2 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, April 12, 1959
Astronauts To Get Moss 5 lie Me Over
South Atlantic as Part off Training
Br JOSEPH L. MYEH
UPI Correspondent
Washington- (LTD -Some or
all of the seven Americans
chosen as the first U.S. astro
nauts will get a ride in the
nose of an Atlas intercontinal
ballistic missile over the
South Atlantic as part of their
training.
The National Aeronautics
and Space Administration
said the flight over the mis
sile range from Cape Cana
veral, Fla., to Ascension Is
land would precede launch
ing of a manned satellite into
orbit around the earth.
To assure that every pre
caution is taken before the
future spacemen even board
an Atlas, animals first will
be sent on the missile ride.
Monkeys, dogs, pigs and pos
sibly bears will be used in
the tests.
The seven "Mercury Astro
nauts," chosen above all oth
ers for the honor and the
glory and the danger of be
ing the first to carry their
country's colors into space,
were presented publicily
Thursday by NASA.
The Best Qualified
The men-one Marine, three
Navy, and Air Force test pilots-were
described as the
Americans best qualified for
Propect Mercury, as the man
ned satellite program is called.
They cherish the honor, as-! these young men are just av
pire to the glory f and despise ! erage representatives of their
the danger. j generation. One of their ex-
The Mercury seven and i aminers let it be known that
their present addresses are:
. Navy Lt. Malcolm Carpen
ter, 34, Garden Grove, Calif.
Four children.
Air Force Capt. Leroy G.
Cooper Jr., 32, Edwards Air
Force Base, Calif. Two chil
dren. Marine Lt. Col. John H.
Glenn Jr., 37, Arlington, Va.
Two children.
Air Force Capt. Virgil I.
Grissom, 33, Enon, Okla. Two
children.
Navy Lt. Cmdr., Walter M.
Schixra Jr., 36, Naval Air
Test Center, Patuxent, Md.
Two children.
Navy. Lt. Cmdr. Alan B.
Shepard Jr., 35, Virginia
Beach, Va. Two children.
Air Force Capt. Donald K.
Slayton, 35, Edwards Air
Force Base, Calif. One child.
Have High I.Q.s
In appearance they look
like almost any group of tan
ned, healthy, close-cropped
American males. They laugh
easily and give the impres
sion of knowing what they
are doing and where they are
going.
But no one of the hundreds
at Thursday's mass news con
ference with the astronauts at
NASA headquarters came
away with the notion that
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their I.Q.s run above 130
which, he said, "is very high
higher than any of ours."
NASA Director T. Keith
Glennan, in introducing the
select seven, described them
as "superb." Another NASA
official later predicted these
gifted men eventually will
form the nucleus of America's
first "Academy of Astronau
tics."
All of the seven took the
attitude that the Mercury as
signment was just an exten
sion of the work they already
had dedicated their lives to
as test pilots.
Set for 1961
One reporter asked what
"sustaining faith" lay behind
the pilots' decision to volun
teer for a job unique in the
history of man.
The seven replied they
were buoyed by religious
faith, their wives faith in
them, their faith in them
selves, and their faith in the
people planning Project Mer
cury. All are in the process of be
ing uprooted with their fam
ilies from the place they
called home before Project
Mercury moved in on them.
They have been given until
April 27 to transplant them
selves and their families to
NASA's Langley Research
Center near Hampton, Va.
Mercury, briefly, is a proj
ect to fire a man into orbit
in 1961, if possible-and bring
him back alive.
Only one of the seven can,
of course, make the first his
toric voyage into space. He
will be picked on the day the
first U.S. manned satellite is
launched. But NASA officials
promised that his colleagues
will have their chance to con
tribute to the young art of as-
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tronauts in subsequent Mer
cery flights.
The climax of Project Mer
cury will come on the day
when a controlled space cap
sule blasts off from Canaveral
with a pilot inside.
It will course around the
earth two or three times, at
intervals of about 90 minutes,
at an altitude of 100 to 150
miles. Then, coming in over
the Pacific toward California,
the pilot will fire three re
verse rockets which will force
the air-conditioned capsule to
begin its descent.'
It will re-enter the atmos
phere near Canaveral. A
small parachute will rot o"t
at 160,000 feet to slow its
plunge. At 110,000 feet a big
ger one will open to drop
man and capsule gently into
the ocean. Four waiting ships,
if the plans ,work, will re
trieve the buoyant space bulb
and its human passenger.
Only a Start
Even if it fulfills all ex
pectations, Mercury will be
but a "stepping stone in de
velopment of space explora
tion techniques," the NASA
said. "
"Once it has been conclu
sively demonstrated that man
can exist in the environment
of outer space," the space
agency said, "it is likely that
the program will extend to
sending two men into orbit,
then a team.
"Scientists foresee construc
tion of an orbiting space lab
oratory and development of
a method of ferrying person
nel and - equipment to this
station."
, Then-manned trips to the
moon, Mars, Venus.
