ooper To Be Honored at White House Reception Tuesday
Washtngton-dJPIt-The White
the Air Force Jet transports
normally assigned to the
Formal honors will be paid
come involved no problem of
overexhaustion on Cooper's
part.
He said the White House
Just wanted "to give him a
day of rest before he comes
here."
Plans for a parade through
Washington and an appear
ance by the astronaut before a
joint session of Congress were
being worked out by NASA
officials, congressional lead
ers and the city officials.
In discussing the 24-hour
delay in the Washington trib
ute to Cooper, Salinger said
veloped automatic control
Acting with the same
promptness, the House and
Senate passed by standing
ovation, resolutions of con
In his brief phone conversa
President said: "We are proud
House announced today that
a Washington reception for as
tronaut L. Gordon Cooper,
originally planned for Mon
day, had been put off until
Tuesday to give the 22-orbit
pilot "some breathing time."
Press Secretary Pierre Sal
inger said the astronaut would
be received by the President
with full military honors in
the White House rose garden
Tuesday.
Kennedy will send one of
Cooper by Congress as well as
the White House.
On arrival here at the el
lipse, the Cooper family will
motor to the south grounds
of the White House where the
President will present him
the National Aeronautics and
Space Agency Distinguished
Service Medal. The same dec
oration was awarded Cooper's
predecessors in space among
the Mercury astronauts.
Salinger said the one-day
delay in the Washington wel
that after reexamination of
the astronaut's schedule, gov
ernment officials felt that it
was "Just too tight."
NASA and the White House
felt he should .have some
"breathing time)" Salinger
added.
A far more spontaneous
tribute to Cooper's heroism
and skill was evidenced late
Thursday when Kennedy and
millions of other Americans
kept a prayerful vigil as the
astronaut's space capsule de
trouble.
"This was one of the vic
tories for the human spirit to
day," Kennedy told a nation
wide television audience short
ly after Cooper's safe landing.
Within minutes after Coop
er was plucked from the Pa
cific and brought aboard the
USS Kearsarge the Chief
Executive delivered his per
sonal congratulations to the
astronaut for making the most
hazardous and longest U.S.
space flight.
tion with Kennedy, the as
tronaut remarked: "Thank
you, sir. It was a good flight.
I enjoyed it."
Kennedy, who followed
Cooper's re entry progress
through the crucial closing
stages, also called Mrs. Coop
er at Houston, Tex., to con
gratulate her.
Speaking of the Coopers in
his television remarks, the
of both of them and, indeed,
we take the greatest satisfac
tion as Americans in this ex
traordlnary feat."
White House to Cape Canav
eral, Fla., to pick up Cooper
and his family Tuesday morn
ing. They will land at An
drews Air Force Base, Md
then travel by helicopter to
the ellipse Just south of the
White House gardens.
Salinger said Cooper will
meet a previously set schedule
for a news conference at Cape
Canaveral Sunday, then have
a day of rest before coming to
Washington.
gratulation. Defense Secretary
Robert S. McNamara and Air
Force Secretary Eugene
Zuckert dispatched telegrams
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of praise for Coopers space
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Cooper, who in a space
sense "flew by the seat of his
pants" in bringing his capsule
Faith 7 back to safety, re
ceived the praises with laconic
modesty,
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...American nearis swenea
with Joyful pride today at the
space conquering feat of as
tronaut L. Gordon Cooper.
"Wonderful . . . fantastic
, . . tremendous , . amazing
. . . terrific . . . perfect
damned fine" were the words
used to describe his 22.9 orbit
flifiht and safe return.
They waited and watched
and prayed while Cooper
whirled alone in his Faith 1
caDsule. A hush fell on gath
erings across the land as
Cooper started his re-entry
Then they cheered. From
the throats of more than 9,000
persons gathered in cavernous
Grand Central Station in
New York City burst a roar
like the rocket that blasted
Cooper into space. It echoed
throughout the land.
Perhaps a little child said
it best.
"I feel so happy," squeal
ed Christine Louis, 10, one
of the crowd in Grant Cen
tral. "I'd like to visit the
moon myself sometime.
Her feelings were mirrored
In Salt Lake City by police
man Wayne Kuehne, who
said:
"It's still amazing. Now in
time we can expect to go to
the moon
University of Utah geolo
gist Dr. William Hewitt called
it "A most amazing achieve.
ment for all the people in the
world," and added, "Fifty
years from now his flight will
look as cumbersome to us as
the Wright Brothers airplane
does today."
In the tiny Colorado moun
tain town of Carbondale most
of the 612 inhabitants staged a
parade on Main st. to cele
brate the flight of the man
they consider a hometown
hero. The Cooper family owns
a ranch near Carbondale.
At Denver, Gov. John A.
Love sent Cooper a telegram
with an Invitation to a west-
ern welcome.
"We want to show our
great admiration for you and
your courageous family i
soon a; you can return home
Love snid.
In San Francisco, hotel em
ployee Bernard Burke called
it "a damned fine Job. We
should be proud of him, es
pecially the way he brought
in his capsule all by himself."
