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Aii Pi Of Totality For Greenville Milo fie raft OldJoWn 0 on 5MO B3tt9ortj8reuier 'Hampden El(suwtk caw port ftBueksfot stunt: ji east Dimkam Yesterday Sale 78569 The Weather Full Report oa Pago Saturday: Possible shower Sunday: Cloudy cooler Weather Reports: Dial 942-2150 ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL NEW TORE TIMES NEWS SERVICE 491 MAIN ST VOL 75 NO 29 BANGOR MAINE SATURDAY-SUNDAY JULY 20-21 1963 TEL 942-4881 EIGHT CENTS Eo Maine Center Of Solar Blackout Millions To See Show Last Total Eclipse Until 2106 By ED MATHESON All of Maine will look westward today for a glimpse of the most spectacular of all natural phenomena a total solar eclipse an occurrence that scheduled again in Vacationland until the year 2106 first contact of the eclipse hi Timetable Maine will be viewed shortly after 4:35 pm (EDT) and the last contact at 6:43 pm (EDT) Total viewing time of the partial and total eclipse will be about two hours and six minutes (Other stories Pages 2 3 7 24) (Nw Tork Times News Service THE PAS Manitoba Front fapan to Maine astronomers ky-gazers and casual laymen ire preparing to view one of grandest spectacles total eclipse of the sun It will be an occasion for itrange phenomena that are still joorly understood Notable among hese are the shadow spans that licker across the landscape just efore and just after totality Laden With Equipment Here aboard a special train rolling north towards Hudson Bay in the Canadian Arctic a jarty of 116 is headed for a site the eclipse path The eight-car unit is laden with an assort-nent of instruments from a ieavy 12-inch reflecting telescope md other professional equipment to simple home-made devices (Continued on Page 2 CoL 7) It will take approximately three minutes for the shadow of totality to pass over Maine Totality can be viewed in Bangor at 5:4306 pm and will last approximately 59 seconds and at Bar Harbor at 5:44 pm and will last one minute The path of totality will present (Continued on Page 2 CoL 4) If you are situated in the central line of eclipse totality these are the approximate times the sun will bis blocked from view If you are located to the south or the north of the central line 12 miles in either direction there will be a difference of about 30 seconds Jackman will view the total eclipse at 5:41 pm (EDT) Gerard at 5:42 pm Pleasant Pond near Caratunk 5:424 Cambridge 5:43 pm Bangor 5:436 and Bar Harbor 5:4427 pm The speed of the shadow varies along the course but when it reaches Maine it is picking up speed from about 3200 miles an hour when it enters the state to about 3450 miles an hour when it leaves The total eclipse lasts only three minutes in Maine so time will differ from community to community by only seconds The partial eclipse can bo seen in Maine for slightly over two hours starting shortly after 4:30 pm EYE IN Tiros VI the US weather satellite has been sending information like this the past few days on an electronic hook-up to the University of Maine at Orono Data for this map was taken Friday and told observers kinds of cloud cover RACING THE Members of the 75th FIS with two photographers from Washington will be racing across Maine today in the path of the eclipse Discussing the flight Friday afternoon were left to right Col William Davis squadron commander SSgt Calvin Owens and SSgt Eddie Turner of Washington Captain John Carroll and Captain Lewis Wetzel of the 75th who will be the pilots (NEWS Photo by Webb) Spotlight On The News And Eclipse Weather Weather Bureau Eclipse Forecast: At the present time there is a 35 per cent probability of viewing the total eclipse of the sun as it passes southeast across central Maine Saturday afternoon Expected cloud cover 5 to 8 tenths of the sky except overcast in the vicinity of scattered showers and thunderstorms Afternoon temperatures in the upper 70s or lower 80s with southerly wind 10-20 mph Dow Jets To Giase Shadow Across The State Be Safe: Observe The Viewing Rules and they are going to have an (Continued On Page 2 CoL 2) NEWS Snapshot Contest Your Favorite Picture May Win $1000 Colorado Point Report Center BOULDER Colo (UPI) A central reporting point has been set np here for Information gathered by far-flung scientists during eclipse of the sun Scientists and high altitude observatory personnel said they planned to make a motion picture of activity in the outer the during the eclipse Officials said students of the department of astrophysics and atmospheric physics were strung out from Alaska to Maine In ten observing stations and would telegraph reports and send film to the observatory hi Boulder The observatory officials said was expected to be the only central reporting station for the eclipse in the nation By NELLE PENLEY For centuries people have been but today two pilots of the 75th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron" Air Defense Command at Dow AFB will be chasing a long long shadow as the eclipse takes place over a pathway in Maine Captain Lewis Wetzel and Captain John Carroll will be the pilots who will be making history They will be flying two photographers from Washington DC from USAF Headquarters detachment One of 1365th Photo Squadron The men behind the cameras will be S-Sgti Calvin