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Evening star., 1961-05-06
By a Star Staff Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
May 6-Floods of congratula-
tory kilograms for Comdr.. Alan
B. Shepard taxed Western Un-
ions capacity at this Florida
seaside missile base today.
Big people, little people,
Americans, foreigners, all had
their say in warm kilograms,
some of them in languages
Comdr. Shepard does not read,
Here are some samples of the
good wishes waiting here fol
the first American spaceman:
From former Space Admin
istrator T. Keith Glennon,
under whose guidance Project
Mercury began-"Your flight
today will stand out in history
as a prime example of mans
attempt to conquer the OBJ
stacles that face him in learn
ing more about his environ
ment. 1t has been a long road
since early 1859 to the present,
but your diligence and courage
and that of your fellow astro-
nautS has moved this nation
and all mankind a major step
of this road Congratulations. u
Expression of Pride
From the Queen of the
Rosary Academy in Amityville
N. YOU did it. Our proud
congratulations from the SCI
ence department"
Evening star., 1961-05-06
Robertson Assures
President on Bills

Senator Robertson, Democrat
of Virginia, assured President
Kennedy on a White House call
today that nominations and
legislation. including the hous-
ing bill, will be expedited by
the Senate Banking Committee.
Senator Robertson, chairman
of the committee, said it will
meet May 16 on the housing
bill. The Senator said he would
offer few amendments to the
administrations proposed bill.
Evening star., 1961-05-06
Firms in Area
Helped! Flight
BY WILLIAM GRIGG
Star Staff Writer

''Sure. we helped do It," a
local businessman said Of As
tronaut Shepard's flight into
space.
Washington area workers
loutfitted the trailers in which
the astronaut was prepared for
his flight.
They built four Of the rockets
used on the Mercury capsule.
They built the amplifier over
which ground personnel talked
with the astronaut in his space
ship.
Beltsville, Md workers of
Gichner Mobile Systems pre-
pared six special trailers for
the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration. Pho
tographers showed Astronaut
Shepard leave one of them
yesterday and walk to the Red
stone rocket.
In the trailer. he had gotten
a final briefing and an equip
ment check. In a second Belts
ville-built trailer, the aStronaut
was given his final medical
check before the flight.
The other four trailers, built
under a 100000 contract, are
for animals. Ham, the space
chimp, used one before his
flight.
Workers at Orbit Industries,
Inc, of Vienna, Va, prepared
the unity gain amplifier r
through which ground workers
yesterday heard the Astronaut
from his capsule. Orbit built
the amplifier under a contract
with Western Electric, a prime
contractor.
Atlantic Research Corp.
Alexandria, built four rockets
for the flight. Three were used
to push the Mercury capsule
away from the main launching
rocket at the top Of the flight.
A fourth rocket buht by At
lantic Research would have
pulled the Mercury capsule
away from the Redstone earlier
If the launching rocket had
malfunctioned.
Evening star., 1961-05-06
REACTION
REACTION
U. S. Prestige Rises
On Space Success

Continued From First Page
flight was called insignificant
If not primitive" compared with
Gagarin's full orbit. A Bull
garian radio broadcast said:
The United States will have
to make some extra efforts be-
fore it comes anywhere near
the Soviet achievement"
Primitive Say Czechs
The Red radio in Czech
oslovakia described the rocket
flight as primitive and out
moded." But both Czech and
Hungarian broadcasts praised
Comdr. Shepard himself as a
hero.
Mikhail Pervukhin, Soviet
Ambassador to Communist. East
Germany, told a reception in
East Berlin that the Russians
could have done the same
thing years ago." They didn't
because there was too much
danger without animal space
tests first, he explained.
Experts estimate that the
Russians began their man in
space plans S or s years ago.
while the United States started
from scratch 2la years ago.
The Red Chinese press in
Hong Kong was disparaging
The Communist Commercial
Daily said the United States
space shot was a propaganda
stunt. 1t added that Comdr.
Shepard reached only the
Threshold of space.
The official Com m unist
Takung Pao headlined its re-
port: America sends space
man at slow speed for short
distance and not too high"
The independent Sing Pao
Daily News said Washington
should not be discouraged.
even If it is still behind the
Soviet Union in the space race"
1t said some doubts still cloud
Soviet space feasts because of
their secrecy, while United
States achievements can be
seen by everyone.
Japan Follows Closely
Japan closely followed via
detailed radio-TV reports the
delays, the capsule firing and
Comdr. Shepard's recovery. Live
broadcasts came from Japa-
nese reporters at Cape Canav-
eral, Fla.
A television commentator in
Tokyo said the absence of
Evening star., 1961-05-06
MERCURY
Astronout TeIIino
Scientists of Trip

