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GRISSOM AND HIS ROCKET Spaceman Virgil Grissom,
wearing his silver spacesuit, nears the Redstone rocket
that was to lift his capsule into space July 19. The scene
was repeated today When he stepped into the rocket for
i America's second manned space flight.
More Fighting Erupts
In Streets Of Bizerte
TUNIS (AP) French and Tuni
sians fought in the streets of Biz
erte city today, and Tunisian
President Habib Bourguiba or
dered seizure of the French pipe
line that carries the output of
France's Sahara oil field.
Bourguiba said he had ordered
his troops to seize the pipeline at
Skhira, in southern Tunisia. The
line carries the output of France's
Kdjele field, 225 miles southeast
of the Tunisian border.
The president also called for
volunteers, from all "brother na
tions" to help in his desperate
fight against France. He said Tu
nisia's ambassadors in all coun
tries had been ordered to enlist
the volunteers and that Libyans
and Algerians had already offered
their services.
The Tunisian government radio
reported that dug-in Tunisian in
fantrymen and civilian volunteers
were battling French paratroops
supported by tanks and rocket
planes in the city of Bizerte
astride the channel from the Med
iterranean to the French naval
base at Bizerte.
Radio Tunis said French forces
broke out of the besieged Bizerte
naval base and launched a pre
dawn attack on the Mediterran
ean port city three miles away.
Tunisian troops holding the city
of 40,000 defied a French ulti
matum to evacuate. They were
ordered to fight to the death.
The Tunis broadcast said there
were "numerous d ea d and
wounded" but Tunisian infantry
were holding their own in the
heart of the city. Officials esti
mated 15.000 volunteers in and
around the city were bolstering
the troops. Many were wearing
the red shorts and shirts of the
$1,000 Prize Waits Winner
Of County Fair Competition
The winner in a new division of
the Douglas County Fair will re
ceive the top prize of $1,000 and
will have the opportunity to take
the exhibit to the Oregon State
Fair.
The division. Community Ex
hibits, may be entered by the fol
lowing cities in Douglas County:
Rcedsport-Gardiner, Elkton, Drain,
Yoncalla, Oakland, Sutherlin, Rose
burg, Winston - Dillard, Myrtle
Creek, Canyonville, Riddle and
Glendale.
The Fair Board will accept the
first six exhibits since the number
The Weather
AIRPORT RECORDS
Fair tonight, Saturday and Sat
urday night. Continued warm.
Highest tamp, last 24 hours 90
Lowest temp, last 24 hours SI
Highest temp, any July ( '61 106
Lowest temp, any July ('55) C
Precip. last 24 hours , ,, 0
Precip. from July 1 .35
Precip. from Sept. 1 , 34.66
Excess from Sept. 1
4.52
Sunset tonight, 7:47 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 4:53 a.m.
BLASTOFF
No. 2:
Loun chine of the second manned
space not in the Project Mercury
series wqs completed todoy. This 15-
stone rocket wos essentially o du
plicate of that made by Akin Shep
rd. Most Importont sequences in
the flieht ere shown at right.
youth section of the ruling Neo
Destour (Freedom) party.
Paris reports and the official
Tunis news agency reported other
clashes between Tunisian "volun
teers" and French forces in the
Sahara Desert.
The fighting spread as the U.N.
Security Council was called into
an emergency session at the re
quest of Tunisia to deal with the
mounting crisis. The Tunisians
charged France with aggression
and demanded the French give
up the Bizerte naval base they
kept after granting their former
protectorate independence in 1956.
A Tunisian government spokes
man said up to last midnight 110
Tunisians were killed and 500
wounded. A French report in
Paris had 90 Tunisians killed, 200
captured. French casualties were
listed as 5 dead, 30 wounded.
The United Stales showed grow
ing concern over the clash be
tween allied France and friend
Tunisia and appealed to both to
"end hostilities without delay."
Arab nations lined up behind
Tunisia and denounced "French
imperialists." President Gamel
Abdel Nasser's United Arab Re
public and the Algerian rebel gov
ernment based in Tunisia offered
troops to fight the French.
Tunis radio said the French
laid down an artillery barrage
and attacked with rocket-firing
planes before paratroops stormed
out of the naval base to drive
on Bizerte itself.
Bursts of gunfire could be
heard from within the city, 40
miles to the northwest o this
capital.
Reports of casualties in the un
declared war now in its , third
day varied.
of booths is limited. The booths
are expected to emphasize com
munity living within the county.
