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14 MAIL TRIBUNE, Med ford. Prelaw, Friday, December 79, 1938 First Sighting Due Over Japan Cambridge, Mass. TPD A 1 spokesman for the Smithson ian Astrophysical Observatory J said today at he first sighting of Amerca's four-ton satellite will probably come from Japan. The Smithsonian, which is headquarters for all optical contact reports, said experts operating a huge tracking camera in Japan were expect ed to contribute observations sometime early today. The observatory said it coucT not yet determine where additional visual contacts with the new satellite would be made. No information was im mediately available on pos sible sightings in the United States. . Operation moonwatch, with observers stationed around the world swung into action Thursday night minutes after scientists here received word of the successful orbiting of the Atlas missile. Moonwatch directors had no advance warning that an attempt would be made. 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THROUGH DEC. 23 PURUCKER MUSIC HOUSE Direct Factory Dealer 111 North Central Phone SP 2-5702 Ikes Tape Recorder Believed Stored In Gigantic Atlas Washington -1TD- President j Eisenhowers voice may be i beamed to earth stations from j outer space today. A recorded presidential statement was believed to be stored in a tape recorder in the gigantic Atlas satellite hurled into an orbit from Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thurs day night. Without confirming or de nying that Eisenhower's voice was involved, Defense Depart ment officials said they hoped to trigger the tape recorder into action today. The satellite's messages were to be received by four specially-equipped stations -at Los Angeles, Ft. Huachuca, Ariz., Ft. Sam Houston, Tex., and Ft. Stewart, Ga. Would Aid Communications It was expected that if the communications experim e n t succeeded, the recorded trans missions from a satellite orbit ing the earth at a peak alti tude of 625 miles would be made available to commercial radio networks for broadcast and probably to the Voice oi America. The broadcast recordings would put a dramatic high light on a communications test that could lead to a future of limitless military and civilian uses of satellites for communi cations and television relay. The 150-pound payload in the 8,700-pound satellite includes tape recorder which can store up as many as 1,680 words. The four ground stations sent messages to the satellite which it will return to the stations on receipt of a coded signal. The Defense Department hinted that Eisenhower's voice was used. Rear Adm. John E. Clark, deputy director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency, was asked at a news conference late Thursday night if he could deny that the President's voice was stor ed within the Air Force satel lite. He hesitated, then said "no." Surprise) Forthcoming He also said he could not confirm it. Asked why the Pentagon was withholding in formation on the frequency and contest of its communica tions device in space, Clark said "we' want to surprise you." Tracking stations are re- that Keeps on giving the year around! QUI i $795K mahogany voice Use off Manned Space Station Possible By Added Thrust Washington - H'PD - The use of a U. S. inter-continental ballistic missile as a satellite today opened a new chapter in American exploration of space. . Until now the ICBM had been labeled strictly military and officials had refused to release the big ocean-span ning missiles to scientists itch ing to outstrip Russia in space exploration. Experts have said Russia used ICBM-class missiles to launch its satellites from the beginning on Oct. 4, 1957 when Sputnik I first flashed around the world. But U. S. scientists have had to be content with using the Jupiter C and Thor inter mediate range ballistic missiles and the even less powerful Navy Vanguards, Provides More Thrust The intermediate range bal listic provide a thrust of about 160,000 pounds. The Atlas that roared into orbit had a thrust of about 369,000 pounds. Space scientists have claimed that by using the much more powerful Atlases, the United States could build a manned space station which in turn could serve as a step ping stone for wide-ranging exploration of outer space. The release of Atlases to the nation's space program may bring such projects closer than many have believed them to be. There