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ROCKET

ROCKET
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not attempted 10 launch q
moon rocket this year after four
failures between August and
December. 1855"
Earlier Report Optimistic
The giant Soviet rocket blast
ed on yesterday. carrying the
Soviet banner and Q mass Of
intricate equipment. Soviet SCI
entists said It was on course
and sending back information
in Q steady stream.
Tass reported the rocket "or
course" over Tangenyika. Afri.
ca, at 2 pm. (EST) ct Q dis
lance Of $4,000 kilometeri
(ol,l6O miles) from the earth.
A consultant ut the Moscow
planetarium said at that time
that with the rockets present
course, ut must hit the moon
A scientific spokesman for tbs
planearium added: "As ! read
the ofncial announcement. tbs
rocket Is expected TO hit the
moon Monday morning." That
would be 4:0S pm. EST)
Sunday.
. Already DRIFTING Sun
Even II the rocket does not
make o direct hit and goes into
lunar orbit. it would be the
first man-made object to dc
so. II it whizzes by the moons
gravitational field, 1t will join
another Soviet rocket-Mechta
and Americas Pioneer ~
now DRIFTING the sun.
Should Mr.. Khrushchev ar
rive in the United States as
leader Of the first country to
put q standard on the moon
It seemed here he would bt
surrounded with spectacular
new prestige.
Diplomats felt such an &C.
compliShment would hardly
fail to add weight to his opin.
ion in the Washington talk,
with President Eisenhower anc
boost his international position
elsewhere.
Millions Listen In Moscow
Throughout the Soviet Union
millions listened to the radio
broadcasting evenly spaced
signals from the rocket as II
SCARED through space. Acros:
Red Square from the Kremlin
the aisles Of the GUM depart
ment store were damned as the
sound came over loud speakers
Radio Moscow reported to-
night the Soviet scientists had
photographed q sodium cloud
released from the rocket. II
said the cloud was released
right on schedule at 9:39:42
pm. Moscow time (l:39:42 pm
EST and was photographed
from astronomic observatories
at Kislovodsk and Tashkent
1t could not be seen with the
naked eye or simple optical
Devices" the radio said.
Last Stage "Gulded"
Russians took the rocket
news enthusiastically. 4. TheiI
enthusiasm for Mr.. Khru-
shchev's trip continued high.
Tass said the scientific cap.
sule separated from the fina'
stage Of the rocket at 3 pm
local time. The announcement
referred to the last stage Of thu
rocket as "guided"-terminol
ogy not fully explained here.
One Soviet science writer sait
it appeared both the rocket anc
the container would land or
the moon. He explained the
theory was for the last-stagt
rocket to eject the instrument
capsule and have both continue
onward toward the moon.
(Some scientists in Wash.
ington said that from q
strictly technical point Of
view. the Russians had
gambled on q less favorable
date for their new moon
shot. From a propaganda
standpoint, however, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-13
Visual Observation

For the visual observation Of
the cosrnic rocket It has been
provided with q special appar-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-13
Program Ambitious

An ambitious program Of
research was laid out for the
space capsule. Tass said 1t was
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Backward Rockets

Retro or backward firing 70
rockets could slow the probes
speed as 1t nears the moon in
order to assure the rendezvous.
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Previous Lays Noted

Previous announcements Of
sputnik launchings and other
space probes sometimes have
Jagged a day or so until they
were safely on their way. There
never has been an announce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-08
A Turn For

- 1BG6uS WWUutS . 00SN 090tbu
Pessmists who think that those 'sick" jokes the
kiddes are toting home from school mark dis
turbing new trend in American 'humor' must
have forgotten the Little Willie" poems that
fourished generation ago.
An unknown verSi6er started the fad with
Little Willie ledped from bed
And cut off his poor fathers head.
This gave mother quite a pain;
She hopes he'll never do IL again.
Soon Sadists the country over were chronicling
further atrocities perpetrated by Little Willie. Two
that linger are
willie stole some dynamite
But didn't understand IL quite
Curiosity rarely pays:
IL F0ined Willie several days.
And
Willie grabbed his sister Nell
And showed her neatly down the well.
Mother said while drawing water,
"If's tough to raise only daughter"
Evening star., 1959-11-03

