Pacific Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1959, Tokyo, Japan                                21 a Pound sphere will report on Earth s Cloud cover . Orbits weather Eye Vanguard satellite Washington a the . Tuesday cast a weather Eye satellite into orbit. The 21m.-Pound sphere housing instruments capable of reporting the Earth s Cloud cover was Flung into space with a redesigned Model of the often disappointing Vanguard rocket. The three stage rocket roared away from Cape canaveral fla., at 10 55 am. The National aeronautics and space administration Nasa announced Here about two hours and 20 or minutes later that the satellite was in orbit. The basketball sized Moon Marks the opening step in a program of using satellites As aids in improving Short Range and Long Range weather forecasting. Such satellites Are expected to open a new Era in meteorology and May also pro vide new and important Aid in the quest actually to control the weather. Radio signals of the Vanguard were heard at san Diego Calif. The signals were picked up by Tom Hemphill con Vair Engineer who has participated in tracking Atlas missiles fired into orbit. He said the signals were Good Clear  at a news conference Nasa director t. Keith Glennan said the new Moon is orbiting at altitudes ranging from 335 to 2,050 Miles above the Earth. Glennan said each circuit takes 126 min utes. The official name Given to the new satellite is Vanguard Iii. It is the sixth satellite orbited by the . Presumably the 50-poun.d Shell of the third stage of the rocket is also in orbit. The specific scientific aim of this Satel Lite is to gain information about the extent of Cloud cover Over the Earth at a Given time information not fully Obr tin Noble by other Means particularly Over isolated Ocean areas. Vanguard Iii is equipped with two elec cont. On Page 2t col 3j weather forecast partly Cloudy with slightly warmer temperatures. Ili i 45, Low 3j. Air a outlier service european edition the stars and trip to. Via Juipi a a s,. Army Navy air Force unofficial publication of the . Armed forces in Europe North Africa and the Middle East closing stocks new York a tin Stock Market declined slightly tuesday in fairly Active trading. Tobaccos Rose to recoup sonic of their monday losses but Petroleum were Woisik. Volume 17, number 303 d 5 cents daily 10 cents sunday wednesday february 18, 1959 Ike leaves Job decision up to Dulles Washington a president Eisenhower was re ported tuesday to feel that John Foster Dulles should stay on As Secretary of state As Long As he feels Able to carry on and wants to do so. Rep. Charles a. Halleck of Indiana House Republican Leader said Dulles condition was discussed briefly at the presi Dent s regular weekly meeting with Republican congressional leaders. Dulles is in Walter Reed army medical Center suffering from a recurrence of cancer. Urged to Remai Halleck said or. Eisenhower personally feels that so Long As Dulles is Able and wants to carry on the president of the United states will Avail himself of his  three More medical specialists were called into consultation tues Day on the treatment of Dulles. Two of the consultants summoned by maj Gen Leonard d. Heaton Walter Reed commandant Are surgeons but an announce ment through the state depart ment said no further surgery is  a cancer specialist from the National cancer Institute Here had been called into the Case shortly after Friday s surgery. Two of the three new consult ants had acted in a similar Capaci cont. On Page 2/l col. 5 n Arkansas House frees electors Little Rock Ark. A the Arkansas House passed an inde pendent electors Bill which would release the state s presidential electors from party loyalty. The measure heralded by states rights leaders As a weapon to use in the fight Between Southern conservatives and Northern liberals within the democratic party was approved by 81-6. Under the Bill free electors would be permitted to cast their votes in the electoral College for a candidate acceptable to their state. Party affiliation of the candidate would not matter. Ice delays swedish liner new York up the swedish american liner Stockholm carrying 301 passengers arrived Here from Europe 24 hours late tuesday after altering its course to avoid a Field of heavy broken ice off Cape race. Woman gets 10 years in vast tax Racket Columbus Ohio up Federal judge Mel Underwood has sentenced mrs. Mary Seii Dotter 67, of Columbus to 10 years in Federal prison for of crating that internal. Revenue agents said was possibly the nation s largest income tax refund Racket. The Gray haired grandmother admitted filing 82 false income tax returns for 1955 in 44 of the 64 internal Revenue districts in the country which would have