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THE WIZARDS OF SPACE (8) HERALD AND SEWS, Klamath Kails. Ore. Wednesday, Junf 19, 19H3 PACE 7-A By Don Oakley and John Lane 'Good Communists' Don't Accept Tips iS am wrwv :titssrt wnw sxn i u , ' r---- .... , r ..s.yM Ten miles northeast of Washington. D.C., near Greenbelt,' Md.. is the first major labora tory in the U.S. to be devoted entirely to the peaceful investigation and exploration of space. tioddard Space Flight Center, named after rocket pioneer Robert H. Goddard. was found ed on May 1, 1959. The center, with a staff of more than li,700, is responsible for the com plete development of unmanned sounding rockets and satellites. In addition, it manages NASA's Delta rocket, two world-wide satellite tracking networks and the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, which concen trates on basic theoretical research. Goddard is one of the few installations that ean carrv a SDace exonriment from beeinnine to end from idea to construction of a satel lite to launching to tracking to evaluating data. Three of the most important satellite proj ects now going on at Goddard are the orbiting observatories: Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSOl, Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO) and Orbiting Geophvsical Observator" (OGOt. The latter is to be called POGO when launched in a polar orbit and KGO -xea launched in an eccentric or elongated orbit. The first OSO was launched in March 1962 and was credited with gaining more informa tion about the sun than all previous observa tions. Knowledge about the sun is vital for manned flight to the moon, since the radiation from as vet unpredictable solar flares is a major hazard to astronauts In deep space. The first EGO launching is scheduled for this year, the first POGO for 1964 and the first OAO for 1965. Eventually, one or more of each will be aloft at all times. Looking into the far future, Goddard Is studying the feasibility of repairing satellites in orbit. In the third panel, an astronaut, sent into space in a winged re-entry vehicle similar to the Air Force's proposed Dyna-Soar, is mak ing repairs on a Nimbus weather satellite. Nimbus, also a Goddard project, is successor 1o the famed Tiros weather satellite series. The first Nimbus will be shot into a polar orbit by 1964 from Ft. Arguello, Calif. NEXT: The Alms at Ames New Fields Necessary To StopDecline Of World's Diamonds FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (L'PIi In the langugage of love, diamonds are forever. But unfortunately for Sierra Leone, they may not go on forever here. Local production of diamonds has fallen off sharply. Diamond dealers expect it to continue to fall unless new fields are found. This is important to a new West African nation of 2.5 million Man Drowns EUGEXE (UPI Clifford Suel zle. 9. Eupene. drowned while swimming in Fern Ridge Reser voir near here Tuesday afternoon. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rolland K. Suclzle of Eugene. people and 27,925 square miles, 'about the size of Ireland, which 'gained independence on April 27, 1961, after more than 250 years of British rule. In 1961, diamond exports were $43.4 million, nearly throe-fifths of the country's exports. But the end of 1962, diamond exports were running at the rate of only $22.4 million. Natives Join Act Diamonds were discovered in Sierra Leone at the end of the1 1920s. For years, one company, the Sierra Leone Selection Trust, had a monopoly on mining. Rut then in the early 1950s, native dig gers began finding diamonds ga lore in river beds or covered by only a few feet of soil. Since, legally, the precious i slones all belonged to the monopo-l ly company, native finders began smuggling them in quantities over the borders, especially into Libe ria. ' Finally, in 1956, the govern ment bought out the monopoly and began licensing native dig gers. Improved marketing ar rangements through the Diamond Corporation "largely owned by De Beers' further reduced smug gling but dealers believe some al ways will go on. Other than diamonds. Sierra Le one has deposits of rich iron ore and also produces some export crops such as Pissave, coffee, co coa, ginger and kola nuts. But per capita gross national product is around 150 a year, one of the lowest in Africa. Reserve Dwindling "There are no get rich re sources here like the oil in Ni geria or the bauxite in Ghana," commented one veteran British of ficial. While Ghana is several times larger, it came to indepen- Lightning Hits BPA Power Pole PORTLAND UPI - Lightning Tuesday afternoon hit a Bonne ville Puer Administration wood en H-frame pole and knocked out the Redmond - Burns 115.000-volt line, a BPA spokesman said here. The lightning strike caused a power outage at Burns and other sections of southeast Oregon. Pow er was expected to be restored early today. dence with reserves of around $560 million. Sierra Lenne had about 7.4 million. A third of that is gone. The conclusion is that the coun try will need outside help for de velopment. Sierra Leone means "The Lion Mountains", a name given to it by the Portuguese navigator who discovered it in MfiO. Freetown. the capital, has one of the largest natural harbors in the world and is i major staging point for allied convoys in World War II. The masts of a sunken freighter still slant from the sea off shore. By JAY AXK1.BANK MOSCOW IUPP - The Moscow taxi driver made a sour face when handed a 20 kopeck 1 18 coins tip by the American tourist. Misunderstanding, the American doubled the tip and proferred it again. Again the driver returned the money. "I work for a living," he taid. "Don't insult me." The taxi driver was a "good Communist." and good Commu nists don't accept tips. Since 1917 the government has tried to dis courage tipping as a onrgeois hangover. From time to time articles ap pear in the Soviet Press remind ing citizens that tipping is deca dent. Recently the magazine Ogonyok" iLitllc Flamel issued a stern reminder to Russians that ihey "humiliate" taxi drivers by tipping them. Unofficially Accepted Custom But thousands of Russians arc being humiliated every day and seem to like it. Largely because of the influence of an increased foreign tourist flow, tipping is not only not dying out, it is becom ing an unofficially accepted custom. Russians themselves, if asked a direct question, will usually react by saying tipping is "immoral or "degrading." But under prob ing about 9 out of 10 will admit they do tip. "I am always in a quand ary about it," one office worker told United Press International "If I tip I insult a waiter. If 1 don't tip I might also insult him. or be thought cheap. Most of the time I tip moderately maybe be cause I am a little bourgeois minded." Same As West In restaurant, barber shops. coat check desks, etc., tipping is I about as usual as in the West. In the years after the 1917 Rev olution it was fairly commonplace to see signs exhorting Russians not to tip. "Don't humiliate your fellow men," was a typical ad- i monition. But such ethical directives arc irare now in Moscow, although the larther one goes outside the cap ital, the less tipping is practiced and the more likely a tourist is likely to have his tip handed back. Moscow coat check counters in winter Russian custom demands that all coats be checked in rest aurants, theaters or other public places now sport little dishes with 10 kopeck pieces and other tips. Inttrtlttd In ft Pension Plans I Have I Cqullabla'i Livlnr Iniuranc 9 John H. Houston I DON'T BUY A NEW TV PIC TUBE Until You Check With Billy Golden TV Phont 1-1 259 Merrill, Malta, Thurt. 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