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THE WIZARDS OF SPACE By Don Oakley and John Lane HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falls, Oregon Tuesday, June II, 1963 PAGE 3 FLIGHT- THE PRE AM AND THE RE ALITr From Icarus to astronaut. Between them lies a span of thousands of years. In the imagina tion it is but a step. For the dream that inspired the Icarus myth the dream of breaking the bonds that hold men to the earth, of vaulting freely into the heavens has inspired countless similar stories, as well as serious designs and attempts at flight over the centuries. It is a direct line from the ancient fables to Da Vinci, to the Montgolfiers, to the Wrights, to an astronaut of 1963. There are some who warn that man, with his probings into space, may once again stray too close to the sun and, like Icarus, come to grief. But the course of human destiny for all the forseeable future has been set and there is no turning back. iWen will go into space. The United States has set as a national goal the landing of men on the moon before 1970 and before the Soviet Union. The cost of this venture will be at least $20 billion. Total non military spending on space will amount to $40 to $50 billion by the end of the decade. One federal organization is charged with accomplishing this goal, with spending these billions: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Already nearing $6 billion a year, the space budget promises to be in the near future the nation's largest expenditure, next to defense. Since 1958, this country has launched an im pressive array of instrumented and manned satellites. They are only the beginning. At centers around the nation, nearly 30.000 men in NASA, and thousands more in industry and education, are working on new generations of space projects. They include new types of pro pulsion, landings on the distant planets, probes of the sun itself. The dreams and plans stretch into the 1970s, the 1980s into the 21st century. This is the story of NASA: how it came to be, what it is doing, what it will do in the future. This is the what, the where and, perhaps, the why of the Wizards of Space. NEXT: First Came Aeronautics Gambling il Lottery Tickets Sold iven In Congress WASHINGTON (UPI) - There was quite a stir when a rumor got around that peddlers were vi olating federal laws by going door to door through the halls ot Con gress selling tickets to the Irish Sweepstakes. "Of course, it's true." says Rep. Paul A. Fino, K-N.Y. "I know be cause I have been buying them regularly." The Irish Sweep operates out of Dublin, pays off on the big horse races in England and anybody who sells a ticket to it in this country is violating the law. It is not illegal, however, to purchase a ticket and bring your winnings into the United Stales, provided you don't forget to report the money on your income tax re turn. Proceeds of the lottery go to the building and maintenance of hospitals in Ireland. The Irish Sweep takes in about $46 million annually and it is estimated $35 million of it comes from the Unit ed Stales. Bucking Stone Wall For the last 10 years Fino has been trying to persuade Congress and the American people that the federal government should oper ate a lottery. He figures the U.S. Treasury would profit by about $10 billion a year which could be used to cut taxes and reduce the national debt. He also thinks it would drive racketeers out of gambling. Every session of Congress Fino introduces a bill creating a na tional lottery and makes speeches! about it. This year he spoke on Jan. 9, Feb. 21, March 6. April 3. April 8, April 28 and May 23. He should have saved his voice, be cause nobody listened. Congress men may not be averse to buying a sweepstakes ticket or sitting in on a poker game, but they think the gambling issue is political dynamite and they want no part of it. One of the odd features of the American legislative system is that a few men can prevent a vote from being taken on a bill. In the Senate it is done by a filibuster a few men simply talk the legislation to death. In the House it is done by bottling bills un in committee so that they nev er reach the floor. Fino's lottery bills always arc referred to the House Ways and Means commit tee. Not once in the last 10 years has one of his bills ever emerged from the committee and Fino complains with some bitterness that his opponents are thwarting the democratic process. Slaps At Hypocrites Hypocrites arc those who play along." he said. "They lack the gumption or courage to say what they do or do what they say. They were the noble legislators who toasled the Volstead Act at their speakeasy tables. Hypocrites ring up their bookies after they make a speech on the evils of gambling. 'About one-quarter of the Amer ican people have indicated their disinclination toward a lottery pro posal, the vast majority of these persons are either bluenoscs or hypocrites. I do not feel that the gambling urge, as an instinctive human trait, can be eradicated. In extreme cases gambling may well be a sickness, but in most cases it is simply a normal manifesta tion of human individuality.1 Fino believes that if he could are to be two drawings t ever cet his case before the peo- based on tlie results of Wildlife Group Endorses Transfer Of Costal Elk MOUNT SHASTA A resolution to support the transfer of 230 elk from the coastal elk herd at Prairie Creek to Mumbo Basin and the Klamath River areas in Siskiyou County was passed Sun day at a meeting ol the directors and provided funds for the trans fer from surplus game fine funds. At an all-day meeting at the Piemont Hotel in Mount Shasta, the association directors amend ed the bylaws to provide repre sentation by sportsmen's clubs and added Cottonwood Rod and dum. The other provides that the President set up a federal lottery commission of five members with salaries of $20,000 annually. The commission would determine the price of the tickets and the amount of the prizes. Persons un der 21 years of age would be in eligible to buy tickets. Winnings from the lottery would be exempt from federal income taxes. Slate Lottery OK There is nothing to prevent a state from operating a lottery in side its own boundaries and re cently New Hampshire decided to do so. The bill provides that $3 tickets shall be sold at tlte state liquor stores and the three race tracks in New Hampshire. There year horse will receive a total of $200,000 a year. Fino thought