. In former years, the Fair Board
has decided which exhibit would
go to the state fair. This year,
the winner in the Community Ex
hibit will represent the county.
Besides, Douglas, 19 counties
have reserved space in the Natur
al Resources Building for the 1961
Oregon State Fair Sept. 1-9, ac
cording to an announcement made
by Manager Howard Maple.
They are: Benton, Lincoln, Til
lamook, Jefferson, Jackson, Polk
Union, Lane, Deschutes, Washing
ton, Coos, Yamhill, Marion, Linn
Curry, Umatilla, Hood River, Mai
heur and Harney. Maple said that
Columbia County also might par
ticipate in ine exniDition.
A panel of judges will view the
booths on the opening day of the
fair and will award $100 subsidies
to all counties that score 70 of a
possible 100 points. To qualify,
booths must tell an important story
of the county in marketable crops,
specialty crops, industry and com
munity living within the county.
Other points will be awarded for
quality of products and originality.
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Established 1873 20 Pages
Alaska Air
Crash Claims
Six Crewmen
SHEMYA, Alaska (AP) An
Alaska Airlines cargo plane Slo
ping for a landing in fog hit 300
leet snort of the runway Friday
and piled up in flames, killing all
six crew members.
There were no passengers on the
military cargo flight.
Visibility was one-half mile with
a 100-foot ceiling as the transport
crashed at this Aleutian Island
base, a major refueling stop on
me Great circle airline route.
The DCS plane, under contract
to the Military Air Transport
service, was en route from Travis
Air Force Base, Calif., to Tachi-
Kawa Atu near Tokyo.
It had been scheduled for a re
fueling stop at Shemya. 1,500
miles southwest of Anchorage,
Alaska.
An airline official here said he
had no word except that the
plane crashed and burned at
6:30 a.m. PDT.
The airlines identified the crew
members as:
Capt. Edward Bowman, 44,
Seattle.
Capt. Galvin William Sargent,
41, Danville. Calif.
Copilot John Herman Bird Jr.,
29, Kent, Wash.
Flight Engineer Dwight Morton
BaDcoek, 28, Seattle.
Flight Engineer William Everett
Donovan, 26, Seattle.
Navigator Edson A. llarahrens,
41, Bellevue, Wash.
The cargo flight, with no pas
sengers, left Travis at 1 p.m. pdt,
Thursday. It made a fuel stop at
Anchorage before taking off for
snemya.
Officials of the airline and the
Civil Aeronautics Board and fed
eral Aviation Agency left Seattle
tor bhemya to investigate.
Sargent is survived by his
wmow, uiaays, ana a son, Greg.
airs, aargent is in Seattle.
Nazi Troopers
Get Road Gang
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) Two
American Nazi storm troopers
have been sentenced to 12 months
on the state road gang for assault
on a 13-year-old Jewish boy.
The troopers are members of
George Lincoln Rockwell's Amer
ican Nazi party, which has its
headquarters in this Washington
suburb.
Conviction Thursday of Robert
Garber, 31, and Richard Braun,
26, was based on testimony bv
the boy, Frederick (Ricky)
Farber. He said that on July 8
ne was cnasea ly one of the
Nazis carrying a lead nioe.
threatened and forced into the
headquarters, where he said he
was handcuffed.
Judge Hugh C. Creggcr Jr. im
posed the maximum jail sentence
for a misdemeanor. Cregger said
the original charges of felonious
assault had not been proved.
Braun and Garber said they
would appeal in October.
In separate cases involving
troopers, Anthony E. Wells. 23.
was fined and sentenced to 60
days in jail for assaulting a 16-year-old
boy whom he caught be
hind a tree shortly after a rock
was thrown at the headquarters
Wednesday night. Two other
troopers were found innocent of
disorderly conduct charges aris
ing from the same incident.
Accused Slayer
Taken To Jail
ASTORIA (AP) George HoUy
Jr., 32, was moved Thursday from
an Astoria hospital to jail to await
his trial on a first degree murder
charge in the recent slaying of
Cannon Beach druggist Donald
Newman.
He was taken to the Astoria hos
pital for treatment of shock and
exhaustion after his capture Sat
urday at a summer home on the
Sunset Highway near Cannon
Beach Junction.
The parents of the accused
have obtained an attorney to rep
resent him. He is George A. Van
Hoomisen of Portland.
