THE WIZARDS OF SPACE (3)
By Don Oakley and John Lane
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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
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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.
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HERALD AND NTWS, Kfamaffi Tills, Oroii
Thursday, June 13, 19M
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$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
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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.
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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.
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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. !
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