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SCENE OF LAUNCHING Shown above is the scene be
fore rocketing of Navy Cmdr. Alan Shepard Jr. on a trip
into space. In this diagrammed general view of the launch
ing site, the Redstone rocket is on its pad ready to be
AWAY OUT YONDER The Redstone rocket carrying
Cmdr. Alan Shepard Jr. on America's first manned space
flight leaves a trail of vapor as it soars toward space
til w
ALL READY Cmdr. Alan
Shepard has an eager look in
his eye as he walks from the
medical center at Cape Ca
naveral dressed for- his ride
Into space. (UPI Telephoto)
Hearing Today on
School Budget
A public hearing on the pro
posed budget for fiscal year
1961-62 for the Medford school
district will be held at 4
o'clock this afternoon in the
school administration build
ing. 500 Monroe St., Medford.
The general fund totals S4,
047,728, an increase of $154.
160.01, or about 4 per cent
more than this year's budget,
roughly corresponding to an
expected increase of 4 per
cent in enrollment.
An election on the amount
of the general fund over the
6 per cent limitation will be
held May 25. The amount out
side the limitation is $2,070,
805.95. Much of the increase in this
year's budget is because of
salaries for instruction. The
salary total is S2, 621,444, an
increase of 5200,183. The in
crease includes salaries for 15
new teachers, to handle an ex
pected rise of 350 students,
and two special education
teachers.
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ENTERS CAPSULE Astronaut Alan Shepard is inserted
into the space capsule atop the Redstone rocket just before
being fired into space as the United States made its first
manned space shot. Shepard was picked up from the Atlantic
Ocean about 15 minutes after blastoff. (UPI Telephoto)
Mayor Comes Up Wffi
Own 'Saving Time'
Today is really next Fri
day. The Mayor says so.
Atler reading Iho tact
that five of Oregon's most
populous counties will go
on daylight saving time Sun
day, and that a couple of
others wish they could.
Mayor John W. Snider,
came up with his own solu-
FBI Arrests Woman
Wanted in Medford
FBI agents Thursday arrest
ed a woman in North Bend
who is wanted by Medford
police to face charges of cash
ing more than $100 in worth
less checks here during April.
The woman, Mrs. Louise
Marie McCall. about 40, who
resided in Medford temporar
ily last month, was arrested
on a federal warrant charg
ing her with fleeing from the
state of California to avoid
prosecution for burelary.
Medford police said Mrs.
McCall is apparently wanted
in San Luis Obispo. Calif., on
a charcc of grand theft in
volving the stealing of tele
vision sets from motel rooms.
Her husband is also reported
ly wanted.
Medford police hold a Jack
son county district court war
rant charging Mrs,
McCall I
with obtaining prooerty by
false pretenses, bail $2,500.
There are 13 separate check
cases in Medford involving
rj. McCall, police said.
fired. America's first astronaut had previously entered the
Mercury capsule by way of the gantry elevator which was
then moved away into the background.
(UPI Telephoto)
down the Atlantic missile range. Shepard s high altitude
comment was that it was beautiful.
(UPI Telephoto)
lion, and issued the follow
ing declaration:
"Because we in this far
flung outpost of civilization
are prohibited by law from
oDserving daylight saving
time, I declare that all
Calendars in this area are
officially set one week
ahead as of today, which
is now next Friday,
"To mention Just a few
of the advantages this will
give us over our sophisti
cated cousins, (1) we will
celebrate July 4 on June 27,
(2) we will not watch next
week's television shows last
week, (3) our women can
lie honestiy about their
ages for at least one whole,
week each year, and (4) it
permits us to sneak up on
ducks, deer and fish a
whole week beiore they
know the season is open,"
The information was
taken over the telephone,
so the reporter couldn't tell
whether the Mayor's tongue
was In his light or left
cheek.
Drink Guaranteed To
Send One Into Space
Chicago -ait- A Chicago
hotel's bar started serving
"astronaut" cocktails today
soon after astronaut Alan B.
shepard made his space flight.
