Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 195, Decatur, Adams County, 19 August 1963 — Page 8

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Rocket Vibrations Trouble Astronauts

By ALVIN B. WEBB JR. Unied Press International CAPE CANAVERAL (UPI) —The Federal space agency is upset over the prospect that the upcoming Gemini flights into space could m ak e human milk-shakes out of America’s astronauts. As matters stand today, the first Gemini pilots would go bouncing off into orbit at the rate of 660 bounces per minute. That’s enough to jar the teeth of a hippopotamus. The culprit in this particular potful of Gemini problems is the Titan-2 rocket that will boost the capsule and its two men. Technicians have discovered the rocket is a sort of flying accordion, vibrating up and down at the rate of 11 cycles per second. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) told United Press International that ‘‘NASA considers the present level of oscillation as unsuitable for a manned vehicle.” Intra-service ./nemos on the subject are phrased considerably stronger. Space agency officials said that if rocket, spacecraft and spacemen alike go around bouncing 11 times every second there would be ‘‘potential degradation of the functional capabilities of the pilots.” Translation: • The astronauts would be shaken to the eyeballs. It is admittedly a bit difficult to see anything clearly while one’s head is going up and down 660 times per minute (11 cycles per second times 60 seconds). “. . . The relative motion between the pilot’s head and the instrument panel, which also would be vibrating, could make it difficult for pilots to read instruments accurately,” as NASA says. Reactions Unpleasant Another space agency official

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says tests in the 11-cycle-per-sec-ond area have turned up a long list of reactions by pilots, “most of them unpleasant.” Scientists have concluded from their studies of Titan-2 military test shots at Cape Canaveral that, the critical vibrations start a lile more than one minute after blast-off, and that they last for about 20 seconds or so. The problem and the responsibility for its solution has been dumped back into the lap of the Air Force, which had the Titan-2 —problems and all — built to its specifications in the first place. The difficulty has been duly accorded a name: “Pogo-stick effect.” It has been more or fess pinpointed: “. . . Evidently originating as a pressure disturbance in propellant pumping and piping system which results in variations in engine t hrust, which feeds back through the vehicle’s structure, further ' amplifying the pressure disturbance .. A two-point general course of action has been proposed: 1. Stop the vibrations; 2. Fix up things in the place where they started; i.e., the fuel pumps and lines. Never Worries The Air Force has been flying Titan-2 missiles for going on two years, but never worried about the “pogo-stick effect” because the nuclear warheads the rocket was designed to carry don’t have eyeballs to shake or teeth to rattle or stomachs to churn. NASA long ago selected Titan-2 as the Gemini capsule booster, and has had its scientific fingers in the rocket’s innards for a year or more without notable results. The problem is still there, on every Titan-2 that flies from Cape Canaveral. Asked whether the “pogo-stick” cause-effect-solution would delay Gemini’s schedule, the space ag-

ency answered with a firm “no.” There is a fair amount of reason for this indication of confidence. Project Gemini already is more than a year behind schedule, and it will be another 14 months — October, 1964 — before the first pair of astronauts will board the capsule for a flight into space. That leaves a goodly slice, of time for finding some way to take the spring out of the flying pogo-stick. Winners Are Listed In Tractor Pulling Winners in the tractor pull contest held Saturday on the Clarence Weber farm at Preble, and sponsored by the Preble volunteer fire department, were announced this morning. Raymond Bulmahn, route 2, Decatur, and Dale Reinhard of Bluffton copped first places in lightweight and mediumweight pulls respectively. Reinhard also copped the heavyweight pull. Finishing behind Bulmahn in the lightweight division were Carl Hildebrand, Vernon Macke, Emit Isch, and Jim Gallmeyer, in that order. Finishing behind Reinhard in the 7,500 pound mediumweight class were Walter Hilderbrand Gerald Bulmahn, Kenneth Reinhard and Leroy Bulmahn. Reinhard also won the 10,000 heavyweight pull, with Walter Hildebrand Bob Hildebrand, Al Isch and Larry Bittner finishing behind him in that order. The tractor pull committee expressed their thanks to all persons who donated and assisted in making the contest a success. Plains Stales Are Pelted By Showers By United Press International Scattered showers today pelted the plains states eastward up the Ohio Valley. Heavy rainfall Sunday was concentrated in the Mississippi Valley but Lubbock, Tex., recorded nearly an inch of rain during the night. Up to inches of rain hit the Texas plains Sunday and a freak storm sent water swirling through the streets of El Paso. Only athird inch of rain was recorded by the El Paso Weather Bureau, but many homes were flooded and at feast one person died. The Red Cross set up shelter units for persons who fled their homes. Army truck convoys helped many residents escape flash flooding. Sandbags slowed water in some parts of the city. Late reports said the water was receding. A body believed to be that of a prominent El Paso attorney was recovered Sunday night from swirling floodwaters. Witnesses said the man drowned when his car was swept off the road. Five persons were killed and four others injured Saturday night in a head-on crash in a rainstorm near Custer, S.D. Sunday’s cold front set many new records for the date. Among them were Chicago, 49; Lansing, Mich., 41; Minneapolis, Minn., 46; Dubuque, lowa, 46; Indianapolis, Ind., 48; Rockford and Peoria, 111., 45. Milwaukee, Wis., had a low of 44, record for the date and only two degrees over the all-time low for August. A peak of 58 at Des Moines, lowa, was the lowest high on record for the date. While not a record, the mercury dipped to 34 degrees at Pellston, Mich. The Weather Bureau said cloudy skies would shower rain across most of the nation from the Atlantic Coast to the Mississippi River today. The northeast was expected to be sunny and warm. Afternoon and evening thunderstorms were forecast in the muggy Southeast. Isolated thundershowers were forecast for the rest of the nation.