this was a bis break-through for a national lot tery. But when UPI reporters be gan interviewing congressmen, the lirst IS said they disapproved ol lotteries, whether in New Hamp shire or the entire nation. Supreme Court Decides To Give Consideration To State Apportionment, Race Demonstrations WASHINGTON (UPI The Su preme Court decided today to give further consideration next term to two key areas of legal controversy the apportionment of state legislatures and "sit in" demonstrations. It agreed to hear arguments and tlien hand down rulings on a series of cases involving both is sues sometime next fall or winter. The court is expected to end its present session in a week or so. Accepted (or consideration next fall were reapportionment cases from New York. Maryland, Vir ginia and Alabama in which city olcrs charged they had inade quate representation in state leg islatures on a population basis. Landmark Case All of the cases arose after the court ruled last year in a land- State Board Approves Science Lab Planning mark case involving Tennessee that federal courts had the right to consider voter claims of unfair apportionment. The court today similarly agreed to review next term sit-in cases from Columbia, S.C., Balti more, Mcl., and Miami, Fla. These cases, along with an amusement park case from Mary land, may determine whether a private businessman may deny service to a customer on racial grounds. Last month, the court-ruled that sit-in demonstrators cannot be prosecuted under local ordinances or official edicts requiring facili ties. But that decision did not touch on the issue of whether a private owner could have demon strators arrested in tho absence of such laws. Tlie court also sent back for re consideration by lower courts sit- in convictions from Richmond,' Hopewell and Arlington County, Va. CORVAIXIS (UPH - Prelimi nary plans for Oregon State Uni versity's $959,590 marine sciences laboratory at l aquina Bay and a $545,850 dormitory at Oregon Col lege of Education were approved by the State Board of Higher Edu cation's building committee Monday. The committee also gave Ore gon State the go-ahead to relit a (ormcr Army vessel as a n e w ocean research vessel to be called the Yaquina. It will be five times as large as the Yacona, which now serves tlie school. The marine sciences laboratory is designed to provide facilities for research into oceanography, zoology, water pollution and fish eries. It will include a museum aquarium and an auditorium seat ing 180 persons. Tlie OCE dormitory is unique in that each room will have an out side entrance. It is designed to house 147 students and is sched uled for occupancy in the fall of 1964. Ask about doily "Business Card" SPOT ADS TU 4-8111 Husbands! Wives! 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Conservation Association. This association of individuals and sportsmen's groups now rep- BASEL, Switzerland (UPH An Austrian scientist told a Swiss court today that Germans work ing for the United Arab Republic were developing rockets capable ol contaminating Israel with co balt 60 and other radioactive sub stance for years. The testimony was given by Dr. Otto Joklik. 42. at tlie open ing of his trial on charges of act ing as an Israeli agent and try ing to coerce West German scien tists to stop rocket development work for the U.A.R. Also on trial on similar charges is Joseph Ben-Gal, 3J, an Is raeli. Both pleaded innocent to the charges of coercion. Joklik told the court he left a well-paying job in Cairo because he became convinced the U.A.R. resents 5,000 sportsmen in North-jo. Cameron. Auburn, which would .r rlifnmia. aceordine to Mor- abolish the voice of tlie people in ris Curry Lakeport, secreUry. 'i'h and game matters. The direc ris vurry. nor.rp I tors were unanimous in opposition The association opposes the P"-l0 any legislation which would posed elk hunt to kill off a por- ahoiish the vet0 power now grant tion of the herd and will have rep- j cd boards of supervisors under the in Eureka at the July ! Busch bill Association to the roster. The urouD was critical of legis lation introduced bv Sen. Ronald was preparing radioactive aggres sive weapons against Israel ano he did not want to have anything 13 hearing. The board of supervisors of Sis kiyou County has approved in troduction of elk into the county NAMES NEW SPOKESMAN The supervisors represent the people's last appeal against un favorable measures imposed by the Fish and Game Commission. Charles Bull. Redding, pointed out. Paul slides of Independent studies and experiments with bitlerbrush for ace recovery under various con- to do with such plans. Defense attorney Georges Brun WASHINGTON' iLPD - The Slate Department announced Monday that Richard I. Phillips will replace P. Lincoln White as dj(ion5 Curry showcd tlie effects its news chief. 1 0 controlled brush burns as a White, for years the depart-1 mcans 0 improving deer range, merits public spokesman, will be-; preserving soil and moisture fac come U.S. consul general in Mel-jtorSi and lessening fire hazards. bourne. Australia. Humps, born in Artesia, N.M.. has been in government since 1941. mostly in the public information field. Young snakes develop rapidly and must shed their skin to take care of the growth. LOOKING ABROAD COLUMBUS, Ohio (UPI) - The vast domestic market no longer is large enough to support the U.S. industrial machine, Peter Schmitt of Westinghouse Electric International Co. told a recent world trade seminar here. Amer ican companies that neglect ex- . norts and foreign operations are carter showed colored . . h hlvi.n h. !ald schvig submitted documents pur porting to show that the U.A.R. had bought enough radioactive co balt 60 to contaminate all of Is rael for five years. He said the documents were invoices which proved the purchases of massive amounts of the radioactive materials. Joklik told the court he had a hand in these purchases before breaking with Cairo. He said the invoices were correct. Brunschvig introduced an ex- pert's opinion that one bath of the cobalt spread in the atmosphere over Israel would contaminate the air for five years with 50 times the generally agreed maximum tolerable amount of radiation. Brunschvig introduced a letter allegedly written by Prof. Wolf gang Pilz, reported chief of for eign scientists working on rockets for the U.A.R., which mentioned consignments of 400 and 500 rock cts. 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