The bartender reported that
the drink contained various
types of rum and was "guar
anteed to send anyone into
'SSff."
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BLASTOFF America's first
astronaut starts out on his
ride through space in his cap
sule atop the Redstone rocket
at Cape Canaveral.
(UPI Telephoto)
Spring Concert
Slated at Hedrick
"Fantasy Lund" is the
theme for the spring vocal
concen by Medford elemen
tary schools at 8 o'clock to
night at Hedrick Junior High
school.
Under the direction of Dr..
Justin L. Dyrud, vocal music
supervisor, more than 650
fifth and sixth graders from
the district's 14 elementary
schools will participate in the
program.
The program has been re
hearsed several times this
week, and will, include the
use of pantomime and light
ing to illustrate the music as
it is presented. This if the
first time pantomime has
been used in the biennial pro
gram. The program is open to the
ibllc without charge.
Kennedy Talks
With Shepard on
Radio-Telephone
Astronaut Will
Meet President
Washington 0JPD Astronaut
Alan B. Shepard reported to
President Kennedy by radio
telephone today that "every
thing worked just about per
fectly on his flighty into
space.
"It was a very rewarding
experience for me and the
people who made it possible,"
Shepard told the President.
Kennedy spoke from his
White House office to Shep
ard in the admiral's quarters
aboard the Navy aircraft car
rier Lake Champlain.
Text of Conversation
The con versation came
shortly after Shepard was
plucked out of the Atlantic
and flown aboard the Cham
plain by helicopter. ,
Here is the text of their
conversation.
Kennedy - Hello Com
mander.
Shepard - Yes sir.
Kennedy - I want to con
gratulate you very much.
Shepard - Thank you very
much, Mr, President.
Kennedy - We watched
you on TV of course and we
are awfully pleased and
proud of what you did.
Shepard - Well, thank you,
sir. As you know by now
everything worked just about
perfectly and it was a very
rewarding experience for me
and the people who made it
possible.
Kennedy - We are looking
forward to seeing you up
here, commander,
Shepard - Thank you very
much; I am looking forward
to it, I assure you. . v ,
Extend Congratulations
Kennedy - The members of
the National Security Council
are meeting on another mat
ter this morning and they all
want me to give you their
congratulations.
Shepard - Thank you very
much, sir, and I'm looking
forward to meeting you in the
near future.
Kennedy - Thank you, com
mander and good luck.
The White House an
nounced that Shepard prob
ably will be brought here on
Monday to confer with Ken
nedy and to receive his con
gratulations. There was a move afoot in
Congress to award Shepard
the Medal of Honor - the na
tion's most coveted decora
tion. In a statement issued after
the flight, Kennedy said all
Americans rejoice in the mis
sion carried out by the heroic
astronaut.
Damage To Peach
Crop Is Reported
The peach crop on approxi
mately 10 per cent of the
acreage in Jackson county
was lost due to spring frost
damage, County Agent David
Passon estimated today.
Passon said he spent the
last four days in a survey of
more than 100 orchards in the
county. Frost damage fol
lowed a hit and miss pattern
during the 13 days of orchard
heating so far, he said. The
higher areas froze and the
lower ones frosted, he noted.
Passon estimated that the
county has about 1,400 acres
of stone fruit which includes
apricots and peaches.
"Besides the 10 per cent of
outright loss, I figure another
15 per cent received a light
set and the remaining 73 per
cent will have a normal crop.
Sportsfair Opens
At Armory Tonight
The Crater Lions club spon
sored Sportsfair and Home
and Garden show will start
this evening and continue
throurh Sunday, at the ar
mory south of Medford.
Highlighting tonight's pro
gram is the first of two hory
shows. The show starts at 8
o'clock.
Other activities during the
week end will include dem
onstrations of sky diving, skin
diving, judo, and swimming.
Booths with displays of sport
ing goods equipment, mate
rials for use in homes, and
plants and shrubs for land
scaping are planned both in-
nd outside the armory.
