Russians Confident of Ability To Control Space Fl ig hi
By PHIL NEWSOM
the progress of Maj. 'Yuri
Gagarin's history making
flight even while he still was
in orbit. - - .
The Russians never have
described any space failures,
and official announcement of
other projects always have
been withheld until all risk
was past.'
Today , was different.
Moscow Radio's initial an
nouncement dramatically con
cluded: ' "He is still in orbit."
Then came the . announce
ment that the "cosmonaut"
was flying over Africa. He re
ported: '
"Flight is normal. I am
withstanding well the state
of weightlessness."
Over South America:
"Flight proceeding normal
ly." v
Then the news that he was
returning to earth and the
emotional welcome from the
announcer: . .
"Mother earth is awaiting
you with outstretched arms,
first cosmic traveler."
American scientists congrat
ulated the Russians on anoth
er "first" in. space, but made
no effort to hide their disap
pointment that the United
States had trailed in another
achievement which, aside
from its scientific value, was
bound to have an enormous
worldwide psychological ef
fect. - Scarcely had the first space
man returned to earth than
the Communist propaganda
mills began grinding.
The official press and radio
plugged it as a demonstration
of the superiority of commu
nism over capitalism.- '
Said the East German Com
munist news agency:
'The technical miracle was
brought about by workers, en
gineers and scientists whose
hearts' were filled with the
glorious doctrine of the inter
national proletariat and who
worked according to dialecti
cal principles."
A Soviet government state
ment said the achievement
"inspires all Soviet people to
fresh feats in the construc
tion of communism."
In concluded:
"Let us end the armament
race. Let us bring about uni
versal and complete disarma
ment under strict internation
al control."
The scientific break-through
had been forecast two days
ago by Henry Shapiro, chief
of the United Press Interna-,
tional bureau in Moscow.,
On April 10, he reported
that reliable but unofficial
sources told him the Russians ;
may have put the first man
into orbit and returned him.
An air of expectancy .hung ;
over Moscow.
Shapiro said many persons
in Moscow are convinced that
another manned . flight into
space was attempted Friday
and there was speculation that
something may have gone
wrong, ' .
UPI Foreign Nawi Analyst
Almost from the moment of
launching the Russians exhib
ited supreme confidence in
their ability to control the
first spaceman's -flight and re
turn him safely to earth.
In an unprecedented per
formance Moscow Radio broke
into its programs to report
School Budget
Approved For
District 549C
The Medford school district
budget committee last night
approved a 1961-62 proposed
general fund budget totaling
$4,047,728.
The total ' is $154,160.01
more than this year's operat
ing budget, an increase of
about 4 per cent. The increase
is commensurate with an ex
pected 4 per cent increase in
the number of students in the
district next school year.
A public hearing on the pro
posed budget will be held at
4 p.m. Friday, May 5, in the
school administration office.
An election on the amount
outside the 6 per cent limita
tion will be held Thursday,
May 25. The amount of the
budget outside the 6 per cent
limitation is $2,070,805.95.
Most of the increase in the
operating budget next year is
in salaries for instruction. The
salary total is $2,621,444, an
increase of $200,183.
Several factors account for
the rise in instruction salaries:
Plans To Organize
Packing House
Workers Revealed
The Teamsters, Chauffeurs
and Warehousemens Union,
Local No. 962, said today that
it is attempting to organize
local packing house workes,
and plans to petition for a,
National Labor Relations
board election . in the "near
future." ''.. . " -' -
Bob Shaw, secretary-treasurer
of the Teamsters union,
told the Mail Tribune that the
' workers themselves are seek
' ing 'UnioYT' drganteationr'-Ef-forts
to organize them have
been under way for about six
weeks, he said.
Shaw estimated that from
3,000 to 3,500 workers would
come under the union during
the peak fruit-packing season,
but this would dwindle to
about 150 in the off-season.
Included in the organizing at-
tempt are packers, sorters and
other year-round and part
time workers in the packing
houses, according to Shaw.
Directed to Packing Homes
Shaw emphasized that the
organizing attempts are direct
ed only toward workers in
the packing houses, not agri
cultural nor orchard workers.
Union organizing cards are
being circulated among the
workers by the workers them
selves, Shaw said. He declined
to estimate how many work
ers have signed the cards to
date, but pointed out that the
union should be ready to peti
tion the NLRB for elections
in the various packing houses
in the near future. N
When the NLRB has receiv
ed the union's petition, it will
determine whether 30 per cent
' of the affected workers have
signed urjion organizing cards.