Astronaut fires small
jet to turn copsule
blunt end first.
Life
ROSEBURG, OREGON
State To Call Up
1,000 Young Men
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Oregon Selective Service direc
tor Sprague Carter announced
Thursday that 1,000 young men
will be called up for pre-draft
physical examinations in the state
in the next three weeks or so.
Carter said he has not received
word of an increased draft quota
for the state, but he wants to have
a pool of men available should
tile quota be increased.
In the first three weeks of Julv,
Reds Want Talk
On Berlin Crisis
LONDON (AP) Pravda said
today the Soviet Union wants to
settle the problems of Germany
and Berlin at the negotiating ta
ble "and the sooner Western poli
ticians agree to this, the sooner
will the black war clouds disap
pear from the horizon."
A Pravda article bylined Ob
server and broadcast by Moscow
radio said: "From beyond the
ocean we can hear the mass beat
ing of war drums in American
newspapers. A number of leading
statesmen and politicians, sena
tors and representatives, have
laKcn to tne warpath.
Pravda is the official organ of
the Soviet Communist party. Ar
ticles in it signed Observer are
usually taken to represent the
official line.
"Some hotheads In the West do
not want negotiations on the
(West Berlin) issue. They do not
want to make any constructive
proposals," said the article.
"They want to preserve at any
cost the present high explosive
situation in Europe and they
threaten tonf,"a third world war,
against anyone who tries to re
move the delayed action bomb
that is endangering the peace of
the world.
"But we do not want war. The
sabre-rattling provocateurs inti
midate no one. They are merely
pushing the world further along
the dangerous road of an accel
erated arms race.
Paving Bids Called
For Highway Job
The Oregon Highway Coinmis
sion will set the stage for con
struction on Highway 42 July 27
which will push the relocation and
improvement project closer to
Douglas County.
The commission has announced
it will receive bids for 1.97 miles
of grading, 2.48 miles of surfacing
and oiling work and construction
of two bridges on the King Creek
Bridge section of the highway. The
jobs will start about S',1 miles
east of Myrtle Point.
Plans call for grading and sur
facing work on improved align
ment and grade, with two rein
forced concrete structures to be
built at new crossings of the Mid
dle Fork of the Coquille River.
A temporary oil mat surfacing
40 feet in width is to be construct
ed to carry traffic until such time
as a future paving contract is ap
proved. Completion of the project is
scheduled for early fall of 1962.
This will complete the relocation
and temporary surfacing work on
the highway from Powers Junction
to Bridge.
Man Pleads Innocent
Jamie Paye, alias James Jun
ior Page, 45, Sutherlin, entered a
plea of innocent when arraigned
before Circuit Judge Don H. Sand
ers Thursday on a charge of ob
taining money by false pretenses.
The judge ordered the case set
down for trial, possibly in Septcin-
i bcr. The defendant is continued on
bail previously set. He was in
dicted by the Douglas County
Grand Jury March 31 and accused
of presenting a worthless check
for $33 at the Curtis For-Scrvice.
owned by Oliver Curtis, at Curtin
on Jan. 28.
Mercury coasts to top
altitude; lerc-grovity
for five minutes.
University
Library-
c-ugene, Oregon COMP
As Capsule IP
Eugene, Oregon
FRIDAY, JULY 21. 1961
only 100 men were called for ex
aminations. Several other slates were re
porting they also were increasing
their pools of available draftees.
selective Service officials in
Washington tied the increase to
the already announced 8,000-man
August draft call, 2,000 more than
this month's call.
Indications in the capital were
that the administration planned
to rely primarily on trained Na
tional Guardsmen and reservists
in any defense manpower build
up. Larger draft quotas would be
used only as a possible long
range support measure.
White House press secretary
Pierre Salinger declined com
ment on reports Kennedy will de
clare at least a partial national
emergency and call up reserves
and National Guardsmen. He said
he would not comment in ad
vance of Kennedy's planned re
port to the American people by
radio and television next Tues
day evening.
Some state Selective Service di
rectors said they were acting on
orders from Washington in build
ing up the available supply of
rectors said they were acting on
men eligible for induction into
the armed forces.
A Selective Service official here
pointed out that some increases
had been expected there were
no draft calls for May and June
with 14,000 men to be drafted in
July and August.
"I think perhaps some state di
rectors may have sent out calls
for more men in anticipation of
further increases," he said. "But
there have been no increases
since the call of 8.000 was an
nounced for August." '
Selective Service officials said
the state calls had no connection
with the Berlin crisis.