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Decatur Woman In Farm Bureau Revue A talented group of happy amateurs will represent this area in a gala rural revue sponsored by Indiana Farm Bureau for visitors to the Indiana state fair. Included in the group vijil be singers, dancers, and musicians, chosen to represent the Bureau’s fourth district. The spritely farm folk will stage their musical matinee September 2,'at 1:30 p.m. in the air-cooled auditorium of the farmer’s building. Carlin Schoeff, Montpelier, district director, commented that talent in this year’s show “is as good as any wex have ever had. These people have worked hard getting their acts together. Many of them have apepared at township and county meetings.” Mrs. Lester Bird, Hartford City, district woman leader, will be mistress of ceremonies for the presentation. Appearing on the program will be: Mrs. Floyd Rupert, piano-vo-cal solo, Decatur; Mary Trout, vocal solo, acompanied by Mrs. Robert Goodspeed, both of Hartford City; Kenneth and Betsy Leach, vocal duet, Fairmount, accompanied by Mrs. Evelyn Langsdon, Fowlerton; Leland Compton, vocal solo, acompanied by Mrs. Leland Compton, both of Jonesboro; Marlene Hartman, piano solo, Kokomo; Nancy and Ronald Pulley, Terry Updike, and Lana Lawver, novelty dance, all of Huntington; Donna and Dennis Walker, vocal duet, accompanied by Camille Walker, all of Huntington; Cheryl Lynn Hampson, danco vocal solo, Bryant; Gary and Karen Goodspeed, duet, Hartford City; Steve Mangans, piano- vocal solo, Peru; Richard Plothow, Jr., vocal solo, accompanied by Virginia Stephenson, both of Peru; Hollie, Jean Ann, Kathy, Lamona, and Lenna Hoover vocal quintet, accompanied by Mrs. Gene Hoover, all of Tipton; Nancy McKee, vocal solo, accompanied by Mrs. Merl McKee, both of Wabash; Jill Borror, vocal solo, Keystone; and Yuonne Lewis, piano solo, Petroleum. Counties in the fourth district are Adams, Blackford, Grant, Howard, Huntington, Jay, Miami, Tipton, Wabash and Wells. Stolen Car Driven Across Stale Line The federal bureau of investigation has joined with local authorities in investigation of a stolen car that was transported across the Ohio-Indiana state line. F. B. I. detective Ron Birdwell was in Decatur this morning investigating the theft, along with the Adams county sheriff's department. The auto, a 1957 Cadillac, is owned by Jerome Kohne, 421 Adams St., and was discovered about 10:30 a.m. Sunday in a creek bed along county road 7, south of state road 101, in Adams county. The auto was stolen from the packing lot of Bill's Barn, in Middlebury, 0., about 1:30 o’clock Sunday morning. Thomas Kohne, who had been operating the auto, reported the theft to the Van Wert county sheriff’s department after the auto was discovered missing. ■ The city police received a call on an abandoned car and upon investigation by the city and sheriff’s officers, discovered the vehicle to be stolen car. The car had been driven into the creek bed and abandoned there. Damage to the car was estimated at approximately S3OO, as the windshield antenna, right front door and fender, and left front door and hood were damaged. If you have something to sell or trade — use the Democrat Want ads — they get BIG results.

Society. PSI IOTA XI SORORITY HOLDS ANNUAL PICNIC The annual picnic of the Psi lota Xi sorority was held recently at the home of the chapter president, Mrs. Roger Stevens. The new initiates were hostesses for this annual event. They were Mrs. Smith Snively, Miss Claudia Caston, Mrs. Thomas Grimm, the Misses Sandra Liby, Cynthia Collier, Barabara Rutter, and Alice Schroeder. The evening began with a chicken dinner catered by the Dutch Mill of Bluffton. A short business meeting followed with revisions to the by-laws being read, voted on, and approved. Recreation for the evening was in the form of various card games. Eighteen members and one guest, Miss Kay Yager, Chicago, 111., were present. The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held September 24 at a time and place to be announced later. Locals Mr. and Mrs. John Shook and Mr. and Mrs. L.L. Davidson and daughter, Pam, returned Saturday from a vacation trip to Miami Beach, Fla. Larry Gene Hoffman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hoffman, route 2, will be among the graduates of Ball State Teachers College. He will receive a B.S. degree in business administration. He has accepted a position with the Goodyear company. Mr. and Mrs. G. Remy Bierly had as their weekend guests their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Price and daughters Ann and Nancy, of Louisville, Ky. Passenger Lists Checked In Robbery LONDON (UPI) — Scotland Yard checked passenger lists at London Airport today in search of a tall,' dapper man who may be linked to Britain’s daring $7.3 million train robbery. Detectives believed a black sports car left near the airport may have been bought by one of the gang the day after the Aug. 8 robbery. Definite proof of the connection was not immediately available when the car was found Sunday night, but police laboratory experts checked it out minutely for fingerprints and other possible clues. Other detectives went to the airport to check passenger lists for the possibility someone linked to the robbery was on an outgoing plane. So far, police have arrested five persons in connection with the robbery and recovered $677,420 in stolen bills. The rest of the gang and the bulk of the loot were the objects of a continuing widespread search.