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Installation Planned For VFW Officers
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Foreign Wars post 4116 and
auxiliary, Rogue Jtiver, will
be installed Friday, April 17,
at 8 p.m. in the Rogue River
VFW hall.
Col. Ted Hopkins. Rogue
River, will install officers of
the post, and Mrs. Hopkins
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FASHION NOTE "Casual" would be the
term used to describe the clothing vorn by
Medford High school students during "Grub
by Day" Thursday of this wek. Above,
Steve Hoots takes a close look at the smart-
looking Alpine climbing boot wora by fel-
stick. Looking on are, left to right, Jan Ed
wards, Merle Hampton and Bobbie Jean.
Hale. Jan wears an outsized set of pop beads
over a size 44 sweat shirt and Merle looks
fashionable In a racy two-piece denim suit.
Bobbie Jean's feet are in the altogether to.
low student Joy Bauman. Miss Bauman wore achieve the "informal" look. Grubby Day
a chic sneaker laced with binder twine on traditionally marks the beginning of a week
the other foot and stunning two-toned lip-
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for PST Referendum
Voted Out Unrecommended
Salem (UPD House Bill 422,
referring the question of day
light saving time 'in Oregon
to the voters at the general
election in November, 1960,
was voted out of the Senate
Bank Plans Series
On Estate Forums
The U.S. National Bank of
Portland will conduct another
in Its spring series of estate
planning forums in Medford,
Wednesday, April 15, bank of
ficials have announced. The
forum will be held in the Pio
neer room of the Jackson ho
tel starting at 7:30 p.m.
Allen F. Perry, manager of
the Medford branch, will pre
side, and Ashland and Grants
Pass branches will be repre
sented. Opening remarks and
introductions will be made by
William R. Bradshaw, U.S.
National trust officer.
Forum discussions will be
held on planning for family
protection by W- D. Hinson,
planning for property conser
vation by G. M. Tretheway,
and planning for tax saving
by H. E. Butler.
This is the 10th consecutive
year the forums have been
held since they were originat
ed by the bank's trust department.
Medford Airport
On FAA Job List
Washington (UPD - The Fed
eral Aviation Agency has rec
ommended airport improve
ments in Oregon totaling $9,-
659,000 in its newly revised
"National Airport Plan."
The agency emphasized that
the recommendations "have
been computed without re
gard to the question of availa
bility, of either local or fed
eral funds."
The recommendations in
clude: Klamath Falls-Construction
of a terminal . building to
handle an expected 40,000
passengers. Funds have been
locally allocated for the term
inal. Medford - Construction of
taxiways and a tie-down area
for smaller planes; lighting,
auto parking space and relat
ed improvements for an esti
mated 168,000 passengers.
General improvements also
was noted for Grants Pass.
Shooting Preserve
Amendments Accepted
Salem-tUPD-The House Fri
day concurred in Senate
amendments to a bill setting
public shooting preserves in
Oregon and re-passed the bill-
Control of the bird preserves
would be under the state
game commission.
Timber Access Road
Nearing Completion
Construction of the new
Tolman creek timber access
road in Rogue River National
Forest is n.ar completion, ac
cording to District Ranger
Harold Thomas of Ashland.
The seven miles of road is
being constructed by Steve O.
Wilson, Medford, as subcon
tractor for Timber Conserva
tion company .The latter com
pany, purchased the Tolman
timber last summer and a?7
sumed the obligation of build
ing the road as part of the
timber sale contract require
ments, Thomas explained.
Committee on State and Fed
eral Affairs Friday without
recommendation.
Sen. Jean Lewis (D-Port-land)
announced she would
file a minority report recom
mending the bill's passage.
The bill was amended ex
cluding the part of eastern
Oregon which is on Mountain
standard time.
The two reports will prob
ably be read and acted upon
in the Senate Monday morn
ing. Astoria Bridge
The committee also voted
to hold a public hearing on
House Bill 425, providing for
$24 million in bonds for con
struction of the Astoria
bridge. -
Members of the "House
wives of Highway 42" group
appeared and County Judge
James Harrison of Coos coun
ty, on their behalf, joined
with Sen. R. F. Chapman of
Coos Bay in urging a public
hearing on a proposed appro
priation for improvements on
that highway.
Sen. Chapman said he had
some amendments that would
not be ready until Monday
and moreover there were a
large number of persons who
had expressed a desire to be
heard on the bill.
The committee voted to
hold the hearing Monday at
3 p.m. ,
From remarks from Sen.
Chapman following the meet
ing, it was obvious that he
planned to ask the committee
to add $4 million to the bill,
this sum to be spent at the
discretion of the state high
way commission.
Representatives of the
"Housewives of Highway 42"
said they would appear before
the highway commission,
should Sen. Chapman's am
endment go through, and ask
that with the S4 million -plus
federal matching funds
work start immediately on
improvement of Highway 42.
They declared this highway
was the worst in the state
highway system.
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