith Rest Recommend from ola Dr.) Santa Clara; Engineering Officer, A. Pinatara (1042 Forest), also ST. GEORGE @® — A St. George man, Chester C. Helm, 44, was killed Saturday when his car overturned 15 miles west of status of the Provo River channel Meanwhile, he said, the bureau here on U.S. Highway 91. The Utah Highway Patrol said remedial work. was going ahead with “‘those strucReclamation Commissioner W.A. tures that will fit into the con- Helm was returning from work at Haven and Woodlahd areas. The dike construction on the left side of the river above the Heter flight charged that two unidentified jet previous years.” fident this complex problem can The USBR made the remarks in be solved to the satisfaction of a letter to Sen. Arthur V. Wat- Congress and the Provo River kins (R-Utah) reporting on the Water Users Assn.”’ President To a stratocruiser ficer, W.A. Fortenberry: (1338 Loy- , statement on a_ — Hugh, Scott, Nancy, Kimi, Alto; 1st Officer W-P. Wygant Bruce and Anna Ciack, Midlands, (120 Edwards), Sausalite;.2nd Of- Mich., and Robert, David, Mar- WASHINGTON (UP)—The administration will confer further addi- the government said. It was not immediately clear with British officials before draftBureau of Reclamation said Satur- tional remedial work is undertaking legislation to permit giving day the cost of channel work to en, will be completed and submit- whether there were any casualU. S. nuclear secrets to North ties. casting Corp. said its listening posts could not hear the satelWASHINGTON lite’s signals Saturday phen it passed over Britain. Technicians Eisenhower was reported Saturday to be preparing to recom(Continued on Page Four) mend pay increases costing more than one billion dollars a year for military personnel and federal civil service employes. Business News ......-..---+- Nv A reliable source said the pay Central Utah raises, are not likely to become News 3, 4, 9, 10, 18, 20, 21, 26 a casualty of the ‘budget LONDON, (UP) + Britain will Ode eae 23, 24, 25 squeeze’ next year, despite pres- send a hand-picked team of ex= doicos .. 22 sure for moulti-billion dollar in- perts to the United States shortly torial Page =...--.--- 3s 19 creases in missile and rocket to help organize a joint scientific }.c-lonal, World News. 2, 11, 23 Saturday. before extensive and caused consider- timate for the work.” MOSCOW (UP) — Mose than ably more damage than floods in However, he said ‘‘We are con1,000 miles of space and scientific (In London, the British Broad- said official missing ifornia: Capt. DAMASCUS (UP)—Syrian and Turkish border forces skirmished in a 30-minute firefight Friday night and a Turkish soldier was arrested: on Syrian soil, the govThe aboard The crew members, all from Cal- Border Fight ernment persons Francisco to Honolulu: Friday night by opening fire on of record, secrecy today shrouded the fate of the dog in the Sputnik. The question was whether Soviet rocketeers have solved the ultimate problem of bringing the dog back to earth. Observers predicted there would be an announcement sooner or later from Soviet scientists. But for the second day in a row, the official Soviet communiques on the travels on the half-ton Sputnik II failed to mention the 40-pound female Arctic sledge dog named’ Laika. dresses and destinations of the somewhere in border forces started the battle WASHINGTON (UP)— The USS. prepared Soviet Silent Reed from San Francisco at 7:45 p.m. hs.t. (9:45 p.m. p.s.t. Friday), but early Saturday in San Francisco, Robert B. Murray Jr., execu tive vice president of Pan American’s Pacific-Alaska Division, told reporters:* SAN FRANCISCO (UP)— Pan “We are now past the gasoline American World Airways Saturday endurance point, and the aircraft released the following names, ad- must be presumed to be down OnAirliner i tn AIR DISASTER IN PACIFIC—Newsmap locate: '§ area where a Pan American stratocruiser with 44 persons aboard was last heard from on a flight from San Fran- WASHINGTON (UP)—President Eisenhower will enter scheduled to arrive at Honolulu Of Persons cisco to Honolulu. A huge air-sea armadais searching for the plane. (U.P. Telephoto) United States has been bombarding the moon for more than a decade—with packets of -energy. reports indicated that if the objects were life rafts, they were “uninflated.’’ Here’s List mats will be flown by chartered plane to Ogden where the plates will be cast and IKE ENTERS U. S. Bombards the Moon HOSPITAL Syrian, Turk With Packets of Energy FOR CHECKUP Forces in search scientist told the United Predicted high, 50-60. Provo’s minimum temperature Saturday, 27; high, 50. so St., Palo Alto, Calif. ~ 19. Toyoe Tanaka, Marunouchi (Continued on Page Four) ; and ditcfied at sea. All 31 passen- gers aboard were saved when pilot Richard Ogg circled four hours on two engines to redyce the fuel load ad then ditched near a Coast Guard weather ship. Although the tail’ broke off on the impact, everyone aboard scrambled into liferafts and were (Continued on Page Four). Proud Safety Record Hinges On Fate of Missing Plane WASHINGTON (UP) — One of airlines flying international routes. the proudest safety records in have hauled more than 10 million without a fatality, aviation history hinged today on passengers the fate of the missing Pan-Amer- Since -1952, fatalities on overseas ican World Airways stratocruiser runs have totaled only six. .|@ence of any radio message from the aircraft hinting of trouble the « |