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2 g SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1962 European Launching MEDFOHU MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Develop ment Group Prepares for Space Age By ROBERT MUSEL United Pri International London-iUPH-". . , Four . . , throe . . . two . . . one . . . liftoff!" With a mighty roar the rocket engines flamed into! Waste in the desolate Cum action. Cape Canaveral in Florida? Baikonur near the Aral Sea in Russia? No, this was Spadeadam berland Fells of Britain where Europe is making a $196 mil lion bet that in space the race is not always to the swift. At a quick glance you might have ihouRht you were at Canaveral - there was the giant rocket alongside its gan try, the oncrcte pad, the blockhouse crammed with in- SPADEADAM WASTE This is an aerial view looking west showing the control tower (foreground) and three test stands ut Spadeadam Waste at Cumberland Fells, Great Britain, where the European Launcher Development Or ganization is conducting static tests for satellite construc tion. Different stages of the work are being carried out by seven countries Britain, Australia, Belgium, West Germany, France, Italy and Holland. First actual test launch is expected to take place in Woomera, Australia, firing range at the end of 1963. (UPI) struments monitoring the fir ing by closed-circuit televi sion. But there was a difference. At Spadeadam Waste the rocket never left the ground. It was tethered by cables for the 40 seconds its engines fired in the most successful test thus far of the British Blue Streak rocket. This tome day will be the first stage of the all-purpose rocket envisioned by the seven countries which have signed the European Launch er Development Organization Convention -Britain, Aus tralia, Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy and Holland. Europe ha? cut its space program to fit its purse. Manned flight and the race to the moon? The United States and the Soviet Union can have this all to them selves so far as the ELDO countries are concerned. They haven't the money lo compete and even if they did - they insist this is not sour grapes - they are not con vinced that a man will be better than a robot in the hostile environment of space. So they have settled for a more modest but, they think, probably more rewarding pro gram in a remarkable exam pic of international cooperation. Britain is entrusted with the first stage of the rocket. France is in charg? of the second stage and West Ger many the third stage. The test satellites will be constructed by Italy. Belgium will super vise the down-range guidance equipment and Holland the telemetry. Providing Firing Rangs Australia is providing its firing range at Woomera. Member countries are con tributing on the basis of na tional income. Britain is putting up 27 million sterling ($75.6 million), France about 17 million sterling ($47.6 mil lion), Germany about 15 mil lion sterling ($43 million), Italy about 7 million sterling ($19 million) and Belgium and Holland some 2 million sterling each ($5.6 trillion). The first actual test launch ing from Woomera is expect ed to take place at the end of 1963. After thai, and before the end of 1966, the ELDO coun tries believe they will be able to: High Circular Orbit Place a one-ton satellite into a 300-mile high circular orbit. Fire 400-500 pound com munications satellites into high circular orbits. Send a 200-pound probe on an orbit reaching 100,000 miles into space. Land a 100-pound satellite on the moon. Spadeadam Waste has been the static test station for Brit ish rockets for the past three years. It lies within two miles of the Great Wall built by the Roman Emperor Hadrian to tists of the 20th Century had to take a lesson from Hadri an's engineers. The Romans keep the Scots from invading solved the problem by sup- porting me roaas on orusn wood "racines." Spadeariam's builders knew Roman Britain. When it came to building roads for rocket components across the Bogland the scien- a good idea when they saw it. MM.B Announcing . . . Msdford Paint & Wallpaper Company Now Carrying a Full line of IVERSON QUALITY PAINTS Made in Oregon for Oregon People Corner 6th & Holly Phone 772-9321 MAKE SURE That Your Vote Counts. ELECT FOR STATE SENATOR, JACKSON COUNTY, 111 X HENRY F. PADGHAM, Jr. Democrat I-;-:" V'- Qualified Discerning gressive Paid Pol. Adv. PADGHAM FOR STATE SENATOR COMMITTEE Scott Hamilton Chairman 1 309 Court Medford Britain's Parliament WiSI Convene in London Oct. 25 By PETEH KNOX Unitod Press International London - llll'll - The U.S. Congress has gone " homo. B r i I a i n's Parliament is about to return to work for a session that may well make or break British mem bership in "Europe" - and the Conservative govern ment as well. The House of Common reconvenes Oct. 25. The session is crucial because within two years of this month Prime Minister Har old Macmillan must call na tional elections. What he accomplishes in the upcom ing parliamentary session will be his platform before the voters. And what he must ac complish Is British member ship In the European Com mon Market, the historic breaking off of Britain's