Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 95, Decatur, Adams County, 22 April 1963 — Page 8

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Nation Has Most Elastic Spaceship

By ALVIN B. WEBB Jr. United Press International

CAPE CANAVERAL <UPB — Concede the Russians what you will, but to the United States must go the honor of having built what seems to be the world's most elas- « tic spaceship. The result could be the first endurance contest in space—a sort of flagpole sitting-in-the sky. starring astronauts. If science is willing to take a backseat. At the heart of the matter is America’s famed Mercury space capsule and, more specifically, its remarkably stretchable abilities which appear to have no limit Two years ago. scientists placed what seemed a firm limit on a man-carrying Mercury capsulethree orbits, no more. The experts cited all sorts of reasons why anything more was entirely out of the question. Capsule For Cooper Today, the same scientists are getting the same type of capsule ' ready to take an astronaut, L. , Gordon Cooper Jr, 22 times; around the world sometime in May And still the end isn’t fully in : view. Plans at ?ady are underway ! for a possible Mercury capsule manned flight of perhaps 70 orbits this year—and the experts say it is entirely feasible. Somewhere along the line, a fair degree of elasticity has set in. ■ ' “From three to" 70 orbits is a long stretch. It is now apparent that Project Mercury, America's first man-into-space program, was On the ultra side of conservative when it started estimating the capabilities of the space capsule two years ago. Open Throttle Only after the three-orbit trips of astronauts John H. Glenn Jr. and J. Scott Carpenter last year did Mercury’s scientists begin to open the throttle. Additions to the I vital oxygen, food and fuel sup-1 plies quickly made it possible for . astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. to double the capsule’s original performance estimate with a sixorbit trip in October. But physically, the Mercury capsule is the same rigid item that it was two years ago—shaped roughly like an old-time television i

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I picture tube with barely enough ' room for an astronaut to breathe j and push buttons and switches. Price to Pay There is a price to pay for these 'extra orbits The added ounces of fuel, food and water must come ■ from somewhere. Since the maximum weight of the capsule is inflexible, the subtraction generally i starts in the scientific experi- ! ments carried aboard. Which is another way of saying the longer the flight of a manned Mercury capsule, the less it can do on a scientific level —which contradicts the idea of Project Mercury m the first place. There is a breaking-off point where a Mercury capsule flight, from a coldly mathematical viewpoint, ceases to be a thing of science and becomes instead an orbiting platform suitable for little more than an endurance contest on the; part of the astronaut. The question is. where is that point? Even the scientists don’t seem certain. .•< ; % ..yw v fl >.?! SPLASH HIT — Weeki Wachee mermaid Bonnie Georgiadis forgot to remove her Bonnet before dunking at the Florida west coast resort

Decatur Youngsters Make 50 - Mile Hikes

Celina young men have nothing “on” Decatur, which seven local boys proved over the weekend by hiking to Fort Wayne and back, a trip of more than 50 miles. The “weekend walking” began at 5:30 o'clock Saturday morning when Tom Lose, Dave Alberding and Ken Gause left Decatur for Fort Wayne. The trio arrived m Fort Wayne at 11:30 a.m., ate at a restaurant at the Southgate shopping center, and then continued on to Creighton Ave., before starting the return trip to Decatur at 12:30 p.m. The youths arrived back at 8 o’clock Saturday night with sore feet and a happy feeling because the hike was over. Lose, 14, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Lose, Jr., 221 N. Sixth St., while Alberding is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Alberding, Jr., 621 Mercer Ave.; and Gause is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gause, 505 Mercer Ave. Not to be out-done by Celina hikers, or even Decatur hikers, four other local young men made

Price-Fixing Conviction Is Reversed Today CHICAGO (UPI) — The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today reversed a price - fixing conviction against Phillips Petroleum Co. and recommended that 10 other oil firms convicted in the 1960 case be granted a new trial. The 11 firms were found guilty by a Hammond, Ind., federal court jury of conspiring in May, 1957, to end a long retail gas war in the South Bend, Ind., area. The appeals court opinion, written by Judge F. Ryan Duffy, held that the defendants "did not have a fair trial.” “There were many, many instances which may very well have led the jury to believe that the trial judge regarded the defendants as guilty and that the verdict of the jury should be to that effect,” the court said. , Remanded for a new trial were Standard Oil Co. tlnd.); Socony Mobil Oil Co.; Ohio Oil Co.; Cities Service Petroleum Co.; Texaco, Inc.; Shell Oil Co ;. Central West Oil Corp.; Tornado Oil Co., Inc.; Hudson Oil Co.; and Pacer Oil Co. The firms had charged that Judge Luther M. Swygert refused to permit them to cross-examine witnesses in several instances, restricted their cross examination to other times, and gave improper instructions to the jury. The appeals court said i t though “many of the questions asked to which objections were sustained were proper cross examination.” The refusal of the trial court “to permit adequate cross examination was in error,” the court said. “The cumulative effect of the errors which we have described is that all of the defendants are entitled to at least a new trial,” it said. “A careful examination of the long record in the case forces us to the conclusion that the defendants did not receive a fair trial.” Referring to Phillips, the court said the record “does not show Phillips made any agreement and there was no evidence that Phillips induced or persuaded any jobbers or dealers t o raise prices.” It directed that the indictment against Phillips be dismissed. State Tri Kappas Select Officers FRENCH LICK, Ind. (UPI) — Mrs. Richard Pickett, Greenfield, was elected president of the Indiana council of Kappa Kappa Kappa sorority Saturday at a state convention here. Mrs. Jack Overmyer, Rochester, was elected vice president; Mrs. Arthur Niles, Plainfield, secretary, and Mrs. Magnus Heubl, Jeffersonville, treasurer. All will serve for two-year terms.

