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THE WIZARDS OF SPACE (3) By Don Oakley and John Lane i KK l yF$JJ y jf j V j f',A In 1954 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics began studies on an advanced rocket plane, the X-15. By 1955 the Navy was working on the Vanguard rocket, which was to launch a tiny satellite sometime in 1958. ; The approach to space was leisurely. Many experts considered it as something for the next century. Then, on Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet's Sputnik I soared into the skies like a danger aignal, jarring the U.S. once again out of com placency. As with aviation in 1915, so with space re search in 1957: America found itself left be hind. NACA had been the answer in the field of aeronautics. Now a new organization was reeded to answer the challenge in astronautics. On July 2, 1958, National Aeronautics and Space Administration came into being. Personnel and facilities of NACA were ab-sorbwtr-Hugh h. Dryden, former NACA head, was made deputy administrator of the new agency. T. Keith Glennan became the nation's first space boss (succeeded by James E. Webb in 1961). 1 ' The Act of Congress establishing NASA stated: "It is the policy of the United States that ocltuities in space should be devoted to peaceful purposes for the benefit of mankind." Among the major objectives set forth: "The expansion of human knowledge of phenomena in the atmosphere and space." "The development and operation of vehicles capable of carrying instruments, equipment, supplies and living organisms through space." "Long-range studies of potential benefits to be gained from . . . aeronautical and space EXPLORER I JAM 31, 1958 activities." "Preservation of the role of the United States as a leader in aeronautical and space science and technology." "Co-operation by the United States with other nations and groups of nations." NASA went into operation in October 1958, nine months after America's first satellite, Ex plorer I, was launched, 32 years after rocket pioneer Dr. Robert H. Goddard had launched the world's first liquid-fueled rocket and 39 years after he had proposed, a rocket to the moon. One of NASA's new research centers was to be named after Goddard. A prophet was finally with honor in his own land as a whole nation embarked on what some believe to be the greatest adventure in history. NEXT: Space Is Big Business HERALD AND NTWS, Kfamaffi Tills, Oroii Thursday, June 13, 19M PAGE 7-A $500 Million Cut Urged For Next Space Program WASHINGTON lUPP - The I A check with the three subcom- House Space Committee will rec-mittecs of the space committeel ommend cuts of nearly $500 mil lion in the administration s re quest for So. 7 billion for the civil ian space program next year. As it now stands, the commit tee will approve a spending ceil ing for the federal space agency oi jusi under so. 2 oiihon - - a. i .. -a i " J 111 Li b ' VZII. ' . . . i it - " Rites For Pope Delayed; Conclave Plans Proceed VATICAN CITY (UPP Fu-1 late Pope will resume Friday and neral rites tor Pope John XAIll i go on through Monday. were suspended today for the feast of Corpus Christi. but church officials went ahead with prepara tions for the secret conclave which will elect his successor. The nine-day funeral of the Drama Group Gets Praise CAMARADERIE Boy and girl members of 4-H Dairy Club did a bit of visiting along with the business of judging dairy cattle at the Joe Bair Ranch on Spring Lake Road. They lined corral fences Tike blackbirds end wrote results of their own judging to be tallied for trophies. Congress Muzzling Rapped By DICK YVKST WASHINGTON (UP!) Last year the alleged muzzling of mil itary officers was making head lines. And now there is a big controversy over the muzzling of congressmen. Of the two. I would say the lat ter is potentially more explosive. If you muzzle a military offi cer, he can always relieve his frustrations by barking at an en listed man. But if you bottle up words in a congressman, you get a dan gerous fermenting effect, like put ting too much yeast in the home brew. ; He is likely either tn blow his rork or fly three feet into the air snd bust. ; Oddly enough, the muzzling of congressmen is being carried out by two of their own kind Peps. Wayne Hays. D-Ohio, and Paul C. Jones, D-Mo. Objected To Address , Hays got sore the other day he cause someone objected to his re quest for unanimous consent to address the House for five hours. He thereupon began to block sim ilar requests by other members. Since then, forensic activity in the chamber has been prelty much confined In the actual busi ness at hand. There hasn't been an eerie silence exactly, but the decibel count is relatively ane mic. When you confine a congress man to the business at hand, you are playing a piano with only one string. Tlie verbal blockade was fur ther tightened this week by Jones' one-man crusade to curtail the practice of "extending" remarks and otherwise having material printed in the Congressional Rec ord. Jones pointed out that the cost