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Hospital Admitted Mrs. Harold Huffman, Mrs. Martin Zimmerman, Decatur; Mrs. Christina Martinez, Hicksville, 0.; Miss Elizabeth Graber, Berne; Master Vincent Quinones, Decatur; Mrs. Otto Fuelling, Hoagland. Dismissed ' Mrs. Alan Miller and baby boy, Mrs. Maude Gilbert, Master Thomas Heimann, Mrs. William Kahn, Mrs. Dennis Lobsiger and baby girl, Mrs. James McDonald and baby boy, Mrs. Paul Rolston, Mrs. Lowell Thatcher and baby girl, Master Harold Painter, Vernon Johnson, Mrs. Tom Toy and baby girl, Mrs. William Houston and baby girl, Decatur; Mrs. Roger Roe and baby girl. Births Tom and Karen Riddle Toy, 710 Nuttman Ave., became the parents of a 7 lb., 13*6 oz. baby girl at 8 24 a.m. Sunday. Pope In Appeal To Eastern Churches VATICAN CITY (UPI) — Pope Paul VI apparently hopes to persuade the Eastern Orthodox churches to end their boycott of the Ecumenical Council as a first step toward unity, Vatican sources said today. The pontiff made a dramatic appeal Sunday to the Eastern churches to help tear down "the barriers that separate us.” The Eastern churches, representing the largest Christian body in the world after the Roman Catholics and the Protestants, split from the Roman church 900 years ago because of differenbes including the supremacy of the Pope. For the first time in his two-month-old reign, Pope Paul made clear his feelings toward the Eastern churches Sunday in a speech at the Abbey of St. Mary at Grottaferrata, a hill town a few miles from his . summer residence in Castelgandolfo. Although he addressed himself to the goal of unity, the Pope seemed to aim at persuading the Eastern churches, as an immediate objective, to send observers to the Ecumenical Council when it reconvenes Sept. 29 “We should like indeed to make our voice like an angel's trumpet that says: “Come! May the barriers that separate us fall!” the Pope said. “Let us explain points of doctrine that are not in common, that are still the object of controversy,” he said. “Let us search to make common and solid our credo (belief). Let us search to render articulate and united our hierarchical union. “We do not want either to absorb nor to mortify this great flowering of Eastern churches bt we would like to re-graft it onto the one tree of the unity of Christ, and may the cry become also her prayer.”

Alabama Sheriff, Police Chief Slain LITTLEVILLE, Ala. (UPI) — A posse searched a thickly wooded area near here today for a maddened moonshiner who killed a sheriff and a police chief with a single shotgun blast and fled in a car driven by his teen-age daughter. v More than 250 law enforcement officers, using bloodhounds and armed with submachine guns, searched for Troy Thornton, who after killing the two officers Sunday with the shotgun, grabbed a rifle and critically wounded another officer. - Thornton, 40, then forced his daughter to drive him into a heavily wooded hilly area Where he disappeared with the rifle and a pistol. Relatives said Thornton, a twice-convicted moonshiner, had been told recently by his doctor he had cancer and could live only a few months longer. “He thinks he has nothing to lose,” his wife said. Police said Colbert County Sheriff Herman (Red) Cook, Police Chief Neil Pace, Chief Deputy Don Files and Deputy Jtay Mur-

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ray went to the site of Thornton’s house, which burned down about a year go, to see if he was hauling illegal whisky. They found Thornton lying on a metal glider outside the remains of his home. His daughter, Carolyn, 18, was nearby. Murray said that as the officers approached Thornton raised up and fired with the shotgun. The officers ducked down into high grass and Thornton yelled: “I’ll quit if you will. Just stand up.” The officers declined. ' “He shot and I hunkered down,” Murray said. “Ulen he shot again. That was the one that killed Cook and Pace. Then he shot again. I hunkered down some more.” The deputy said Thornton then picked up the rifle and fired several more shots, one of them apparently striking Files in the stomach. Indiana Farmer Is Killed By Bull GREENFIELD, Ind. (UPI)— Moses Vandenbark, 78, Wilkinson area farmer, was found dead on his farm Saturday and authorities said he had been gored and trampled by a bull. The body was found by tenant farmer John Cole.