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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, February 2. 1958 e IFdir 0. o; a. l2yHQl. deBDifte ILayiniclhinig 1 U. S. Stock Soars Skyward Throughout European Area ; London W United States stock soared in Europe Saturday on the tail of the Jupiter-C rocket; - Even the Russians appar ently "were jolted.' They ca bled "the International -Geo-physical year headquarters at Brussels at long last -. they Jvere airmailing- data from Iheir Sputniks .1 and II for, Ihe use of scientists the world pver.' engaged in' Geophysical year studies. . r ' j Hitherto, the Soviets had Xailed to send promised ma Satellite Schedule Set For Passes Over U. S. ; Washington- OP) Here is the U. S. earth satellite's I schedule of passes over the United States Saturday night, - as calculated by the Naval Reserve Laboratory (all limes f EST): '- ' 1 Southeast of Savannah, Ga. 6:20 p.m., traveling south- west to northeast. t West Texas, Tennessee, North Carolina 8:13 p.m. to ; 8:23 p.m., west to east. San Diego. Calif., southern New Mexico and Arizona. Z Central Texas and Louisiana, Southern Mississippi and T Alabama, Northern Florida 10:13 p.m. to 10:25 p.m.. west Z lo east. - Honolulu, southwest of San Diego, across Mexico and tthe Carribbean 12:05 a.m. to t southeast. t The Naval Laboratory said it is still using the estimate - of 2.000 miles and 230 miles as the satellite's maximum and minimum altitude. Officials al the National Academy of Sciences said they S had revised their estimates to 1.700 miles and 200 miles t for the satellite's apogee and perigee, respectively. t The two official agencies differed ' considerably in iheir initial calculation f , the satellite's orbit and time- table. First announcements were based on projection of a J limited number of radio "fixes." Missilemen Vindicated l (Continued From Page 1) eo turn down the Army's proposal to try to launch a atellite. Instead, the Vanguard project was set up, separate Jfrom the military missile program. It had to develop new rockets and other equipment from scratch. Reversed Decision After Russia stunned the world with its Sputniks, Presi ident Eisenhower reversed the earlier decision and ordered ithe Army to use its military rockets in a satellite attempt. 1 Seventy days after making fresh plans and on the first rtry the Army missile team turned the trick. The make-shift Jupiter-C launcher blasted off from the Cape Canaveral test center at 10:48 p.m. EST. Friday. J Seven minutes and five seconds later Explorer was in Sorbit. Two hours later President Eisenhower announced its success. Z Von Braun disclosed today that Explorer's make-shift ilauncher weighed 62,471 pounds at takeoff and generated 5b3,000 pounds of thrust. j The Vanguard launcher, a delicately adjusted precision instrument, weighs only 22,600 pounds and develops less 3han 40,000 pounds of rocket thrust. 2 Both are small compared with Russia's big military iockets which launched the Sputniks. Z The United States immediately cabled Russia and the ZlGY headquarters in Brussels, advising the 67 other coun tries participating in the international scientific effort, about Explorer's orbit, tracking signals, and radio codes. ; Further reports were to be made when the orbit was Snore precisely determined. Summaries of the telemeterd information from spac will be sent the IGY headquarters. i QUEEN MOTHER IN CANADA England's Queen Mother Elizabeth (right) shakes hands with'Mrs. Garpard :Fauteux, wife of Quebec's lieutenant governor, as Mr. Fautex smilingly watches (center). Also looking on is aGovernor General Vincent Massey (behind the Queen. Mother). The officer looking on fleft) is unidentified. The top in Montreal marked the first leg in the Queen Mother's 'round-the-world tour. FRANK C. ROBERTS D.M.D. ANNOUNCES THE REMOVAL OF HIS OFFICES From THE MEDICAL CENTER BUILDING To PROFESSIONAL CENTER 842 EAST MAIN STREET SUITE 14 PHONE SPring 2-9905 Entrance and Parking on Myrtle Street terial cleaned from Sputnik radio signals. Their telegram arrived four hours after the American explorer satellite was launched, the material Should arrive at IGY head quarters by Monday. Congratulations p o u r e c from Moscow too, where sci entists hailed the "good news'1 and congratulated their Am erican fellow-spacemen. "'.The launching of the 30.8 pound satellite 650 miles far ther into space than the half toR Sputnik II did much to 12:25 a.m., Sunday, west lo make the free and neutral nations forget the Soviet break - through and the em barrassing failure of the Am erican Vanguard satellite last December. The first sour grapes came from the Communist East German news agency ADN which caustically pointed out that the American "Latenik" was almost four months be hind the first Soviet satellite launched last Oct. 4. In Egypt, where the Soviet satellites made