2 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Frl., July 21, 1961
Astronaut Swam For Safety
A her Bio wing Escape Hatch
ABOARD USS RANDOLPH
(AP Astronaut Gus Grissom had
to blow the escape hatch of his
space capsule and swim for about
70 feet today after the craft began
sinking in the Atlantic Ocean.
The capsule plummeted to the
bottom in 280 fathoms about seven
minutes after Grissom swam to
safety.
A Marine helicopter plucked
him from the ocean within two
minutes after he swam away from
the sinking spacecraft. According
to space agency reports, Grissom
had asked to remain in the cap
sule for several minutes to check
instruments.
This indicated he believed he
had ample time to accomplish
.this before attempting to leave
the vehicle.
It was reported later that his
space suit was buoyant and he
was never in danger of sinking,
State Police Probe
2 Auto Accidents
Two non-injury accidents, which
resulted in damage to the auto
mobiles involved, were Investiga
ted by Oregon State Police Thurs
day. Both occurred at highway
construction projects.
One occurred near the Fair
grounds at 1:10 p.m., when Peter
I.awson of Vancouver, B.C., trav
eling north on the inside lane of
a four-lane section of highway,
pulled to a stop at a construction
barricade blocking this lane. The
second car, owned and operated
Dy Josepn Maurice Stickley, Eu
gene, traveling behind him was
unable to stop and skidded into
the British Columbia car. The Eu
gene car had to be towed from the
scene by Mohr's wrecker.
The second accident occurred
about 20 miles north of Roseburg
on the Highway 99 roadway wid
ening project.
According to the police report,
a car operated by Herbert Mar
shal Waggoner, Oakland, with
three passengers, was headed
north and stopped near a flagman.
Another car operated by William
Assad Edwards, Los Angeles, with
three passengers, was also head
ed north behind him. The third
car involved was operated by Mark
Dean Walker of Lorane, with one
passenger. He was headed south
and had just cleared the intersec
tion. Walker told police he observed
the Edwards car and thought it
was going too fast to stop, so he
stopped instead. Edwards attempt
ed to go between the two stopped
cars and collided with both of
them. Mac's wrecker was called
and towed the cars from the scene.
Sandra Armstrong
Graveside services will be held
at the Oak Creek Cemetery near
Glide Monday at 10 a.m. for San
dra Lynn Armstrong, infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Armstrong of Areata, Calif., who
died Thursday at a Portland hos
pital, i
She was born In Roseburg July
The Rev. James C. Smith of the
First Christian Church will offici
ate. She is survived by her parents;
one sister, Juanlta and one broth
er, Alan, both of Areata; and her
grandmother, Mrs. Lulu Arm
strong of Roseburg.
Wilson's Chapel of the Roses Is
in charge of arrangements.
Dazed Flood Survivors Start Return
To Ravines Where Homes Once Stood
CHARLESTON, W. Va. (AP)
A weary band of mud-caked men
began anew today a search they
prayed would be fruitless.
A flash flood here already had
taken 17 lives. They hoped a half
dozen people still listed as missing
had escaped.
"It's our worst disaster," the
Charleston Mayor, John Shanklin,
said sadly. "We won't know for a
long time just how bad it is."
One state official estimated prop
erty damage alone in West Vir
ginia's capital city would amount
to $5 million.
Dazed survivors started return
ing to the ravines where their
homes once stood.
They looked.
Rainfall Heavy
They saw what had happened
when a torrent of water, fed by
nearly six inches of rainfall, had
swept through the valley late
Wednesday night.
They wandered up and down the
hill-imprisoned streets.
They poked about the debris,
afraid they would find relatives
last seen before the deluge.
About 50 houses were splin
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but he went under water briefly1
in the wake of the helicopter
blades and when he went aboard
his first words were:
"Give me something to blow my
nose. My head is full of sea
water."
It was not immediately clear
what had gone wrong.
