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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-07
HEADLINE PERSONALITY
Chief Of U. S. Project
UnruffIed by Satellite
BY the Associated Press

Dr. John p Hagen is an
uneXcitable man with one OF
the most exciting Jobs IN the
world-that of launching the
first United States satellite
into space,
DR.. Hagen. 40, a calm. easy
going scientist whose serene
attitude about the whole thing
astonishes associates, needs all
the even temper he can muster
for the difficult project.
He is head of Project VAN
Ruard"-the United States ef-
fort to learn the secrets OF
space by rocketing tiny satel-
llteS crammed with Instruments
out of the earth's atmosphere
and into orbits around the
earth.
Although the Soviet Union
already has done this. the
launching has not disturbed
DR.. Hagen. He told the Nation
In a week end television inter-
view that the United States
wasn't and hadn't been trying
TO beat the Soviet Union TO
the punch.
Earlier Statements
That reaction is borne out
by earlier statements along
identical lines. As long ago as
last December. DR.. Hagen said.
we are not IN any way racing
with Russia We are only
racing with our own schedule. .
That schedule calls for speed
inc a series OF satellites out Of
the earthS atmosphere. where
II IS hoped they Will assume or
bits and begin sending vital in
formation TO listening observers
on the ground. The first fully
equipped United States satellite
Is expected to be launched early
next year.
Only the United States and
the Soviet Union are launching
satellites. although scientists all
over the world are supposed to
share in the collection and
analysis OF the information
gained.
The whole thing is a part of
the lS-month observance OF the
International Geophyslcal Year.
a concerted. Worldwide drive
under way since July 10 learn
more about the earth and the
universe.
Dr. Hagen 5 responsibilities in
the tremendously intricate
project haven't altered his US
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-07

carries instruments to measure
metcoNte hts.
In Cairo. Prof Y. Fesscnkov
engaeed in ICY studies was
quoted as saving the moon is
fitted with equipment which
can photograph the earth
There could be doubt he meant
this moon specifically.
Codes are essential in moon
experiments. and the United
States has announced the code
is moons will use Ii VIII be
a tone VARYING III frequency
depending upon the expert
ments being performed. Dr
HAGEN explains.
Dr. Hagen said United States
test shots Of very small moons
scheduled this fall. would be
announce in advance and de-
tails reported as the moons
circle the earth.
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y
the Lockheed Corp. FOR more
than q year.
AT the same time. he de-
clared that If free Western ma
tons did not pool their seen
tlflc BRAINS and materlel To
overtake the Russian lead they
must face the possibility that
Russia can win the peace With
out ever having 10 make war
Gen. Gallois recently re-
signed from the French ar
force after serving as one OF
the top French commanders at
supreme headquarters OF the
allied powers III Europe. mill
tary arm OF the North Atlantic
Treaty Alliance He IS now
working for a French aircraft
firm developing a neW-type
fighter plane for NATO.
Can Take Pictures
The LoCkheed firm he
said, has been working for a
year on the development OF a
reconnaissance satellite. Big
Brother equipped TO take and
retransmlt pictures Of the
countries it flies over.
This planetary radar Viii
furnish information on arr
dromeS. installations and Sc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-07
Saw Satellite
Via Naked Eye,
A|askans Claim