Regional Edition
Medford,
20 Pages MEDFORD,
Freak Accident
Claims Life of
'Sub-Astronaut'
Pensacola, Fla. - (UPD - A
freak accident took the life of
a Navy officer Thursday
minutes after he and another
"sub-astronaut" returned from
a record flight more than 21
miles into the atmosphere
aboard a 411-foot balloon.
Lt. Cmdr. Victor G. Prath
er, 34-year-old father of two,
was killed when he fell from
the sling of a helicopter which
had lifted him and Cmdr. Mal
colm Ross, 41, from the Gulf
of Mexico after successful
descent. '
Autopsy Planned
Navy officials aboard the
aircraft carrier Antietam,
from which the balloon had
been launched, said an autop
sy would be performed today
at the Pensacola Naval Air
Station to determine the cause
of Prather's death.
Lt. Cmdr. Marvin Neese,
public information officer at
the base, said Prather "defi
nitely was not injured" in the
landing of the balloon and
called the flight "a very good
success."
In Pressurised Suits
Ross and Prather were clad
in pressurized suits for the
flight aboard the seven-acre
balloon, dubbed "Stratolab
No. 5." Their 113,500 feet
ascent set a record for man
ned lighter-than-air flight. The
previous., record of. 101,516
feet was made by Air Force
Capt. Joe Kittlnger. :
The Navy said the sondola
of the balloon descended flaw
lessly, landing in the Gulf
near the Antietam. A heli
copter lowered a sling belt
and Ross was hauled safely
aboard the craft.
Prather, attached to the
Naval Research Institute at
Bethesda, Md fell into the
water as the sling was being
raised to the helicopter. The
Navy did not reveal the dis
tance of his fall.
Deputy Hospitalized
In State of Shock
Sgt. Veryl Vanoose of the
Jackson county sheriff's of
fice was taken to Sacred
Heart hospital early this
morning where he is renort-
edly in good condition recov
ering from a "state of nervous
shock."
Medford police were called
to the Vanoose residence
about 4:15 o'clock this morn
ing on a report that assist
ance was needed there. When
they arrived, police found
Vanoose lying on his back on
couch in a semi-conscious
state.
An ambulance was called
for Vanoose. Before the ambu
lance could arrive, however,
police said Vanoose stopped
breathing three times, and
police each time assisted him
in resuming breathing.
Sheriff Joe Walsh said this
morning that he understands
that Vanoose Is seriously ill in
the hospital, but said he knew
nothing more about the In
cident. Circumstances surrounding
the incident are not clear, but
it has been reliably reported
that Vanoose was involved in
a family dispute of some kind,
and that during the dispute a
shot was fired. The same
source reported that city po
lice found a bullet hole in
the bedroom floor at the
Vanoose residence, and a gun
that had one spent cartridge.
Apparently no one was in
jured by the shot. Neither was
it clear who fired the shot.
'Alan, What a Ride
Astronaut Declares
Aboard Lake Champlain,
-UPD- Astronaut Alan B.
Shepard's first words when
he climbed into the recov
ery helicopter after landing
at sea todeyi
"Man, what a ride."
He grinned happily as he
aid It, reported Lt. George
Cox of Eustis, Fla. Cox was
. copilot of the helicopter.
IliTRIBUNE
OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY
News
Washington-ftlPI-Rep. Paul
that his armed services subcommittee will launch in exhaus
tive review of the activities of the super-secret Central Intel
ligence Agency.
Kiiday. whose House group is charged with supervising
the CIA, said the closed-door inquiry would look for "an
swers to a number of questions posed by the agency's opera
tions during the last 14 years."
Washlngton-IUPU-President Kennedy today was believed
prepared to send U.S. troops to South Viet Nam if necessary
to save that country from Communist conquest.
Washington-OIPll-Sen. Maurine Neuberger (D-Ore.) said
today she had been informed the National Science Founda
tion Sunday would announce six grants to Oregon schools of
higher education for in-service institutes for high school sci
ence and mathematics teachers.
Salinas. Calif-IUPtt-Bud Antle. Inc., a huge Salinas Valley
lettuce grower, has signed a contract with the Teamsters
Union covering field workers, the first such agreement ever
made in California.