JFK May Freeze
Guard Divisions
NEW YORK (AP) President
Kennedy was reported ready to
day to ask Congress to freeze six
National Guard divisions on ac
tive duty indefinitely because of
the Berlin crisis.
Warren Rogers Jr., in a Wash
ington dispatch to the New York
Herald Tribune, also wrote that
the President is prepared to ask
Congress to increase the Army's
manpower limit to 975,000, from
the present 875,000.
The six National Guard divisions
now on their annual two week's
training are:
26 Infantry (Massachusetts),
training at Camp Drum, N.Y.,
July 22-AUg. 5.
28th Infantry (Pennsylvania):
Camp A. P. Hill, Bowling Green,
Va., July 15-29.
30th Armored (Tennessee): Ft,
Stewart, Ga., July 16-30.
36th Infantry (Texas)i Ft.
Hood, Tex., July 16-29.
35th Infantry (Kansas-Missou
ri): Camp Ripley, Minn., July 23
Aug. 6.
38th Infantry (Indiana): Camp
Grayling, Mich., July 23-Aug. 6.
Guard division may be frozen if
the President or Congress de
clares a national emergency or if
Congress passes a joint resolution
extending indefinitely all officer
appointments and enlistment
terms.
Reedsport Boy
Killed By Truck
REEDSPORT (AP) An 11-
year-old Reedsport boy was killed
this morning when his bicycle was
struck by a logging truck in
Reedsport.
The boy Danny Ritchie, son of
Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Ritchie ap
parently rode his hike directly into
the path of the northbound truck
on Highway 101, according to
Reedsport police. The accident
happened about 10 a.m.
Driver of the truck was E.
Roscoe Davis, 32, of Coquille.
The boy was Oregon's 259th
traffic victim this year in the As
sociated Press tabulation. Twenty
have perished so far this month.
The death brings Douglas Coun
ty's fatality total to 28.
fu Mercury coasts to top m Retrorockett slow mM Drogue parachute
of Oregon
170-61
PRICE 5c
Tunnel Blaze
Claims Life
Of Fireman
SAN RAFAEL. Calif. (AP)-A
burning railroad tunnel collapsed
inursuay mgnt, swallowing an
apartment house and oluneed a
fireman to flaming death.
The. fire broke out late Thnrs.
day midway in the 2,000-fool
Northwestern Pacific fremht tun
ncl through Puerto Suello Hill in
north San Rafael, 20 miles north
of San rrancisco.
Pohce believe the timber shor-
ings may have been deliberately
set aname Dy juveniles.
Thousands gathered to watch
scores of firemen battle the wind-
whipped blaze. Flames shot out
100 feet.
Fireman Fred Kinslcr, 44. had
parked his auxiliary fire truck
over the tunnel 300 yards from
the northern tunnel exit when
heat caused Lincoln Avenue to
crack and cave in. Kinsler and
his truck plummeted 40 feet into
the floor of the burning tunnel.
Minutes later an apartment
house bordering the gaping hole
was consumed by flames licking
up from the cave-in. The 12-unit
building toppled into the cavern
It had been evacuated before it
caught fire.
This is a complete night
mare, said a fireman.
Traffic on adjacent U.S. High
way 101 was backed up for miles,
Police cars with loud speakers
tried to disperse spectators.
Leave the area, leave the area,
it is unsafe," the loudspeakers
warned.
A water main broke and flood
ed a portion of the fire at the
cave-in. But hydrants became
useless and firemen had to pump
water from nearby swimming
pools.
The cave-in was about 100 feet
lone and 50 feet wide. Firemen,
hampered by spectators and the
loss of water, could do little
more than guard - the northern
and southern entrances of the
tunnel and wet down Under dry
hillsides around the blaze.
A Northwestern Pacific em
ploye, Frank Gladwin, discov
ered the blaze on a routine in
spection tour. He found three
small fires at the south end and
the large one at the opposite end.
He said timbers were soaked
with creosote, and rags and sticks
had been used to start the blaze.
Police questioned youths help
ing fight the fire. The boys said
three other juveniles had act the
blazes.
Early estimates put the prop,
erty damage in excess of $100,000.
UFO Over Wilbur
Still Unidentified
An explanation of an unidentified
flying object over Wilbur Thursday
is still lacking.