If they have, the NLRB will
call for an election in the
various plants. If the union
wins the election it will then
become the bargaining agent
for the workers.
The last attempt to .organ
ize packing-house workers was
' in the late 1940s. At that time
the union lost an NLRB elec
tion, and no attempt has been
made to organize the workers
; since then until recently.
. Others Organized
Medford is' the only area of
the state where packing house
workers are not organized, ac
cording to Shaw. Workers in
such places as Eugene, Salem
and Hood River, have been
organized for a number of
vpars
Shaw said Teamsters offi
cials met with a group of
workers last week at the re
quest of the workers to ex
. plain what the union could do
for them. Future meetings are
planned.
The chief reason that the
workers want to be organized,
Shaw said, is because of
. wages. He called their wages
"sub-standard" as compared to
similar operations elsewhere
in Oregon and in Washington.
Shaw said management is
already opposing the organi
- zation attempts, and he pre
dicted that this opposition will
increase in the near future.
The Teamsters official said
the attempt to organize "is not
a big campaign." He added:
"We are more or less letting
" the people do it on their own."
1. Increased salaries provid
ed in the salary schedule on a
regular increment basis. This
increment totals $79,600.
2. Additional salary money
for 15 new teachers to handle
an expected increase of 350
students, and two special edu
cation teachers. This amounts
to an $85,000 addition in the
budget.
' 3. The addition of two part-f
time counselors at the junior
high schools.
4. Shifting half of two prin
cipals' salaries to instruction
"because they serve as part-
time teachers. This is a re
classification item.
Revise Salary Schedule
The budget committee ap
proved a revised salary sched
ule for teachers which pro
vides increased salaries in the
initial probationary period to
attract beginning teachers. All
other teachers will receive
regular salary schedule incre
ments. Increases in six operating
fund classifications, and de
creases in seven other classifi
cations were approved.
Classifications in which in
creases were approved; the
total amount, and the increase
are:
Instruction, $2,843,416, an
increase of $217,179; pupil
transportation services, $122,
671, increased $26,827; opera
tion of plant, $339,126, in
creased $49,464.50; fixed
charges, $223,890, increased
$7,905; food services, $23,079,
a new classification; and com
munity services $3,829, in
creased $1,013.
Decreases Noted
. Decreases : were noted in
seyen classifications: ;
Administration, $66,021, de
creased $5,644; attendance
services for public schools,
$770, decreased $180; health
service's' f dr''pUblic' " schools,'
$17,794, decreased $3,596;
maintenance of plant, $254,
440, decreased $27,947.08; stu
dent body activities, nothing
budgeted, decreased $7,150;
capital outlay, $119,992, de
creased $110,390.41; and pay
ments to other school' districts,
$12,700, decreased $12,400.
Many of the increases and
decreases in general fund
items are due to reclassifica
tion in the budget form. The
large reduction in capital out
lay is the elimination of sev
eral projects.
The budget committee also
approved a bond Interest and
redemption fund totaling
$479,089.94, which is $15,
919.53 less than this year's
fund, and the school lunch
fund totaling $273,444.29, for
which there is equal revenue.
Demo Committee
To Meet Tonight
Final plans for the 11th
annual Roosevelt Memorial
dinner, which will be held
Saturday, April 15, will be
discussed at a meeting of the
Jackson County Democratic
Central committee at 8
o'clock tonight at the Labor
temple.
U.S. Sen. Frank Church
Idaho, will speak at the Me
morial dinner. Former Idaho
residents planning to attend
the dinner and wishing reser
vations for the special Idaho
table are asked to notify Mrs.
Hugh Freil, executive secre
tary. All Democrats holding
ticket money for the event
have been asked to turn in
proceeds to Mrs. Friel at to
night s meeting.
Mrs. Thomas Rutter, chair
man of the county home rule
study committee, will speak
at tonight's meeting. She will
give a report on work done
by the committee to date. A
question and answer period
will follow.
Schumacher Becomes
While qf Office
County Assessor Ray J.
Schumaker is in Sacred
Heart hospital today for ob
servation and treatment.
He became ill in his office
at the courthouse yesterday
afternoon. Dr. A. Erin Merkel
made the preliminary exami
nation, and contacted Schu
macher's private physician,
who ordered him to the hos
pital.