a deep im pression, scientists and other Egyptians agreed that the American success helped to restore Arab regard for Am erican technical know-how. In Helsinki, the afternoon newspaper Ilta-Sanomat ban nerlined the story and gave most of its front page over to it although the paper rare ly carries foreign news on its front page. In Paris, officials at the French foreign and defense ministries said the launching demonstrated American tech nical capabilities and en hanced U. S. diplomatic and military standing. British scientists were lav ish in their praise. Launching Rated As Boost For U.S. Washington (IPI Success ful launching of an earth sa tellite should strengthen the United States' voice in world affairs. It could move forward the time at which President Eis enhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles would feel it desirable to have an East-West summit meeting with the" Soviet Union. There is some evidence that the ad ministration has been holding baevk'iri international affairs until a satellite was success fully launched. ""V Officials said the historic event will give the United States a new psychological and propaganda prestige in world affairs. But they did not overestimate the world impact of the event in view of Russia's previous achieve ments in the same field. And optimism was tempered by re ports that the Soviet Union has or wil fire a long-range missile, perhaps with a satel lite weighing a ton. Administration foreign poli cy makers, including Dulles, have felt that Moscow's keen interest in an early top-level East-West meeting was whet ted by the Soviet success in launching Sputniks I and II. Telegram Sent By Red Academy Moscow (IPI The Soviet Academy of Sciences sent a telegram Saturday congratu lating American scientists re sponsible for launching the Explorer satellite. "The Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union congratu lated United States scientists and engineers who brought about the launching of the United States artificial earth satellite on Jan. 31," it said. "We were confident that the technical difficulties en countered in previous efforts to launch the artificial satel lite would be successfully ov ercome by American scientists participating in the building of an earth satellite for the In ternational Geophysical Year." ' New England's thousands of ponds and lakes were formed during the retreat of the con tinental ice sheet, when gla cial debris dammed river val leys and deranged the drain age pattern. As the ice melt ed, the sea rose and advanced over the coastal lowlands, drowning stream mouths to form the estuaries of present day Maine's coast. Announcement Eugene V. Meyerding, M.D. Announces the Removal of His Offices FROM v the Medical Center Building TO the MEDICAL DENTAL BUILDING 832 E. Main (Suite 6) MEDFORD For the Practice of General Surgery; Effective Jan. 30, 1958 PHONE SP 3-3248 Launching Hailed As Certain Sign Of U.S. Progress Washington ft? U. S. officials Saturday hailed this country's sucess in launching a space satellite as proof of U.S. scientific prowess and gave notice that it will pass ahead in the race into space. The temporary White House at Augusta, Ga., said presi dent Eisenhower is "quite proud" of the American achievement. Press Secretary James C. Haeertv said the president considered explor er A scientific, not a military, feat. Vice President Richard M. Nixon said the successful launching "demonstrates to the world that there's no mon opoly of scientific capability." Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said it proves U. S. ability to "do almost anything that can be done." Dulles made his comment on returning by plane from a conference of the Baghdad pact powers in Ankara, Tur key. Other comments: Senate Republican Leader William F. Knowland "Those who were selling America short in this field were premature in their pes simistic outlook about our own potentialities." Senate Democratic I.eadpr Lyndon B. Johnson "Now that we have started, let us press on with all the force, imagination and boldness of which America is capable into the space age." Sen. Estes Kefauver (D Tenn.), a member of the pre paredness subcommittee head ed by Johnson that has been investigating U. S. missile progress the launching "re stores part of the prestige we lost when the Russians sent their Sputniks up." Sen. Styles Bridges (R N.H) "The free "world posi tion in the race for survival has improved immeasurably" with the U.S. success. "How ever, this is just one mile stone in the constantly accel erating pace of exploration for peaceful space control." Marks Birthday For Army Center Hunts ville, Ala. (IP) Am erica's satellite success came on the eve of the second an niversary of Redstone Arsen al, the Army missile center where scientists , developed the moon-carrying Jupiter C rocket. At the announcement of