literal and figuraiivc stand offishness from her neigh bors across the channel. Fighting Session All political portents are for a fighting parliamentary session. The opposition L a I) o r party has let it be known In advance that it plans to at tack the Consrrvalivo gov ernment hard on all fronts, and particularly on its han dling of negotiations lo join the European Common Mar ket. The Conservatives, on the other hand, know that to slay in power they must make a bold showing In the montlts ahead. The alterna tive Is risk of defeat in the general elections. Ill the 630-seat llullre of Commons, the Conserva tives hold a commanding majority with ;US members In Labor's 2.riH and the Lib eral parly's seven. Labor party leader Hugh Gaitskell lias managed to achieve in the past month a greater degree of unity in the party - on the sur face at least - than has existed at any lime since it way swepi from power in 1951. Tipsters arc saying at the moment that spring of 1904 is a likely election dale. Macmillan, however, will movo when ho feels the lime Is best for his parly. Public opinion polls this month have Indicated that Ihc Conservatives have picked up some support in recent weeks-. One recent test gave them about 40 per cent of the electorate, Labor just over .'10, and the Liberals about 20 Willi the rest undecided. This compares with polls about throe months ago that showed the three main parties more or less even. In the months immedi ately ahead, there will be live by-elections to test pub lic opinion more accurate ly. All of these are for Conf-ervative-lU'ld seats. La bor is favored tu win one of thorn - the Scottish sent of Glasgow Woodsiric, The others are expected to re main in government hands. The burning issues In the new Parliament appear cer tain to be the government's plans to enter Europe, and its handling of the general economic situation. Kennedy Presents Aviation Awards Washington -fUM- President Kennedy has presented the Hinmn international aviation trophies to four pilots-one deceased for their outstanding and extraordin ary feats of flying during liMil. Kennedy presented the awards to Air Koree I.t. Col. William R. Payne: aviatrtx Jacqueline Cochran, a six time winner. Cmdr. Malcolm I"), Ituss and l.t. Cmdr. Victor K. Pralher, whose widow ac cepted the trophy. Kennedy is the fourth pres ident to present the trophy to Miss Cochran. Eight Recordi She set einht "world class" records with a TUB supersonic jet and flew a K104 jet fighter al twice the speed of sound. Payne won the aviator trophy for piloting a B5B bomber to two international supersonic speed records. Moss and Prather were given awards for attaining a record altitude of 113,739. ) feet In a balloon flight over the Gulf of Mexico. The flight lasted nine hours. At peak altitude, they conducted medical and scien tific experiments. Prather drowned after he slipped from a harness while beinu picked up by a heli copter upon completion of the flight. , NEARLY CLEANS UP j Lafayette. Ind, -HIPD - Street i sweeper William Hayes almost I cleaned up last week. He swept up a bundle containing i nearly Si. 000 but it belonged ! to a drugstore employee who ; dropped it on the way to the ! bank, It is 1 he economic i.ss-ue that, is likely to cost Con sorval.ive.s the Glasgow seat. Unemployment is beginning lo run high in Scotland -nearing the 100.000 mark and working class voters are expected to be out of sympathy with the govern ment. The Conservative govern ment's popularity slipped lasL year and early this year when iL put the brakes on pay incrca.ses and intro duced a credit squeeze to Iry and right the country's weak balance of payments position. Latest figures indicate the economy is running in (lie black again exporting more thnn it is imuorting and the government has been able to relax its tight hold on finances a little. Slill Considerable Slack But there is still consid erable slack in the econ omy. Both organized labor and biiFinesMuen have been cjilting for a greater rate of industrial expansion. La bor is sure to try lo make as much political capital a.s possible out of the eco nomic issue, and persistent union pressure for higher pay. On the Common Market question, the Labor parly has come down against en try into Europe on the terms Maemillan'c govern ment has been able to ob tain so far. The prime minister has slaked Ids whole political life en getting Britain into Europe, because he consid ers this an essential move, politically and economical ly, if this country is to con' tunic as a world power. & sis! ' v ,vi - v . py&' ili'& St w - AT 1' FREAK ACCIDENT-.Mrs. Anna Wisnom, 77, of San Mateo, Calif., wa inturrd seriously in a "onp-in a mlllion" auto accident near her home when a lartfe branch snapped from a tree and cru&h'-d into her car. She was trapped until police and firemen were able to saw thioui;h the two-foot thick hiunt-h and free her liesi-urrs are shown as they surveyed the accident scene, (IT!) . j -SW r-y ( t" "Good Guys Give- yJ n Be a Good Guy!" tt-Jk ftJ hit THE UNITED MEDFORD CRUSADE HAS BEGUN - DON'T DELAY GIVE NOW and Help Win the Race for Community Services! 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