There were some conflicting re
ports at first that a helicopter had
pulled the astronaut up by harness
and that the two-ton spacecraft
was dropped by another helicop
ter. If the Liberty Bell 7 had fallen
a great distance from any recov
ery ship, Grissom might have
been in peril.
The capsule carried an emer
gency life raft for such emer
gencies. As it was, the capsule splashed
into the Atlantic at 7:36 a.m.,
about 16 minutes after it blasted
off from Cape Canaveral.
The helicopter originally as
signed to make the pickup of the
astronaut did not do so because
it developed engine trouble.
The first backup helicopter
team, consisting of Capt. Phillip
Upschulte of Quincy, III., and Lt.
George Cox of Eustis, I'la., picked
up Grissom.
The Marines reported that Gris
som blew the hatch of his capsule
prior to the time he was expected
to and before the helicopter had
hooked a line onto it.
The sinking time of the capsule,
once it starts to fill with water,
is about 10 seconds. The primary
helicopter, flown by Lt. James
Lewis of Lufkin and Houston.
Tex., with Lt. John Keinhard of
Bloomington, 111., even though suf
fering from engine trouble, tried
to save the capsule.
Lewis and Keinhard were in ra
dio voice contact with Grissom
and said he gave no indication he
was in trouble.
The astronaut requested that
they wait a few minutes before
starting the recovery operation
while he made readings of his in
struments. The copter hovered
above about 11 minutes.
"Then we suddenly saw the
hatch blow off," Lewis related.
'We were only about 10 to 20 feet
from the capsule. Water began
pouring in through the hatch. We
couldn't tell whether water had
started entering before that but
Miller Remains
On Critical List
Ralph Olin Miller, 60, Collage
Grove, still remains on the critical
list at Douglas Community Hospi
tal where he was taken Wednes
day morning following an automo
bile accident on Roberts Mountain.
lie was crushed against the
steering wheel after the vehicle
dropped 31 feet over the side of
the mountain.
Also remaining in critical condi
tion is Myron Scvert Iverson. 23.
of Umpqua. He received head in
juries in a one-car accident early
luesday morning near Sutherlm.
He is still unconscious at Sacred
Heart Hospital in Eugene, where
he was taken following the mis.
hap.
Still another on the critical list
and unconscious is John Mathcw
Cotnam, 16, of Dillard. He was
accidentally shot in the head by
a .22 claiber rifle June 9 while
hunting squirrels in the Elgarose
area with another youth, lie is
also a patient at Sacred Heart
Hospital. .' . .
tered by the flood. Countless cars
wcro battered beyond salvage. The
waters chased an estimated 500
families from their homes.
Gov. W..W. Barron asked Presi
dent Kennedy to declare Charles
ton and surrounding sections a dis
aster area, eligible for federal aid.
"Hardship and suffering are so
severe," Uarron told Kennedy,
"that the federal assistance is re
quired to supplement the limited
aid state and local authorities arc
able to render."
Kennedy replied he had ordered
an immediate report. Tho disaster,
said the President, "is of great
concern to me."
Offers of vehicles and rescue
equipment flowed in from cities
throughout the Kanawha and the
Ohio Valleys. Assistance was pro
offered by Dallas, Tex.
"lt makes you feel good." said
the mayor, "to find out how ev
erybody is pulling together in this
time of need."
He said it may be a monlh,
though, before all city services are
back to normal.
Many Homes Damaged
United Fuel Gas Co. said 80
we had no warning from Grissom
before the hatch blew.
Keinhard said Grissom "swam
out of the capsule and swam
away."
Walter Williams, Project Mer
cury operations director, told a
Cape Canaveral news conference:
"We do not know exactly the de
tails of what happened in the re
covery area.
"We do know," he said, "that
the capsule hatch was opened be
fore the helicopter was attached
firmly and it began flooding. The
first helicopter continued to try to
save the capsule but could not ne
cause of the great amount of wa
er.
"When the capsule started to
sink, Grissom had to leave it,
Williams said. .
