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Soviet Spaceman Says Orbiting Earth
A Breeze; Wants To Try 'Real Flying'
"Moscow - (UPD --m Spaceman
Yuri Gagarin, said Saturday
his pioneer flight in orbit was
such a breeze he now wants
"to do some real flying", - to
the moon, Venus or Mars. He
disclosed the Russians rare
building special space ships
presumably lor a manned
' moon flight.
' Gagarin told the largest
v news conference ever held in
: Moscow that his own space
' ship "Voatok' (East) returned
to earth intact, its instruments
in tip-top order, and it could
be used again for space flight.
The Soviet air force major
'explained for the first time
, how he was able to see the
earth from his spaceship. He
said his ship had a "porthole,''
." and he had a clear view of the
earth at all times. -
Mrir Exists
But the spaceman failed to
-clear up the mystery of exact-
j how he landed back on
earth following the epochal
space flight he said was made
1 at heights ranging from 110
to 188 miles. '
Asked to give details on
how he landed, the 27-year-old
Gagarin said Russia had
'developed several "tech
niques,"' including use of par
achutes, for landing ' from
. space flights. But he side
stepped any direct answer.
' K "My landing showed the
v correctness of all the means
developed to land," Gagarin
said. '
I '7 nnnnvtn uihn rMflvfH A lift-
Hrious 10-hour public welcome
' In Moscow Friday, appeared
for two hours yesterday be
fore an estimaiea x.uuu re
. porters In the Scientists' club
auditorium.
Long Lines r u
- Long line of Muscovites
waited . outside the building
Jit! hopes of catching a
glimpse of Gagarin, who is
a small man in comparison
with America's strapping as
tronaut trainees. Newsmen es
timated his height at about
S feet, 4 inches. His weight
was given at 153 pounds. '
The spaceman,i calmly an
r'ering : written ' questions,
t i newsmen that:
-It would be a simple thing
' orient mans, during orbital
t, with the earth's surface
tuse the topqgraphical de-
of mnuntalns, big rivers,
I nnri ' lakes and
i vara !i
1 i . Murt art
tuic suggestions that "spy tti
tne sky" satellites wouia De
asible for military purposes.
Cood View '
-The view was as good from
his orbit as it would be from
high-flying jet. Photograph
trg the earth from a spaceship
ch a his would present no
f oblems, but there was no
otographic equipment on
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this trip and no pictures were
-He felt, fine throughout
the 148-minute space journey,
which included 89.1 minutes
in actual orbit,; and returned
feeling as fit as he left. He
is convinced weightlessness
and other space flight effects
have no harmful effects on
man. ' i
-"My own experience
makes me believe man can
remain in orbit much longer
than I did."
-His descent from obit to
Russia's secret "cosmodomc"
took 30 minutes. He gave no
' Moscow - (DPI) Usually
calm spaceman Yuri Gaga
rin lost his composure for a
momant Saturday at in end
of a two-hour news confer
ence here. .v
, As soon as the confer
ence endedr--re tKoriers and
others in the hall leaped
onto the stage to congratu
late Gagarin or to gat bis
autograph,
: The startled Gagarin
backed aWay and saldi "No,
no, go away."
He then was whisked to
a wailing limousine which
drove him away while pla
toons of soldies kept steet
crowds in order.
details on the ascent that was
presumed , to have taken 29
minutes - the amount of time
left after subtracting the orbit
and descent periods.:
Enough Cosmonauts . .
-The Soviet -Union has
enough cosmonauts ready to
carry out its space program
and additional flights, as Well.
-He had become a cosmo-
Hatfield's Action
Pleases Officials
Salem - (UPD - The Oregon
Highway Commission said Fri
day It is "most heartened" by
Gov. Mark Hatfield's rejec
tion of a bill that would give
heavy truckers $1 million in
weight-mile tax relief, :
In a rare public statement,
the three Commissioners said
SB32 would have "materially
reduced' ' state construction
jobs, and county and city co
operative projects. :
i' ;! The . commission said H
agrees with the premise that
j highway taxes should) not be
(altered until findings of the
I Illinois road tost project are
disclosed "by mid-summer."
:- The test is expected to de
(ermine, the degree of wear
and tear that various vehicles
cause on roads, and therefore
which classes should pay more
for use. .' -. , , :
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naut at his own "urgent re
quest" sometime after qualify
ing as an air force pilot in
1957. This indicated a space
training period of two or three
years.
-Gagarin denied ; a report
he was a member of a noble
czarist Russian family: declar-
ing, "I am a simple Soviet
man, the son of a collective
farmer."
Gagarin was assisted and
prompted on technical details
by members of the Soviet
Academy of Sciences who also
answered questions. The scl'
entists made these points:
-The spaceman came
through the orbital journey
in complete good health.
