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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1963)
ASS Sifsfiems lb SSairfs 22 -Ait Space Trip fee i V 4 ATLAS BOOSTS COOPER INTO SKY At Cape Cana- I veral. the Atlas 130-D booster, which inserted astronaut Weal her Klamath Filii. Tulalakt and Laktvlew Partly cloudy until Thursday) CMltr toniqhl, low JJ-W. High Thursday t il. Varlabl wind S-ll m.p.h. Mlflh yttttrday U Law mu morning Hioh year a 90 Lew yaar ago Prtcfp. put 24 hour Slnct Jan. 1 Samt period Uit yaar In The- Day's iews By FRANK JENKINS As this is written. 36-year-old Air Force Major Gordon Cooper is off the ground and spinning around the earth at J7.544 mph. Nole to speed demons: Don't try to equal his speed on pavement. It can't be done. If you want to travel that fast, get J job as a space pilot. Major Cooer achieved orbit this morninc six minutes after his lift-off. He was then 100 miles out in space, and called Walter Schirra 'who flew six times around the earth last fall on his space intcr-com. Schirra said to him: "It's great port. Isn't it?" Cooper answered: "It sure is." His po-ahead order when be achieved orbit was for seven times aro'md. If he is goins strong at the end of seven cir cuits, he will get a go-ahcad for 17 orbits. If he makes the 17. he will go for the full 22. Kvery 88.7 minutes, he circles the earth. Page Jules Verne! His man Philcas Fogg took 80 DAYS to make it around. Incidental information: As this is written, the tempera ture inside the space ship Faith 7 is 109 degrees. The tempera ture inside Major Cooper's 20 pound air-conditioned space suit is V2 degrees He kn't sullcrmg from the cold. Back to Jules Verne and his famous romance. Around t h e World in 80 Days. Can you re member how he came to make the trip? . Philcas Fogg, an Ent;hhman.! was living it up at his London: ciub when tlie conversation got around to speedy travel. Fogs. perhaps led on by a few gin and bitters, made a bet that he could circle the earth in 80 days.' A feliow member took him up on; the bet. i Fogg and his French valet Pas-' separtout set out tliat very nignt and by niperhuman effort, par ticularly by the resourceful En- IConllDord M Tare 4-A) J - EOF v;- .;,f . My.. yj t It Price Ten Cents 20 Pasrs Natural Backed By Ways, Means SALEM lUPH A proposed State Department of Natural Re sources was given an unexpected push forward Tuesday night by the full Ways and Means Com mittee. It sent the reorganization bill to the House floor "without recom mendation." Although the endorsement was weak, it was more than support ers thought it would get when Speaker Clarence Barton sent the measure to Ways and Means a month ago. The action came as the commit tee acted on 35 measures in an effort to speed bills with fiscal Klamath, Deschutes Deer Hunt Closure Urged By Amacher The relation of deer hunting in Klamath and Deschutes coun ties while a one-year study is conducted of the alleged deple tirm of deer herds in the two coun ties will he proposed at the next meeting of the State Game Com mi.vsion by one of its own mem bers, a reliable source told the Herald and New Wednesday. John P. Amacher. Winchester, one of the live-man comrmv-ion. indicated he would voice tlw two part proposal to the comm. "lon ers when they meet in Portland, Friday, May 24 to set tentative game reculationn for this car. The commissioner decided that a year's study of the deer herds was nece$!ary after hearings in MMford. Klamath Fall?, Bend, Baker. Enterprise, 'iold Beach and Coos Bav revealed that "in formation of larpe drop? :n the' deer population did nt conform to parts of a report submitted to Uw commisMon by its own b:olo--';t ihr Gordon Cooper into orbit this morning, lifts majestically off its launching pad and into space. UPI Telephoto Resource Office implications to the floor so the 13 session can adjourn. The bill would gather the state's natural resource agencies into a department with a director ap pointed by the governor. The di rector, in turn, would name the bead,s of six divisions: Fish and game, small boats and harbors, mineral resources, forestry, water resources, and agriculture. Wavs and Means restored orig inal proposals to merge fish and game agencies. The House Natur al Resources Committee, which earlier approved the proposed de partmcnt alter much study, had Since last fall the State Game Commission has been under fire from the Oregon Fish and Game Council, an orsanization of sports men representinc .six Oregon counties, which has eharccd the commision with mismanagement of the states deer herds, particu larly in Kastern