of printing the record had risen tn K a page, including a lot of what he called "trash, tripe and trivia." He urged his colleagues to show more restraint and discre tion in contributing to the record, which other literary critics have described as the nearest thing we have to a national wastehasket. Pmlrd A Sentinel And. in case some members lacked the will power to refrain from such embellishments, Jones posted himself as a sentinel to make certain they tapered off. Needless to say, he and Hays will not be nominated as the two most popular kids on the block If you could hear the muffled cries of congressmen with words to disgorge and no place to ut ter them, it would turn your heart In butter, or at least to marga rine. Unless Hays and Jones relent soon, I fear the buildup of gas eous compression will cause our lawgivers to disintegrate. As an act of mercy, some of us are planning to form an organi zation called "Verbosities Anony mous" to help them endure the ordeal. Should a congressman wake up at night with a compul sion to talk, we will lend him a t;tpe recorder. MOUNT SHASTA - The Star makers, Mount Shasta's little the atre group, heard the criticism of John Fiedler's drama class at the College of the Siskiyous on their recent presentation of "The Tender Trap." The students were enthusiastic and most of the crili- ism was favorable, according to Mrs. Dave Peterson, play direc tor, in her report to the group at its June 10 meeting. The members discussed four plays recommended by the read ing committee, two of which will be selected later for the fall and spring productions. "The Curious SavaRc," "Maybe Tuesday," "Ev erybody lyoves Opal, and Oh Mama! No Papa!" are the plays to be considered. The steady flow of pilgrims lo Pope Jolui's temporary tomb in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica continued. Preparations for the conclave lo elect a new pontiff were approach ing completion. The conclave area in the Vatican where the cardinals will remain until they choose his successor was being carefully sealed off from the outside world. "Cells." or small apartments, in the conclave area around the Sistine Chapel were assigned Wednesday after the cardinals drew lots. More than 60 of the R o m a n Catholic Church's 82 cardinals already were in Rome. Scout Toll Reaches 13 Recreation Space Open There is room (or several more sign-ups in the Moore Park play ground summer program which begins June 17, Gary Woodring. director of the parks and recre ation department announced re cently. The tennis instruction program als has room for several more Highway Patrol ESCAIANTE, Utah (UPIl The 13th victim of the Escalante scouting expedition disaster died Wednesday night in a Panguitch. Utah, hospital, raising the toll to seven Boy Scouts and six adults. Marvin Porchatls, 29, Salt Lake City, died after remaining in cri tical condition since the tragedy 35 miles southwest of here Mon day afternoon. Brake failure caused by an empty master cylinder was blamed for the mishap. The open bed truck, carrying 46 persons, stalled on a steep hill as the driver attempted to shift into a lower gear. It rolled backward, then crashed down a 36-foot em bankment, killing 13 persons and injuring 33. Col. Lyle Hyatt, chief of Utah said reports ot participants, both children and the palrol s lormai investigation adults, the director said. For would be turned over to the Kane further information interested per- County attorney who would deter sons may call the recreation de- mine whether charges of neglect partment at TU 2 3Bfi1. would he pressed. Pair Jailed On Driving Counts Here Two drivers arrested by city po lice were jailed in lieu of bail that totaled $450 for offenses in cluding, in one case drunken driv ing, and in the other, reckless driving and failure to leave name and address at the scene of an accident. Charles L. Knapp. 1!). Route 3. Box 232-B. was arrested after roll ing his car on Orindale Road a short time after he eluded citv police after he was involved in a hit and run accident on Main Street near South Seventh at about 12:10 a.m. Wednesday. Knapp was spotted only after he came back to the scene of the sideswipe to pick up a piece of chrome broken off his car in the crash. City police gave chase, but were eluded after the driver turned off his lights and sped away. Police gave up the chase because Knapp s reckless driving endangered innocent lives. Another youth in Knann's car who had jumped out to pick up the chrome, Albert Leroy Peter son, 20, ran from the scene when police approached Knapp's vehi-, cle. He was apprehended later and charged with furnishing liquor! to minors. He was jailed in lieu of $50 bail. Knapp was picked up bv state police after he wrecked his car near Weyerhaeuser. His bail was set at $150. Carlos Lugo Jr., 29, 3084 Ancle Street, was arrested earlier this week on a charge of drunken driv- ing and was jailed in lieu of $300. The arresting citv Datrolman said he spoiled Lugo's vehicle come around a corner turning on aams bireei irom East Main, almost