I celeration, Comdr. Shepard's
body felt to him is If it weighed
nearly a ton. His voice re-
flected that.
But there was nothing wrong
with his vocal cords a few
minutes later when he was
called to a phone aboard the
Lake Champlain to speak with
the President of the United
States.
This exchange took place:
I'VE watched you on TV, Of
course, and we are awfully
pleased and proud of what you
did" Mr.. Kennedy told the
aStronaut.
! We'll, thank you, SIR" Comdr.
Shepard said. LAS you know
by now, everything worked out
just about perfectly. And it
was a very rewarding expert
ence for me and for the people
who made it possible"
Mr.. Kennedy closed the con-
versation by telling the astro-
naut, I'VE are looking forward
to seeing you up here"
The capsule in which Comdr.
Shepard rode was returned here
early today. According to peo-
pie who examined it, lit could
be cleaned up and used again"
The re-entry of the capsule
from space was a sight that
will remain with those who saw
it for a long time.
According to AL Alibrando,
former reporter for The Star,
now a press officer at the space
agency. 1T was the most
marvellous sight you can imag-
inc" Mr.. Alibrando was on the
Lake Champlain with a small
group of newSmen.
I'VE could see it as soon as
the parachute opened" Mr..
Alibrando said. 1T came float
ing down through the sky
slowly and smoothly. The hell
copters were circling around
and got it as soon as IT.
SplaShed.
When the 'copter got to the
ship, 'Shep' got out as perky
as anything and walked across
the deck to go for his medical
examination.
He didn't need any medical
examination, He was 'A-okay'
as any one could see by looking
at him"
Evening star., 1961-05-06
RECEPTION