Owens and S-Sgt Eddie Turner Exciting Project Both pilots' look upon the project as exciting Neither can ever remember the last total eclipse piece filters monoculars binoculars Including coin-operated view-finders on cameras and telescopes magnifying glasses all sun glasses some goggles smoked glass tinted glass from broken bottles tinted gelatin polarized gelatin gelatin filters including Wratten gelatin filters good for photography only used negatives (color or black and white) color film any other device that possesses infrared light The Museum also warns: Beware of sun Alters made available commercially Families with children should take every precaution so that the youngsters will not view the partial eclipse a period of just over two hours with the naked eye Youngsters will have the natural tendency to take a at going on above them Probably the best suggestion for youngsters is to keep them under shelter and be sure they are safe from injury Be careful of your eyes Do not watch the eclipse with the naked eye If you have any doubts about viewing the eclipse directly take the safe way out and view it indirectly If you wish to view the eclipse directly most authorities agree that two pieces of exposed and developed photographic or X-ray film are a generally safe method for a limited time But even with this equipment do not stare at the eclipse Take glances of a few seconds at intervals John Patterson director of the Charles Hayden Planetarium in Boston says that it is perfectly safe to view the TOTAL eclipse with the naked eye In Maine this means just 59 seconds Public Health Service Surgeon General Luther Terry warns there is no safe way to look at the eclipse either partial or total Do not look through any of the following: Telescopes including those with solar eye To Sunny Hawaii Color shares the spotlight with black-and-white in the 1963 News-paper National Snapshot Awards contest to be sponsored by the Bangor Daily News starting today and ending Friday August 3L Die contest which affords all amateur photographers the opportunity to win up to $1000 with a single photo is open to both color and black-and-white snapshoot-ers In addition to the cash prize national Grand Award winners together with one other member of their families will be flown to Washington for an expense-paid weekend culminating with the Awards Luncheon National cash awards in the contest total $31000 this year the biggest cash prize in the history of the 25-year contest National awards are in addition to local prizes to be awarded by The NEWS Awards will be divided equally between black-and-white and color in the four contest classes both in the national and local competition The classes include: (1) Babies and Children (2) Teenager and Adult Activities (3) Scenic and and (4) Animal Life The NEWS will award weekly prizes of $25 in each category for pictures judged of the In addition the top eight in both categories each week will receive a Certificate of Merit A panel of competent judges has been selected for the contest The NEWS will then enter the local grand prize winners in the (Continued ea Page 2 CoL 15 Legislators Aides Map $159000 Junket Sonic Boom To Crack Over State Today there will be plenty of sonic in fact there will be a continuous boom from Jack-man to Bar Harbor as the F-lOlBs of the 75th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron race across the state following the path of the total eclipse The sound barrier will be broken all along the flight but since the aircraft will be flying at probably 50000 feet altitude no one needs to worry about any damage It just happen officials say Even plaster of ancient vintage be cracked The sound will just add one more thrill to a total eclipse which will not be seen in this ana again until the year 2106 House Majority Leader Perrin Edmunds of Fort Fairfield Assistant Majority Leader Ralph Brooks Jr Yarmouth Senate Minority Leader Emile Jacques of Lewiston Assistant Minority Leader Carlton Reed- Jr Woolwich Sen Dwight Brown Ellsworth and Senate Secretary Chester Winslow and one House members include Malcolm Berman Houlton John Cottrell Jr Portland Norman Minsky of Bangor William Dennett Kittery 'House Clerk Harvey Pease of Wiscasset Law librarian Edith Hary and Legislative researcher Frederick Kneeland (Continued en Page D) By LORIN ARNOLD Cost in state-taxpayer money for the Maine trip to Honolulu Hawaii for the annual National Legislative Conference probably will be nearly $15000 and in the group will be two energetic members of the Maine House Republican economy bloc Ten top members of the Legislature have been authorized by their colleagues to attend the four-' day session starting August 19 and several others closely associated with the legislative atmosphere also will go to that paradise city of the 50th state Senate members named for the trip include: Senate President Robert Harden of Watervflle PERFECT HARMONY a snapshot that probably turned out a lot better than the Iowa banker who took It expected This humorous dog and cat won $250 In the Newspaper National Snapshot Awards contest Two electronic flash units placed high were used as the main light source with the fill at the camera Starting today the NEWS will sponsor the contest for a six week period.