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Recovery of Discoverer XIII Capsule
Brings Manned Space Vehicles Closer
Washington flJPD The Air
Force said today its historic
recovery of the Discoverer
XIII capsule brought th
United States "considerably
closer" to its goal ol rocketing
manned vehicles into space.
Lt. Gen. Bernard .
Schnever told a news coa
ference the Air Force planned
to follow up its achievement
by trying to launch and re
cover a similar object with
chimpanzee aboard, possibly
within a month.
50-50 Recovery Chine
Sehriever, head of the Air
Force Air Research and De
velopment Command, s a i
there would be a 50-50 chance
of recovery of similar cap
sules in future tests.
Negro Baptists
Eyed by Kennedy
Washington - (UPD - Demo
cratic presidential candidate
John F. Kennedy today hoped
to win the backing of the
president of the nation's larg
est group of Negro Baptist
ministers. '
Kennedy scheduled a meet
ing with Dr. Joseph H. Jack
son of Chicago, president of
the National Baptist Conven
tion, U.S.A., Inc.
According to a Kennedy
spokesman, the organization
includes Negro ministers
whose combined congrega
tions total mora than five mil
lion.
A Kennedy aide said that he
doubted If the Baptist minis
ter would endorse Kennedy
at this time. He said Jackson
"has Republican leanings.
Ike Will Rest
At Camp David
Washington (UPD President
Eisenhower left by helicopter
today to spend a quiet week
end at his Camp David retreat
in the nearby Catoctln Moun
tains of Maryland.
Mrs. Anne Whealon, assist
ant White House press secre
tary, said the President had
no week end appointments
and would rest during his
Camp David stay. He prob
ably will return to Washing
ton late Sunday.
Eisenhower left after a
meeting with the National Se
curity Council and after he
heard a tape of his voice being
bounced back from the Echo
I satelliate which was put into
orbit this morning.
The 85-pound, silver-coated
capsule was fished out of the
Pacific Thursday about 300
miles northwest of Hawaii by
a Navy helicopter. It had
orbited the earth 17 times in
the Discoverer satellite. '
Sehriever termed the feat
"a significant milestone in the
space age."
"The techniques of recovery
plus the life specimens will
bring us definitely closer to
success in the man-ln-space
program," he said.
He also said the capsule,
first man-made object re
covered from an orbiting
satellite, also provided im
portant data recorded by its
instruments.
The capsule itself weighed
85 pounds. Its retro-rocket and
equipment for keeping it
afloat and guiding searchers
weighed 215 pounds. So the
total weight of the package
brought back from space was
300 pounds.
Sehriever said the Air
Minimum Wage Under
Consideration by Senate
Explained in Analysis
Washlngton-IUPD-Here is
qucstion-and-answer analysis
of the Democratic - sponsored
minimum wage bill being con
sidered by the Senate.
Q.-How many workers are
now covered under the wage-
hour act of the Fair Labor
Standards act?
A.-A bout 23.7 million
There are about 22 million
employees not now covered,
Q.-How many new workers
would be brought in under
extension of coverage?
A.-An estimated 4,971,000
The bulk of these-3,541,000-
would be in retail industries
such as chain grocery, variety
and department stores who
now are exempt.
Q.-Whai would be the new
minimum hourly wage?
A.-S1.25 an hour, reached
in annual slcp-ups. The pres
ent minimum is $1 an hour.
Q.-How does the step-up
work?
A.-The aprpoximately five
million newly covered work
ers would be fixed at $1 in
1961 with no overtime provi
sion, $1.05 in 1962 with over
time starting after 44 hours
week, $1.15 in 1963 with
overtime after 42 hours, and
the top of $1.25 in 1964 with
overtime same as presently
covered workers beginning
after 40 hours a week. The
rates for presently covered
workers would be stepped up
over three years instead of
four-$1.15 in 1961, $1.20 In
1962 and $1.25 in 1863. All
increases would be effective
Jan. 1 of each year.
Q.-Whtn was the last in
crease?
A.-In 1955 when Congress
raised it from 75 cents to $1
an hour.
Q.-Wouid small so called
mom and pop" grocery and
variety stores be covered?
A.-No, only retail enter
prises which have annual
gross sales of $1 million or
more would be required to
pay their employees the new
minlmums. Thus, more than
97 per cent of all retail enter
prises with more than four
million employees would con
tinue to be exempt. Large
chain operations, including
gasoline station enterprises
would supply the bulk of new
ly covered workers.
Q.-How about new cover
age of "retail service" indus
tries?