No one except Wilbur residents
appear to have seen it, and none of
the agencies which usually keep
their eyes on the skies could give
an explanation.
The first report of the UFO
came from Mrs. Francis Welty of
Wilbur. She said it appeared to be
floating almost motionless over the
area. She described it as being red,
white and blue in color.
Another resident, Mrs. Floyd
Russworm, called to report it as
a red, white and green object fly
ing very high.
Both women described it as on-
long. They said it traveled from
east to west in an erratic manner.
Sometimes, it would be almost mo
tionless, then it would turn and
move quickly.
It was first sighted over Wilbur
at about 11 a.m. It disappeared
over the western horizon about two
hours later.
The U. S. Weather Bureau sta
tion in Roseburg said it might
have been a balloon, but no re
ports of lost balloons were receiv
ed. The Federal Aviation Authority
office in Portland indicated it knew
nothing of the object.
No Weather Change Due
The airport weatherman doesn't
offer anything new in the way of
weather conditions for the next
five days.
Temperatures are expected to
remain a little above normal.
Retrorockett slow
capsule; it plunges
toward earth.
Loss Of $2 Million Craft
Not Expected To Postpone
Project Mercury Program
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) I rials said no effort would h mad.
na.iuuaui Hfcll 1. VJU3-
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som survived a 5.280-mile-an-hour
journey in space today, then made
dramatic swim for his life as
his capsule plummeted to the bot
tom of the Atlantic Ocean,
Loss of the $2-million space
craft and its equipment will not
delay the Project Mercury pro
gram, which is aimed at placing
a man in orbit a tew months from
now and on the moon later, an
official said.
Films of Grissom and his con
trol panel went down with the cap
sule, but Robert C. Gilruth, Proj
ect Mercury director, said most
of the information desired was re
ceived through telemetry. Earlier,
a space agency information offi
cer had indicated to newsmen
that loss of the space craft might
delay the program.
Gilruth said it has not been de
termined whether this would be
the last suborbital flight. It had
been suggested that there might
be two more before the attempt
is made to fire a man into orbit.
The capsule sank in 2.800 fath
oms (16.800 feet) of water. Offi-
Memory Theme
Parade Choice
Theme for this year"s 15th an
nual Douglas County Timber Days
Parade Aug. 12 in Sutherlin will be
"Remember When."
Civic and non-commercial organ
izations are invited to enter floats.
A cash prize of $75 will go to first
placo winner, $50 to second place
and $25 to third place. A sweep
stakes trophy will also be awarded
to the best float.
All entries must be confirmed
before Aug. 5, states Felix Bottie
chio, in charge of parade arrange
ments. Activities Many
Also on tap for Timber Days
celebration will be a host of eve
ning and morning activities in ad
dition to the regular contests and
demonstrations throughout the day.
Starting Friday night the queen's
ball will be held, with Wayne Wag
ner's band playing from a p.m. to
1 a.m. Late Saturday afternoon, be
tween the hours of 5 and 9, a bar
becue chicken dinner will be serv
ed at Central Park. Following this
another dance will be held from
9 to 1 a.m.
No rest periods have been sched
uled, because the Lions Club of
Sutherlin will start serving a log
gers' breakfast immediately fol
lowing the dance Saturday night
and it will last until everyone nas
had his fill.
Carnival Sat
A carnival will be held on the
Timber Days ground during all the
festivities, to furnish additional en
tertainment.
A highlight during the logging
contests Sunday afternoon will De
a contest in which a $40 barbecue
set will be the prize.
This week a meeting was neia
of the Timber Days committeemen,
and Jack Fox was elected co-chairman
of the celebration.
Also announced at the meeting
was the addition of a fourth prize
to the truck rodeo event to be held
Saturday, Aug. 12.
Kennedy. Signs Bill
For Space Projects
WASHINGTON (AP)-Only a
few hours after this country sent
its second man into space, Presi
dent Kennedy today signed a bill
authorizing vastly expanded space
projects, including a start toward
sending a man to the moon.
Kennedy took note or capt. Vir
gil I. Grissom's space flight as he
put his signature to the bill. It
authorizes the National Aeronau
tics and Space Administration to
spend $1,784,300,000 in the year
ahead. The amount was every
cent Kennedy had asked.
In a brief statement, Kennedy
said it was significant that the
bill was signed on the day Ameri
ca's second astronaut made his
flight "before the eyes of the
watching world and with all the
hazard it entails.