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an identical trip Sunday. Hike Sunday Dave Geimer, 16, son cf Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Geimer, 811 S. Winchester St.; Jim Hake, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hake, 910 Dierkes St., and Greg Eilenberger, 16, son of Mrs. Joyce Eilenberger, 133 S. Tenth St., made the “round-trip" Sunday. They hiked to Fort Wayne and back to Decatur, but showing up everyone was seven-year-old Grant Hurst, son of Tom and Daisy Hurst, who hiked to Fort Wayne with Geimer, Hake and Ellenberger. The four left Decatur at 9:30 a. m. Sunday, arrived in Fort Wayne at 3:30 p.m., and were back in Decatur about SO minutes past midnight last night. Little Grant, a first grade student at Lincoln schoool, was a little tired upon arriving in Fort Wayne, but was ready to start the return trip. Hia mother, however, decided that he had proved he was in "good shape,” which he definitely had, and brought him back to Decatur by car. Space-Age Education Ideas By Astronaut NEW YORK (UPl)—Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. warned today that an "information gap” is preventing full use Os discoveries in space and other scientific fields. He proposed the creation of a “national information center” to help close the gap “between the discoverers or the researchers and those who would normally make use of such - information.” Glenn set forth his ideas on sace-age education in a speech prepared for delivery at the annual Associated Press meeting. The national information center, he declared, would provide a central gathering place “for sorting, cataloguing, analyzing, storing and making readily accessible new information as it becomes available.” “I propose that we lose no time” in setting up such a center, Glenn said, noting the rapidly increasing volume of research data to be disseminated. He said the center would benefit teachers, businessmen, industry, government and professional workers. Glenn, first American to orbit the Sarth, also called for "some very basic research in how to get massive quantities of complex information taught and absorbed.” Educators must find ways to'improve teaching and to increase | the individual student’s use of his potential learning ability. In his address, philosophic in tone, Glenn concentrated on the educational problem and national goals, touching only briefly on details of the U.S. space program. He urged that Americans make better use of expanding leisure time to fulfill their innate capabilities. “A good many of us today are content to be fat, dumb and happy," the astronaut stated. “With a polyunsaturated diet of the coming 35-hour week, the fly-now-pay-later vacation, and fringe benefits, many of us live in a thromium-plated world where the major enemy we face is crabgrass.” Charge Three With Reckless Driving a Three drivers were arrested each for reckless driving, by the city police over the weekend. Richard A. Roudenbush, 17, 1127 Nuttman Ave., was arrested at 11:55 a.m. Sunday on Jefferson St., and is scheduled to appear in justice of the peace court at 7 o'clock this evening to answer to the charge. Daniel James Meyer, 18, route 4, Decatur, will appear in J. P. Court May 4 after being arrested for reckless driving at 9:55 p.m. Saturday on N. 13th street. Edward Leo Brite, 17, route 1, Decatur, was also arrested for reckless driving. Brite was arrested at 2:15 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of Third and Monroe streets, and will appear in J. P. court April 26.

Jan Smith Serving Aboard Fleet Tug USS HITCHITI (FHTNC) — Jan C. Smith, engineman third class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Smith of 236 North 12th St., Decatur, Ind. is serving aboard the Pacific service force fleet tug. USS Hitchiti, currently operating with the Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific. Assigned to a three to four month Far East cruise, the Hitchiti provides the logistic support that enables Seventh Fleet ships to patrol the Western Pacific. The Hitchiti is homenjrted st Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. It ypu nave something to sell ortrade — use the Democrat Want ads — they get BIG results.

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> r tIT wk? . J £ • •- SOCK CHANGE— Pausing briefly to change socks on their 50-mile hike to Fort Wayne Sunday are Greg Eilenberger, Jim Hake, Dave Geimer and Grant Hurst. The foursome made the trip in 15 hours, although seven-year-old Grant only went to Fort Wayne. Youth not in shape—President Kennedy take note, a seven-year-old has hiked more than 20 miles!—(Photo by Mac Lean) . . i h n B' 'j , \ 7 ' II B 2 ? 1 AH, THE TRIP'S OVER!— Tom Lose, Dave Alberding, and Ken Gause, left to right, take a muchneeded rest after they had completed a 50-mile hike to Fort Wayne Saturday. The local boys made the trip in 14 and one-half hours.—(Photo by MacLean*

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MONDAY, APRIL 22. 1963

LEGISLATURE (Continued from Page One) meet the needs outlined by Governor Welsh. Sought Near SSOO Million Welsh had called for nearly SSOO million extra. Nevertheless, apparently convinced it was the best that could be done under the circumstances of a narrowly divided assembly, Welsh signed the tax bills into law shortly before midnight Saturday and stayed in his office until 3:30 am. Sunday until the legislature's end was shaped up beyond any question of doubt. By the time the last bills were ready to be signed and sent to the governor’s desk, the exhausted lawmakers had vacated their chambers and left only a handful of leaders to witness the end of a session long to be remembered. Girl Scouts __ Troop 630 The meeting of troop 630 was held at the Northwest school, Thursday. The meeting was opened with roll call and the dues were then collected. We then all went on a bike hike. Later, refreshments were served b* Gwen Nash. The meeting was then dismissed. Scribe Cheryl Miller.

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