A.-Hotel and motel enter
prises grossing more than $1
million a year would be cov
ered. However, only about
167,000 employees would be
affected. Almost all of these
work in the estimated 1,000
chain system hotels out of 29,
000 hotels in the industry
About 240,000 additional em
ployees in restaurants meet
ing the $1 million annual
sales test would be covered
Also, about 150,000 laundry
workers.
Q.-Are there other cate
gories? A.-Yes. An estimated 107,-
000 employees of local transit
firms, 100,000 seamen, and
about 32,000 fish processing
workers would be brought un
der the wage rates, but with
no overtime coverage.
News "Tasfeess Joke
Hemingway Declares
Madrid-fflPD-Amcrlcan nov
elist Earnest Hemingway,
who was rumored to have died
last week end, said his sup
posed death was a "tasteless
joke."
In an interview Thursday
with the Madrid newspaper
Pueblo, Hemingway said he
was "just swimming and gel-
ting bored" in Malaga, south-
Force has been preparing
"small chimpanzee as a pas
senger on one of the future
shots in the Discoverer series
He said the "chimp shot'
probably would follow one
more non-life shot which
scheduled in about one week
Sehriever said the Air Force
planned two shots per month
if conditions permit. .
The Air Force research
chief emphasized that recov
ery was "still a real tough
problem," but said that he
felt the present success would
lead to a higher rate of re
covery.
Expects Much Data
E. A. Miller, manager of
the Discoverer program for
the General Electric Co., said
the capsule's instruments
monitored "all of the signifi
cant events of the rocket's
stages."
He pointed out this would
provide a record for the first
time of an object's re-entry
into the earths atmosphere,
Miller also said the instru
ments gathered data on tem
perature, pressure and de
celeration problems that must
be. solved before the nation
can put a man into space.
This is all significant tech
nical information," he said
"We expect to get quite a lot
of data for the first time."
Powers' Parents
Rest in London
London - IUPI) - The parents
of U2 pilot Francis Gary Pow
ers rested briefly in London
today before taking a mid
night flight to Moscow in
hopes of softening the hearts
of Soviet officials who will
try their son for espionage,
Oliver and Ida Powers of
Norton, Va., told newsmen
upon their arrival from New
York late Thursday night they
did not know exactly what
their trip might accomplish,
But it will do something,
said the elder Powers, a 55-
year-old shoe repairman.
The couple hoped to see
Powers sometime before his
trial opens next Wednesday-
his 31st birthday. They also
planned to make a personal
plea for leniency to Soviet
Premier Nikita Khrushchev,
who was reported to have of
fered to "help" them.
ern Spain, at the time the ru
mors were going around. He
said his wife in the United
Slates was the only one "real,
ly scared" by the news.
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Many Oregon
Projects Listed
In Senate Draft
Washington (UPD A Senate-passed
bill approving some
$4 billion to finance public
works projects, including
many in Oregon, for the pres
ent fiscal year, appearedhead
ed for a joint Senate-House
conference committee today.
The Senate approved the
legislation Wednesday night.
It contains several hundred
flood control, power, harbor
and reclamation projects
sought by congressmen under
the watchful eyes of voters
back home.
Senate Republican Leader
Everett M. Dirksen (111.) warn
ed P r e s 1 dent Eisenhower
would look on the bill "with
a dismal eye" because it in
cluded about $500 million
worth of new projects not pro
poses in the President s budg
et.
Favorable Action Seen
Senate Democratic Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson (Tex.) re
plied that the unanimous 86-0
vote by the Senate should in
dicate to the president that
notwithstanding the policy
of this administration to have
new starts," the Senate
hoped for favorable action by
the President.
Among the Oregon projects
was a $2 million sum for
Green Peter dam, sought for
the Santiam river. Others in
clude funds for bank protec
tion works, $300,000 for plan
ning the Yaquina bay project,
$2,450,000 for the Talent proj
ect in southern Oregon, and
continued work on other projects.
The House has the option
of accepting Senate changes
or requesting a compromise
bill be worked out by a joint
committee.
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Stocks Strengthen
On Reserve Board
Discount Rate Cut
New York -flJPD- Stocks re
sponded to the cut in the Fed
eral Reserve discount rate
with a rousing show of
strength today.
Prices vaulted at the open
ing with many issues extend
ing their earlier gains as buy
ing picked up momentum.
