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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1959)
Tfsd:iv. October 20. 105!) PAGE 3 A Balloon Launch Hailed; Orbit Around Earth Eyed ,RdcR" Srffks re uppooe Eprf ccmpaign WASHINGTON (AP) The I minutes wmn,, ii,. h Mlm ,.,,u .-. ... ' WASIIIXGTOX AP-.cw ork, But Rockefeller turned off with?he New rk slSte budget and .for (he nomination he felt Ih united Mates has a spectacular new entry in the space derby a balloon as bi as a 10-story build ing that inflates 230 miles above the earth. The first space balloon launch. nmiuies. newspaper, oolice and; blimp with its running lights blink radio station telepnune . switch-ji"S- boards were glutted with calls. "The object began to float down David O. Tyson, of Mendham.lard slowly, drifting off to the the outside. Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller appar- Alter the balloon was released jently wants more evidence of pop 230 miles up. air trapped inside iliular support belore venturing into began to expand it. Then four the l'JtlU Republican presidential "no comment" efforts by report ers to pin him down as to whether he will contest Vice President Richard M. Nixon for the nomina tion. Nor would he say whether he and the President had dis cussed this matter. The best he could olfer, the gov ernor said, was what he had told supporters trying to get him to en legislative program. signs were right. In the few public appearances he has made outside of New York state the governor has run into evidences that Nixon has wide spread backing (or the nomination. He will test out that situation further on a trip early next month to the West Coast where he has speeches scheduled at Los An The legislature meets in Janu ary and Rockefeller said it will remain in session for three months. But since he must decide in January whether he is going to file in New Hampshire, it was evi dent he was talking about the com pletion of only his own budget and legislative recommendations. Although lie deftly avoided ques tions on his availability, Rocke- -N.J., an Associated Press report er, gave this description: "I looked up and it appeared to me at first to be a blimp high in the sky. There was one bright central light in the middle and around this were dimly flickering smaller lights. They looked almost like sparks. The smaller lights seemed vaguely to form the outline of a southeast. But as it drifted down pounds of water in two plastic bags was released inside the bal loon, At that altitude the water expanded into vapor and complet ed the blowing up of the balloon. NASA said it couldn't tell how far it drifted before it fell into the sea, but it was believed to have come down more than 500 miles off Virginia. nomination race. Rockeleller said some political topics were discussed when he got President Eisenhower's approval at a 70-minute White House meet ing Wednesday for a proposal bv ward it looked more like a flare." The balloon was sent up in a two-stage rocket with a thrust of 130.000 pounds. The space agency said the whole huge balloon was folded into a container 26's inches in -diameter. The sphere was made of plastic and coated with silvery aluminum frig Wednesday at Wallops Island, Va was a smashing success. Not only did the balloon perform as planned, it startled the dickens out of hundreds of citizens all over tile nation s governors for a con- ter the New Hampshire presiden terence of executive, congiession-ltial primary next March that he me tastern beaboard. The balloon, 100 feet in rliamn geles. San Francisco and Salem, al and military leaders on civil de lensc. coukln't decide on that question feller left the impression he would Ore. He describes the speeches as nonpolitical. ter, was the biggest object anyone has ever sent up into the fringes of space. But it weighed only 130 until he had completed work on I be happy to become a candidate o HERALD AD NWS. Klamath Fal!sOre. TBI Feb '60 pounds. ! It was not meant to go into or Dit, ana soon fell back into the sea. It was visible for 10 minutes i.aler the National Aeronautics and Space Administration hopes to put some of these giant space travelers into orbit around the earth. The balloon, fired at 5:40 p.m., caught the rays of the sun at the top of its flight. As it unfolded up there, its aluminized surface caught the light at different ancles and sent forth myriad flashes of reflected sunlight. Many who saw it thought it was a flare, surrounded by sparks. The project was not announced fn advance and nobody knew what it was. ; Prof. Robert, Brown, director of the Moonwalch station at New Haven, Conn., said it looked like '"the craziest thing in the world." Civil Defense officials checked In with their headquarters within CITY BRIEFS Open House at KUHS cafeteria, it p.m. novemDer 8, with mem bers of KUHS Parents and Patrons as hosts. Refreshments, entertain ment and explanation of students' schedules, according to R. Frank Tucker, president. Annual Halloween party for the children of members of the Moose will be held Friday, October 30, from 7 to 8 p.m. a tthe Moose Hall. Improving Mrs. G. L. Holbrook, Klamath Falls, who has been ill in Hillside Hospital is now at home and slowly recovering. Mrs. W. J. Holbrook, Malin, is caring for her during her illness. . A Masked ball is to be held opstairs in the Eagles Hall Satur-! day, October 31. Dancing will be (rom 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. ; Eagles Aerie No. 2090 and the auxiliary will have a Halloween party for all Eagle members and children in the basement of the hall from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Friday, October 30. Free doughnuts and Cider for children. Past Matrons Club Aloha Chap ter of OES will hold the first meeting with newly elected offi cers Friday, October 30, 1 p.m. at the Masonic Temple, 418 Klamath Avenue. Chairmen for the 1 p.m dessert will be Grace Cole, Ida Grimes and Kalie Peyton. . Klamath Archers will have a potluck meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m, Thursday, October 29, at the old indoor range at Farmers Lum ber Company, 7151 South Sixth Street. Range is set up. Plans will be made for the winter in door shoot. Please bring own ta ble service, Club will furnish cof fee. " EYC Youth group of St. Paul's Episcopal Church will have a car wash Saturday, October 31, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Minute Man station on Sixth and Klam ath. Rummage Sale under the spon sorship of the Oregon Federation of Post Office Clerks will be held Saturday, October 31, in the Pcli can Theater Building. Doors will open at 8 a.m. and remain open late. Housewives Near Victory OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla. (AP) A group of angry housewives who didn't want their street paved appear to be winning their fight. The women staged a sitdown Strike Tuesday ' closing a three block area that was about to be paved. 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