MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
WEDNESDAY. MAY 10. 1961
PRESS CONFERENCE
West Answers Self on Problems
Of Covering Astronaut's Welcome
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By DICK WEST I
Washington (UPD I spent
leveral hours Monday trying
get around to all the places
where Astro
naut Alan
Shepard was
receiving the
cap Hal's ac
claim for his
ride into
space.
When it was
over, I sat
down and
held a news
conference with myself, dur
ing which I asked myself the
types of questions that Shep
ard faced everywhere he
went.
The transcript of this ses
sion, known in space language
as "de-briefing," went like
this:
Q. What do you consider
the most dangerous part of
your experience in covering
the astronaut's visit to Wash
ington? A. I would say the critical
point came as I was trying to
get across Memorial Bridge in
the morning rush hour traf
fic. A wrong turn at this
time would have put me in
orbit around the Pentagon. In
fact, I could have wound up
in the Pentagon.
Q. What did you think
' about during that long count
down by the traffic cop on
Independence ave.?
A. Actually, I didn't have
time to think about anything.
I was busy with my radio con
trols, trying to bring in a
station that wasn't playing a
Bobby Darin record.
Q. At what point did you
experience the greatest stress?
A. The greatest stress was
felt during the congressional
reception for Shepard in the
old Supreme Court chamber
in the Capitol. I was pinned
against the podium by three
senators, five congress men
and 16 television technicians.
Q. At any time did you
have a feeling of apprehen
sion? A. Yes. I was apprehensive
about the chances of getting a
rib broken by a certain sen
ator's elbow.
Q. What were you referring
to when you exclaimed that
something was "a beautiful
sight?"
A. I was referring to the
way that the chamber door
locked when I finally reached
it after the reception was
over.
Q. On the basis of your ex
perience, do you have any
recommendations to make
concerning visits by astro
nauts in the future?
A. Yes. I recommend that
in the future all congression
al receptions for astronauts be
held in the baseball stadium.
Q. What would you say was
the most difficult part about
covering the astronaut's ac
tivities. A.' The biggest difficulty I
had wis flagging down a taxi
outside the State Department
auditorium after his news
conference.
Q. At any time while you
were in the auditorium did
you notice any weightless
ness? ,
A. Yes. I thought some of
the questions that Shepard
had to answer were totally
weightless.
Riddle Nickel Pact Being Studied By Senate Committee
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By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Washington
Correspondent
Washington - (Special)
Sen. Maurine B. Neuberger
(D-Ore.) took n o t e of the
GAO audit report In a letter
to Sen. John L. McClellan,
nhnirmnn n f iha f!nuprnmpnl
The Senate Government Op-i0pt,rations Committee- She
erations committee has de-!said:
cided to lookj "i am particularly inter
into the con-1 ested in this report because it
tracts between; involves mining and ferro
the M. A. Han-j nickel processing operations
na Co. and: in the state of Oregon. In ad
thc govern-j dition, the GSA contracts
ment under wllh the Hanna group expire
which nickel; in 1962 and conditions exist-
t ' '
Smith
production has
been under
way at Riddle,
Ore., since
1954-
There is nothing in the com
mittee's quest to suggest that
it is . searching for wrong
doing. It is checking into sug
gestions made by U.S. Comp
troller General Joseph Camp
bell based on an audit of the
nickel contracts by the Gen
eral Accounting Office.
ing at the time of termination
will have bearing on continu
ed operations which affect
employment and our general
economy.
May Acquire Title
"Unless some steps are tak
en in the period before con
tract termination, it appears
the Hanna group will be in a
position to acquire title for
about $1,700,000 to plant fa
cilities costing the govern
ment in excess of $22 million;
and the government will have
an inventory of ferronickel
costing as much as $75 mil
lion which it cannot sell. Be
fore time has run out, it
might be advisable to deter
mine whether there should
be further examination of the
relationship to assure that
equities of both parties are
fully protected."
The contracts were worked
out during the last year of the
Truman administration with
the Hanna firm, whose most
noted officer was President
Eisenhower's first Treasury
secretary, George M. Humph
rey. The contracts call for
Hanna subsidiaries to mine
the ore and to convert it into
ferronickel, used in alloying
for stainless steel and heavy
plating. Two-thirds of the $90
million worth of ferronickel
produced has gone into the
government stockpile.
GAO urged that more of it
be marketed to industrial us
ers instead of running up the, He said it would
also con-
stockpile beyond planned 'sider legislation requiring
goals. It also suggested some that the books of contractors
attempt to work, out a new : receiving negotiated contracts
agreement for Hanna to pay of this sort be opened to gov
for continued use of the smel-; eminent auditors.
tor, built with $22 million in I
government funds, which it
can buy for the salvage price'
of $1.7 million. I
Files Requested
"In the light of information!
disclosed by the audit," Sen-!
ator Neuberger wrote Sena
tor McClellan, "perhaps your
committee will find it desir-!
able to determine the extent1
to which recommendations of
the Comptroller General to
General Services Administra
tion and the Office of Civil
and Defense Mobilization are;
being carried out for dispos-!
al of the government's invert-'
tory of ferronickel." i
Senator McClellan replied
that the committee, had re-j
quested the files in the case
and planned to look into it J
statements respecting the nic
kel operation.
"The office of the Comp
troller General deserves com
mendation for the thorough-
One of the complaints ofihrnr irt rt ',, tho ,t
GAO was that the contracts j investigation was hampered
with Hanna did not require by unavailability of vital ex
the firm to reveal its profit pense and profit information."
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Minimum Teacher
Salaries Approved
Salem - (UPD - A bill to in
crease salary mlnlmums for
teachers, thought to be dead
In the Senate State and Fed
eral Affairs Committee, Tues
day won 25-3 approval on the
Senate floor and went to the
House.
SB60 by Sen. AI Flegel (D
Roseburg) would set these new
minimums:
, -$3,500 a year for those
with less than a bachelor's de
gree. The present minimum is
$3,400.
-$3,900 Instead of $3,700
for those with a BA.
-$42,000 Instead of $4,000
for those with a master's de
gree. PAY HIKES VOTED
Salem - (UPD - The Senate
Monday afternoon approved
$13.9 million in salary in
creases for state employees
plus a $9.7 million building
program for higher educa
tion.
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