Continued From First Page
nautS will drive to the State
Department. where Comdr.
Shepard will hold a news con-
ference at / pm. in the New
State Department Auditorium.
Before the White House an
nounced the revised plans,
the Metropolitan Washington
Board Of Trade had been try
ing to get permission from
NASA for a parade.
When asked If the permis-
sion would be granted, Mr..
King said, I'VE haven't been
able to reach anybody at
NASA yet. If you get them
let me know"
District Commissioner Fred
erick J. Clarke said he favored
a full-scale welcome and
would be inclined to give Dis
trict employees time off to see
the astronaut.
Gen. Clarke said that he and
the other commissioners would
meet later today to discuss ar
rangements for the welcome.
Public information officials
at the Pentagon said that they
had no information about
whether the public would be
allowed to 60 to Andrews to
see Comdr. Shepard arrive.
We've never barred the pub
lie from Andrews on other oc-
casions," a duty officer at the
Pentagon said. but you'll have
to check with NASA for the de-
tails. NASA is in charge of the
astronauts."
We've been trying all morn
ing to find what their plans
are" he added. Il guess most
Of them are still at Cape Ca
naveral."
Meanwhile, the White House
disclosed that the President,
one Of the first to congratulate
Comdr. Shepard on his flight,
had received hundreds of mes
sages of congratulation, too.
None came from Soviet Pre-
mier Nikita S. Khrushchev,
personally. But British Prime
Minister Macmillan cabled:
"On behalf of the British
government, I salute the cour-
age of your astronauts and the
ingenuity of your scientists and
technicians in achieving flight
into space. WarmeSt congratu-
lations."
The messages came from
nearly every State and several
foreign countries, reflecting a
surging national pride over the
successful flight. One said he
was so proud to live in America
that it hurts"
Many suggested honors for
Comdr. Shepard. Lets make
him a four-Star admiral" said
one. Another proposed the Con-
gresSional Medal of Honor and
several said May S should be
remembered as Alan B. Shep-
ard Day" One called the flight
"a great achievement typ
ical of your dynamic PERSONAL
ity," and said, I'VE are going
places now"
Evening star., 1961-05-06
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cling the splash area as his
capsule floated past them into
the sea.
Commander Is Cool
Comdr. Shepard was in
Florida, on the ground here in
his capsule. at 1924 am.
(EDT). He was in the Atlantic
Ocean IN his capsule, at latitude
27 degrees 1877 minutes north,
longitude rs degrees So minutes
west, at 10:49 am. EDIT.
And all the way it was
"A-okay." to use the space word
the astronaut has introduced
into everyday English.
Even to Comdr. Shepard's as
tronaut colleagues, test pilots
who specialize in uncommon
GOODNESS. the slim Naval Off
GERS aplomb was uncanny.
He was happy and unruffled
as he climbed from the capsule.
And as he was hoiSted into the
helicopter which was to take
him to the carrier Lake Cham
plain for his first initial physi-
cal examination he exclaimed:
Boy, what a rideI"
He stayed on the carrier only
briefly and was then trans
ferred to the island, $50 miles
from the splash" zone.
The feeling of the Project
Mercury team was summed up
by Walter Williams, operations
director. who said:
1T was an honor and a privi-
lege to watch Al Shepard at
work today. He performed as
a true engineering test pilot.
and in listening to his voice
he might as we'll have
been sitting here on the ground
in a Simulator."
Voice Shifted on Re-Entry
NewSmen who heard a tape
recording Of the conversation
between the ground and pilot
during the flight were struck
by the fact that only once did
Comdr, Shepard's voice appear
to vary from its normal tone.
That was at point at about
nine minutes out when his cap
sule plummeted into the atmos-
phere at a speed Of a mile
and a half a second. At that
moment, due to the rapid de-
Evening star., 1961-05-06
Murderer of Four
Women Gets Life

VIENNA. Austria, May 6
(AP). - A washing machine
salesman yesterday was SEN
fenced to life imprisonment for
numbering four middle-aged
women he contacted through
lonely hearts newspaper ads.
Max Cutler merely nodded
when the judge asked If he
accepted the sentence-stiffest
under Austrian law. A jury
convicted Cutler Of killing the
women to get their money. His
Evening star., 1961-05-06
Andrews Pilot Safe
In Jet Belly Lundino

A jet fighter plane capable of
flying twice the speed of sound
made a successful belly landing
at Andrews Air Force Base yes
terday when the pilot was un-
able to lower the landing gear.
Maj. Paul R. Henderson, jr.,
operations officer of the 95th
Fighter Interceptor Squadron
at Andrews. landed the F-106
on a foam-covered runway and
walked away unhurt.
Evening star., 1961-05-06
Catholic Men Elect

PITTSBURGH, May 8 (AP>
William F. Johnson, attorney,
of Paterson, N. j., was unani-
elected president of the
National Council of Catholic
Men yesterday. He succeeds
John c. Hayes of Chicago.
Evening star., 1961-06-30
Teen BRIEFS