These prices effective until close of business Saturday.
November 7, 1852. except produce prices WHICH ere
subject to dolly market changes. We reserve the right to
limit quantities.
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apologies were offered. The un-
smiling captain gruffly said
Don't let it happen again. "
But there is no record that he
ever blocked another gun
sight.
Published Memoirs
Admiral Leahy published his
memoirs nine years ago. II was
a modest report. He made 1t
clear that the strategic deci-
siol.s we're made, not by the
combined chiefs, but by two
men, Roosevelt and Churchill.
He wrote it himself and it con-
tains 10Th century verbiage.
The wives at the dinners were
gracious ladies'; the women
at the press conferences, "fe-
male reporters"
After World War II. Admiral
Leahy played a leading role in
creating the National Intelli-
gence Authority. which has
since become the Central In
telligence Agency.
After President RooSevelts
death. Admiral Leahy contin-
ued as senior military adviser
to President Truman, a post he
resigned in March, l949. He
continued as an adviser to sue
cessive Secretaries of the Navy
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THE EVENING STAR All
Washington, D, c. ~
Monday, July 20, 1859
Queen Receivers,
To Resume Tour

WHITEHoRSE, Yukon Ter
ritory, July 20 (AP).-Queen
Elizabeth II was expected 10
resume her whirlwind tour OF
the Canadian Northwest today
after losing day because Of
an upset stomach.
The Queens doctor blamed
her upset yesterday on heat
and WEAKNESS. She spent the
day resting at the guest house
at the Whitchorse Airport and
last night was repor led ire
mendously improved"
Elizabeth had been sched-
uled to fly to Dawson City and
Mayo for brief visits, Her hus-
band, Prince Philip, went IN
her place, telling greeters IN
both places that the Queen was
disappointed she could not
make it.
Dawson Citys population Of
less than 700 was increased by
several planeloads of Alaskans
who few in from Fairbanks for
the royal visit.
Today the royal couple we're
to fly 700 miles southeast to
Yellowknife, a gold mining
community. then down to
Uranium City in Northwest
Saskatchewan, and finally to
Edmonton for the night.
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until recently, when his health
began to fail.
In recent years, Admira'
Leahy had faded from the
Washington scene. although in
1854 he still maintained an Of
flee in the Old Navy Building at
Constitution avenue and Sew
enteenth street NV. A re-
porter paid him a visit that
year to ask what he was en-
gagged in.
Admiral Leahy said he was
there to do anything the Pres
ident asked him to do. And
what is that, asked the re-
porter?
He doesn't ask me to do
anything" said Admiral Leahy.
"Oh, once in a while he asks
me something about the war,
but his memory is as good as
mine"
His last known interview
was given last September IN
his 17th-floor room at Be-
thesda Naval Hospital. The old
gentleman lived out his days
there. without either radio or
television to disturb his tran
guilty. He was the only pa
tient on the floor.
Each weekday morning, his
aide and his secretary used to
bring the mail out from Wash
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ington, spend about an hour
with him and leave. 1t was Just
about his only contact with
the outside world.
Had Few Visitors
Except for visits from his son,
his two grandchildren and five
Observation-Disclosures, the admi-
rails only callers were his doc
tors and his therapist.
In his latter days, Admiral
Leathy's health was generally
good, although he was bothered
by the aftermath of a broken
leg suffered three years ago and
by arthritis. The weight was
gone from his S feet 10 inch
frame, and the skin was slack
on his face but his memory was
still clear.
this death. the Washington
he knew was history. Like the
battleships he sailed, he had
been left behind in the wash Of
an atomic age-an age he sur
vived but didn't believe in.
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LEAHY
Career of Admiral
Marked by BriIIionce

