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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1963
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
KIMMY SAYS-
Editor's note: Thfi column ti
written by j Medford tetn ager
who hai chosen the non dt plum
of "Kimmy." Other teen agers in
the ire and, who knowa, per
haps even parents baffled at their
offsprings behavior are invited
to write to "Kimmy1 in care of
the Mail Tribune, for suggestions
or advice on manners, dress, be
havior and similar subjects.
Good Housekeeping in Space Isn't Best; Perfection Needed
bv JOSEPH L. MY1.ER I assumed major importance. We , So serious is the space hazard 1 trol thrusters aboard John H. i scraps. It appears to have been i falls on the tab
Dear Kimmy: Some of the
teenagers in my crowd think
its smart to drink beer at
parties. Am I a square fur
not wanting to join them?
A Minor
Dear Minor: No, by all means!
Try fish. It's a MUCH better
brain food.
Dear Kimmy: I am 4 years
old and I want a tricycle.
How do I get one?
Scotty
Dear Scotty: Write to Santa
Claus, and be good to your
parents.
Dear Kimmy: I'm tl years
old and my brother, who is
16, is always picking on me.
Picked On
Dear Picked On: Are you giv
ing your brother a reason to
be picking on you? This is
something you'll have to learn
to live with, or learn to get
along with each other. Try the
latter. It shouldn't be too hard.
Dear Kimmy: How old do
you think that a girl and boy
should he to go to the drive-in
movies?
P. U.
Dear P. U.: As old as their
parents say they have to be.
Dear Kimmy: I broke up
with a boy last week and now
I like him.
Lover Girl
Dear Lover Girl: What did
you break up with him for
then?
by JOSEPH L. MYLER
United Press International
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Good
housekeeping in space isn't good
enough.
It has to be well-nigh perfect.
A droplet of spilled water, a
crumb, a bit of dust conceivably
could short - circuit a switch or
clog a valve upon which the suc
cess of the flight, and the lives
of the astronauts depended.
This is one of the lessons
learned from the now concluded
Mercury man-in-orbit program.
It is a lesson engineers and
technicians have taken in their
preparations for Gemini ren
dezvous and Ap o 1 1 o moon
flights to come.
In the words of Walter C. Wil
liams, deputy director of the Na
tional Aeronautics and Space
administration's manned space
craft center at Houston.
'Dirt, debris, and foreign ob
jects within a spacecraft have
have found that we cannot toler
ate even the smallest amount
of dirt inside the spacecraft
while it is in the weightless
state."
Under weightlessness any
thing that isn't tied down one
way or another tends to eome
out of whatever crevice or re
cess it may have been hiding in,
and to float around the cabin on
mischief bent.
Not even figuratively can you
sweep anything under the rug
in a spacecraft and expect it
to stay there. And even a drop
of the purest distilled drinking
water becomes dirt when it gets
out of bounds.
So serious is the space hazard
of dirt thet Mercury cabins, be
fore being taken to the launch
pad, were turned upside down
in a meticulously cleaned
"white room" and tumbled a
bit to dislodge any loose debris
or stray objects.
Electromagnetic force fields
around equipment and the metal
skin of the spacecraft attract
any free floating material. This
has caused shortages in elec
trical and stoppages in flow sys
tems. An unscreened cabin fan was
put out of commission on an
early unmanned Mercury flight.
Unwanted debris clogged chan
nels of the small altitude con
Glenn Jr.'s spacecraft.
Astronaut Walter M. Schirra
Jr. had trouble with the temper
ature control of his spacesuit
during his six - orbit flight of
Oct. 3, 1962. A tiny bit of dirt
had clogged the valve which
regulated the flow of cooling
water.
Control System Fails
L. Gordon Cooper's automatic
control system aboard Faith 7
failed toward the end of his
22.9 - orbit flight last May, and
he had to manipulate hand-operated
devices to get safely down
from orbit.
In this case the villain wasn't
dust or any loose metal or other
scraps. It appears to have been
water. Cooper was plagued by
leaks in his spacesuit plumbine
and in his drinking water tank.
Experts believe misplac e d
moisture corroded a couple of
key electrical connections and
threw the entire automatic con
trol system out of kilter.
Robert A. Nanz of the space
craft center's crew systems di
vision explains that "unrestrain
ed liquids," floating around the
cabin of a spacecraft in glo
bules, "could coat every sur
face they brushed against in the
course of their wanderings."
Crumbs Make Trouble
Crumbs, too, could make
trouble. On earth a crumb just
falls on the tablecloth and lies
there. In space it could be
drawn into an astronaut's wind
pipe, or it might get into a
piece of equipment and jam it.
Williams and others have
found out what every housewife
knows: "We can never reach
the perfection of absolute clean
liness." But the effort must be
made.