-His pulse count was a nor
mal 70-75 beats per minute
before he boarded the Vostolc
and was the same when he
returned. It was, in fact, the
same as when he had gone to
bed the night before the flight
for a "sound sleep" of 10
hours.
-Reports that the Russians
had made previous attempts
to launch a man .into orbit
were a "western invention."
Scientists said there had been
no previous attempts.
-Soviet scientific thought
is now "concentrating on fur
ther space flights, on the ex
ploratlon of the moon and
other planets, on unriddling
the most closely guarded se
crets of matter structure, on
the principal life processes."
Earth Looks Good ; , '?
Gagarin told the news con
ference that from the height
of 110 to 188 miles the earth
"looks very good."
"Large mountain areas.
large rivers and forest, the
coastline, lakes, islands were
easily distinguishable." Gaga
rin said. . -
"During the space flight I
was fully able to adhere to
what we pilots call 'naviga
tion by geographical locality.'
The clouds covering the sur
face of the earth could be
seen very well, the shadows
of these clouds on the earth.
The sky. however, was
quite black. The stars in the
sky look brighter and can be
seen more accurately against
tms black sky. , ' ;
The earth has a verv char
acteristic and very beautiful
Diue naio. The aureole be
comes particularly distinct at
the horizon when gradual
transition in colors takes dace
torn' soft .blue to light, from
light blue to blue, dark blue,
violet to black, to a quite
dark sny. ' The transition is
very smooth and verv beautl
ful."
Bills Approved
By Legislature
Salem - (UPI) - Measures ap
proved Friday:
By the Senate
ow. iii Trailer taxes.
HBinni Minimum flrarnnr
from road for cars.
HB11S0 , Rights ot convicted
felons.
HB 1 175 Insurance corporations.
nowiw-ocnaoi Duagoi notice.
tlons.
HB1423 Relating to school dis
tricts.
M HB142Q Penalties for bridge toll
dodders.
HB1439 Relating to public utili
ty securities.
HB 1460 Relating to school dis-
By the House
Bud c eta For Statu Thv rnmmli.
ion and executive department.
nDijo. neioresiauon ianaa.
HB1431 Permit to enllert fnn
and shellfish for research.
HB1540 Tax commission en
forcement of county reappraisals.
nniono insurance, ,
HB1MB Fire protection.
HB1635 Relating to pollution.
HB1640 Fireforks definitions.
HB 1740 Rotating to Juries.
SB34 Public emnlnves rAtlr.
mont.
SB276 Public assistance. .
SB351 Exnnnrilncr nnuui. nf
board of dental examiners to regu-
SBB1S Renrfliientflttt ralatlin.
ships. ...
a hoi non-support.
SB01 Definition of cigarettes. " .
SBU1 Hun Un ir or anolinaT II.
cense.
alon per diem allowance.
anwi state-conducted labor
elections.
SBSia County home rule.
SB 2 40 Teachers' retirement.
SB352 Wild animals.
High Ml. Sheep Dam
In License Request
Scattle-MPD - The Washington
Public Power Supply system
rriaay authorized inclusion of
the Hi Ull Mnnnlnln
for Snake River development
In Its present license applica
tion lor me Nez race project.
The announcement was
made bv Owen W HnrH ,,
aging director ol WPPSS. The
action was taken by the sys
tem's board at a special meet
ing, he said.
"This action was taken to
prevent costly delay In pow
er development and to Insure
that an opportunity exists for
yuuuc development ot the re
maining undeveloped and un
licensed renrh nt fhn liuj'u
Snake River," Hurd said.
MILK PRICES DHOP
Portland-HJPD - Retnll milk
prices In the Portland area
are scheduled to drop two
cents a quart effective Mon
day, it was reported Saturday.
Leaders Worried
That Congress
Moving Too Slow
Washington - UPD - Some
high- ranking new frontier
leaders were showing con
cern Saturday because - Con
gress is not moving faster with
President Kennedy's 16-point
priority legislation program.
The President, they said
has not registered criticism or
complaint. But the administra
tion apparently is worried
about signs that, despite Ken
nedy's personal popularity,
lobbies and pressure groups
opposed to his programs are
making headway at the capi
toi. . . - .,.
Congress usually packs the
bulk of its accomplishments
into the last half of each ses
sion. This is particularly true
m the first year ol a new
congress when early weeks
are consumed in getting the
legislative machine organized,
On that basis, Democratic
leaders have not been wide of
the mark In claiming they
have done as well or better
than usual.