the Pacific around the Horn in
time to take part in the de-
struction of Admiral Cervera's
feet at Santiago de Cuba IN
the Spanish American War. He
was always proud of the old
oregon.
When the first world war
broke out, he was in command
of the dispatch boat Dolphin,
which searched for German
supply ships in Caribbean
waters. Then he supervised the
commissioning of the former
German passenger liner, the
Princess Alice which. under the
new name OF the Princess Ma
toika, with Leahy in command,
was used to transport troops to
France.
In that capacity he won the
Navy Cross for distinguished
service for 1.-The eXacting end
hazardous duty of transporting
and escorting troops and sup
plies to European ports through
waters infested with enemy
submarines and mines"
After the first world war he
rose rapidly as chief of the Blu
reau of Ordnance with the
rank of admiral, commander OF
the Destroyer Scouting Force,
chief of the Bureau of Naviga-
ton. vice admiral of the Bat
tie Force and Chief Of, Naval
Operations in 1878. When he
retired the President started
him on his diplomatic career.
Was Acting Secretary
During his tenure as Chief Of
Naval Operations he was acting
Secretary OF the Navy during
the prolonged illness of the late
Secretary, Claude A. Swanson.
He always was an ardent
protagonist for a strong fleet
and was he Navy Departments
spokesman before Congress for
the first billion dollar navy
bill" in 1888.
One of the many stories told
about him in the Navy was an
incident when he was in COM
mand of the battleShip New
Mexico. During gunnery prac-
tice, the chief gunner was ex-
asperated by distractions
caused when officers and men
walked in front of the gum
sight at critical moments. Fin
ally, he beloved: Get the hell
away from that sight"
The obstruction" was Capt.
Leahy. Amid deadly silence,
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days of this Mommy, 35-
year-old Laura Scott, answered
gravely;
1T would be like going to
sleep. You'd just go uncon-
scious and gradually die"
viii I get water in heav-
enP"
Yes, honey, all you want"
Spotted by Plane
Diane didn't die. Neither did
Mrs. Scott nor her husband
Virl, 81, or their Ave other chill
dren, ages 4 to II. A search
plane spotted them yesterday,
where their car had stranded
them for two days in the re-
mote Country Of Standing
Rocks. It's near where the
Green and Colorado Rivers join
in Southeastern Utah.
They drove into the rugged,
treeless desert country Friday
morning, to see the breath
taking view from Dead Horse
Point, a bluff that overlooks the
winding Colorado River Gorge.
It's about IS miles southwest
Of Moab, the nearest COM
munity.
They took some wrong turns
and got lost on Shafer Trail, a
boulder-crowned pair of ruts
suitable only for trucks or
jeepS. Mr.. Scott said the cars
radiator burst. He drove on,
thinking they we're pointed
toward Moab-by now more
than 40 miles to the northeast.
Then the crankcase oil pan
ruptured and the car quit.
Buried in Sand
1--WE survived by keeping
cool under the dirt" Mr.. Scott
said after their rescue. Drink
| ing water-about a pint from
the radiator, one spoonful
every 212 hours. All we had
to eat was some salmon eggs,
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and we tried to eat cactus,
but our mouths were so dry
we couldn't swallow it.
I'VE gave the children the
radiator water after trying to
purify 1t by straining it,
II had a permanent type anti
freeze in it"-not the poison
Gus denatured alcohol type.
Mr.. Scott explained that the
family buried themselves in
sand up to their necks, to
avoid the burning rays of the
sun. Relatives in Moab re-
ported the SCOTS missing
when they didn't return
Friday.
sos in Rocks
Two flyers. searching for the
SCOTS, saw the car near an
sos" sign made, of rocks.
They radioed Moab, then landed
a few miles away to take water
to the family. A pickup truck
reached them later and drove
them TO a spot where two planes
landed. The planes flew them
here.
When two flyers reached US
this morning" Mr.. Scott said,
the kids were bursting with
laughter and then they started
to cry-and SO did we. l don%
see how we survived as long as
we did and I'm sure we couldn't
have made it through today
Prayer and the Lord helped
us
Mr.. Scott works in a factory
in salt Lake City and lives N
Murray, a suburb.
He said a doctor told him the
children were in better cOndl-
ton than they should have
been after such an ordeal. Be-
sides Diane, the children are
Virlene. IL; Laurene, 10; BY
ron, Z; Duwayne, 5, and Leland,
4.
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Family of 8 Survives
2-Doy Desert Ordeal

MOAB Utah, July 20 (AP).-Eight parched people and
one pint OF water spoonful at time. burning
with only disabled for shade. little salmon-eeg
Ash bait for food. And, finally thirsty chids question:
"Mommy what does it feel like to die?"
Diane Scott, g. trying sleep after almost
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Served on Oregon

Soon after his graduation
from the Naval Academy, he
was assigned to the battleship
Oregon and participated in that
man-o'-war'S historic dash from
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KALUE,RAZE the ROCKET

You ore eordioIIy invited TO Rood
Test q Rocket Engine OIds. Demon.
strois TO yourself the many extro.
value feotvres-Iike the stvrdier,
sofsr Wide -Stonee Ghosts, with
X-member frame -thot make
OIds such q wonderful cor 10 ownl
The Sidney herald., 1959-10-21
W.O.T.M. HOSPITAL
PLANS
FUND NIGHT