Williams reported that doctors
on the Randolph said that Grissom
was in "excellent condition and
good spirits, but very disappoint
ed at the loss of the capsule."
County Fair Talent
Search Is Started
The nightly talent contest has
proved one of the most popular
entertainment features of the
Douglas County Fair, and again
a search is under way in southern
Oregon for performing talent.
The 10th annual Kicketts Re
vue and Talent Contest will be
presented on the outdoor theater
stage Aug. 24 through 27.
The top five contestants this
year will have an opportunity to
journey to Salem to appear in the
Oregon State Talent Show, as of
ficial representatives of the Doug'
las County area.
Contest-manager Charles (Chuck)
Ricketts announces that applicants
may now register at Ricketts' mu
sic Store in Koseburg. the con
test is open to any resident in
Douglas, Lane, Coos, Curry. Jack
son or Josephine County. Winners
will share prizes totaling 400 in
cash and more than $2,000 in mer
chandise awards.
Preliminary winners in the first
two nights of competition will re
ceive $5 with semi-final winners
getting tW. All finalists will also
take away money.
Any kind of amateur act that
can be classed as entertainment
will be welcomed, according to
Ricketts. Contestants will be div
ided into six categories: Singers
16 and under; singers 17 and over;
Instrumentalists; groups and mis
cellaneous. Acts will be limited to
a total of eight people in any one
group.
Republican Meet Slated
Following Tower's Talk
Douglas County Republican com
mitteemen and women will meet
at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Ump
qua Hotel after the visit of Texas
Sen. John Tower.
The meeting will be held in the
Coral Room, according to Central
Committee Chairman James Rich
mond, to discuss finances and the
party stale for 19U2 elections.
Tower is scheduled to arrive at
(he Roseburg Airport with his ret
inue at 8:45 a.m. A 9 o'clock cof
fee will follow at the Umpqua;
Tower will give a speech at 9:15,
a press conference at 9:30 and a
special conference with young peo
ple at 9:45. He is scheduled to
leave for Eugene at 10:15 from the
airport.
homes were so badly damaged by
the flood that natural gas service
cannot be restored at present. In
all, nearly 600 customers were
without gas until Thursday night
and today.
On one litter-strewn stream
bank, Mrs. Enid Hossie recount
ed her night of horror.
"When the water started swirl
ing down the hollow, I called our
preacher to have In in pray for us.
But there wasn't time to pray."
Just before dawn, bob Rurgt'ss
walked to his car to inspect the
damage. Ho stepped on something
spongy.
"I thought it was a cushion."
he said, "but it was a woman's
body."
Woman Was Stranger
In a community where everyone
knows everyone, this woman was
a stranger. Her body had been
swept in by floodwaters.
K. W. Orndurtf and his family
lived in a house near the mouth
of a hollow. They had retired for
the evening, but were aroused by
noises outside.
"1 looked out the front door."
he said, "and there was a two
story house floating down the
street, lt was just a mass of loose
boards. And 1 heard screams up
the way."
The house where Mrs. Waller
llmlnall lived with her husband
and their four children was intact.
But it had been lifted from its
foundation and dropped into the
water.
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Eichmann, Gestapo Bosses
Spelled Out Doom Of jews
JERUSALEM (AP) Adolf
Eichmann admitted today he
joined his Gestapo bosses in three
rounds of brandy after they drew
up the plan to exterminate Eu
rope's Jews.
The admission was extracted
by Jtidge Izhak Raveh as the
former SS officer neared the end
Log Haul Permit
Meeting Slated
Log truckers interested in the
ramifications of a new hauling
permit law can learn more about
them Monday at a meeting in the
Douglas County Courthouse audi
torium in Roseburg at 7:30 p.m.
The authority to be featured at
the meeting is James Singleton,
superintendent of the Motor Di
vision of the Public Utilities Com
mission. The meeting was arranged by
Sen. Al Flegcl in an effort to clear
up confusion some truckers have
about the law passed by this
year's legislature. Basically, the
law gives the PUC authority to
accept or turn down permit re
quests by contract log haulers.