VACATION ENDS .
Palm Springs, Calif. (UPD
Former President Dwight D
Eisenhower ends his desert
vacation tonight.
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ORBITS EARTH Shown above is Russia's Yuri Gagarin
who, accdrding tto- Tass, successfully orbited the earth and
returned safely, Gagarin was the first man to break thoough
the space' barrier ana': fly above tne confines of tne earuvs
atmosphere. V. "' (UPI . Radiotelephoto)
D Siays Em e rg enty
Funds May Be Used
For tines to Lakes
Jackson countv cannot use
emergency funds for cohstruc
tinn nf hnat niers at Howard
Prairie and Emigrant lakes,
according to an opinion given
tn the cnuntv court bv District
Attorney Alan Holmes today.
Dock sections have been
constructed, but the anchored
pier sections are yet to be
pnnstructed. Countv Engineer
Robert J. Carstensen estimat
ed labor costs and materials
at $400 if old county bridge
timbers can be used.
Emereencv funds could be
used for installation of elec
triff: nnwer olants at Howard
Prairie and for water and
sanitary facilities at Emigrant
lake, the district auorney
stated.
Cost of Power Plant
Estimated cost of the Dower
plant, including the installa
tion and wiring, is $6,000,
and the water and sanitary
facilities, $5,500, according to
a letter from Robert J.
Keeney, Jackson county parks
and recreation commission
chairman. ,
Rpnresenatives of the Cali
fornia Oregon Power compa
ny have been discussing tne
possibilities with the county
court of running power trans
mission lines to Hyatt and
Howard Prairie lakes and
Willow lake near Butte Falls.
No cost estimates have been
established,, according to a
(Jopco oinciais.
Holmes advised the county
court tn declare an emergen
cy, explain the circumstances,
and enter this information in
to the minutes. If this is an
situation. . it may
be possible to bypass public
bidding on tne neeoeu power,
water and sanitary facilities
even though the purchase
WEATHER
FORECAST: Considerable clou
diness but occasional clearlng
periodt tonight and Thursday.
Scattered showers Thursday.
Cooler. Low tonlcht 35. Hi(h
Thursday 55.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 70
Lowest This Morninr . .. 43
Free, to 10 a.m. Today .02
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today :49 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 9:34 a.m.
Moonrlse tomorrow .. 5:00 a.m.
New Moon . . Friday night
V1SIBLF. PLANETS
Mars, In the west ...10:07 p.m.
Jupiter and Saturn, in the
southeast 3:54 a.m.
(Pollux Is the star right above
Mars; Altalr Is the ftar well
above Jupiter and Saturn.
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price is more than $1,500, the
district attorney wrote.
Noies Use of Lakes
In the opinion, Holmes not
ed that 12,000 persons used
Emigrant lake during a recent
week end. April 22 is the
opening of fishing season and
the Howard Prairie recreation
area, was turned over to the
county after the 1980-61 budg
et was formulated.
The opinion resulted from
Keeney's letter noting that the
county court had not yet tak
en action to provide needed
facilities, and that emergency
funds may be required.
The roads at Willow and
Howard Prairie lakes have
been improved. The parking
lot at Howard Prairie has
been expanded and the boat
launching ramp has been ex
tended into the boat basin,
Carstensen reported.
Hearing Date Set
For Ashland Budget
Ashland May 3 will be the
date for a public hearing on
the 1961-62 general fund
budget for the Ashland school
district.
The preliminary budget
prepared by the school board
and district budget committee
totals $1,303,275, an increase
of $197,086 over this year's
figure.
The hearing will follow the
annual school elections' May
1, and will be held in the
distict administration build
ing at 8 p.m.
The school board accepted
resignations of four teachers
at its meeting. They were
from Doris Henderson, girls
physical education instructor
at Ashland High school; Mrs.
Gloria Thorpe, third grade
teacher at Briscoe school;
Mrs. Marsha Ferte, second
grade teacher at Briscoe, and
Ruth Esther Hill, junior high
school librarian.
Approval was granted for
offering nine contracts for
teachers for next year.