The Hospital Committee of
W.O.T.M. are holding a fund rails
ing party on Saturday, October "a
at $3.50 pm. at the Moose Hall.
Hamburgers and coffee for SO
cents will be served after ii pm.
The following co-workers are
asked to please meet at the Moose
at 8 pm. or call Joan Krejci,
chairman before Friday if unable
to help, Helen Anderson, Edna
Bahls, Irma Bailey, Eveleyn Bee
ker, Mildred Byers, Francis Cayko,
Wilma Darr, Rose Fink, Betty
Prison, Frances Prison, Juanita
Jensen, Selma King, Ruth Narum,
Alice Albrecht, Mary Pfau, Evelyn
Poff and Mary Ann Herigstad.
Sponsoring a student nurse is
the special goal of the hospital
committee. The scholarship is
awarded in the spring to a deserv-
ing certified high school graduate,
meeting the requirements of the
nursing school, and the ambition to
become a registered nurse.
The Sidney herald., 1959-10-21
FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR
CONSERVATION PRACTICES

X. E. SturglS, Chairman OF the
Montana State Agricultural Stabil-
ization and Conservation Commit
tee, announced today that a limit
ed amount of funds are available
in most County Agricultural Stab
ilization and Conservation offices
for cost-sharing under the Agri-
cultural Conservation Program.
Inclement weather has resulted in
many requests for cost-sharing
being cancelled for 1859 which
has resulted in the additional
funds being available. Since this
is the case he suggests that any
farmer or rancher desiring to per-
form conservation practices this
fall and wishing to secure assiS-
tance, contact his County ASC Of
flee for further information and
xgn a request for cost-sharing.
To be eligible for cost-sharing a
request for assistance must be
filed in the county office prior to
the time the practice is started.
The Sidney herald., 1959-10-21
Reserve Payments
Are Being Made

Payments to farmers who had
Conservation Reserve contracts in
effect during 1859 are now being
made, according to Arthur Ander-
son, Chairman of the County
Agricultural Sterilization and
Conservation Committee.
Farms WITH Conservation Re-
serve contracts have been checked
to determine that the contract
provisions have been complied
with during the past year. Far
mers signing contracts agreed not
10 harvest a crop or Craze live
stock on the designated acreage.
The contracts also require a reduc-
ton in the total acreage of crops
produced on the farm.
Mr.. Anderson also reminded
farmers that the requirements of
the contracts remain in effect for
the duration of the contracts. The
end of the growing season does
not relieve the Conservation Re-
serve contract holder of the obi
cations under his contract.
There are los contracts in eff
feet during 1859 in Richland
County covering 1924 acres of
cropland. This land is out of
production and is to be devoted to
approved conservation use.
The Sidney herald., 1959-10-21

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The Sidney herald., 1959-10-21

ironically they seem quite proud
of it."
"We never did get to see a COL
lective farm. We tried hard
enough and our tour host, Louise,
tried. 1t may have been due to
the reluctance of any minor Of
fetal to make a decision. But
whatever the reason, we never
made it."
Early in the tour, the Brattens
were taken to see the French gov
eminent farm on the country
estate of President DeGaulle. They
specialize in Rambouillet sheep.
Mrs. Rratten recalled:
"The manager told us that the
cattle we saw were very inferior
and the cowmen in the group with
us agreed with him."
In Prague they found the people
under Communist supervision
"dispirited." One girl was quoted
as saying that things seemed
hopeless for them. One OF the
tourists found his polaroid camera
created a sensation among Czechs
whenever he displayed it.
Almost any young lady knows
now how to improve her LOOKS
The Sidney herald., 1959-10-21

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The Sidney herald., 1959-10-21

tlepIlOIlt ) QtSlSlldllOIl lOl It's IlCW
microwave systems, is capable of
carrying hundreds of voice COM
m~unications simultaneously. A net
work now under construction from
Glendive Junction, east of Glen
dive to sites near Richey, Vida,
Fort Peck, Baylor and Glasgow
will extend two transcontinental
microWave backbone" routes to
this area. The local facilities II
part of % relay stations being
built by Mountain States Tele-
phone across the breadth of Mon
tana, all located north of u. S.
Highway 10.
The term microwave is used to
designate super-high frequencies
of radio waves. Since the waves
travel in straight lines, the earth's
curvature limits jumps between
transmitting towers to about 80
miles. Tower heights along the
route will average about 200 feet.
Attendant masonry-type buildings
will have antenna supports mount
ed atop roofs at certain locations.
The buildings will house power
facilities and radio simplifying
equipment for receiving and trans
hitting the microwave signals.
Microwave radio channels are
utilized similarly to open wire or
coaxial cables. Through carrier"
systems and equipment, voice con-
versations, teleypewriter and other
communications services can be
modulated on the radio beam.
Her are some of the features of
microwave transmission:
/. 1t is stable and shows little
interference from the weather
OF man-made interference, such
as electrical machines or air.
planes.
2. Will not interfere with radio
or television programs on other
frequencies. Television channels
are at a lower frequency range
than microwave.
3. Can be concentrated and re-
Elected similar to a beam of light,
for use in tower-to-tower trans
mission.
4. Operates on low power.
S. Microwave provide high-fid-
city, BROAD band" type chan
nels for messages and other COM
munication services.
To gain access to the radio relay
network, telephone users in COM
munities along the route will first
reach an operator in a telephone
company central office where the
The Sidney herald., 1959-10-21
Power City