was no immediate in dication how many of the vitally-important ICBM's the military was prepared to turn over for space exploration or how fast. Sources said prob ably not many and not quick ly. Not in Great Supply The Air Force successfully fired an Atlas over a full 6,300-mile range only a few weeks ago. In all, the Air Force has announced test fir ing of less than two dozen successfully ' and unsuccess fully over shorter ranges. That would indicate that the weapon - the nation's top priority, military project -still is not in great supply. But merely the use of one in the space program has en abled the United States to seize the lead from Russia in space exploration. And scientists have made clear that even a few more would enable the United States to make progressively greater advances into the un known reaches of the uni verse. ceiving transmissions from the satellite on 107.970 and 107. 940 megacycles, but the com munications relay system fre quencies were closely guard ed secrets for the moment. Officials said the coded sig nals which would trigger the tape recorder into action were too complex to be deciphered by eavesdroppers. Ham operators with . suffi ciently "sophisticated" receiv ers will be able, however, to listen to the talking satellite once the frequencies have been made known. Orbiting Missile Said Longer Than Bus New York -(UPE- The Atlas missile fired into orbit Thurs day night is nearly twice as long as a commercial bus. The average bus is 44 feet long. The Atlas is 75 feet long. In weight, buses average about 10 tons. The missile in orbit weighs more than four tons. Toss Tells Launching Without Comment Moscow-tUPG-Moscow Radio and the official Tass news agency today reported the suc cessful launching of the U. S. Atlas missile without com ment. , HERTZ TRUCK RENTAL Available at HOPKINS RICHFIELD ' SERVICE McAndrewi at Court SP 3-906S ICBAA 'Score' Expected To Once Every 100 Min (Continued from Pagt 1) Observers of the U.S. space program recalled that last Jan. 31 -this country launched Explorer I, a 30.8 pound tube- shaped satellite only 80 inches long. Thursday night, less than ii monuis laxer, a lour ana a half ton satellite 75 feet long was put in orbit. Some military experts long have felt the reputed Soviet lead in missile development was exaggerated. They be lieve the United States had the capability to put a satel lite in orbit before Russia but that U.S. missile programs simply had not been pointed toward a satellite launching. The Defense department announced the satellite-called "Score," for satellite commu nications orbit relay experiment-would swing around the earth once every 100 minutes for about 20 days. It was reaching 625 statute miles from the earth at its farthest point and 118 ' miles at the closest. Satellites At A Glance By United Press International AMERICAN Explorer I: Launched Jan. 31, 1958. Weight, 30.8 pounds; tube-shaped, 80 inches long; time of orbit, 113.35 minutes; speed, 19,000 m.p.h.; maxi mum height, 1,509.9 miles; minimum height, 218.2 miles. Expected stay in orbit 3 to 5 years. Vanguard I: Launched March 17. Weight, 3.25 pounds; sphere-shaped, 6.4 inches in diameter; orbit time, 134.25 minutes; speed, 1 8,365 m.p.h.; maxim um height, 409.1 miles. Expected stay up at least 200 years. Explorer III: Launched March 26; weight, 31 pounds, tube-shaped,' 79 inches long; orbit time, 115.7 minutes; speed, 18,000 m.p.h.; maxi mum height, 2,U00 miles; minimum height, 100 miles. Believed burned up in June. Explorer IV: Launched July 26. Weight, 38 pounds; bullet-shaped, 80 inches long. Ex pected to stay in orbit 5 to 10 years. Atlas Missile: Launched Dec. 18; weight, 8,500 to 8,700 pounds; , orbit time, about once every 100 min utes; speed, 17,100 m.p.h.; maximum height, 625 miles; minimum height, 118 miles; expected to stay in orbit about 20 days. RUSSIAN Sputnik II: Launched Nov. 1957. Weight, 184 pounds; sphere-shaped, 22.8 inches in diameter; orbit time, 96 min utes; speed, 18,000; maximum height, 560 miles; minimum height, 125 miles; burned out Jan. 4, 1958. Sputnik II: Launched Nov. 3, 1957. Weight 1,118 pounds; cone-shaped, 15 feet long; orbit time, 103.7 minutes; speed, 17,800 m.p.h.; maxi mum height, 1,020 miles; maximum height, 140 miles; burned out April 14, 1958. Sputnik III: Launched May 15; weight, 2,925.53 pounds; cone-shaped; 11.8 feet long; orbit time, 105.21 minutes; speed, 14,746 