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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. Frustrated road builders
took their machinery elsewhere.
Wednesday the contractor said
he has no intention of returning
jis long as the women maintain a
picket line.
: A. G. Meyers, the real estate
developer, said he would just as
soon not pave the street. He said
he thought he was pleasing the
homeowners in the first place by
paving it.
: The homeowners would have
had to share the costs with Meyers.
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