OSC PROFESSOR DIES
New Delhi (UPD Dr. Joseph
S. Butts, 57, professor of bio
chemistry at Oregon State
College, Corvallis, Ore., died
Sunday of an infection con
tacted while on a field trip in
South India.
jKUSSI A CI ill EII1S
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Medford
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JFKr Adenauer
Discuss Unity
Of NATO Allies
Washington - IBPD - Presi
dent Kennedy and West Ger
man Chancellor Konrad Ade
nauer today discussed means
for "achieving greater unily"
among the North Atlantic al
lies. Kennedy and Adenauer dis
cussed NATO in a 90-minute
conference the first of a
series of meetings between
the two leaders at the White
House.
In summarizing the first
round of talks, the White
House said the parley dealt
generally with problems in
volving NATO. But White
House Press Secretary Pierre
Salinger said they "also en
gaged in a general review of
world problems."
Salinger described the meet
ing as "a personal discussion"
attended only by: Kennedy,
Adenauer,- Secretary of State
Dean Rusk -and West German
Foreign Minister Henrich von
Brentano and their interpret
ers. . . ,
Hopes for Backing
In the discussions, Kennedy
hoped to win German backing
for his, proposal calling for
a considerable build-up in the
conventional forces of the Eu
ropean members of NATO. In
return, he was ready to prom
ise some effort to give other
NATO members a share' in
control of nuclear weapons
power.
Salinger said there would
be a "larger meeting Thurs
day morning" at which other
aides would be present.
Board Approves
Three Candidates
Three candidates for elec
tion to the school board were
approved by the Medford
board last night. One board
member will be elected for a
five-year term at the general
school election May 1,
The candidates are Dr. Da
vid C. Boals, 34 Glen Oak ct.,
Medford; Gerald M. (Jerry)
Gastineau, 2647 Eastover Ter
race dr., Medford; and Lerby
J. Smith, 1015 Whitman ave.,
Medford.
Board Chairman Edward
Branchfield is not seeking re
election. Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield,
superintendent, reviewed leg
islative measures relating to
education, and reported on
progress of a study of new
high school needs in the dis
trict. Russ Acheson, assistant su
perintendent, reviewed prog
ress on the high school physi
cal education addition, noting
that it is almost complete
Two classrooms in the addi
tion are now being used, and
two others are ready to use,
The board voted to sched
ule commencement exercises
in the Medford High school
stadium because of limited
indoor facilities. The exercises
were held in the stadium last
June.
One teacher resignation was
accepted, and 16 teachers were
elected by the board.
Criminal Libel
Trial Postponed
Hillsboro -4UPD- Mrs. Audrey
Henry, Lake Oswego, who
was scheduled to go on trial
here April 17 on charges of
political criminal libel in con
nection with pre-election ma
terial circulated against
State Sen. Monroe Sweetland
has had her trial postponed
until May 1.
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1961
Senate Approves
Billboard Measure
Bv 25 To 2 Vote
Salem-IUPB-A bill to clean
away many of the billboards
along Interstate Highways 99
and 30 passed the Senate 25-2
today. It would qualify .he
state for some $600,000 in fed
eral bonus funds.
Petition Opposing
Road Submitted
The county court this morn
ing took under advisement a
resolution from the Eagle
Point Parent Teachers , asso
ciation opposing conversion
of the Medco logging railroad
right of way to a log truck
road. ;V; v " .. U:-:'i-j-v
The county court Indicated
it '-was-outside the- court'
jurisdiction since the pro
posed logging road is k pri
vate one.-
A letter, from Medford
Lawyer Ben Day said the
PTA has strong personal con
cern over, -the Proposed Jog
ging .road and the general
public would be adversely af
fected if the logging road
should become estabished. He
requested the county court s
assistance in preventing the
conversion.- ' : '
Day lis ! representing the
Jackson County Home Own
ers' Protective association,
consisting of a group of resi
dents along the proposed road
right of - way which opposes
the road.
The resolution, declared
the road would be a public
nuisance and- dangerous for
school' busses and school
children using the many pub
lic roads intersecting with the
proposed log truck road.
Bloodmobile Gets
'Poor Response'
The poorest ' response in
years to a Bloodmobile visit
was the way Red Cross offi
cials described this week's vis
it of the unit to Medford,.
Only 170 pints of blood
were collected during the two
day -visit. The visit was an
experiment, according to Mrs.
J. W. Burba, blood program
chairman, with evening and
morning hours scheduled
well as afternoon hours. .