Council Endorses
Commission Stand
On Building Site
The Medford city council
last night endorsed the stand
of the city planning commis
sion and the Medford Cham
ber of Commerce by adopting
a resolution asking that the
$2Vi million Medford federal
building be located in the pro
posed civic center site.
" Mayor John W. Snider to
day said he would sign the
resolution. Following last.
ves
Buying Properly
The Medford city council
last night approved by a 8 to
1 vote the expenditure of $30,-
000 for .73 acres of property
south of the Jackson st.
bridge needed for right of
way for the proposed exten
sion of Fourth st.
City Manager Robert A.
Duff recommended that the
purchase price be approved,
noting that it is within recent
city appraisals of $30,850 and
$31,500, respectively, Earlier
appraisals had estimated the
value of the land at much
less, but Duff said the price
has gone up considerably re
cently. William Doernbach, 143
Mace ave., protested the price
being paid by the city and
said: "I'd feel kind of funny
if the property was valued at
$10,000 and less, then last
year it was appraised at $18,
000 and $19,000, then this
year . . it has jumped to $30,
000, Someone should feel
silly besides me."
Councilman R. L. Van
Sickle, the lone dissenter,
agreed with Doernbach and
said: "That's quite a jump;
almost 50 per cent." He said
the difference in cost should
be explained or the city
should call for additional ap
praisals. The-council also awarded a
low bid of $19,329 to the Vir
gil 0? Anderson company,
Medford, to build the exten
sion of Fourth st. from River
side ave. to Jackson at.
Gold Hill Police
Chief Resigns
Gold Hill-Disagreement be
tween members of the Gold
Hill city council and Police
Chief L. R. (Roy) Harrison
as to who is responsible for
police work ended with the
officer submitting his resigna
tion to the council this week.
Harrison said he felt it was
Impossible to tolerate "con
tinuing Interference' of indi
vidual members of the coun
cil." He said this "Interfer
ence" made performance of
his duties ineffective. He de
clined to explain the alleged
interference.
Today Mayor Milton Steln
metz denied any knowledge of
reasons for Harrison's resig
nation, effective at noon to
day. City officials met Wednes
day night and named Earl Cox
to replace Harrison. There
were two applications for the
position. Cox will be sworn
lntoday.
56th Year Price 10 Cents
T
5, 1961 No. 38
Briefs
J. Kiiday (D-Tex.) has decided
night's meeting he said he
hadn't made up his mind,
noting that he was impressed
with a last-minute appeal for
the 10th st. site by Medford
Postmaster Moore Hamilton,
The mayor said also that he
called Congressman Edwin R
Durno today and asked him to
request the general services
administration not to make
decision on the site until he
can come to Washington, D.C.
in June and talk to them
about it. Durno told the
mayor he would do this.
The council voted S to 1
to approve the resolution. The
dissenting vote was cast by
Councilman Bill Singler who
declared: "I don't think it is
our duty to step in now that
commitments have already
been made (for the 10th' st.
site)." Councilman Fred Rob
inson was not at the meeting.
Whether the council's ac
tion will have any bearing on
the federal government's de
cision can only be guessed. It
is known, however, that the
government was once leaning
toward a site south of 10th
st. between Central and River
side aves., but has recently in
dicated that it might be per
suaded to change its mint;.
The resolution will be rent
to Oregon's Congressional
delegation and to GSA of
ficials Whose responsibility it
is to select a site for the build
ing. Councilman Robert Baccus
pointed out that the resolu
tion does not mean the council
is endorsing the civic center
itself. It asks only that the
federal building be located in
the area which is proposed for
the civic center.
Son of Ashlanders
Assists in Pickup
Seaman First Class Richard
L. Johnson, son of Mr, and
Mrs. Frank Tungate, 77 Pine
St., Ashland, is a member on
the crew of the aircraft car
rier, USS Lake Champlain,
which picked up Astronaut
Alan B. Shepard.
Johnson Is a graduate of
Butte Falls High school and
attended Southern Oregon
college prior to entering the
service about 2Vi years ago.