m.p.h.; maxi mum height, 1,120 miles; minimum height, 128 miles; burned out Dec. 3, 1958. Winning Number on Ferrari Racer If not called for by 5:30 p.m., Monday, Dec. 22, we will draw another number. toy The 317 East Main rpemis Scientists said the big as sembly should be plainly vis ible in the southern part of the United States, shining most brightly at dusk. President Announces News When the Atlas blasted off its pad at the missile test cen ter Thursday, there was no inkling a satellite try was un der . way. First word of the shoot's importance came two hours later when the Presi dent announced in Washing ton that an orbit had been achieved. This successful launching constitutes a major step for ward in space exploration and opens new avenues for the United States and all man kind in their efforts to ex plore the peaceful uses of out er space," the Defense depart ment said. Special stations to send messages and receive them in the playback were set up at Los Angeles, Ft. Huachuca, Ariz., Ft. Sam Houston, Tex and Ft. Stewart, Ga. Scientists have said that the powerful Atlas missile might open the way to launch mg of a manned space sta tion, which in turn would give man a jumping-off place for exploration of outer space. The brawny missile's rocket engines burned for four and a half minutes. Their, glow. and vapor trails given off by the rocket, were visible for about seven minutes from the Cape. Hat Five Engines . The Atlas has five engines- a big sustainer rocket, two boosters and two small guid ance rockets. The boosters dropped off after their work was done, but the rest of the assembly went into orbit, in cluding a special light nose cone containing the new com munications equipment. A big electronic brain, ca pable of making 10,000 com putations every second, con trolled the missile until it had reached the orbit "groove" scientists had mapped for it. Electronic equipment in the missile flashed back instan taneous data on the flight's progress, which was picked up by the brain and processed into guidance impulses to keep the rocket on course. Project officials said the entire operation was flawless and that the orbit was exact ly the one they had planned. Brig. Gen. Osmond J. Rit land, Air Force ballistic mis siles chief, said the Atlas was tipped over at an altitude of 100 miles "and it went tum bling into space like a place kicked football. This tum bling accounted in part for the short life expectancy of the baby moon. But Roy Johnson, head of the space agency, promised that more and bigger satel lites of the "talking" variety could be expected in the fu ture. ' Atlas Satellite Not To Trove Over Russia Washington-(DPD-T h e Atlas satellite launched Thursday night will not travel . over Russian territory, a Defense Department spokesman said. The satellite will not get any further north than 32 degrees latitude nor further south than 32 degrees latitude. The spokesman said the De fense Department hoped to have more specific places and times on the satellite's course today. -House Swing Around Earth utes for 20 Days Heads Space Race The Atlas has surged to the front in the space race in less than a month. On Nov. 28, the Air Force demonstrated this country's ability . to span the oceans with a fighting rocket by fir ing an Atlas 6,300 statute miles and plunking it down within 30 miles of a predeter mined target. The Convair Astronautics division of General Dynamics Corp., builder of the big mis sile, announced that the inter continental shoot removed any question of the Atlas' ability to hit distant targets with hydrogen warheads. AH three major services now have been successful in putting up baby moons. The Army did it first with the Ex plorer I in January 1958 after repeated failures of the Navy Vanguard project. Ike Interrupts Social Evening Washington (DPD Presi dent Eisenhower upset care ful, planning by his wife and the State Department proto col office Thursday night with his dramatic announce ment of the successful launch ing of the new satellite. For the second diplomatic dinner of this year's White House social season all was geared to repeat almost exact ly the same evening enjoyed by the first half of the big diplomatic corps Wednesday night. The Christmas decor was unchanged, the menu was the same, the after-dinner musi- cale was the same and Mrs. Eisenhower even wore the same Christmas red nylon net gown. Then the President sud denly put a lot more zoom into the repeat performance. "Ladies and gentlemen," he began, stepping to the cen ter of the big East ballroom just before leading his guests into dinner! "I have just heard some news that may be of some interest to you ... .'