Oregon. Amacher said that opposition to the came commission's present control policies Yas expressed m s t vehement I v at Klamath Fails and Bend, although a mixed sentiment acaint the kilhn? of does and fawns was heard at nearly all of the meetings. The commissioner was critical ;of the L'.S. Forest Service, which controls the greater part of Oregon's huniinj area, for failing to participate in the local ht-anncs. O'hcr than Amacher, the com mission includes .Joseph W. Smith, Klamath Falls; Rollm K. Bowles. ; Portland. Tallant Greenou-h. Co ;qin!le. and Wane Phi'Iip. Baker ta I KLAMATH FALLS, ORKUON. WEDNESDAY. decided to keep fish and game separate. Agencies and interested groups that would be involved in the re organization have resisted it. 1'ommlllce Busy In other actions, the committee: Approved a measure that would let the Welfare Department end the aid to dc)icndcnt children program .in cases uhere the unemployed fattier lives in the home, if the agency tinds it ad visablc during the next biennium Approved the transfer of $5.3 million from the veterans bond sinking fund to tlie general fund to meet shortages in funds for current slate services. Approved n 1241.7 million Highway Commission budget. The money comes from dedicated funds. Ajiproved an increase in sal aries of district judges frum 110, 500 to $ 1 1. OHO. Approved revisions in teach ers' and judges' retirement plans, and in state fund investments. Okayed a bill to let the super intendent of a slate institution slay on past rolircment age. It is aimed at keeping prison Warden Clarence Gladden on the job until a successor is found. Approved budgets for the Fish Commission. Game Commission. Justice Department. Board of Health. Tax Commission. Council on Aging, and Corporation De partment. Other Highlights Columbia Compart: The Senate voted 21-! to ratify a proposed Columbia Interstate Compact which is aimed at ordcily devel opment of resources by seven states. The ownpact faik d to get approval in Washington this year. Compensation The Hou-c Labor and Industries Committee com pleted major policy dTiKns on a bill to rewrite Oregon's jn-year-old workmen's compensation law. Ti Members ol the House Taxation Committee lormally ex pressed their unhappincss over a Senate Tax Committee revenue raiMn? plan. CAPE C A N A V E R A L. Fla. (UPI) L. Gordon Cooper, 36. made a flawless leap into the sky today on a trail-blazing space mis sion designed to carry him 22 PROJfCT MERCURY lijlpl VM A1IAM1K MCOVTAAt I J CHART OF POSSIBILITIES Newt chart indicates various possibilities in the project ed 22-orbit, 34-hour flight of astronaut L. Gordon Cooper today. Top globe indicates nth of tUm fir r. r hit whilo lower alobft shows final orbit if fliqht qoes entire distance. Primary landing area would flight has to be shortened, area covered by 22 orbits is MAY 15. 13 Tib " 1h) jlHlj Vp,,,Im,,v It II wYw H II l V AGRICULTURAL PORICASr J W Pnif ctoudv with Mil thing In tm- III.. ii1"- " . .f7H m.' I a . : . . .1 w . r- in m. THE LONG TRAIL A. B. Epperson has made it possibt for siqhtless Sandra Ruconich of Klamath Falls to follow through touch today' neweit aslronaut, L. Gordon Cooper, At he orbits the earth. Epperson has marked the tracking stations in braille, pasted to the revolvinq globe he has perfected, the equator in heavy cord, and the paths of the 22 orbits in lighter cord. Crossing of fh equator may be at a 32 or 35 deqree angle. If 32 degrees, in the 22 orbits, he will cross the equator 44 times and go to a point 32 degrees North and 32 degrees South. By computation, Epperson shows on the Orrery, Cooper will cross Communist China several times but will not pass over Russia or any portion of the U.S. except perhaps Arizona and Texas. Race Tensions Flare Anew By I'nlted Press International Racial tensions eased in Birm ingham. Ala., and Nashville. Tenn.. Tuesday hut flared ayain in North Carolina's capital city of Raleigh. Mitre than 800 Negroes stat-eH a "freedom march" through downtown flaleieh Tuesday mcht to back up desegregation de mands Police arretted 34 dem-1 onstrators. I There were no incwJents during ihe march but there were some tense moments when tlie demon strators passed strert corners crowded with white youths. Police charged IS of the arretted group with as-sault acainst lshe Fergu vin, asMMnnt manager of a cafe teria, who was "put in a stale of fear" during a sit-in attempt. A bi-racial committee held a io-hKir meeting in Haleigh times around the earth in 3t hours. Tlie purpose of the Air Force major's planned 575,000-mile jour ney was to smash all previous then be in Pacific, lower right inset, near Midway. If landing area may be in Atlantic, upper right inset. Entire indicated at lower left. UPI Telephoto Telephone TU 4-S1 11 No. 7142 ' J Tuesday and hank oflkiul Victor, Bell Jr. said I think we made Eod progress in understand in 2 UN Seeks Solvency I'MTKD NATIONS, N Y. 