CM Factors
But those now indicating
concern cite these factors:
-Many key White House
aides are ex-professors with
limited experience in congres
sional relations. Too little per
sonal attention may have been
paid to senior committee
chairman, for. example, or to
the ' realities ' , of committee
strength. !; '
- Republicans, probing for
weak spots In the administra
tion's armor, can accomplish
almost , as much by delay as
by down right opposition.
Hence, a : too-relaxed work
schedule in, house and senate
may play into their hands and
those i of conservative Demo
crats. ; ' .. ' .
Kennedy, who knows the
senate and house as a former
member of each, saw the sen
ate finance committee give a
working-over to , Stanley - S.
Surrey, the former Harvard
law professor whom he named
as assistant treasury secretary.
Surrey's nominatidn was held
up for i weeks until Treasury
Secretary Douglas Dillon as
sured the committee he and
the President, not Surrey,
would really make tax policy.
Protsur Mounting ,
And while Surrey's nomi
nation was being delayed, leg
islative pressure, .was being
mounted against ' the treas
ury's plan, still to - be ' submit
ted, to encourage new busi
ness investment by granting a
tax credit Instead of giving
more liberal depreciation al
lowances. And the President's
tax message, expected at least
a week ago, was put off again.
No firm date has yet been
Set. ' ,. ,
Meantime, the senate for
example, got almost nowhere
in two days of debate this past
week on Kennedy's committee-approved
minimum wage
bill. Opponents effectively
stalled any quick action,
i Democratic leaders, who
originally had hoped for a fi
nal vote Friday night, put off
the whole fight until Tuesday.
Another reason some Demo
crats are concerned about the
legislative pace Is that much
of . the Kennedy program has
passed one house or the other
in the past. So far the key
Items disposed of are the un
employment compensation ex
tension, the emergency feed
grain program, and the OECD
treaty. . : - ,
Depressed areas, federal
judgeship and aid to depend
ent children are approaching
final action.1
FORESTER DIES
Portland-fllPI) - Melvln L.
Merritt, 81, well known Pa
cific Northwest forester, died
Thursday of a heart attack
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- Eugene-IUPD - Eight Uni
versity of Oregon students
started down the Willamette
River in a floating bed Fri
day night.
The proposed 44-hour trip
lasted about five hours.
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sank.
The students swam to
safety, seven of them to a
nearby island and the eighth
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A deputy and the town
marshal at Coburg took the
students off the island by
boat.
Legislature Sets
Back Wind up Date
Salem-flJH - The proposed
April 22 date for final ad
journment of the 1961 legisla
ture Is out the window.
At least that is the consid
ered opinion of those whose
job it is to wind up the ses
sion. The consensus now is
guessing May 1. ,
House Speaker Robert Dun
can said Saturday that "if we
can get out by the end of the
month, I'll be very happy."
Senate President Harry Boi-
vln declined to hazard a guess
but said "we'll stay until the
Issues are . resolved." These
include timber taxation, the
general, tax picture, basic
school support, offshore oil,
medicare and more traffic
safety legislation. .
Other Highlights
Timber ; Tax An Eastern
Oregon timber tax bill design
ed to encourage sustained yield
won' "do pass" approval of
the House Tax committee, 6-1.
HB1114 would substitute a
five per cent severance tax
for the present ad valorem tax
on private timber east of the
Cascades. Ad valorem means
a tax figured on a , year-to-
year basis. Severance is fig
ured on each tree cut.
Liquor A bill to permit
the liquor commission to set
food percentage ratios for
bars was defeated in the Sen
ate 14-13. This left unsolved
the validity of a 25 per cent
regulation set by the commis
sion last year. The regulation
is in trouble in the courts. ;
' Labor The House approv
ed an amended bill setting up
a state elections procedure to
let employees decide wheth
er -jthey want a bargaining
agent. It .went to. the Senate
for cocurrence. The compan
Ion v"Little Landrum-Griffiri"
bill is expected to die in the
House labor and industries
committee. .
Extended Benefits
Claims Total 2,604
Salem-IUPD-The first week
of federal-state temporary ex
tended unemployment com
pensation claims brought 2,
604' applications in Oregon.
Employment Commissioner
David Cameron said regular
benefits in the same week tot
aled 35,432, amounting to $1.2
million.
End of Portland
Gas War in Sight
Portland-OJPD - A gasoline
price war, which has seen
prices drop to 21.9 for regular
at major stations, is scheduled
to end Monday. I:
Virgil W. Rukke, president
ot the Oregon Gasoline Deal
ers association, said the deci
sion was made at a meeting
attended by 234 members. ,:
TOLL FINE
Salem -(UPD- Toll-dodgers on
the interstate bridge would be
subject to a fine up to $20
under a bill approved by the
Senate. Under present, law,
there is no penalty for skip
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the University of Oregon Den
tal School, has been chosen
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