Mr.. and Mrs. Neil Williams and
family spent the weekend in Lind
say, Mont, visiting her parents,
M. and Mrs. Joe Bren.
MI. and Mrs. Marvin Rau went
to Dodge, N. Oak, last Wednesday
and attended her grandmother,
Mrs. Margret Tabbert's funeral.
On Sunday they were dinner
quests at the Glen Brown home.
Ten boys met at the Sterling
Swigart home on Thursday eve
ming, Sept. 18th for a birthday
supper for Johnny Scheetz.
Margret Rau, Ann Christensen
and Karen, Betty Scheetz, Margaret
Darlene Lorenz, Marie Hamburg
and Karen, Betty Scheetz, Margret
Swigart, Rose and Sharon attend
ed a birthday party honoring
Esther Scheetz. Ann brought the
cake and Margret Swigart was
hostess. The group presented Mrs.
Scheetz with a flash camera.
Mrs. Margret Rau entertained
the Gossett Hsmemakers Club last
Tuesday afternoon Oct. 18th.
There were 8 members present
The next meeting will be at the
Vester home.
There will be a Halloween party
and program at Rau School next
Friday evening, October 30th.
There was a fire prevention
program at Rau School last Thurs
day morning. Bonnie Dave gave a
fire prevention demonstration and
showed movies.
The Sidney herald., 1959-10-21

-EA.,ia. and AL~~
The Sidney herald., 1959-10-21
Cowboy Magic
Word In Russia

Wlnnett - Cowboy is a magic
word in Russia, reports a Montana
ranch couple back from a seven
country good will tour.
I'VE were allowed to go on our
own in Moscow if we wished and
some of the group did So" said
Ruth and Wayne Bratten of Win
nett. Their report prepared for
the monthly Montana Stockgrowe-
magazine added:
But the language was a barrier
to getting far away on your own.
The people were very friendly.
One need only to stop and give
a stick of gum to a child and
pull out pictures of your ranch to
show and in no time at all you
would be surrounded by SO to rs
people.
Some one in the group, usually
a child, could understand English
to a small extent. There was one
word children and grownups both
seemed to understand - cowboy"
"We had little booklets of
pictures of the ranch operations
from branding to haying. These
we gave away. The haying opera
tons didn't interest them much
but a man on a horse or a little
calf brought forth excited talk in
Russian Of course"
The Russians appeared highly
interested in anything about
ranching in the United States.
"They wear no makeup and
their clothing is on the shabby
side. Their styles ire not too diff
ferent from our - skirts, blouSeS
and shirtwaist styles, but usually
of shoddy material"
Mrs. Bratten said, 1.-THE hotel
employees wore a shoddy, dull
black. Most of the men and
women are of stocky, square build.
To us it seemed that everyone
was probably 10 to 80 pounds
overweight.
THE poor clothes are due in
part to high prices. They have
a huge store where one can buy
anything from a fur coat to a
single hairpin. But an article one
can buy for SO cents in the United
States costs $2.97 there or 20
rubles. Shoes are higher in COM
parison than other clothing and
they are of inferior quality"
They toured inside the Kremlin
walls for an afternoon. The old
of the Cars is the head
quarters for the Supreme Soviet.
No pictures can be taken where
the bodies of Stain and Lenin are
in a mausoleum outside
the Kremlin walls.
"One of our group" she said.
had a camera with a telescope
ems which was covered but the
guard walked beside him all the
way through to make sure that no
picture was taken. Four soldiers
stand at the coffins with naked
oayonets. We came in just in time
O witness the changing OF the
guard. They marched in with an
exaggerated goose STEP"
In Leringrad they toured the
hummer palace of Peter the Great.
Mrs. Bratten wrote, at is a
Versailles and just as
beautiful. The Communist regime
las preserved all the ornate splen-
Tor of the czarist Russia and