the launching, the whole town turned out for a celebration which authorities said made "New Year's Eve look quiet." The shouting, snake-dancing and horn blowing lasted well into the morning. Mayor R. B. Searcy order ed planes to drop leaflets an nouncing the Army's success in orbiting a satellite. He sent police cars, fire engines and ambulances roaring through the town with sirens blaring. Earlier the Army ballistic missile agency planned an open house in honor of the second anniversary. The sat ellite success started the cele bration a day early, and changed it from a quiet event to pandemonium. FIFTY YEARS AGO ; Burlington, Vt. OPi When Henry Lane, 75, was brought into Chittenden municipal court for a minor road viola tion, he admitted a previous conviction for speeding. But Lane explained that the ear lier conviction occurred in 1908 when he was arrested for driving in his White Steamer at 12 miles an hour. The New York. State Science Survey reports that nine species of woodpeckers have been recorded in the state. Most species, however, are rare, except for the downy woodpecker, the most common. USSR Still In Rocket Washington HP) The USSR is still rocket-power champ. Launching Explorer was-a shot in the arm for. an Amer- Quick Steps Set To Force Action On Peace Plans Washington -t-OT) The Un ited States will take quick steps to pressure Russia into action on American proposals to use outer space for peace ful purposes only, high diplo matic officials said Saturday. They said this will be one of the first "dividends" of the successful launching of America's first earth satel lite, the Explorer. Another official commented gleefully that "now we can hold our heads up again!" There was a distinct feeling among these officials that the Explorer will squelch some Allied and Soviet pressure for an early "summit" confer ence. The American plan has been to have ambassadorial and foreign ministers hold preliminary talks, with a summit meeting coming no earlier than next fell. Officials said today the Russians undoubtedly have been wanting to talk at a sum mit level while they held the psychological advantage in outer space. Some of Ameri ca's allies have urged early talks, partly because of fear of Soviet scientific achieve ments, and until now parallel American failure. Officials said the Explorer strengthens the United States' hand to enter , negotiations just ahead for a new round of East-West talks. The talks are expected to get underway at the ambassa dorial level very soon, Llew ellyn E. Thompson Jr., U. S. ambassador to Moscow, will end his consultations here next week and leave for Rus sia Feb. 10. Officials were interested on Saturday in reports from Lon don that Soviet Communist Party Chief Nikita Khrush chev had indicated in an in terview that the Russians may be willing to wait awhile for "summit talks. He was quoted as saying the meeting could be "postponed" if west ern leaders do not want to meet in March or April. U. S. optimism over its sat ellite achievement was temp ered somewhat by the know ledge that the Russians still enjoy a big scientific advan tage. There have been d i s quieting reports that Moscow is preparing or has success fully launched another inter continental ballistic missile. The reports raised the possi bility the Soviet may have a ton- sized satellite ready to fire into space. Schlesinger Seeks Senate Position Salem (IPI Sidney Sch lesinger, Salem, announced Saturday he will seek the Re publican nomination for state senator from Marion county, the post he now holds. Schlesinger was appointed to the state Senate in Decem ber, 1946, to succeed Mark Hatfield who resigned when he was elected secretarv of state. Schlesinger is a member of two legislative interim rnm- mittees on qualifications oi county officials and on ed ucation of mentally retarded and emotionally disturbed children. Men and women hear again with nothing in either ear through thrilling Sonotone research discovery. Only YOU will know your E-Zone" secret of transistor hearing aid completely concealed in stylish glasses. Yet you use both ears (just as normal per- E-Zone: Everything worn at EYE-EAR level, nothing worn anywhere else. C. R. ADAMSON, Manager Cha Work ica twice beaten into space by Russia. But as a power display it compared only feebly with the launching of Sputnik's I and II. The Jupiter-C which boost ed Explorer into orbit de veloped 83,000 pounds of thrust. That was more than twice the power of the Navy's still earthbound Vanguard satellite launcher. But it is only a fraction of the thrust that hoisted the Soviet moons. Russia never has official ly announced the rocket pow er used in its Oct. 4 and Nov. 3 launchings. American scientists, however, have made estimates of the power required to launch 1,120 pound Sputnik II. These estimates range from a little over 300,000 pounds to more than