FAIRBANKS. Alaska. Oct.
RJ.-Three young scientists al
the Geophysical Institute of tbs
University OF Alaska yesterday
were reported as being the first
Americans to see the Soviet
earth satellite.
Robert s. Leonard, Joseph
Pope and DR.. Giancarlo RUM
observed the satellite with the
naked eye for five minutes yes
terday starting at 453 am.
Alaska standard time Q0:5a
am. EDIT, DR.. c. Gordon
Little. deputy director of the in
stitute. said today
A Harvard scientist said last
night the object sighted over
Alaska may have been the third
stage OF the rocket used TO fire
the satellite and not the
satellite itself.
DR. Richard f. McCrosky, a
lecturer in astronomy and re-
search fellow at Harvard Col
lege observatory, said reports
OF its brightness indicated ii
was Of the fourth magnitude
whereas the size and distance
given by the Russians indicated
a seventh or eighth magnitude
Of brightness.
Signals Confirm Belief
Dr. Little. however, said the
three men who stated they saw
the object. were sure it was the
satellite because radio signals
from the satellite were recorded
at the same time they saw it.
Dr. Little said he did not see
II himself as he was asleep at
the time, He reported the
sighting to the Smithsonian As
trophysical Observatory at
Cambridge. Mass.
Mr.. Leonard and Mr.. Pope
are graduate students at the
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cret factories II Will especial
y allow Us TO locate more eX-
actly installations whose gem
etal location We already know Z
Information about Big
Brother has never been PRINT
ed in France before. The gem
eral disclosed 1t TO reporter
for Psris-Presse. one Of whose
owners IS Marcel Dassault.
layees, aircraft manufacturer
IN France.
For example said the gen.
eral, everybody knows the
Dnepr dam a vast SOVIET ny
dro-eleCtuc ms, allauon IN the
Ukraine But Soviet maps and
some others are very lmplecise
TO ptOt the topography exactly
II would have been necessary
to go there with a Sextant and
take its co-ordlnateS. To direct
an lntercontinentsl bomb with
precision. the photos and the
maps supplied by the recon-
Nuisance satellite VIII be Of
cons!dera bic utility"
Sought 10 shock People
He maintained the Soviet
purpose in launching the Satel-
lite was not to obtain scientific
information but TO administer
a shock To public opinion
1T makes II possible for the
Russians TO WIN the peace
without ever having TO make
wal In this trial Of strength.
the Sputnik' plays the role Of
an arm OF the first magnitude =
Moreover the general said
is psychological effect on the
world Will be tremendous.
If the West does not react. Z
he warned. IF it does not de-
pelop more in common its re-
sources and its brains. i is
condemned in advance before
the thunderouS scientific prog
lesS OF the USSR
The Communist regime may
be labeled a failure. ITS police
apparatus called represSiye. but
If Soviet progress should sur
pass that of the West IN many
fields then the intelllgentSla OF
the entire world Will inevitably
,urn to that country from
which enlightenment comes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-07
Novy Pulls Quick Switch
To Get on Moons Troll

A second-floor Office at the
Naval Research Laboratory in
Blue Plains IS the nerve center
Of this Nations far-fiung ef-
forts 10 trace the path OF Rus
sla 5 space satellite.
Until last Friday. the five
room Office was the headquar-
tiers for Operation Vanguard
the United States own satel-
lite program.
But when news Of the Rus
sian launching was flashed 10
the world Vanguard headquar-
tiers quickly shifted gears and
converted itself into a satellite
tracking center,
Here reports from radio
operators and Navy minltracs.
minute detail tracking sta
tons are received analvzod and
turned oyer TO chartmakers
Who try TO plot the future path
Of the BABY moon
Three phones at a reception
desk are conStantlv busy an
sVfr!ng queries from news
papers and anxious citizens or
receEIEc reports from amateur
operators who have picked up
the satellite signal
TeletypeS Link Stations
Behind the reception desk
Is 4 glaSoed-n room full OF
teletTpe machines for sending
ard receiving There are ma
chimes for all the mlnitrack
stations. and three machines
are reserved for rushing lnfor-
nation 70 the Vanguard Com
putting Center al 6l5 Pennsyl-
vanla avenue NV
Teletype messages from mini
truckers that have heard the
satellite are passed along TO a
team Of chemists headed bv
Dr. Joseph w Siry chief Of
the theory and ANALYSIS branch
Of Operation Vanguard. They
make a quick eyaluatlon OF the
report
a large room next to DR.
Sily's Office designed as a brief
Ing room FOR reporters when
Operation Vanguard gets under
way has been pressed into
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-07
French Air Expert Sees
Military Value in Moon

PARIS Oct lT'-One Of Frances top aviation expert
asserted the moon certainly has mlitar
significance He the United already IS building
reconnaissance satellite called Big Brother
Pierre Calos told reporter for Parls-presse Tn
American >kySpy-eye had been under development b.
The Iockhaed Corn. for more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-07
Confirm Weight

He told ICY scientists that
the moon carried only radio
equipment circuits and bat
teries for traclng purposes He
confirmed that Sputnik weighs
1874 pounds
United States scientists call
culate that electronIc equip
ment and batteries weighing
this much could be packed in
side Sputnlk S small SIZE. with
the rest OF the weight made up
OF its outer shell.
Confusion arises over re-
ports from Moscow quoting
Prof. Yum D Boulangcr. vice
president OF the Soviet ICY or
ganizatlOn. SAYING Sputnk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-07
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-07
'Sputnik' Raises
Question About
Secret Data
BY ALTON l.. BLAKESLEE

