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FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, Febraery 3, 135S Explorer Satellite 'Missing7 For Seven Minutes; Men Worry Washington dpi For I man: "Frank, why haven't seven minutes early last Sat-1 you got something?" urday our satellite was miss-i At X plus 113 minutes ing, Wernher von Braun and Pickering, his ear still to the his friends feared Von Braun, known in the Army these odays as "the happy Dutchman," was a worried man 106 minutes I after his Jupiter-C rocket j blasted away from the Florida j Coast Friday. j He and other scientists pac-1 ing the Pentagon floor with ; Army officials had carefully figured that at 9:34 p.m. (PST) the satellite carried aloft by i the rocket if it was going ', into an orbit should be whizzing over San Diego, Calif. I But the minutes rolled past fl:34 and no word from Cali- j fornia trackers. It's history now that the man-made moon finally hove over California, successfully orbiting around the earth. - But only today did the Army disclose details of the "operation sweat-out" that von Braun and others went through until the word came: yit's in at San Diego." Longer Orbit Von Braun said later the satellite apparently had gone a little higher and into a somewhat longer orbit than expected. For that reason it was seven minutes late getting to San Diego. The drama was played out in tne communications room at the Defense Department here where von Braun and others kept in touch with de velopments both at the Cape Canaveral. Fla., missile test center and the Army Ballistic Agency at Huntsville, Ala. They sent and received mes sages simultaneously over a tele - communications device like a teletype. By phone they carried on conversations with trackers at the Jet Propul sion Laboratory at the Cali fornia Institute of Technology and elsewhere. At 6:34 p.m. (PST) Cana veral reported: "Jupiter C is at launch time minus one hour and counting. An air of cau tious optimism prevail s." Thereafter Canaveral used the symbol "X" to denote launch ing time. Fuel Leak Feared At X minus 45 minutes came a startling development. Canaveral reported: "Check ing a possible fuel leak." The crestfallen officials waited. Finally Canaveral came back: "No leak. That wfes just a little overflow to be wiped off." Then the messages from the Cape went like this: "X-17 and counting. Things t still going smoothly." "X-10 and the blockhouse is buttoned up." "X-2. Lift off is scheduled for 16 seconds after X-0." Then it came: 'Firing command and lift off:" "Lift off started. It's go ing." - "Still going." "Still going." .At that point the communi cations operator could not re strain himself. On his own he punched out: '- "Looks gud." Six minutes and 43 seconds after the launching Canaveral .reported the second stage of . the rocket had fired "okay." . . The drama switched to the California tracking stations and the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABM A) which was hooked into the communica tions system. Some of those in the room wanted to announce the suc cessful launching of the rocket. But von Braun want ed to be sure all stages had fired. Finally the confirmation came and von Braun, Picker ing, Porter aid Van Allen moved to a room where tele phones were open to Califor nia. Pickering kept in con stant touch with his man at the California laboratory. Three 'Fixes' Necessary Pickering said he wanted three "fixes" from his Cali fornia people before he would declare the satellite in orbit. Pickering to the laboratory: "Have you picked up anything yet." Laboratory assistant: "Heard a faint signal." Von Braun (in an aside): "Aw. that was probably his electric razor." At X plus 105 minutes Pickering told the laboratory: "You ought to be getting it." At X plus 106 minutes (the time figured for the satellite to be over San Diego) the laboratory reported: "Noth ing yet." The same report came at X plus 107 minus. Von Braun: "It must, have gone farther than we plan ned." Pickering to his laboratory phone, held up his finger for those in the room and glee fully exclaimed: "I've got "one" fix. Then into the phone: "Give me an other one." Those in the room saw him mark two fixes on a pad of paper. Still he insisted "give me another one." Then, just as the Naval Research Labora tory here gave him still an other "fix," Pickering jubi lantly exclaimed: "It's in. We've got San Diego." Shortly afterward the Pres ident announced that the Free World's first satellite was in orbit around the earth. What Is The Law? This column is prepared as a public service by the College of Law, Willamette University, Salem, to explain basic legal principles, not to 'provide legal advice. The reader is cautioned not to apply these cases io his own problems without an attorney's advice, for differing facts may change the outcome. CASE OF MISSING WIFE Elmer notifies the police that his wife has been miss ing five days. One week later, Elmer rushes into the police station and tells the police that he has killed his wife. He makes a written statement to this effect and signs it. The body of Elmer's wife has never been found. Can Elmer be convicted of killing his wife? To avoid the injustice of a conviction where no crime ex ists, the law has adopted a rule of caution which holds that the corpus delecti must be proved before a conviction can stand. This is emphasized where the state's case depends on an out-of-court concession by the defendant. Two Components Corpus delecti, in a homi cide case, consists of two com ponents: first, proof by the state that the death of a hu man being did occur and second, proof that the death was caused by the criminal INSULT TO INJURY Effingham, 111. OP) A passing vehicle added insult to the . injury suffered by state employee Walter Turner. Scooping salt from a truck onto a snow-covered highway, Turner hit his face with the shovel. The passing vehicle ran over the false teeth that had been knocked from his mouth. act of another. Must the state actually pro duce the body in order to establish the corpus delecti? Some courts have held that corpus delecti must be proved by direct evidence. This means that the bod of the deceased, or portions of it, must be found and sufficiently identi fied to establish the fact of death of the person charged to have been killed. Other courts have held that the corpus delecti may be proved by circumstantial evidence. Circumstantial e v i d e nee can be something like an ar ticle of clothing of a victim discovered at the supposed scene of a murder. Can't Be Convicted In a recent California case, the defendant was found guilty of killing his wife even though the body had not been produced. The state evidently proved the corpus delecti by circumstantial evidence. A person, therefore, cannot be convicted of a homicide, or any other crime based on an unconfirmed, out-of-court confession. This type of con fession was made by Elmer when he arrived at the police station. The state must prove the corpus delecti in' all criminal charges. If a person is charged with stealing a certain article, the state must prove that such an article did exist. In other words, the state must prove that the crime has in fact been committed. IT If C V U I Tom Tucker and hii wife Betty, will entertain members of Rogue Valley Knife and Fork club at a dinner meeting Wednesday. February 5, at Rogue Valley Country club Reservations are to be made no later than today with the club secretary, Mrs. Richard House, 15 Corning court. The Tuckers are booked at men lalists" and their "topic is an nounced as "Sh-h, Don't Think Too Loudly." Reds Won't See U.S. Satellite Washington (IP) The Ex plorer satellite never will pass over Russia. But no snub was intended. U.S. and other scientists picked the course of the U.S satellite for scientific not po litical reasons. They felt the course the best for securing the data they sought. It goes no farther north than 35 de grees of latitude. The Russians launched their sputniks on a course that passed over the United States. They had a scientific rea son, too. The course also passes over Russia and they wanted to be able to see their own satellites. 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