netted her More than $40,000.mrs. Sem Lottor was said to have prepared false income tax returns and false statements of taxes paid from manufacturing firms throughout the nation and asked for Complete refunds. Wabash floods 12,000 acres by the associated press the Wabash River poured Over a levee West of Oaktown tuesday flooding 12,000 acres of Rich bottomlands but a threatening 12 mile ice Jam far upstream near Delphi broke up without damage. The flood washed Over the levee a mile South of the spot where National guardsmen had Sand bagged to protect a soft spot. The guardsmen were pulled off the Job. Ferries suspended service below Vincennes at mount Carmel angst. Francisville 111. Sheriff s deputies from Vincen nes helped Farmers move Stock to higher ground. The levee break cont. On Page 2., col. It Menderes Hurt 12 die in plane crash in us Cyprus plan now depends on Makarios London up Britain Greece and Turkey tuesday gave archbishop Makarios the Broad outline of a take it or leave it plan that would give Cyprus Independence but would not surrender Brit Ain s sovereignty Over its strategic bases there. Britain Greece and Turkey Are United behind the plan which was drafted at Zurich by Greece and Turkey and slightly modified by Britain during Early talks Here. Makarios caught in a squeeze Between the United front of the three Powers and a delegation of 34 cypriot greek leaders asked for extra time for consultation. He conferred with the greek cypriot delegation of mayors Trade Union officials and newspaper editors who have flown Here from Nicosia and then met or. Fazil Kutchuk Leader of the Turk ish cypriots. Meanwhile British foreign Sec cont. On Page it col. 2 Premier Adnan Menderes. Escape death National guardsmen and volunteers use Large sheets of plastic to Stop seepage and hold sandbags on a levee along flooded Wabash River Between Terre haute and Vincennes ind. Up april draft Call slashed to 7,000 lowest since 1957 Washington up the army will draft 7,000 men in april the defense department has announced. It is the first time draft Calls have been that Low since the october december 1957 period when 7,000 men were drafted monthly. The april Call is 1,000 fewer than that for March and 2,000 under the number Bein drafted in january and february. The april Call will bring to 2, 429,430 the number of men drafted since the korean War. The drop in the number of men being drafted was partially attributable to the fact that the army is cutting from its dec. 31, 1958, strength of 890,769 men to 870,000by next june 30. The other services which do no draft men also Are carrying out manpower reductions. Candidate for Premier named in Luxembourg Luxembourg a Pierre Werner former minister of finance and defense has been named pre Mier designate of Luxembourg by grand Duchess Charlotte Werner will try to form a coalition government of members of his own social Christian party and the socialists. The last government Iri the grand duchy was a coalition of these parties. Craft Falls near Airport in heavy fog Horsham England a prime minister Adnan men Deres of Turkey staggered dazed and injured from the wreckage of a plane bring ing him to Britain for the Cyprus peace talks tuesday night. At least 12 others aboard were killed the ministry of civil aviation said. The plane a Turbo prop Viscount owned by the turkish government went Down in the fog bound approaches to Gatwick  air plane crashed into a Wood near the Surrey Village of Newdigate after missing the runway on its final approach in poor visibility. Reports from the scene by a ministry radio car said the aircraft skidded 300 Yards and that both wings were torn off by Trees. Menderes was taken to a farm House to receive first Aid. Later he was carried on a Stretcher into a London Hospital. A Hospital physician said there is nothing seriously wrong with or. Menderes. All he wants is rest and  an Airport official Brian Smith who went to the crash scene said he found bodies strewn every where. We followed the fire Hose lines and through the Woods we saw the crash he said. Firemen were dousing the plane and pulling Trees and shrubs off the wreckage. The fuselage seemed to be in one piece but the nose was smashed the wings torn off and an engine was hanging in a tree. Four people were being pulled through holes in the  a British transport ministry official said the Viscount ended up an absolute Ball of  i have seen a few crashes but never one like this the official  reported the plane appeared cont. On Page 21. Ool i late sports Chicago a Bill Venuck in behalf of a Syndicate has agreed to buy controlling inter est in the Chicago White sox. He has not less than 15 nor More than 45 Days to Complete the $2.7 million Deal