Hegel said the law does not in
clude private haulers, but they
are invited anyway.
The purpose of the new law is
to give protection to log haulers
against sudden influxes of log
truckers from other areas, de
pressing the economic condition in
the area in question.
The law requires that anyone
wishing to engage in hauling logs,
poles or pilings must make appli
cation to the PUC showing "need
and necessity," Flegel said.
lt is one of three laws involving
truckers which were vetoed by the
governor in the 1959 session. Those
three were permit authority, es
tablishment of minimum rates and
repeal of flat fee option of pay
ment of mileage tax.
P'legel said the rest of the Doug
las County legislative delegation,
Reps. W. O. Kelsay and Sidney
Leiken, are expected to attend the
meeting also.
T Camp Openings
Are Still Available
Registrations may still be made
for Roseburg's YMCA Camp Tal-
tree.
The announcement was made to
day by John Johnson, program
secretary. 'He said registering will
continue until July 30 for the two
weeks of camp in the Willamette
National forest about 12 miles
cast of McKenzie Bridge.
For the first week, Aug. 6
through 13, boys 9 years of age
are being accepted. The second
week is being planned for older
boys (11 through 14) to include
such activities as mountain climb
ing. Johnson said the boys are given
individual attention and guidance
in crafts, sports and outdoor living.
"The benefits from such camping
is seen as the campers begin to
take on new self-reliance and at
titudes of independence," Johnson
said.
The camp also includes the fa
cilities of a 30-by-60-foot swimming
pool for both recreation and in
struction classes.
Boys who wish may still sell
butter toffee peanuts and earn
money toward expenses at the
camp.
For instruction on this and the
camp itself, the YMCA office in
Roseburg may be contacted.
Elks Schedule Jamboree
For Newspaper Carriers
The first annual Elks-sponsored
Newspaper Boys Jamboree will be
held Aug. 2 at the grove of the
VA Hospital. Games and races will
begin at 8:30 a.m., followed by a
picnic lunch at noon.
More than 250 boys and girls,
carriers for the News-Review, Ore
gonian and Journal, will bo fur
nished with tickets for the occa
sion. Gaines will be supervised by
the circulation help of the three
papers which will also furnish the
prizes for the events.
Fuller Johnson of The News-Review
and Homer Strickling of the
oregonian have been placed in
charge of the jamboree which re
places the annual fall banquet us
ually sponsored by the Elks.
Lions Club Planning
Breakfast At Air Show
Plans to serve all comers at a
pancake breakfast Sunday morn
ing in connection with the air
show here were discussed at the
Roseburg Lions Club mcctin,;
Thursday night.
General Chairman Loyd Hastings
said that arrangements have been
completed, and that serving will
be between 7 and 11 a m. The
Uons will report on the job about
6 a.m. to get things ready.
A work crew has also been call
ed for by club President Frank
von Borstel to move tables, chairs
and dishes from the Fairgrounds
to the airport for the serving.
Tho serving will take place on
the west side of the airport, the
same as last year.
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of his testimony in his trial for
major responsibility in the Nazi
slaughter of the Jews.
Reminded Of Conference
Raveh, one of the three Israeli
justices who will decide if Eich
mann bangs, reminded the de
fendant of the Wannsee (Berlin)
Conference of Jan. 20, 1942, at
which Reinhard Heydricb, chief
of the Gestapo and security po
lice, spelled out the doom of the
Jews as instructed by Hitler.
The judge noted that after the
meeting, Heydrich, SS Gen. Hein
rich Mueller and Eichmann re
mained behind.
"Why were you drawn into that
as the third man? Why was Eich
mann there?" the judge asked.
"I had to write the minutes of
the meeting," Eichmann replied.
"Oh, no, that came later," Ra
veh said.
Had Three Brandies
"We sat around the fireplace
and I had a brandy, no, two, no
three brandies," the defendant
said in a faltering voice.