Prayer and applause for
Cooper broke up the Thurs
day afternoon session of the
Oregon House of Representa
tives in Salem. House mem
bers stood in silent prayer
when word came that Cooper
would have to use manual
control to re-enter the earth's
atmosphere
Oregon Gov. Mark Hatfield
issued the following . state
ment:
"Each of these flights, even
though they lose some of
their luster as they become
more frequent, is another
milestone along the path of
man's conquest of space.
"It brings the day closer
when we will land on other
planets. We Join in the con
gratulations to the whole team
which made up this mission
and to Mr. Cooper as their
symbol
Foreign Briefs
SUKARNO ORDERS PRESS COOPERATION
Jakarta, Indontsia-WD-Prasidtnf Sukarno has issued a
decree requiring all newspapers and periodicals to support
and promote the government ideology or face loss of ihair
licenses.
The decree authorises the Minister of Information to
carry out its implementation. . i
INDIAN GROUP TAKES OVER BRITISH PAPER '
New DelhMIPIWThe last Brltlsh-owned newspaper in India
will be taken over by a group controlled by Indian capital.
It was announced today.
The Statesman, published In Calcutta and New Delhi,
aid a board of trustees hid been selected to make sure the
newspaper retains Its long-ettabllihed political independence.
INTERNATIONAL AIR FARES DIBCUSSED
Hamilton, Bermuda-rtlPII-Memberi of the International
Air Transport association planned to meet here today for
me second lime in an eilori to solve a controversy over
Internationa air fares.
Mountain Trails in
Area Still Blocked
By Snow, FS Reports
Many roads are open for
recreation this week end but
many mountain trails are still
blocked by snow as are num
erous campgrounds in me
Rogue River National forest,
the forest supervisors office
reported today.
There is snow at an eleva
tion of 4,800 feet on the Butte
Falls Ranger district. Willow
lake is open, but trails are
still covered by snow. All low
elevation roads are open.
Fish Lake road east of Willow
lake is under construction and
rough in places. There is
heavy logging traffic on the
Lodgepole road.
Whiskey Springs and Four
Bit Creek campgrounds are
orien but all others on the
Butte Falls Ranger district
are snow bound.
The snow elevation is high
er in the Applegate country,
5,000 feet. The Squaw lake
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Creek road is closed and
heavy logging traffic is re
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at some points due to snow
and fallen timber. The river
trail In the vicinity of Union
Creek Is being repaired.
Campgrounds open are Wood
ruff, Natural Bridge, Fare
well Bend, and the north side
of Union Creek for limited
use.
There are no campgrounds
open on the Prospect district
and no trail maintenance work
has been done. Most of the
main roads are open at the
lower elevations and heavy
log truck traffic is reported on
the Woodruff and Abbott
Creek roads during week
days.
Fishing is better at Union
Creek. Angling at Prospect is 1
New York-IUPII-Strength in
sugar issues featured an other
Naturalist Named
At Crater Lake Park
Richard M. Brown ha: been
desigatned chief park natural
ist for Crater Lake National
park. Superintendent W.
Ward Yeager has announced,
Brown comes to the park
from Muir Woods National
Monument, Mill Valley, Calif.,
where he also was chief park
naturalist. Prevlousy, he serv
ed with the National Park
Service seasonably as a park
naturalist and then perma
nent as assistant park natur
alist, both at Crater Lake Na
tional park.
Brown attended ban Diego
State . college, San Diego,
Calif., for the fall semester,
1043, before enlisting in the
United States Naval Reserve.
Upon being discharged in
1048, he returned to San
Diego State college for two
years and then transferred to
Pomona college, Claremont,
Calif., receiving his bachelor
of arts degree from that in
stitution in 19S0.
He subsequently attended
Harvard university for two
years, obtaining a master of
arts degree there in 1952, the
University of Michigan for
four years, working toward a
Ph. D, degree, and San Fran
cisco State college.
Evaporator Sysfems
New Industrial Tool
New Orleans - (UPD - More
than 25 million gallons of
sea or brackish water are con
verted to fresh water through
out the world every day by
use of flash evaporator sys
tems, it was estimated at the
recent annual meeting of the
American Institute of Chem
ical Engineers.
"This new Industrial tool
will allow more flexibility in
chemical plant designs and
make available more plant
sites which were at one time
considered 'water poor'," said
R. A. Baker Jr., of Westing
house Electric corporation,
Philadelphia.
wise narrowly mixed stock
market today.
Cains in the sugar group
have reflected a series of
boosts in the price of refined
sugar. Holly and Amalaga
mated paced the sugar lead'
ers.
Du Pont and Rohm & Haas
rose about a point apiece in
the chemicals. Steels were
mixed but Chrysler rose
roughly 1 in a steady auto
section. Oils weakened fea
turing General American and
Amerada off nearly a point
eacn.
listed as fair, and fair to good
in Willow lake. All streams
in the Butte Falls area are
still too high. There are no
reports from the Applegate
section.
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final stock averages: 30 in
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railroads 168.17. up 0.27; IS
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