And "if we cannot eliminate
the debris," Williams says, "we
must eliminate the chances of
it interfering with the working
of spacecraft equipment."
This, he concedes, "is going
to take some very careful de
sign work on the part of the engineer."
Tear Gas Burns Portland Student
PORTLAND (UPI) - A 14-year-old
student at Fernwood
Grade school here was burned
on the hand Wednesday by a
tear gas shell fired by another
student.
Hearings Continue
In Seaside Rioting
SEASIDE (UPI)-Court hear
ings continued here Wednesday
for those charged with various
offenses in connection with the
Labor Day week end rioting.
Four persons entered pleas of
innocent and trial will be sched
uled for them. Eight others for
feited bail ranging from $30 to
$500.
Principal Edwin E. Petersen
said an 8th grade student was
turned over to Juvenile authori
ties after he fired the shell at
Gary McGrew, who suffered
slight burns.
Petersen said the 300 students
and teachers on the second
floor of the school were kept
in their rooms for more than
an hour while the tear gas
cleared.
About a dozen students were
close to the blast and required
extensive eye washing, he said.
Petersen said the boy ad
mitted to police he took the
fountain pen tear gas gun from
an automobile.
Dear Kimmy: Last summer
I went with a girl. Now she
is in France. No girls in this
place interest me. Do you
think that I miss her because
she is away or because I just
like her?
Confused
Dear Confused: For HER
sake, it had better be BOTH.
Dear Kimmy: I don't like
my boy friend any more and
' 1 don't know how to gel rid
nf him without hurting him.
He is always calling me and
asking me to go to the show.
Tired
Dear Tired: Go out with OTH
ER boys.
Dear Kimmy: 1 like a boy
and so does my girl friend.
He likes me more though.
What should I do? I don't
want to hurl my girl friend.
Second Choice
Dear Second Choice: Let HIM
make; the first move.
Dear Kimmy: If you like
two boys and are going with
one who doesn't like you hang
ing around with any other
hoys, but the oilier always
goes horsrhack riding with
you and is your next door
neighbor, what should you do?
Contused
Dear Confused: Go with the
one you feel is more fun and
worth while. Choose while you
can!!
Dear Kimmy: If ynu met
someone casually ONCE, and
he promised to write and
didn't what should vnu do?
Waiting
Dear Waiting: Meeting a per
son just ONCE isn't too much
to go on. Wait until you sec
him again, and perhaps things
will get off to a better start.
South Viel Nam
Bishop Denies
Vatican Refusal
NEW YORK (UPI) - Msgr.
Ngo Dinh Thuc, archbishop of ,
Hue and a member ot boutn
Viet Nam's ruling family
Wednesday night denied publish
ed reports that he had been i
refused a Vatican audience with
Pope Paul VI.
The archbishop flew here
here from Rome for a "one
or two day visit" with friends
such as Francis Cardinal Spell
man and Bishop Fulton J.
Sheen.
Contrary to reports, Thuc
said, he has an audience sched
uled with the pontiff shortly
after he returns to Rome from
New York to attend the Sept.
23 opening of the Second Ecu
menical Council.
Asked about repressive meas
ures against the Buddhist ma
jority in South Viet Nam by
the regime of his brother, Pres
ident Ngo Dinh Diem, the arch
bishop said he could not speak
out about the political turmoil
in the country "because of an
order from the Vatican . . ."
Not His Duty
"They have said to me
enough . . . that it is nol my
duty to mention politics," Thuc
said.
On reports that the United
States might curtail aid to
South Viet Nam to force re
forms there, Thuc said:
"If American aid is with
drawn, we will have to manage
somehow. American aid to Viet
Nam is well known by the peo
ple. The United States is pour-
ing millions of dollars and we
are matching it (in the fight
against the Communist Vict
Cong) with our blood."
According to Thuc, only a !
handful" of Buddhists in his
country are actively opposed to
the Diem regime.
Court Records
MKDFOItn Ml'MCII'Al.
Edtlh Marlcnr- Cooper, violation
of hnnic rule. $1(1
Steven FrnnKlln wtiliion, ills
otteyeri truffle sttinal. SHI.
Noel A. Adams, disobeyed truffle
llRual, $10
Marian virnlnla unuueei. viola
tion ol baste rule. S'.W
Jack Deltnn Pulltns, violation of
baste rule. $.Y
Gilford Harold ShoberR, violation
nf basic rule, $111.
John Lewis lleanis Jr., disobeyed
traffic slmial. $111.
WOI1 K WKKK LONGER
BUDAPEST, Hungary (UPI)
Hungary has introduced a 56
hour work week in the huilding
industry on a "voluntarily ba
sis" to catch up with serious
delays in construction schedules.
Building Minister Rezsoe Traut
mann said Wednesday night.
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bedroom window of their home In Birmingham, Ala., which was
the target for a concussion grenade tossed from a siwding car
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