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MEUKOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD, OREGON THURSDAY, Drt -'MIIEH If), 19K1 istoric Parallels Claimed in Lives of Two Johnsons Man and Space Lack of Goal Brought Death To America's Dyna-Soar Plans By ALVIN B. WEBB, JR. ! to build a laboratory-type man' United Press International i ned platform in orbit around the CAPE KENNEDY (UPI) 'earth. Such a program, it was America's Dyna Soar space i felt, would automatically fall project lived a curious life and , heir to Dyna-Soar, or an ap- died a curious death. Dyna - Soar was to be the world's first space glider a winged ship that astronauts could truly pilot, as' opposed to the current breed of capsules that have the flying characteris tics of a rock. proximation. for use as a man euverable shuttle bus to and from the orbiting platform. Axe Dyna-Soar Thus, it was ironic that, when U. S. military leaders an nounced last week they would ! finally set out along both these Except for mock - ups and ; lines, they axed Dyna-Soa rough models, Dyna-Soar never became more than a paper project" in its seven-year life despite the $400 million the Air Force pumped sometimes leisurely, sometimes frantical ly, never predictably into its blueprint blood. Dyna-Soar's failing was the lack of a goal, a specific mis sion that would give it a rea son for just being. It was handi capped under the tag of a mili tary vehicle, because the United Slates steadfastly refused to es tablish a military role for man ned spaceflight. Rumors that Dyna-Soar would be "scrubbed," as space lin guists would say, have been rampant for years. Experts, particularly those on the "pro" side felt that one of two events could save it from extinction: Creation of a military mis sion from man in space. Dyna Soar as the first in line, would have had a running start. Creation of a 0. S. project virtually the same breath. Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara outlined plans for a house trailer-sized space lab the Air Force hopes to put in orbit by 1968, and said flatly it would be used "to determine the mili tary usefulness of man in space." Under the existing philosophy of austerity in defense opera tions, money for the new pro ject had to come, at least in part, from older programs. The "old" Dyna-Soar fell victim. McNamara argued that the potential for a ferrying service did not exist with the Dyna-Soar glider. There are numerous technical and engineering ex perts that think differently the very opposite in fact force to insure the safe return of the spacemen. Unless the United States is willing to commit itself to spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to spread a recovery fleet over half the surface of the globe every time, the cap sule technique of orbit-to-earth transportation faces a foresee able dead end. Trump Suit Dyna-Soar's trump suit was its theoretical maneuverability that would have permitted a returning astronaut to guide and control his descent, to land in airplane fashion on land rather than dropping like a i tne buoyed boulder dangling at the end of a parachute somewhere at sea. Dyna-Soar is dead. But the problem of developing an ade quate, inexpensive, dependable shuttle service for orbital duty is very much alive more so, in fact, now that a space sta tion project is reality. Outside the Dyna-Soar glider, the military has or had no visible space bus service in the works. The Civilian Nation al Aeronautics and Space Ad ministration (NASA) has been flirting with so-called "lifting By JOHN II, MILLER The man destined to become president of the United States by an assassin's bullet was a southern Democrat. He was to turn his back on the attitudes of his native Southland toward the Negro. His early education was skimpy; his family didn't have the money to send him to col lege. He was a proven politician when he arrived at the White House, a man of integrity and ability imbued with an out spoken desire to serve h i s country. Though many historic paral lels are present, this was not Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president of the United Stales. It was Andrew Johnson, the 17th. What sort of a man was An drew Johnson? What befell the "other President Johnson" aft er he took over the reins of government on April 15, The Air Force space station i hnili. ,.h .o hipip win start out wun a moaincu Gemini capsule to return as tronauts to earth. Capsules re quire precise guidance, a com plicated system of parachutes and a widespread recovery Power Boat Racing Sport Booms Again Bv ROBERT WALTERS United Press International CINCINNATI, Ohio (UPI) -Power boat racing ranging from mid - ocean contests for the pros to weekend competition for the "Sunday sailor" has become a booming sport, say the men who sanction the races. "The greatest increase is among pleasure boat owners who are quickly turning inlo the water - borne version of the sports car