one million. Perhaps the. most refined estimate was by Dr. George P. Sutton of Canoga Park, Calif., president of the Am erican Rocket society. Sutton says that Sputnik II's launcher must have gen erated 335,000 to 395,000 pounds of thrust. That is more than four times the power of Explor er's Jupiter-C. The intercontinental ballis tic missile Atlas is the only "piece of hardware" the Unit ed States has which comes close to matching the Soviet satellite vehicle.. Dr. J. R. Dempsey of Con- vair, which manufactures At las for the Air Force, esti mates its thrust at 250,000 to 300,000 pounds. Dempsey believes the At las, after six months to a year of modification, could launch a U.S. satellite as heavy as the half-ton Sputnik II. Observations Set For Later Date Cambridge, Mass. (IP) Dr. Fred L. Whipple, director of Smithsonian Astrophysical observatory said Saturday the American Explorer satellite must remain aloft for at least nine months before it will be visible to the naked eye in the northern hemisphere. Whipple said that when the satellite whirls over the Un ited States and the rest of the northern hemisphere it is too high to be seen without a telescope. But, he said, this will change in the course of nine months so that Explorer will then be low enough to be visible to the naked eye. In scientific terms he said, the switch in heights results from a six degree daily regression to the west in the orbit of Explorer. Dr. Whipple, at a news con ference, said the Explorer would be visible to the naked eye in the southern hemis phere in the next three months. He said the principal visual tracking will be done with high-powered telescopes at four American stations and two in South Africa. . The stations are located at Yuma. Ariz.. China Lake. Cal. Albuquerque and Alamo- gordo, N. M., and in South Africa at Bloemfontein and Capetown, he said. BOOSTS TRADE . Leeds', England OP) Sir David Eccles, president of the British Board of Trade, urged British traders Friday night to boost the country's prod ucts with America's masses. Eccles said that most wage earning American families knew little about Britain and its products. Inner windows of a Pullman railway car are made of shatter-proof glass. sons listen) to enjoy latest hearing revolu tion recommended by doctors. Based on - Sonotone bone-conduction invention, by passing outer ears. COME IN, PHONE OR WRITE SONOTONE 839 East Jackson - Phone SP 2-5904 Rocket's Father Started Career While A Student By United Press Wernher von Braum, father of the Jupiter-C rocket that vaulted America's earth sat tellite into orbid, began his career in rocketry while he was still a university under graduate in his native Ger many. Von Braun was born March 23, 1912, in Wirsitz, Germany. A bright student, he received his bachelor's degree at the age of 20, and in 1934, two years latter, he won his PHD in physics from the University in Berlin. In 1930 he began experi menting in his spare time with Professor Herman Oberth, the "father of german rocketry," and several other inventors on a project for the German ord nance department. Named Director Two years later he was named technical director of the Peenemuende Missile Cen ter, which even then was working on the V-2 rocket, which rained terror on the civilian population of London and Antwerp. Von Braun stayed at Peene muende until the end of World War II, when he de cided along with many fellow missile experts to surrender to the advancing Allied forces rather than the Russians, who also were rounding up Ger man scientists for what proved to be their own outer space project. In this country von Broun was almost immediately as signed to the U.S. Army Ord nance Corps, the branch of the service with which he has been working and has re mained loyal to it ever since, First Task One of his first tasks was the high altitude firings of the V-2 at White Sands Proving Ground, N. M., where the United States was seeking to learn the operational secrets of the missile. It was in April 1950 that von Braun came to the Army Ordnance Rocket and Guided Missile Center at Huntsville, Ala., and started on the proj ect that culminated in the history-making Jupiter-C. As .director of the Develop ment Operations Division, Army ballistic missile agency, he is the armys top civilian missile scientist. : Space 'Mailman' New U.S. Project Washington (IP) American scientists are working on a mailman in space. Dr. Wernher von Braun, Army missiles research direct or, discussed plans for the "communications" s a t e 1 lite Saturday in reporting at a news conference on u.b. satel lite No. 1 Explorer. The "communications" sat ellite, still in the "early stage' of planning, could be used "as a kind of mailman," he said. He said it would have an "electronic memory" that could record and store data on its flight around the earth and relay it back in a matter of