The quota for the visit was
300 pints. The next visit will
be in June. : -
Box Score of
Space Launchings
Washington (UPD The
pace box, scorei
Satellites and probes to
date: U.S. 40, Russia IS.
Still in earth orbit: U.S.
21, Runia 1.
In solar orbit: U.S. 2,
Rutiia 2.
Still transmitting: U.S. 9,
Russia none.
Lunar Impact: ' Russia I,
U.S. none.
Men launched into orbit:
Runia 1, U. S. none.
Retrievals of spacecraft
from orbltt U.S. 4, Russia 4.
Note: U.S. Explorer X is
Included among craft still
in earth orbit although it
may have reentered the at
moiphere and burned up.
Space officials are not yet
certain about its fate.
56th
The measure, SB235, is a
companion to another bill,
SB233, which would create a
scenic area commission, in
cluding representatives of the
billboard industry, to police
highway : signs along state
highways. ,
Both - now must receive
House action.
Directional Markers
The interstate bill, : based
on federal laws, would permit
directional and official mark
ers, signs, advertising activity
within 12 miles, and signs of
special interest to the public
such as restaurant, motel and
piling station advertisements,
! Jljlmlted billboard advertis
ing also would be allowed on
certain stretches.
The two measures .i were
drafted with the support of
highway advertisers' them
selves after a ballot proposal
to wipe away, virtually all
highway signs was beaten last
year.
! Rep'. , Grace Peck said her
committee on health and wel
fare was to meet this after
noon to' vote out . the go ver-
nor s- $13 million medicare
program. The Association of
Oregon Counties submitted an
amendment that would make
county ' Participation permis
sive, not mandatory. A spokes
man said counties don't have
the money, about $1.7 million,
Commerce Approved -
The House State and Fed
eral Affairs Committee ap
proved . the governor's com
merce department bill, part of
government reorganization.
Meanwhile, public power
advocates Tuesday cried
"monopoly" and said a Sen
ate - approved bill would
strangle people's utility dis
tricts to the advantage of pri
vate power. r
The House Planning and
Developing , Committee was
urged to kill SB487 which
would let the public utility
commissioner ratify private
agreements between utilities
on what areas they want to
serve.
Hatfield Proposes
Industrial District
Astoria - (UPD - Gov. Mark
Hatfield today proposed es
tablishment of a Lower Co
lumbia River Industrial dis
trict. He made the nroDosal
during a talk as Astoria hon
ored the descendants ol its
founder on Astoria's 150th
birthday.
' Hatfield laid prospects of
low cost power had stimulated
renewed interest In the Pacific
Northwest among electro-process
Industries and other
heavy industrial users of pow
er. He said active inquiries
about possible plant sites had
been received from four such
firms in the past few months.
' Hatfield said the Lower
Columbia area had the po
tential to meet site require
ments but had few good sites
now ready to show prospec
tive new industry.
The need, he said, was for
an organization or agency to
develop and carry out a plan
to create good sites. He sug
gested as possibilities a Low
er Columbia Port Authority
a Lower Colombia Develop
ment Corporation, or an as
sociation of existing ports,
local governmental units and
Chambers of Commerce in
Clatsop and Columbia counties.
Year Price 10 Cents
Tribune
No. 18
U.S. Officials
Long Resigned
To Russian Feat
Washington (UPD U.S. offi
cials have, been resigned for
more than two years to the
probability that Russia would
be the first nation to put a
man in orbit. ' -
The announcement that tne
Soviet Union now has
achieved this goal surprised
them only to the extent that
the Russians were not able
to do It sooner.
American space officials
had anticipated that Russia
would get a man in space last
year. They long have credited
the Russians with the skills
and necessary rocket power.
and believe they have been
working toward that end at
least since 1955.
The United States does riot
exDcct to nutione .of Its Mer-
1 cury astronauts In orbit be-
Unr.Blate this year or early ;'ln
1962..
Test Hop First
First, this county must com
plete a series of preliminary
steps. These will Include
brief rocket hop down the At
lantic missile range , by an
astronaut some time next
month and the -launching of a
chimpanzee into orbit later
this year.
The United States, however
regretful that the first man in
orbit was a Russian, will go
ahead with its Mercury' pro
gram. Officials consider it the
absolutely vital first step to
ward later attempts to send
men to the moon or planets.
When the Mercury project
became an official program of
the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration 27
months ago, officials warned
that Russia probably would
get a man up first.