fan they soon learn that racing is a far more lively Sunday afternoon sport than simply cruising down the riv er," says Charles Strang, newly reelected president of the Amer ican Power Boat Association. Strang, of Oshkosh, Wis., of fered his optimistic prediction at the close of the APBA's COth annual convention here. "Amer icans with increased leisure time are turning more and more toward boating and many are Albany - New York Citv race down the Hudson attracted 150 entrants and a renewal is in the works for next year. "One million people a year are now viewing our races for 'unlimited' boats," Strang no- led. "Some of the finest evi dence of increased interest is the competition to obtain spon sorship of our premier races." "Detroit put up $40,000 in prize money an all - time high for the 1964 Gold Cup race, but Seattle was close be hind with $31,500 and three oth er cilies also bid for the major unlimited hydroplane event," Slrang added. His views were echoed by Lee Schoenilh, of Detroit, chairman of the APBA's Unlimited Racing Commission, who said the in crease in pleasure boaters would mean "more people who can play the sport, but like lo watch the pros, do it a Utile nil But in the NASA scheme of things, projects Gemini and the man-to - moon Apollo get the cream. M2 and the others, way down the line, get what is left over, if anything, in the way of support. NASA's stand is logical. It is not building manned space sta tions. Therefore it does not need a shuttle service. The Air Force, however, has permission to go ahead with the space lab program it has lone sought. Now, someone is going to have to come up with a logical means of getting men to and Horn it. Six-Star Rank for MacArfhur Urged WASHINGTON (UPI) - Son. Start Symington, D-Mo., pro posed Wednesday that Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur receive the "ultimate tribute" from the na tion by making him a six-star general of the armies. The rank was conferred only once before on the late Gen. John J. Pershing. Symington, in introducing a bill lo carry oul the proposal, said MacArthur is a "towering figure" of the limes Uiat em braced World War II and the Korean conflict. 1665, following Ihe assassina tion of Abraham Lincoln? Who was this man, the only U.S. president ever to be im peached? Born In Poverty Andrew Johnson was born Dec. 29. 1808. in Raleigh, N.C. His father died when Andrew was four years old, leaving the family in poverty. At the age of 10, Andrew was apprenticed to a tailor and later made his living as a journey man tailor. His mother remarried and Hie family moved to Greene ville, Tenn., in 1826. Two years later Andrew Johnson married Iliza McCardle, the daughter of a Scottish shoemaker. They had five children. Johnson grew into a dour looking man of medium height with black hair and dark eyes. He entered politics in 1828 at the age of 19 and was elected an alderman in Grceneville on a workingmen's ticket. An ag gressive, powerful speaker, he was re-elected twice and then served as mayor of Greenville for three years. From there it was on lo two terms in the Tennessee House of Representatives, one term in the stale senate, and 10 years as a Democratic congressman. He was governor of Tennes see from 1853 to 1857 and then was elected lo the U.S. Senate. Runs with Lincoln Lincoln, the Republican, came up for re-election in 1864. His running mate was Johnson, the Democrat. The National Union party (he Republicans hoped that Johnson's name on the ticket would help reorgan ize Ihe Unionist element in the South. The ticket won. LV 3tVrr ' tmfOmmmtmdk . t r ANDREW JOHNSON Wash ingtonians find many historic parallels linking President Lyn don B. Johnson and Andrew Johnson, shown here in a photo taken during his administration as 17th president. (UPI) Then came April 14, 1865. Lincoln, the shrewd chief ex ecutive with the consummate tact, was assassinated. In a simple ceremony the following day, Andrew Johnson, a man noticeably lacking in shrewd ness and tact, was sworn in as the 17th president. The Civil War had brought about a vast expansion of llie executive powers. This aroused Ihe resentment of Congress. It soon became apparent af ter Ihe war (hat Congress was trying to strip Johnson of his powers. Congress atlcmpted to limit his pardoning power be cause of his wholesale pardons of Confederates. Much of his YOUR VACUUM CLEANER HEADQUARTERS STARK'S Christmas Gift WARRANTED USED Ideas authority as commnnder-i n-1 Senate in 1874 but the end v;s turned to Ihe body lhat threw chief of (he Army disappeared, near. He died on July 31, 1075, 1 out his impeachment by a sin The passage of many bills less than one year after a re-1 gle vote. over nis vcio ny ample majori-1 - ties was proof that he no longer : was able to interfere with leg islative power. The Final Straw Bui Ihe straw which was to ; break Johnson's back was the Tenure of Office Act, passed f .'h 2, 1867, over his veto. The act