seconds to an earth-bound tracking station. Victor Hugo wrote in 1843 that he knew of "no spot more charming and magnificent than Biarritz," the French coastal town near the Span ish border. He voiced a fear "that it may become fashion able" which was soon real ized. Empress Eugenie "dis covered" Biarritz and the rich and famous have been flock ing there ever since. The cigar originated in the Spanish West Indies. Hearing Secret Satellite Contest Won By Army Team Washington OP) Like a second string football player, the Army sat on the sidelines pleading for a chance, to get into the U. S. Satellite con test. When it finally got the nod, the "sub" won the game. Saturday the congratula tions poured in, and the Army basked in the glory of suc- ceding where the Navy had failed In getting this country's first artificial moon into space. The success seemed to show that the Army could have done it much earlier if govern ment officials had heeded its plea. The Army had long argued that it could send a satellite aloft with a souped - up ver sion of its already -developed Redstone military missile. But President Eisenhower and the defense department gave the go-ahead instead to the Navy for a try with the Vanguard, non-military rocket that had to be developed from scratch. Attempts to launch Rocket Fuel Said "Rather Exotic" By Army Officials Washington (IPI The Army made a mystery Satur day of the "rather exotic fuel that it reported was used in hurling America's first sat ellite into space. Cryptic references to the "special fuel"that replaced the normal alcohol in the Jupiter-C rocket's first stage recalled reports of similar high-energy fuels used in Rus sian Sputnik launchers. It was Dr. Wernher von Braun, the German-born rocket expert, who referred to the "rather exotic" fuel during a discussion of the launching by a panel of sci entists early Saturday. The missile man was quick ly cut off by another panel ist who said "we'd better not talk about that." Prepared Statements Prepared statements on the launching, issued by the Army, told how the Jupiter C's first-stage rocket, a Red stone, had been specially mod ified for the satellite attempt. Changes included increas ing the size of the thrust unit and reducing thickness of the tank shell, as well as "mod ifying the thrust unit to ac comodate the use of a special fuel." New 1958 GENERAL ELECTRIC SWIVEL-TOP J i i Easy-rolling deaner wth fame twivel-top One tool dean rag and float Powerfal Oeaeral Electric meeW Free an 'year warranty Terms the Vanguard failed. Army Given Clearance It was not until Russia beat the United States into space with two satellites that the Army was allowed in the con test. After the Navy's first attempt to shoot, the , Van guard ended in failure when it exploded just off . the ground and after weather and mechanical difficulties stop ped another try, the Army's satellite- carrying rocket was rolled to its Cape Canaveral, Fla., launching pad. It succeeded on its first try. The Army succeeaed in put ting up this country'! first satellite the Russian way using military rocketry. The Russians had used military rockets of proven capacity to fire Sputniks I "and II into orbit while this country lost time trying to perfect the Navy's Vanguard, a brand new launching rocket design ed for purely scientific pur poses. . ' As long ago as June, 1954, it was proposed that this country use the Army's Red stone, plus other rockets in booster stages, for a satellite launching attempt. Last Oct. 4, Russia launch ed Sputnik I and on Nov. 3 Sputnik II, and the United States still had not made its first attempt to fire Van guard with its test satellite. Debate Followed In the debate that followed over the U. S. lag, Dr. Wern her Von Braun, Army missile director, and others who sup ported the Army's initial sat ellite proposal claimed the United States might not have been behind if the Army plan had been given a go-ahead. They insisted they still could get a satellite up quickly if given a chance. On Nov. 8, the new defense secretary, Neil H. McElroy, put the Army into the race. He told Army missile men to undertake a launching to "supplement the present Van guard program." It was on Dec. 6 that the first Vanguard failed. But Navy men kept busy and wheeled another to the Flor ida launching pad last week. This was the firing attempt frustrated by weather and mechanical difficulties and was followed by last night'i successful shot by the Army. The Navy swallowed its de feat, and Dr. John P. Hagen, director of the Vanguard pro ject, said it "is preparing to try another shot but we won't say just when." FAMOUS DOUBLE-ACTION CIEANING UNIT... A"d n attaenmente ""Wing b". cnke tooj. fal"K aonle. tj "a"' xtensHM lube and' muBw-owy bag. . Ii GENERAL ELECTRIC Floor Polisher $.4095 includes extra parts and brushes i Jwwf memtc dealm 115 EAST MAIN 'MEDFORD