Raveh compelled Eichmann to
repeat his earlier testimony that
Heydrich was "overjoyed" to find
various officials of the foreign
and interior ministries enthusias
tic about the death plot.
By his interrogation, the judge
pinpointed what Atty. Gen. Gid
eon Hausner has been contend
ing through the 15-week long
trial that Eichmann as chief of
the Jewish affairs for the Gestapo
was just about "the third man"
and very near the top in spite
of his relatively low rank of lieu
tenant colonel.
Raveh recalled that Eichmann
testified he felt "like Pontius Pi
late" after the Wannsee Confer
ence.
You told the court that you
felt like Pontius Pilate that you
washed your hands of this whole
affair. How do you feel about
this now?"
Eichmann replied: "I cannot
wash my hands in innocence to
day because retroactive laws in
criminate me." i
Explanations Demanded
Judge Raveh confronted Eich
mann with several contradictions
and demanded explanations.
He noted the defendant in his
pretrial examination by Israeli
police after his .capture in Argen
tina 15 months ago had said he
attended a meeting in September
1939 when extermination was dis
cussed. "The record of the meeting
listed me as a participant but in
checking everything else later I
found I could not have been
there because I was in Vienna,"
Eichmann explained.
"Are you sure?" the judge
asked. "It is important because
if it is correct, you knew all the
time what was in store."
Eichmann reiterated he was
not at that meeting and insisted
he first knew of the extermina
tion plot when it was outlined at
the Wannsee Conference. Then,
he said, he was caught -in the
mesh of wartime orders and had
no other choice but to go along.
Man Found Innocent
On Contributing Count
James Donald Griffith, 21, Rose
burg, was found innocent of a
charge of contributing to the de
linquency of a minor in a trial
before Municipal Judge Warren
Woodruff Thursday. The charge al
legedly involved giving liquor to a
minor. '
In another city case, Herman
Lee Griffin. 19, of 1215 Kester Rd
pleaded guilty to being a minor in
possession of liquor, and was fined
$25 and 55 costs. He was also fined
$5 and $5 costs for failure to stop
at a stop sign. When the city of
ficer stopped his car for the traffic
offense lie found beer in the car, it
was reported. He was committed
to the city jail in lieu of payment
of the fines.
Clarence Virgle Carter of 935 SE
Mill St., forfeited bail of $35 on
failure to appear and answer to a
disorderly conduct charge.
Hospital News
Visiting Hours
2 to 3:30 D.m. and 7 to t p.m.
Douglas Community Hospital
Admitted
Medical: Mrs. Edward Pember
ton, Winston; Mrs. Wayne Young
Myrtle Creek.
Surgery: Mrs. John Tymn, Mrs
William Paris, Roseburg: Laurel
Quails, Sutherlin.
Discharged
Mrs. Clifford Snyder, Mrs. Rich
ard llink and son, Richard Arthur,
Mrs. Wallace Parmelee, Glenn
Murdock, Jimmy Butler, Mrs.
Alexander Kennedy, James Le
vitt, Roseburg; John Finney, Glide.
Mercy Hospital
Admitted
Medical: Mrs. James Coots,
Roseburg; Eugene Thornton, Oak
land. Surgery: Matk Rhodes, Riddle;
A. B. Chester, Sutherlin.
Discharged
Cox, Howard
Glen
Brusseau,
Mrs. William Vian. Mrs. Harlan
Melton and daughter. Stephanie
Ann. Roseburg; Danny Steinmey
er, Mrs. E. E. Fuller, Sutherlin.
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Outstanding Program Scheduled
For Two Days At Local Air Show
Roseburg'a Air Show and Airport!
Recognition Days Saturday and
Sunday will feature two days re
plete with entertainment.
Committees report an outstand
ing program for each day. Princi
pal features, both in the air and
on the ground, are scheduled for
afternoon shows.