Associated Press science Reporter
NEW YORK, Oct. 7 tP.-In
its third day Of life. the Rus
sian moon is creating confusion
concerning three intriguing
questions:
Is Sputnik - Russian for
earth Satellite-makinR some
space studies. such as tempera-
lures or spaces shooting stars?
Is it telling about them in a
radio code?
VIII the u. S. S. r. inform
other nations of what Sputnik
learns in this maiden voyage
into space?
Russia rocket scientist. DR..
A. A. Blagonravov. now in this
country. says Sputnik is broad
casting radio signals only so IL
can be tracked, and is not
studying temperatures or other
events in space. And it's not
broadcaStlng anything in code.
he adds.
But IN Moscow. a prominent
scientist Says Sputnik is count
ing hits by meteorites out in
space. The moon would have
10 report this by some code. One
possibility is that. due to Ian
.guage translation difficulties
the scientist was referring to
future moons. not TO Sputnik
the First.
Valuable Data Gained
A Moscow broadcast says
Sputnik has provided knowl-
edge Of great scientific value :"
but gives no details. This could
refer Just TO observations OF its
orbit, giving clues about all
density IN space, or 10 knoWl-
edge useful IN launching and
directing future moons into de-
sired orbits.
Some United States scientists
listening 10 Sputnik' beeping
signals detect changes which
they say sound like code. But
they quickly add that this could
well be a practice test OF a
presently meaningless code
Codes will be essential in any
future moons TO radio back re-
ports of what is learned IN
space, since the moons can't
land back home.
DR. Blagonravoy Yesterday
called Sputnik an experimental
or test shot. and said IL was
outside the International Geo
physical Year
Both nations have agreed to
share fully everything then
ICY moons learn
Asked on a TV program
whether the Russians would
share information about Sput-
nix he replied
United States scientists OBJ
serving It can learn very useful
information for launching their
own satellite.
Experiences Of SputnIk could
help the Russians IN subsequent
launchingS. and the United
States with its first one.
Code Reported
DR. John p, Hagen. director
Of the American moon project
Vanguard. said in a telephone
interview that the Soviet radio
signals appears TO contain
code.
1t could well have no mean
ing other than TO practice a
code transmission. ~ he said
This would be expected It's
hard 10 tell # II represents real
information
He explained that the 20
megacycle radio signal from
Sputnlk shows a series of pulses
about a third Of second long.
With MOBILIZATION or change
III that pulse
d. Blagngayov explains the
variations are due to physical
laws producing them as a
Speecing OBJECT approaches Or
recedes from a given listing
post.
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emergency service. Here Or
John p Hagen. director o!
Operation Vanguard. works
with another group Of experts
Their Job IS 10 study photo
graphic recordings from the
min!tracker at nearby Blossom
Point Nd for clues.
A third room is given over
10 charting Here scientists
try to figure out the path the
satellite will follow. USING data
from the mlnltrack stations
the mechanical brain and re-
ports phoned IN by radio op-
orators
Plotting Difficult
Plotting has been difficult be-
cause OF the lack OF rappor,
between the satellite and the
NatyS mlnltrackers The Rus
sans launched their artificial
moon on 20 and 40 megacycle
UanSmiSsiouS The Navy equip
mcnt was designed for los
megacycles
Even after conversion to ne
lower megacycle range. the
problem isn't solved because
Of the difficulty OF p,npoint-
Ing luSt where the satellite Is
when the m.nitracekr receives
a signal
But through correlatinq pre-
ciSely-timed reports from a
variety Of sources scientists
believe they can predict ac-
curatelv the course the satel-
lite will follow.
OF the Nays nine mini
crackers. SIX ALREADY have been
converted TO the lower mega
cycle range and are feeding
information to Vanguard head
quarters These are the Bios
som Point facility and stations
IN San Diego. Calf Fort
Stewart Ga Havana. Cuba
Quito, Ecuador and Lima
Peru
a Navy spokesman said the
other three VIII be converted
within few days. These arc
at Antigua British West In
dies Antofagasta. Chile anc
Santiago. Chile.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
|NaWOpiimisfic
AS Il Awaits
|OpenerWiihBC
BY BILL FUCHS
star stan Correspondent