It is also significant that once
again we have demonstrated the
technological excellence of this
country," the President said.
As our space program contin
ues it will continue to be this na
tion's policy to use space for the
advancement of all mankind and
to make free release of all sci
entific and technological results."
The bill was passed only Thurs
day by the House and Senate.
Drogue parachute
stabilises fall; radar
chaff ii released
ummets
-.
MJ rCCUVer 11.
Grissom blew his escaoe hatch
and left the sinking capsule in the
manner all astronauts had horn
taught in their rigorous training.
Alter swiminmg about 70 feet,
Grissom was nicked up by a heli
copter two minutes after his es
cape from the capsule. Attempts
to recover the spacecraft failed
as it plummeted to the bottom.
Give me something to blow my
nose. My head is full of sea wa
ter," America's No. 2 space man
said when he was deposited on
the deck of the aircraft carrier
Randolph. Otherwise, he was re
ported in good condition.
Grissom rode 118 miles high on
the nose of a Redstone rocket and
303 miles down the Atlantic mis
sile range. And he looked down on
a view so fascinating he forgot
momentarily that he had chores
to perforin during tile 15-minute
journey.
President Kennedy watched on
television with millions of other
Americans as Grissom followed
the space trail blazed May 5 by
astronaut Alan B. Shcpard Jr.
Then he expressed "great pleas
ure and satisfaction" in a tele
phone call to Grissom on the
Randolph.
The 35-ycar-old Air Force cap
tain had flown higher (two miles),
farther (one mile) and faster (by
180 miles) than Shcpard.
His petite wife, Betty, who also
sat glued to a TV screen at New
port News, Va., disclosed also
that he "achieved a first."
She and their sons, Scott, 11,
and Mark, 7, "talked by tele
phone to Gus as he lay flat on his
back in the capsule before it was
launched," she said.
Shepard told newsmen Grissom
"sprung sort of a big leak. It was
coming in through the door."
After making his escape from
the doomed space ship, Grissom
was not in danger of sinking. His
flight suit was buoyant. But he
did go under water briefly in the
wake of the rescue helicopter's
spinning blades.
The pickup was made at 7:51
a.m. (EST), 31 minutes after the
Redstone booster rocket thun
dered away from Cape Canaveral.
At 8:01 a.m., the Randolph re
ported it had Grissom on deck. He
was smiling and appeared In ex
cellent condition, none the worse
for the crushing forces he had
suffered in the blastoff and re
entry and for his swim In shark-.
infested waters.
Another helicopter tried to get
a cable on the rung of the space
capsule but It disappeared In the
depths.
Also See Story, rag z.
Here's Comparison
Of Space Flights
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP)
-Facts and figures on today'
second U.S. man-ln-space shot
(May 5 shot figures in parenthe
ses):
Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Gris
som, 35, Air Force captain and
hero of the Korean War. (Navy.)
Cmdr. Alan B. Shepard Jr., 37.
Spacecraft Mercury capsule
weighing 4,040 pounds and named
by astronauts the "Liberty Bell
7." (4,040 pounds, named Free
dom 7.)
Time of launch 7:20 a.m.
(EST). (9:34 a.m., May S)
Altitude of flight lis miles.
(116 miles)
Distance 303 miles. (302 miles)
Time of flight 16 minutes. (15
minutes)
Top speed of spacecraft 5.310
miles an hour. (5,100 m.p.h.)
Period of weightlessness 5 min
utes (Approximate). (Same)
Booster rocket Army Redstone
with 78,000 pounds of thrust.
(Same)
Recovery By helicopter from
aircraft carrier, USS Randolph.
(USS Champlain)
Destination of astronaut Hos
pital at Grand Bahama Island for
extensive examinations, then re
turns to Cape Canaveral in about
48 hours. (Same, except Shepard
went to Washington lor a hero i
welcome.)
Previous space flights orbit of
the earth April 12 by Russia's
Yuri Gagarin; 116-mile high flight
May 5 by U.S. astronaut Alan B.
Shepard Jr., virtually a duplicate
of today's flight.
Dillard Man Jailed
Harry Allen Eason. 56. Dillard.
was found guilty in a Thursday
trail before District Judge Gerald
R. Hayes on a charge of drunken
driving. He was sentenced to 30
days in the Douglas County jail
and fined $150 and $5 costs.
At 10,000 feet, main
'chute opens; capsule
plashes into tea.
ft