'I.I'ii The L'nilod Nations Gi-ncral As sembly today turned to its liuditct committee to seek ways to make up a two million dchcit and avoid threatened bankiiiiU '. In the wcond d.iy of a petial .session convened to di u.s the financial buidrns of L'.N. jieace keepinj missions in the Congo and Middle Kasl, tlie lll nalion administratis and budgetary committee scheduled at 1 im. KDT meeting. U.S. space records and to get in formation crucial to success of moon flights to come later in this decade. Cooper's gleaming Atlas booster loni9ht torn thewan IndtcaM after Frl- I dy. Soil Itmptratur 41 dgrat and I lowly riilnfl. 'r 1 each oilier and the problem." Ear lier the Haleih ministerial Asso ciation voti-d 42-1 in favor of dc sereatini; business facilities. Birmingham was relatively quiet Tuesday and federal observ ers said the city's racial atmo' sphere was "improving." They lidded, however, that federal! troops would remain at nearby military bases because ol the (hame of "trouble developing quickly." Alabama (iov. George Wallace sent another (elegtam to Presi dent Kennedy demanding either I be removal of the troops or pub lication of "tlie true fact of your military 0N-ratinn. . ." Wallace said the presence of the troops was an "open invitation to a re sumption ol street noting by law less Negro mobs, on the assump tion they will be protected by fed eral military forces." rocket rose from the launch pad at 6:04 a.m. PDT. At 9:03 a.m., when he completed his second trip around Uie globe, ground control lers reported: "All systems are .n a go condition. The pilot is very, very comfortable." One of the astronaut's first re marks after his roaring climb into orbit was, "It felt real prc'.'.v." At the end of the first orbit, clocked at 7:118 a.m., his mentors on the ground told the blue-cytd, 147-pound astronaut he could go on for at least seven orbits. Would Land In Pacific If he is getting along all right at the end of seven orbits, he will go on for 17, then for the full mission of 22 circuits. Completion of the planned flight would bring him down in the Pacific Ocean about 100 miles southeast of Mid way at around 4:20 p.m. PDT Thursday. If Cooper goes the full 22 orbits, he w ill pass over more than 100 countries and possessions. For the first time an American astronaut will fly over Communist territory. Tlie planned track crosses Red China six times. After two orbits, the space agen cy recalculated the speed and flight path of Cooper's Faith 7 capsule as follows: Peak velocity: 17,546 miles an hour. Ix)W point of orbit: 100.2 miles. High point: 105.8 miles. Time for one circuit of globe: 88.43 minutes. Orbital path: 32.5 degrees north and south of the equator. This fig ures out at about 2.275 miles on either side of the earth's middle line. Takes Television Pictures Cooper busied himself checking his condition and the condition of his 3.0IIOipound Faith 7 spacecraft. He also, for the first time in U.S. space history, turned on a tele- vison camera which can monitor his performance and also take pic tures of the earth below In his first dash around the earth the temperature in Cooper's silvery spaccsuit got up to e warmish 10 degrees. But he re ported no difficulties. Asked over Point Argucllo, Calif., on his second orbit how he foil. Cooper replied: "I do feel comfortable, in fact very comfortable. . . In fact I had a little nap." A few moments after he began his second orbit in his flight through alternate days and nights, the blue-eyed, brown-haired as tronaut began reporting Again to the Cape Canaveral Control Cen ter. The center rcimrtod he "Sounds good." He Is working up there as a very competent test pilot. Coopers' job award his 3.000- pound Faith 7 spacccralt was to test further the elfects of weight lessness on human beings and to amass information vital to the forthcoming two-man Gemini and Apollo moon flights. Has Perfect Start Tlie rountdinvn, with only one four-minute hold, and blastoff for Cooper's Called 'Beautiful' TAYI.OH LAKE VUJ.AGK, Tex. I Ul'l '-"Beautiful." Mrs. I,. Gor don Cooicr said today n her hus bands faultless flight inlo spm'e. Mrs. Cooper sent the one-word description of her reaction out by Dave Schwartz, a public affairs officer for Uie National Aeronau tics and Space Administration, al most an hour after her husband's journey started. She said she would have no more to say for the time being. But Schwartz reported that Mrs. Cooper had a big smile on her lace. Mrs. Cooper and her daughters. Camala. 