ANNAPOLIS, Sept. 7.-Opti-
mism continues to prevail along
the Severn these days as Coach
Eddie Erdelatz and his star
whip the Navy football team
into shape for its opener Sep
TENDER 81 at Boston College.
1.-THE practice sessions have
been real good" Erdelatz says.
"We're moving along right on
schedule"
Even rave notices in national
magazines describing Navy as
the power of the East have
failed to shake up Erdelatz. his
staff or his squad.
That's all right" Erdelatz
says with his normal aplomb.
But it's a lot like pinning the
tail on the donkey before the
party starts. It might be q lot
Of fun. but it doesn't mean very
much"
Spirits Never Better
Spirits have never been better
here than they are right now
and one factor is the frank
stand on bowl games taken by
the new athletic director, Capt.
Slade Cutter. Navy is in the
bowl business and all the boys
need for a poSt-season game is
an invitation and q win over
Army, Cutter has announced.
That announcement has made
Cutter one Of the most popular
figures here with the press.
No longer win reporters have
to belabor, the bowl question.
It also is straight with the
coaches and players who can
leave the matter until after the
Army game where it rightfully
belongs.
First in line, however, is
Boston College. which has in
vited Navy to help open its new
stadium. A sellout crowd Of
IS. 900 win be on hand and it
stands TO reason the boys from
BIC win be sky-high for this
one.
BIC Has Veteran Team
Coach Mike Holovak, former
star fullback with &c and the
Chicago Bears. is welcoming
back IL starters. including
Leon Bennett, whose 6-foot-5,
230-pound body viii dominate
the right side Of the line at
the tackle position. The back
field appears real solid with
Quarterback Bob Allard, Half
backs Alan Miller and Tommy
Joe Sullivan and Fullback Don
Seagar providing Q four
pronged threat from the T and
split-T formations
Miller, who halls from Devon,
Conn. carried 70 times last year
for an average Of So yards per
carry. Sullivan lugged the ball
81 times for an average Of SO
yards.
william & Mary, Nays
second opponent. opens at
home September 81 against
George Washington, It also APP
pears to have its strongest
team in years. However, the
outstanding opponents appear
to be Notre Dame, November
2 at South Bend: Duke, Novem-
Der 9 in Baltimore, and Army,
November 80 in Philadelphia.
Navy would very much like
to 60 all the way. The play
ers, themselves. think they
can win them all, which would
mark the first all-winning
season in Navy's football
history.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
Irish First Team
Routs Reserves in
[Scrimmoqe Come

NOTRE DAME, Ind, Sept.
2 R.-Notre Danes first team,
the Greens, defeated the
Whites, 1877. in a game-condi-
ton scrimmage today.
1t was the fourth straight
day Of scrimmaging for Coach
Terry Brennan's Fighting Irish.
Nick Pietrosante. junior full
back, scored two Of the Green's
touchdowns on a vineyard
plunge and an 10-yard sprint.
Bob Williams, junior quarter
back, passed 20 yards to Bob
Wetoska, junior right end, for
another score.
The other two Green touch
downs were made by Don
White, sophomore signal-caller,
who sneaked two yards for one
score and passed 20 yards to
Dick Lynch, senior right half
back, for the other.
Aubrey Lewis. senior left
half, booted two extra points
for the Greens and White
added q third.
The Whites only score came
on q seven-yard run by Pat
Healey, sophomore right half.
Bill Hickman. junior left half.
added the point.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
BY GEORGE HUBER

Coach DO Sherman is right
proud Of his first team al
George Washington. but after
one week Of practice he is ex-
pressing concern about q Sec
ond team.
It was a good second team
that had q lot to do with the
Colonials' Til record last year
and q successful trip to the Sur
Bowl. In fact. two second-t team
halfbacks, Pete Spera and Tee
Colna, were the leading ground
gamers. Such q development
wasn't expected at the start Of
the season. and it may be hop
ing for too much to expect II
to happen again. But they're
hoping anyway.
This years first team is like
last years, an all-lettermar
group. The best Of the rest
and like last year they mostly
are unknowns at this point, vii.
be put on the second team.
Fright now I can't say that
the B unit compares to our Z
unit last year." Sherman says,
"but maybe that's no cause fol
alarm. ! remember at this time
last year I didn't know what tt
do for the B unit either. Their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
Duke Shows
Form in Drill

