THE WIZARDS OF SPACE (8)
HERALD AND SEWS, Klamath Kails. Ore.
Wednesday, Junf 19, 19H3
PACE 7-A
By Don Oakley and John Lane
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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.
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