Governor Will Arrive
Here Saturday Afternoon
Gov. Mark Hatfield is ex
pected In Medford about 3:30
p.m. tomorrow for appear
ances at the Crater Lions club
sponsored Sportsfair and
Home and Garden show at the
Armory and at a Republican
recognition banquet at Hed
rick Junior High school.
Governor Hatfield is sched
uled to talk briefly at the
Sportsfair late In the after
noon, according to Dick Haw
kins, general chairman for the
event He will speak from a
stage Inside the armory.
His main address while in
Medford, however, will be at
the Republican b a n q u e t,
which starts at 7 p.m. at Hed
rick Junior high.
Precinct committeemen and
wotflen will receive special
Astronaut, Craft
Recovered in
Perfect Condition
Flawless Journey
Into Space Made
Cape Canaveral, Fla.-flJPD- '
America's first astronaut
roared 115 miles above the
earth todpy aboard a space
craft named Freedom 7 and
won for ' America a historic
breakthrough: The first flight
in space controlled by the
pilot himself.
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard
Jr., 37, and his spacecraft
both performed without a
flaw, and both came home
from the sky Irf perfect con
dition. Unlike Russia's rocket
ttempts, anybody who want
ed to could watch. Tens of
thousands did.
Man, what a ride!" was
the astronaut's grinning com
ment to the men who picked
him up at sea.
Whistle Heard for Miles
Freedom 7, a bell-shaped
capsule perched on the nose
of a Redstone rocket, blasted .
off from the sands of Cape
Canaveral at 6:34 a.m. (PST).
The hollow, whistling roar
was heard for miles.
It pushed, up Into a blue
sky - 115 miles up - with a
speed that reached 3,100 miles
miles an hour.
The capsule pushed free
from the spent rocket, arched
Into a high trajectory that
put Shapard in to weighless
realm of space for five min
utes, - and then rushed back
toward the sea. Shepard con
trolled Its movements, though
not its course, during that five
mtity.tes). ,;!. .
Scored Bullseye
The Navy commander hit
the sea 15 minutes after blast
ing off. ' '" -'
For Wernher von Braun
and his rocket scientists, the
Redstone virtually scored a
bullseye with its payload.
The space capsule landed
less than four miles from the
aircraft carrier Lake Cham
plain, and it took a Marine
helicopter only three minutes
to pluck both Shepard and
his spacecraft out of the sea.
Doctors who rushed to
examine Shepard found "noth
ing ... in any way abnormal."
"I don't think you're going
to have much to do," Shepard
told Dr. Jerome Strong.
The National Aeronautics
and Space Administration
hailed the flight as one that
will "lead us eventually far
from the surface of the earth."
Second by second NASA .
reported what was going on
aboard the Freedom 7. Almost
before those waiting on the
cape could catch their breath
after watching the Redstone's
beautiful flight until it was
out of sight, the word came at
7:58 a.m. PDT that a hell
copter had plucked Shepard
out of the capsule and was
bearing him and his space
coach to the aircraft carrier
Lake Champlain.
Various Maneuvers i
Then came the word that
Shepard was ' on the deck
"under his own power and
doing very well." ,
Shepard during much of his
ride put the capsule through
various maneuvers.
He changed the way it
pointed In space.
He controlled its pitch, roll,
and yaw.
He reported what was hap.
penlng to him when gravity
forced multiplied his weight
some six times during pow
ered flight and 11 times when
he came back down through,
the atmosphere.
recognition, " and Individual
award certificates commend
ing their election year service
will be presented. The certifi
cates are signed by ' former
Vice President Richard M.
Nixon, Sen, Thruston Morton,
state party leaders, and the
governor.
State Republican Chairman
Robert G. Davis, Grants Pass,
will present the certificates.
Mrs. Stephen G. Nye, din
ner chairman, said widespread
Interest is indicated by ad
vance ticket sales. She said
persons not able to attend the
dinner may hear Governor
Hatflelda' talk which will
start about 6:30 p.m., without
charge. Tickets tor the buffet
dinner may be obtained at the '
door. ' t