DURHAM. N. c.. Sept. Z up.
Duke University's highly-rated
Blue Devils showed flashes Of
brilliance today as they bumped
heads in their first scrimmage
Of the fall practice season.
It was q full game-type work.
out. with the No. / team going
against the No. 4 unit, and the
No. 2 unit engaging the re-
serves.
Halfback Eddie Rushton and
Wray Carlton turned in the
longest runs Of the day, Rush.
ton going IS yards and Carlton
SO yards for touchdowns. Full
back Harold McElhaney, Half
back George Dutrow and Quar-
terback Phil Dupler also were
outstanding. Bob Broadhead.
No. / quarterback. did most Of
the passing, once for a touch
down.
Coach Bill Murray termed
the scrimmage highly salts
factory"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
|Tatum' sSquads
Pi|eUp Scores

{ CHAPEL HILL. N. c.. Sept
z R--North Cardinals TAI
Heels moved the bali spectacu-
larry by land and air in a full
scale scrimmage under game
conditions here today.
A total Of IL touchdowns
were scored as the Blue squad
won over the whites, 5l-10.
Jim SCHUYLER, l8O-pound half.
back transfer from the Univer.
sity Of Washington. had runs
Of so, 80. 80 and Is yards a;
he scored three touchdowns fol
the Blue No. 2 team.
Co-Capt. Buddy Payne Of
the same team caught two
touchdown passes. In all, f1vt
of the days touchdowns wert
scored on passes. Don Kempel
and AL Goldstein Of the Whites
caught three passes each and
scored two Of the Whites thres
touchdowns.
Ed Lipski. junior fullback
turned in the days longest rur
from scrimmage. So yards. Six
teen passes were completed b.
the four alternating teams
with Quarterback Nelson Lowe
standing out as the most ef-
fective pasSer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
SchooIboy Grid Teams
Get Big Start This Week

and Eastern travels to Lebanon
Pa, in games involving other
mterhigh schools. Coolidge will
be seeking revenge for q 40-7
licking last year.
Best among five games
Saturday should be Gonzaga VS.
Anacostia and Roosevelt al
Montgomery Blair. The first
two have questionable strength
but could answer many Of the
questions that afternoon. Blair
probably is stronger than q
year ago and may have to be
to beat the Riders.
The schedule:
THURSDAY
Phelps at Burley tcharlottesville)
FRIDAY
FAIRFAX at washington-L Q.
Annandale at oeorEs Washing
:, Mclean vs.. orovston at Noun
Vernon, 3.
Mount Vernon at Wakefield. 9.
Hammond At Pals Church. 9.
George Mason at Loudoun coun,
~, S:1b.
Cedar Lee at osbourn. 3.
80. '" 3" FAnmOnt HsisnS
Bladensburg at Wheaton. 3:3O.
western, 3.
Northwestern at South Haeerstovn
9pingarn ct Dunbar, 3.
Eastern at Lebanon tPa,) High, 4
Bel 81 ouantico Post High,
Carroll ~ Coolidge, 3:30.
SATURDAY
0onzasa W. Anacostia at Eastern
. Roosevelt at MontSOmsry Blair
Sherwood at Walter johnson, 2.
Howard County at Laurel, 2.
Garfield at christchurch (saluda
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
Sherman Is Concerned
Over CoIonioIs' B Unit

q week before the first game we
had q scrimmage. and all at
once I found out that those boys
who had been rafting around
loose had turned into q real
football team.
And they really were a good
football team" he precalls,
There were times that they
were better than the A unit,
lots Of times"
Forming a B unit line is Civ
ing Sherman particular con-
cerns and to bolster the line
candidates he already has
moved up two freshmen to the
varsity squad. That brings the
total number to 80.
There's a reasonable amount
Of promising talent available
for q B unit backfield. Quarter
back Jack Henzes, who ran the
B unit last year. is back. as Is
Halfback Mike Ennis, a Rock
vile boy who had some expert
ence in 1856. The others
mostly are inexperienced ladi
such as Joe Ozefovich. Jerry
Powers. Billy Smythe, joe
Hutsko and one or two others
but several Of them are show.
ing promise.
All are adequate runners OF
better. and If q good line car
be formed In front Of them
things may be all right.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
Road Race Slated
At AnnunduIe

American Legion Post lot Of
Annandale. Va, will stage a
smile road race Saturday
September Fl. as part of the
annual "Annandale Day" COM
munity celebration. Sanctioned
by the District AAU, the race
win start at noon.
Entries, accompanied by a
81 registration fee, should be
mailed to Art Shaw, 10 Frank
lin road. Annandale, Va. They
should contain name. address,
phone number and name OF
school or club afiiliation, and
must be received before noon
September 20.