mer. Each win meet for three
hours daily.
The course for girls who
will be going to college or
who will be seniors In high
school In the fall Is entitled
"On Being q Girl" The
course will be held from July
"a to August 4 at Yorktown
High and will include groom
ing, planning, selecting and
co-ordinating q wardrobe and
how to dress attractively. An
Establishing q H o m e"
course will be held at York
town, also beginning July "a.
The mother daughter
course will be held at various
Junior highs. Enrolment
may be made through Mrs.
Katherine Conafay, Arling-
tons supervisor of home &C.
onomics, jackson 2-7700.
- =
A 36-foot boat, the tom
JONES'" has been overhauled
and painted and is now ready
to provide summer training
cruises for members of Sea
Explorer Ship las in Alex
andria. The Explorers also
own a sailboat of the Light
ming class. Regular meetings
of Sea Explorer Ship 145 are
held Saturdays at $50 am.
in the Scout Room of the
Washington Street Methodist
Church.
- -
Cheryl Davis will be pres
ident of the Future Teachers
of America at Wheaton High
next year.
80 -
. The Prince Georges County
summer playground season
will get under way Monday
for some 10000 county young
people in 65 communities.
Evening star., 1961-06-30

Most Of the Fairgrounds will
be open from 8 am. until
5 pm. and viii offer Z variety
of activities.
Evening star., 1961-06-30

A couple Of dozen Of Sidwell
Friends students have flown
down Mexico way for two
months to study Spanish.
The trip is sponsored by the
head Of the schools Spanish
department.
Among the travellers are
Karen Kuchel, James Chap
man, Kathleen Anderson and
Tom Pyles.
A teen good-neighbor pro-
gram, an experiment in in
ternational living, will be
held in August under the
sponsorship Of the Jewish
Community Center Of Wash
ington, Sixteenth and @
streets NV. Registrations
from 20 teen-agers will be
accepted for the three-days-
a-week program. The teen
ayers will study conversa-
tional Spanish and learn
about the customs of South
American countries from five
teen-agerS who will be in
vited to participate from
Central and South American
embassies. There will also
be swimming, picnicking,
arts and crafts, music and
dancing. The IL sessions will
cost local teen-agers $48.
Registration deadline is July
is.
Mother daughter clothing
construction workshops will
be held this summer in Arl-
ington public schools by the
county's homemaking Educa-
ton Division. There also will
be two-week workshops for
high school graduates who
are going to college or who
plan to get married this sum-
Evening star., 1961-06-30
About Dances

To Doug Hereford (TEEN,
June 23): Maybe you are
right about the fact that we
can't bring the Milt Grant
Show back on the air, but
you are half way wrong about
the dances. I don't care for
the Watusi very much, but ]
DO keep my mouth shut
about not liking 1t. I like
to do the Pony and so do
many others. You might
even say it Is popular In my
area and school, Lackey
High. In my opinion, you
are from Squaresville.
KITTY TALIAFERRO.
Evening star., 1961-06-30
Where Did He Go?
TONI POPE.

What happened to Calvin
Hackett of radio station
WOOK? We haven't heard
him on the air. 1t seems
like all the good disc jockeys
in the Washington area are
leaving. We as teens need
some kind of listening music
also and only the young
dis can provide it for us.
LOIS.
Editors Note: According
to radio station WOOK, Cal
HGckett has gone to another
radio station out OF toiDh.
Evening star., 1961-06-30

Most Of the Fairgrounds will
be open from 8 am. until
5 pm. and will offer q variety
of activities.
- -
The Jewish Community
Center, Sixteenth and @
streets NV, viii give dances
for teen-agers for the next
five Wednesdays at $50 pm.
Admission will be IS cents
for members and so cents for
nonmembers.
. 49,
Seven Academy Of NOtre
Dame students won medals
of merit in q Nationwide
Latin exam. Scoring 118 out
of a possible 100 were Mary
Berezoski, Anne Johnston,
Katharine Schubert and Anne
Smith. They received gold
medals. Patricia Carter, BIZ
rute Saldukas and Catherine
Scovitch scored 11B and won
silver medals.
Another 106 students re-
ceived certificates for rank
ing among the 10000 con-
testants from public, private
and parochial schools in the
Nation.
HHH
Lee Shuts, president Of
Mclean High Schools senior
class for 1961-62, will use
the summer to make plans
for the coming school year.
Lee and the other class Of
ficers, Sara Starnes, vice
president; Cathy Franklin,
secretary and Bud Long,
treasurer, waged big political
campaigns with posters,
candy bars and buttons to
win the elections at the Vir-
ginia school.
Evening star., 1961-06-30
Fan Club