on two wheels." When Luco was stooned he re. fused to answer any questions or take a sobriety test. today revealed that tlie reductions probably will range from $488 mil lion to $498 million. There is a chance tlie full com mittee will revise some of tlie fig ures, but this appears unlikely. the space committee acts on I he spending authorization. Tlie appropriations committee must still recommend (lie actual amount of money to be voted by the House. The same procedure applies in the Senate, where the space committee began hearings on the authorization bill this week The biggest cut by the House subcommittees was made by tlie panel reviewing the manned space flight program. That subcommit tee trimmed the $3.7 billion manned space flight budget by $257 million Most of the cuts were in the Project Apollo program, the ef fort to put a man on the moonl by 1970, and ill development of the M-l engine, a second stage rocket for post-moon ventures. One subcommittee, charged with keeping an eye on NASA's: applications and tracking and data acquisition, has not quite completed its review yet. But its chairman. Rep. Ken Hcchler, (D-W.Va.l, said the sub committee probably would cut be-1 tween $90 million and $100 mil lion from that part of the bill assigned to it. Hcchler did not detail the cuts He would say only that tlie weath- satellite program, which he feels has worked exceedingly well, received virtually all the money requested for it. tan - v i 7, y & rs - s SERIOUS BUSINESS Two lads, Donald McNary, I I, left, and his pal Joe Bair, f, totaled points during the an nual dairy judging contest at the dairy ranches of Mr., and Mrs. Joseph J. Bair, Spring Lake Road, end Mr. and. Mrs. Ray Hobson, Merrill. Donald, in his second year of. 4-H Club work with the Midland Dairy Club, is raising t Holstein heifer to exhibit at the Junior Livestock Show at the fairgrounds in August. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin McNary, recently bought the Ed Born Dairy on Spring Lake Road. Street Paving Rejected BONANZA There will be no streets paved in Bonanza, tlie council has decided. Follow ing tlie routine meeting to pay the bills, the budget was discussed. A committee consisting of coun cil members, Clyde Wooten, Jes se McFall, Louis Van Sipe, Doug Smclcer, and James Barratt. met with five residents, LeRoy Fern lurid, Roy Warfield. Jean McFall, Reg Thomas, and Don Horslcy, to make up tlie budget. Tlie next meeting of tlie council will be on. July 1, at 8 p.m, in the library. Lodge Slates Convention POODLE HELPS RODRKR LONDON lUPD - A bandit made a successful getaway in his car Wednesday with $100 from a suburban London bank, thanks In a dog. Passershy, who could have cut him off from his auto, thought the men chasing the robber were aft er a poodle frolicking at his heels and grabbed the dog instead. The annual Rcbekah District Convention for District No. IS, will be held at the IOOF Hall Tuesday, June 18. Registration will start at 10 a.m. followed by a luncheon tn be served by the Rebckah Social Club at 11:45. District No. 10 represents ell Rebekah lodges of Paisley, Lake- view, Merrill, Bonanza and Klam ath Falls. Barlra Baaley, presi dent ot the Rebekah Assembly of Oregon, will be present for the occasion to make her official visit lo Prosperity Jtebekah Lodge at the evening session at 8 o clock. Convention will open at 1 p.m. with Helen McCornack as chair man assisted by officers repre senting all district lodges. A 6:30 p.m. banquet will be held follow ing convention, at the Masonic Temple, 418 Klamath Avenue. All member are invited to attend the convention. For reservations for tlie banquet, call TU 4-7983. 7 1 yr ' sSs, 7f make C C I W J a splash!- i x x i iji , , x re i r? :A) '"our i I n SU V maternitY I II N n V Iw5miulls I ll 1- WA EvroLx. cotton I I r J knit swim suit I 1 W-2-NTy ,itk hr.M trim 1 1 rv B,.'d. I roy, sues I VI' 6,0 18- I I cinoi) .ssHBijnaBfHsjsw. tti a w'i' 1 I A Karl's f mm Retain Pact Canada Says WASHINGTON ' LP! ' Canada told the International North Pa cific Fisheries Conference Wed nesday it hoped any new conser vation agreement would retain the "abstention principle" which re- aeries parts of the high seas for Canadian and I S. fishermen. Canaia. the tniied Stales andj Japan met m the sixth eession ; of the conference called on ,1a-1 pan's request to reassess the 10- j year-old International North Pa cific Fisheries convention. I Japan has proposed a new con- i servalinn pact which would di-1 card the abstention principle. Un der this principle Japan had , an eed not to fish for c e r t a i n : sprries in parts of the eastern North Pacific Ocean so lonj as V, S. and Canadian fishermen were utilizing the stocks fully j Haiihut. saimnn and herring are the chief species affected. ! "Tie United States and Canada j V made clear when the confer-1 ence opened last week that tliey ; uppnrted the abstention principle. ! CAPE COD CASUALS Coot canvas favorites In black, red or bone. Sizes 4-10. 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