They were oonvinced of this
probability on Nov. 3, 1957,
when the Russians put the dog
Laika in orbit aboard Sputnik
II. Laika was sent up for the
express purpose df testing the
effects of weightlessness and
other novel space conditions.
Big Rocket Booster . '
According to. Dr. Hugh U.
Dryden, NASA's deputy di
rector, the Russians have been
performing all of their space
spectaculars with a basic
rocket booster generating
about 800,000 pounds of
thrust. . '
Using it, they have put Into
orbit spacecraft weighing
more than seven tons. This
country will not be able to
match that performance until
1064 when the Saturn rocket
will become operational.
The Saturn booster will
have 1.5 million pounds of
thrust. . . . -
The first Mercury astronaut
will be put in orbit by an
Atlas Inter-continental ballis
tic missile developing only
360,000 pounds of thrust
less than half the power of
today's Russian boosters. '
No Orchards Heated
In Area Early Today ;
Orchard heating has eased
off the last two days with
light heating early Tuesday
morning, and no heating this
morning.
Low temperature eaily to
day was estimated at 38 de
grees. In his preliminary fote
east, William Rogers, of the
fruit frost forecast service
predicted brief light firing
during clear periods tonight
and early tomorrow morning.
He forecast a 30-degree low in
the coldest places.
Tuesday morning the low
temperature in ' the coldest
places was 29 degrees. Firing
started at 4 a.m. and stopped
at daybreak.
Cosmonaut Orbits
Earth; Lands in
Designated Spot
Flight Consumes
Hour, 48 Minutes
' Moscow - (UPD - Russia won
the man-in-space race today
by shooting a young air force
officer around the world in a
space ship and bringing him
back alive.
The Soviet Union announc
ed that Maj. Yuri Gagarin,
27, the father oftwo children,
had orbited the earth in a
five-tori .space ship on a flight
that took one hour and 48
minutes;:
In that' brief span, hardlv
more than the time of a train
trip from New York to Phila
delphia,, man broke the bar
rier to space travel and raced
closer to the eventual goal of
flights to, other planets. - .
Soviet :'Premicr N 1 k 1 1 a '
Khrushohev messaged Gagarin
your deed' which-will be re
membered down the centuries
as an example of courage, gal-
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name M ser'Vlce to mankind."
Kennedy Sends .
Congratulations ; "
President Kennedy in Wash
ington said:' "The achievement
by the U. S. S., R. in orbiting
a man and returning him safe
ly to the ground, is an out-'
standing technical accomplish-
ment. We congratulate tho-
Soviet scientists and engineers
who made this feat possible."-
The first space man himself
was, quoted by Moscow Radio
as saying: "The realization of'
man's J)?ht into. space opens
up grandiose prospects in the '
conquest of space by man
kind." As the nsw spread throuch
Moscow crowds swarmed into
the streets in the wildest dis
play of jubilation seen here
since Nazi Germany collapsed
May 8, 1945.
Snowfall Ceases
Celebrants paraded throueh
the main streets, children
were dismissed from school,
radios and television sets pro
claimed the news over and
over. Snow that had been fall- -lng
on Moscow ceased, and the
sun came out.
Gagarin made the e d 1 e
Journey .in' what was called
a "stepped-lying position, with
his torso on the ship's floor
and with his legs in a chair
like device. ,
After he alighted from the
craft, Gagarin, whose last
name means "wild duck", said
he felt fine.' . i
The actual orbiting time was
announced - as 89.1 minutes
for the trip of more than 20,
000 miles at heights ranging
from 109 to 187 miles over the
earth In the space ship named
Vostok (East). '...,.
In Constant Touch
The craft was controlled,
from the ground all the way,
and the Soviet scientiest said
they were in touch with the !
Cosmonaut, - as the Russians
call him, by radio and televi-
sion all the" way. The addi
tional time given for the trip
apparently covered landing
time, And although it was an- .
nounced Gagarin returned to
a predetermined spot in the
Soviet Union, it was possible
his takeoff and arrival sites
were widely separated.
CPRFPD Approves
Budget After Hearing
Central Point Central
Point! rural fire protective ;
district budget committee, fol
lowing a public hearing last
night, approved the district
budgfit for the 1961-1962 fis
cal year.
The amount Is $33,188
which Is within the 6 per cent
statutory limitation. It com
pares to $31,458 budgeted lor
the current year.
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