I am starting a Miracles
Fan Club. If anyone would
like to join, they could send
a card or letter to Toni Pope,
712 Twenty : fourth street
NE, with name, address, tel
ephone number and age. I
will add their names as a
member. Thank you.
TONI POPE.
Evening star., 1961-06-30
Dear Victor

I've Just turned a senior
and passed with several
awards and honors. Yes, I
believe in reading. Yes, I
also believe in keeping UP to
date with dances and. top
tunes. Everybody needs some
Evening star., 1961-06-30
PLAY BACK
From TEEN Readers

Letters to the Editor must carry riterS correct Names
addresses and telephone numbers Pen iDin be
used If requested All letters subject to condenSG
tion Address letters to TEEN. The Washington star,
Washington 3, D. C.
Evening star., 1961-06-30
ChoHengers
KITTY TALIAFERRO.

I feel, being q normal teen
ager, 1 am qualified to chal-
lenge the letter written by
J. E. A. (Play Back, April 28).
j. E. A. said the only par
ents who watched Milt Grant
were those forced to do So"
I have news for him. Not
only did my parents watch
1t, but also my aunts and
grandmother, and they loved
1t. And as for the show being
non-educational, how would
you classify Westerns, car
toons and gangster showsp
You say you've talked to q
lot of Washington boys and
they say they like Robin
Hood better than Milt Grant.
They are probably young, inn
mature kids.
JUDY COGSWELL.
I have a few comments on
j. Il. AS letter (play Back
April 28). / go to q very
high-rated prep school and
have consistently been on the
honor roll besides playing on
varsity athletic teams and
going out on dates almost
every week end. In my favor
ite sport I am considered one
Of the 10 best in the city.
I know quite a few parents
who watched the Milt Grant
Show because they wanted
entertainment besides being
able to keep up the new
dance steps.
Very frequently there has
been education on the Milt
Grant Show; he has done
very much for the commun-
ity.
1 know a lot of kids who
have been watching the Milt
Grant Show for five years
and none of them have dis
torted minds; they are all
intelligent. You, j. E. A., are
the type that probably has
a distorted mind. Robin Eood
is d show for little children
and you sure could have been
reading some good literature
instead of watching Robin
Hood. You, therefore, must
have the mind Of a 6-year-
old watching such shows as
Robin Hood.
1t Is true that during the
daytime eight radio stations
on and off play hit songs,
but only five of them con-
sistently play the hit songs
during the day. At night there
are two, both being in Vir-
ginia and inaudible in most
parts of Montgomery County.
DICK REGAIN.
Evening star., 1961-06-30

time for himself. A large
majority of teen-agers, along
with myself, miss Milt Grant
and want him back. 30 read
your books, while the rest Of
the world reads and dances
and swims all summer long.
You are not with it.
CAROL THOMAS.
Congratulations to Victor
Lomacky for expressing his
real feelings. I wish you
would add me to the list Of
those who are pleased to see
the Milt Grant Show 60 off
the air. The clothing styles
and hairstyles were disgust
ing. Short skirts are attrac-
tive, but 2 inches above
the knee Is asinine. Long
greasy hair on boys is not
the hallmark Of intelligent,
well-mannered young adults.
M. M.
I agree Fundamentally
with Victor Lomacky, al
though I am neither a college
student nor a bookworm. Sit
ting in front of a television
set watching other people
dance is not my idea of fun.
I have much better ways in
which to spend my time and
I think it's a shame other
teen-agers do not. I believe
the Milt Grant Show ap-
pealed mainly to the younger
teen-agers. Since many teen
ayers did seem to enjoy the
show, however, (why, I'll
never know I think perhaps
Channel 3 made q mistake
by taking 1t off the air.
LAURIE WALKER,
Evening star., 1961-06-30