It is anticipated that a large
number of fliers from all parts of
the state will participate. Registra-
Flier's Wife Sorry
Capsule Was Lost
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP)
Petite Betty Moore Grissom said
today she was "happy" her hus
band's space flight was a success
"but I am so sorry the capsule
was lost."
"I've always known it would be
a success," the wife of astronaut
Virgil I. Grissom told newsmen
on the lawn of her home perched
on the bank of a small lake.
"We achieved a first today the
boys and I talked by telephone to
Gus as he lay flat on his back in
the capsule before it was
launched.
"He said if we stopped talking
he could go to ' sleep," she
laughed.
Mrs. Grissom emerged from
her home shortly after her hus
ban was landed aboard the air
craft carrier Randolph. She was
accompanied by her two sons,
Scott, 11, and Mark, 7.
"Scott clapped his hands when
the rocket went up," Mrs. Gris
som said.
"And I whistled, too," Scott
added.
Scott said he would have liked
to be with his father on the space
fUght.
A reporter told Mrs. Grissom
that her husband tidied up the
space craft before he left it, and
asked her if he was as tidy at
home.
"He does not pick up things
around the house very well,"
Mrs. Grissom replied.
Mrs. Grissom said that "the
last few seconds before liftoff"
were the most tense for her.
Asked if she prayed during
her husband's flight, she re
plied, "Certainly."
She was asked if she would like
for Grissom to be the first as
tronaut to make an orbital flight.
"I think I would, because he
would," she replied.
The 5-foot-l Mrs. Grissom, 33,
is a native of Mitchell, Ind., as
is her husband.
Contractor's Suit
Ends In Settlement
Trial in a suit brought in Doug
las County Circuit Court by Henry
H. Miller Contractors, Inc., against
P. W. .Hamer came to a quick
conclusion Thursday afternoon,
ending in settlement of the claim
and dismissal of the case by
Judge Charles S. Woodrich.
The original complaint filed
April 2, 1957, asked judgment
against the defendant in the sum
of $1,416.10, plus interest amounts j
and' costs. The claim was for a j
balance alleged due for goods,!
wares, merchandise, labor and
material sold and delivered to the
defendant by the plaintiff. j
The suit involved an agreement
whereby the plaintiff was to load I
and transport by truck merchant-!
able logs of the defendant which j
were felled, bucked, yarded and;
cold decked by the defendant in:
the course of constructing t h e j
Ragged Ridge Rd. !
The jury was empaneled aiter j
opening of the trial at 1:30 p.m. j
Thursday and was continued until
3:20. At this time counsel for the j
parties advised the court that the j
matter was tuny seuieo. x a e
judge then dismissed the case.
Myrtle Creeker
Wins Water Job
Harry L. Lampert of Myrtle
Creek was the low bidder on the
installation of a water distribution
system in the East Myrtle area of
Myrtle Creek. Awarding of the con
tract came at Thursday evening's
special City Council meeting, re-.
ports Lorraine Bircnbaum.
The firm bid $27,397.50. Other
bidders were Hattan and Bingham
of North Bend $27,624; George W.
Phoenix of Portland, $46,135; and
W. H. Conrad, Medford. $49,254.
A number of other contracts re
lating to the project were also
awarded. John Manvillc was
awarded the bid. on 4. 6 and 8
inch AC pipe for $18,790.60. The
gate valves and boxes bid went to
Consolidated Supply, Portland, for
$792. Consolidated Supply was also
awarded three more bids; cast iron
fittings, $909.50; fire hydrants, $2.
260; and meter boxes, $495. Badger
Meter Co. was awarded the con-
tract for the water meters for $4,-
189.05.
Completion date for the installa
tion of the system is Oct. 22 of this
year.
i at.
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tion of pilots, and a safety clinic,
the latter to be conducted by the
state Board of Aeronautics, will
be of interest to all fliers Satur-j
day morning.