14, and Janita, 1.1, went inlo a bedroom by themselves to watch the liftoff on a television set. Schwartz was in the living room. Tlie family wanted to be alone at a moment when they might have watched Cooper die Instead, Cooper's wife and daughters saw him salely soar in to space. Schwartz said Mrs. Cooper and tlie girls stayed In Uie bedroom about 15 minutes. Then Mrs. Cooper came out. smiling broadly. j Cooper telephoned about M min utes before the launch. About 20 minutes belore. I)r. Charles A. Berry, chief of NASA's medical operations, teleplioned. Mrs. Berry went Into the Cooper home about an hour after the liftoff. Schwartz said that Mrs- Cooper has asked him not to tell alxnit s0 waiting reporters and television men anything not authorized by her. Cooper's flight were so nearly perfect that a space agency spokesman said, "It is almost unbelievable." President Kennedy, who watched Cooper's takeoff on tele vision at the While House, was described as "very happy." He planned to keep an eye on his set tlirouglwut today and. said Press Secretary Pierre Salinger, "hope fully tomorrow." Among Cooper's first remarks was a fervent agreement, in re sponse to a question from tlie ground, that riding a rocket into orbit "sure is" great sport. For the first time in U.S. s.pace history, Cooper's condition was being monitored at intervals by a television camera aboard his spacecraft. The first pictures, re layed from Grand Canary Island 14 minutes after liftoff, were a bit fuzzy on homo television. At the start of his second orbit. Cooper turned on the television camera again. Reports were that the transmissions were still weak, but growing stronger. As Cooper rodo his Faith 7 craft at about 17,544 miles an hour throujji space, he moved into alternate night and day. Ho ' saw lights on the ground as be soared over Perth, Australia. He also reported seeing the "fire flies'bits of material from tho spacccralt which previous astro nauts had witnessed. The go-for-seven order flashed to Cooper toward the end of his first orbit meant that ground con trollers considered his flight path stable and durable. 92-Ocgrec Temperature Tracking station data showed that the temperature inside tlie cabin was 109 degrees and inside Cooper's 20-pound air-conditioned' space suit 92 degrees. This was warmish, but "well '. within range" of safe margins, officials said. Cooper rciorted ho felt a bit warmer than normal but was "having no trouble" with his silvery suit, As he roared into Uie sky for liftolf. Coocr underwent forces of acceleration which multiplied his 147 pounds about 7'.i times. His first words after his 2MMon Atlas rocket rose into the sky at 6:04 a.m. PDT were to report that everything was "go" .Meaning everything was fine. .Moments later he described his condition and that of his tiny Faith 7 spacecraft as "Mipcr." The Air Force major roared off after one of tlie smoothest count-' downs in history. Tlierc had been only one toty-minuto hold. Cooper entered his spacccralt at 32 a m- PDT and climbed into the sky tun hours and 32 minutes later. Six minutes afterward, having soared into orbit 100 miles up in space. Cooper chatted briefly w itb his caic "communicator," astro naut Walter M. Schirra who flew six times around the world Oct. 1902. Schirra: "It's great sport isn't it." C'ooer: "11 sure is." Lift- Mrs. Cooper and the girls were up at 4 a m. pdt. They had a brealgast of hot rolls and grape fruit. The pvt. drnnk milk or.d Mrs. Cooper had a second cup of coffee. The only sign of life atioiit the house when Cooper rocketed into space was a gray and white cat. Jltling on top of the chimney and llicking his tail. Cooper's mother, Mrs, Il.iltic Cooper, dropped a green aighan she was knitting at Tecumseh. Okla., as slie watched her son's ascent on television. Tears came into her eyes and she went inlo tlie kitchen to compose herself. 'I know Coition was happy.". his mother said. "No liftoff ever. looked so risk). I drcauYd this, takcod." Soviets Slate Rocket Tests MOSCOW (l.Pli - The Soviet Union was scheduled to start a series of rocket tests in the Ta cific today which Western obser vers said may be the prelude tn some new space spectacular. The Soviet press played down the space shot of I S. aslionaut. U. Gordon Cooper. It all but ig-: nored the onstponemcnt of Coop cr'i launching Tuesday. The only mention was brief Tas news agency Item, witliout comment. Off
