and coach, and his 13-year-old son Diane Sherbloom, 18, and her ice dance partner Larry Pierce, 24; Stephanie Westerfeld, 17, ladies' singles competitor; Died: William F. Norrell, 64, U.S. Representative from Arkansas who had been sworn in for his 11th term six weeks earlier, two days after having a stroke while sitting in his office at the U.S. Capitol. February 16, 1961 (Thursday) Cyprus's first nationality law was enacted. The Sunday Lake mine at Wakefield, Michigan, closed. The Congress of Confédération Africaine de Football delegates took place in Cairo. February 17, 1961 (Friday) The Space Task Group requested that McDonnell design and install a manual bilge pump in Mercury spacecraft No. 7 to allow the removal of any seawater resulting from leakage after spacecraft impact. Information was released by NASA Headquarters that Space Task Group engineers directing Project Mercury had selected the flight trajectory for the Mercury-Atlas 2 (MA-2) mission. This trajectory was designed to provide the most severe reentry heating conditions which could be encountered on an emergency abort during an orbital flight attempt. The reentry heating rate was estimated to be 30 percent higher than a normal Mercury orbital reentry, and temperatures were predicted to be about 25 percent higher at certain locations on the afterbody of the spacecraft. In addition, the deceleration g-load was calculated to be about twice that expected for a normal reentry from orbit. Egress hatch procedures for recovery force operations were discussed at a Mercury coordination meeting. One suggestion involved the installation of a pull-ring for activating the hatch explosive charge. Another proposal was made for a paint outline of an emergency outlet that could be cut through, if necessary. From February 17 to 20, spacecraft, mission, and launch vehicle flight safety rules for the Mercury-Atlas 2 (MA-2) mission were reviewed by Space Task Group personnel. Born: Angela Eagle and Maria Eagle, British members of the House of Commons and officials within the Shadow Cabinet that advises the Leader of the Opposition; in Bridlington Meir Kessler, Israeli rabbi, in Bnei Brak Died: Nita Naldi, 66, silent film star February 18, 1961 (Saturday) Led by British author and activist Bertrand Russell, the Committee of 100 and a crowd of 5,000 people staged a sit-down protest at the Ministry of Defence in Whitehall, London, demanding that the U.K. call off its agreement to bring nuclear missiles to the British Isles. As one author notes, "Somewhat