Hats off to Victor Lomacky.
Teen-agers Milt Grant fans)
why don't you grow up?
NANCY and MIKE.
Evening star., 1961-06-30

Victor, you say you can
remember being a teen-ager
because your 18th birthday
was only a month ago. Well,
for your information you are
still a teen-ager. Teen-agers
are teen-agers until they are
20. Maybe you think you are
too grown up to be consid-
cred a teen-ager. I think you
have the mentality Of q 6
year old. You've got q long
way to go before you will be
a teen-ager.
KATHY O'CONNOR.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-06
By Phyllis BastelIe


NEW YORK - Last Christ.
mas, more for the good Of the
nations economy than from per-
sonal necessity, I bought my
husband a 1861 compact car.
He was delighted. Of course,
although more than a little sen.
timental about having to dis
pose of the familiar 81 coupe
which had served so honestly
and Loyalty that we called 1t
'old logged tray"
We went out a few days later
TO sell this true friend of the
highway which, in a decade Of
use, had only 10000 miles on
the gauge. Having been careful.
~ maintained in a New York
garage at $40 a month, it was in
rare condition: no Senile snorts
from the engine, a mellifluous
radio, scratches chassis, a
heater than could warm the
cookies of a family of six. AS
for the silhouette, she looked
like compact that had got a
little out of hand.
The ma noffered us so dol
lars. Are you crazy" my hus.
band roared, as if he were de-
Tending somebody's mother.
This car is almost a classic.
In three years, somebody will
give. you 5000 for her"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-06

was applied equally to the fe-
male infants. Yet that we'll
known greater susceptibility of
the female for thyroid cancer
remains unchanged. For rea-
sons unknown, the ratio is
three thyroid cancers in fe-
males to one in a male.
Physicians now are less dis
turbed by enlarged thymus
glands than they used to be
although medical science still Is
not sure of what functions that
gland serves. Human beings
are born with them, and the
glands continue to develop
until around the age of two.
They are stationary until about
the age of IA. and then become
infiltrated with fat and dis
appear
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-06
Wonen's View

owed when Pierre was IA, also
undertook to review movies be-
fore allowing the boys to at
tend. "Tf 1 didn't like the art
they didn't CO." she recalled.
Mrs. Carlson believes, and
those that know the family
agree, that she was influential
in the boys development Of In
terests that eventually led to
careers, but nevertheless she
continued to pursue her own
artistic interests.
Her activities ranged from
federal music projects to art
criticism and Sunday features
for the San Francisco EXAMINE
er. Ten years ago she married
Jerry z. Carlson, a builder in
Carmel, where they now make
their home.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-06
AMERICA

Still, more Americans than
ever are building second homes
for vacations or weekends; about
100000 of these extra hang
outs were constructed last year.
Eighty-five thousand families
paid one billion dollars for
swimming pools in 1860. And IL
million of us toured foreign
countries during the years;
that's so percent more than trav-
eled abroad just five years ago.
Sports are booming. Belittling
the nation that Americans are
content to grow flaccid sit
ting in front of the Tv set are
the statistics which show that
the number Of hunters and fish
ermen has doubled in the last
decade; more than 100000 peo-
pie go mountain climbing regu-
larly; there are 20 million bowl
ers, and 40 million boat lovers,
who buy s million boats and g.
million outboards a year.
And the fastest growing
American amusement of all is
parachute-jumping. Only 100
people took the leap in 1856,
compared with $4,000 today.
It's all part Of the restless
thinking in these days Of inse-
curity and RIGHTEOUSNESS over
the future. You close your eyes
and plunge