. The foreign diplomats re portedly burst into applause at the end of this brief an nouncement. Commenting on the success ful launching to newswomen later, the President said, "They got what they were shooting for." 'or the man in your our handsomely gift-boxed After Shave Set by Faberge brisk, refreshing Men's Lotion coupled with skin-toned talc in a waterproof, breakproof shaker Aphrodisia-or .Woodhue 5.00 the set MESCPIPTIONS A I DRUG CENTDF j Xooo0 From pace Chopteir On March 17 of this year, the Navy succeeded with the Vanguard I and that satellite is expected to stay in orbit at least 200 years. Explorerer I also is still in orbit, along with Explorer IV, Vanguard I and Sputnik HI. Satellite Not Answer To Russia Washington - (UPD - The De fense Department said Thurs day night the successful launching of the world's big gest satellite was not designed to be an answer to the report ed Russian claim to firing an 8,700-mile range missile. Rear Adm. John E. Clark, deputy director of the Penta gon's space agency, said the historic U. S. launching was scheduled before the Russian claim was disclosed. Sen. Hubert Humphrey CD Minn.) reported to President Eisenhower last week that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrush chev had boasted to him of the Russian launching. U. S officials said the boast could well be true. New Tri Hi-Y Club Formed A new sophomore class Tri Hi-Y was formed Wednesday at the Young Men s Christian association, according to Herb Partridge, YMCA youth work secretary. The newest Tri Hi-Y club completes the expansion plan for the Medford Senior High school. Tri Hi-Y clubs now represent each of the high school grades. Girls from the Senior class Tri Hi-Y conducting the meet ing were Dewanda Winchell, Mimi Jones and Danusia Ko secka. The girls were told of the programs, purposes and objectives of Tri Hi-Y. Fea tured during the evening were the service and leadership aspects of Tri Hi-Y. The girls have set their next meeting date for Thurs day, Jan. 8, 7:30 p.m. at the YMCA. 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In setting new "time to climb marks, the plane be came the first to hold. records in all three categories. The F104, built by Lock heed and powered by a Gen eral Electric J79 engine, also established marks for which no previous record existed in cluding a climb to 82,020.8 feet in 4 minutes, 26.03 seconds. Parker said the r ecord flights were made last Satur day, Sunday and Monday at Pt. Mogu, Calif. Two pilots of the 538th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Larson Air Force Base, Wash., alternated at the controls of the single seat plane. They were 1st Lt. William T. Smith, Carmel, Conn., and 1st Lt. Einar K. Enevoldson, Moses Lake, Wash. Minnesota has 11,007 recog nized and named lakes. (give a (fift oj 'Peace t(w Climtmas Of course, you can't just walk into a store and ask for a package of peace, gift-wrapped. But you can buy Bonds, gift-wrapped, here at our bank. And they help pay for peace. Peace costs money. Money for industrial and military strength to keep the peace. 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A spokesman for the AFL CIO pilots' union said, how ever, that "although the strike deadline is still on, we are hopeful we can reach an agreement before the n." Earlier, a spokesman for the airline expressed optimism over.settlement of the dispute before the strike deadline. Would Strand Thousands A strike against American would ground a second of the nation's big four air carriers at the start of the holiday travel rush. Thousands of col lege students began heading home today for the Christmas vacation, and transportation threatened to be a problem in some areas. Eastern Airlines has been crippled for nearly a month by twin strikes by the Flight Engineers' Union and the In ternational Association of Ma chinists. In the American Airlines negotiations, an ALPA spokes man indicated tentative agree ment had been reached on the third man issue in cockpits of future jet airliners. The ALPA wants the third man in the cockpit to be a pilot, not a flight engineer. 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