forbade the President to remove any office holder ap proved by (he Senate unless lhat body gave ils consent. The main reason Congress wanled (he act was lo keep Ed-1 win M. Stanton as secretary of I war. Johnson was certain that ' Stanton was merely an inform-; er for Congress. I After making an unsuccessful attempt to suspend Stanton, Johnson formally removed him in 1868. instructing him to turn his office over to Gen. Lorenzo Thomas. Slanlon refused. The Semite hacked him up and refused to confirm Thomas. The House promptly impeached Johnson for flouting Ihe Tenure of Of fice Act. Johnson was tried be fore the Senate and was acquit ted on May 26, 1868, by a vote of 36-19, one vole short of Ihe I necessary two-thirds to convict. The Tenure of Office Act was ! hold unconstitutional in 1926 by ; the Supreme Court. i3ut for Andrew Johnson, il was (he end. He served out his rtn as r esidcnl and was a candidate , before the next De u -ratic t convention. He was not . omi-1 naled. He later ran unsu -ss- fully for the Senate and the House. Johnson did get elected to the I VACUUM CLEANERS COMPLETE WITH: FLOOR POLISHER ATTACHMENT $ 24 (Home Appl's. For Next Week Mult Be Made By 6 P.M. 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N.Y.-Toronto competition to tie in with (he Canadian National Exposition, Stang said. New York Intcrcslod New York, home of the Gold Cup Race Powerboaling's world series has for many vcars been preoccupied with a a six - race card tor tne ism unlimited circuit: Six Races Listed Gunlersville, Ala., June 21; Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, July 26; Seattle, Aug. 9; Madison, lnd., Sepl. 7; Washington, D. C, Sep(. 14, and Lake Tahoe, Calif., Sept. 27. Schoenilh's goal is lo increase tha( list by at least one or two races in each of the next several years. Already in line as candidates for races are Cypress Gardens, Daytona Beach, Miami and Sc oring, Fla.; San Antonio, Dal las and Houston, Tex.; Baton Rouge, La.; Elizabeth City, N. C: Honolulu; Mexico City; San Diego, Calif.: Poison, Mont.; Portland, Ore., and Pe losky, Mich. "With increased promotion, elimination of red tape and a wider geographic range of races, we're convinced that I power boat racing is the sport host of other sports, but has i of the future both for par- expressed new interest m rac- ticipants ana spec t a i o r s, Ing. Strang said. This year's1 Schoenith added. GAS or OIL FURNACE INSTALLATION We will install free all heating equipment purchased from us before Christmas! HURRY WE OFFER HURRY Deluxe Montag Forced Air 20-YEAR WARRANTY Price From $149.95 CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATE RITE-WAY HEATING Kidneys Planning To Leave Hospital NEW ORLEANS (UPD- Dockworker Jefferson Davis, wilh a pair of chimpanzee kid neys miraculously hooked into his ailing system, prepared to return nome today tor a new lite owed (o medical science. Davis, 44, got his life-saving kidneys six weeks ago. He said loday he feels "like a man who hasn't been sick a day in his life." Drugs and X-rays were win ning a second part of the bat tle, against the tendency of the human body to reject all for eign objects, including heaKhy kidneys. By medication, doc tors said it appeared the (rans planl was working despite (his tendency. "At this time," Dr. Keith Rccmlsma, a surgical spokes man, said, "il appears (he re jection mechanism of the body has been overcome." Second In History Davis' operation was the sec ond such surgery in history. A 12-member team of Tulane University surgeons performed the operation Nov. 5. The first operation, performed on a 32-year-old unidentified woman, was on Oct. 8. The kidneys in this case from a rhesus mon key failed and had lo be re moved. She died two days later from her original kidney dis ease. But in the woman's case, doctors said, anti-rejection drugs failed. Reemtsma explained the drugs had been used in human-to-human kidney transplants. He said there was no way of knowing how long the kidneys would function in Davis or when Ihe palieni's system might reject the transplanted organs. Davis Feels Well "I can't feel any better than lhat," Davis (old newsmen Tuesday. "I feel better than I have (or five years. I feel like a man who hasn't been sick a day in his life." Asked why he agreed In the operation, he said the doctors told him "I couldn't live with what I've got. I had no choice I wan( to outlive you all. I just want (o survive. Keermsma said (he main sig nificance o( (he case was (ha( the special drugs and X-ray treatments apparently over' came the body's natural tenden cy to reject foreign tissue. Transplantation of olher ani mal organs into humans is not outside (he realm of possibil ity," he said. He said such transplants were plagued by (he same problem (he rejec tion mechanism. (MM BMWftliHii j&Ar-i Florentine $X irtTETi I. i! la s WjiL- Is) i - mm isl SAVE $12 28V4x41V4-in. 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