There were few declines in
the enthuasiasm that Wall
Street greeted the latest fed
eral action. The discount rate
was cut to 3 from 3V4 per cent
and now is expected to trigger
reductions in the "prime" and
other lending rates.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York - IUPII - Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 622.88, up
5.36; 20 railroads 136.36, up
0.55; 15 utilities 93.81, up
0.15, and 65 stocks 205.90,
up 1.27. Sales Thursday
were about 3.070,000 shares
compared with 2,810.000
shares Wednesday.
selected
Thursday' prices
stocks:
Allied Chemical 54'i
Aium o. Am 72V
American Can 39 V
American Motors 2 Ha
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Anaconda Copper 51 'a
Armco Steel 63 ',5
Bendix Corp 72l,'4
uetmenem steel 44
Boelna Air 32a,
Caterpillar Corp 25
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Continental Can SGHi
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Curtlss Wrieht 18
Dow Chemical 843,i
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Eastman Kodak 122
Firestone 35
Russians Keep Eye
Of Ships Churning
Through Baltic Sea
Helsinki, Finland (UPD The
Russians have no qualms
about keeping close tabs on
foreign ships churning over
the Baltic Sea which borders
on Russia's western shores.
They have protested against
U.S. Air Force planes observ
ing and allegedly "buzzing"
Soviet ships on the high seas.
But they do not hesitate to fol
low ships in the Baltic or in
the Gulf of Finland which are
home waters for the Soviet
Navy.
When a six-vessel British
naval detachment arrived
here late this spring, officers
reported that their ships had
been followed from the Kiel
Canal.
There were always one or
two Russian destoyers in
ight," said one British of
ficer.
We had planned to do some
exercises on the way, but the
presence of the Russians
ruled that out."
It generally can be assumed,
whenever a naval visit is
planned here, that the Soviet
vessels will keep close tabs on
the journey through the Baltic.
From the top-floor restau
rant of Helsinki's Torni Ho
tel, one of the city's highest
structures and the old head
quarters of the Russian Con
trol Commission, vapor trails
often can be seen over the
open waters of the Gulf of
Finland.
These are made by Soviet
planes which regularly patrol
the open sea.
One Helsinki newspaper as
serted recently that an "un-
nown plane had flown over
the Finnish coastline at Pork-
kala, the former Soviet naval
base west of Helsinki which
the Finns got back four and
half years ago.
Except for the alleged
coastal, buzzing, all these
flights and trailing operations
take place on or over open
sea, and thus violate no law.
With the Soviet Estonian
coast only some 75 miles
away, the Finns are careful to
avoid incidents.
Civilian airplanes, unless
they have special permission
are required to stick close to
the Finnish coast.
But even such coastal flights
will give a view of Soviet na
val vessels on the open sea,
and the reason for the gov
ernment order.
This reporter, making a
coastal flight last winter to
photograph ships stuck in the
coastal ice, saw puffs of smoke
above a tiny speck on the
horizon.
Russians holding target
practice, explained the pilot.
The Russians may protest
whenever their own ships
draw attention of other coun
tries' planes or vessels.
But its another story In the
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Lockheed Aircraft
Montana Power
Montgomery Ward
Nan Biscuit
New York Central
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Richfield Oil
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Bomarc Missiles
Undergo Tests
Elgin AFB, Fla. -IUPII- Air
Force missilemen conducted
two "highly successful" tests
of the Bomarc interceptor mis
sile Thursday, blasting mock
attackers high over the Gulf
of Mexico near the Florida
coast.
A Bomarc-B downed a tar
get missile streaking at better
than 1,000 miles per hour to
ward the coast seven miles
above the Gulf. The Boeing
IN-99B was guided by com
mand radio signals from the
Montgomery, Ala., SAGE computer.
Closing speed of the two
missiles as they approached
each other topped 2,700 miles
per hour-or better-than four
times the speed of sound.
Later in the day, two IN-
99A Bimarcs intercepted
pilotles3 B4 Stratojet bomber.
Comic Sleeps Through
Expensive Burglary
Hollywood-IUPD-Comic Mort
Sahl slept soundly through
a burglary that cost him $500
cash and two watches valued
at $1,450, police said today.
The burglar cut a hole in
the screen covering Sahl's
bedroom window, entered and
took the watches and money
from a nightstand by Stahl's
bed.
Portland Considers
Raw Milk Sale Ban
Portland-flJPD-An ordinance
seeking to ban the sale of
raw milk in Portland is sched
uled to come before the city
council next week. The pro
posed measure would affect
about one per cent of the milk
sold in Portland.
A similar measure was last
introduced in 1950, but was
voted down by the council.
Portland health officer, Dr.
Thomas L. Meador, said addi
tional dairies arc considering
the sale of unpastucrized milk
in Portland if the measure is
not passed.
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