The Saturday afternoon program
will start at 1 p.m., with a demon
stration by Portland's Civil Air Pa
trol Cadets, winners of the drill
contest in the Pacific Northwest.
The cadets are preparing for com
petition in the national contest.
The Roseburg Lion's Club will
sponsor a pancake breakfast from
7 to 11 a.m. Sunday. The public
breakfast is to take place at the
Municipal Airport.
Planes for "barnstorming" and
charter flights will be available
both days, the committee reports.
Scheduled events for the after
noon shows Saturday and Sunday
are as follows:
Saturday, 1 p.m.
Opening Ceremonies, Civil Air Pa
trol Cadets
Model Airplane Demonstration
Movies, Gliders, Antique Airplanes
Go-Karts
Parachute Jumps, Roseburg Club
Helicopter Demonstration and
Rides
Pilots Bombing Contests
Music, Courtesy County Fair,
Board .
Pilots Spot Landing Contests
Captain Monday, TV spaceman
Sunday, 1:30 p.m.
Opening Ceremony, Mayor Pete
Serafin, County Judge V. T.
J&ckson
"101 Ways to Get Killed," Pete
Hamer
Aerobatic Vagabond, Norval Fer
guson Grissom Relaxed
After Space Shot
GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND
(AP) Smiling and seemingly re
laxed, astronaut Virgil I. (Gus)
Grissom arrived on this island to
day for 48 hours of rest after his
space flight.
He stepped down from an or
ange and silver plane to be greet
ed hy James E. Webb, ad
ministrator of the national space
agency.
"Congratulations on a wonder
ful job," Webb said.
Grissom thanked him and shook
hands with fellow astronauts Wal
ter Schirra and John H. Glenn Jr.
"You're looking good," Schirra
told him.
Noting that Grissom rode in the
co-pilot's seat of the plane that
brought him from the aircraft car
rier Randolph, Webb remarked:
"I see you are not tired of fly
ing." "Not a bit," Grissom replied.
It was the first time Webb had
ever seen a rocket launched. He
said today's feat was "splendid."
Grissom, wearing an orange fly
ing suit and silver boots, rode to
the aluminum hospital about a
mile away with Capt. Hugh May,
Air Force commander of this mis
sile tracking station.
There he was to lake medical
examinations and start giving his
full report on the flight.
A party was planned tonight.
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Grissom's Father
Felt Mostly Fear
MITCHELL, Ind. -(AP)-Virgil
I. Grissom's father felt mostly
fear "pride ran second" while
his son rocketed into space and
back today.
At one point, railroad signal
man Dennis Grissom walked into
the kitchen away from the tele
vision account of hit son's flight.
Grissom's mother stuck out
every tense moment.
. The Grissoms looked drawn and
tired after their son was plucked
from the sea, as if mentally they
had been guiding Virgil all the
way. But they cheerfully got
ready to ride in a parade with
the high school band, this little
southern Indiana town's (pop.' 3,'
550) one fire truck and anybody
else who wanted to fall in.
"It was the longest 15 minutes
I ever lived through," the stocky,
graying railroader said. "You
wouldn't realize 'this Unless you
had a son up there."
How did he feel when Grissom's
space capsule sank beneath the
sea after the astronaughf was
plucked from it? '
"I was proud he was out of it,"
the father said. "They can get an
other capsule."
A reporter asked whether there
were any tears during the flight.
"What do you think?" said Mrs.
Grissom. "What would you do?"
The Grissoms went on a family
picnic Thursday night with about
30 relatives "mostly my wife's,"
Dennis said.
But their nerves were still on
edge when they got home, partly
because Grissom's flight had al
ready been postponed twice, and
they didn't get to sleep until about
1 a.m.
A daughter, Wilma Beavers,
Rhonda, 12, Joan, 10, and Linda,
9, spent the night with them.
Would he like to see Virgil
make an orbital flight?
"I think 15 minutes is long
enough."
What about a moon flight?
"Well, yes," said the father, "if
he can do it safely."
"No. Never, said the mother.
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