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ing on the astronaut will be sc
great that he will seem to him
self to weigh nearly a half a
ton on the way up and almost
a ton on the way back. These
maximum "g-loadings" will
last only briefly, however.
Pilot Controls Included
In the course of the flight,
the astronaut will report at
30-second intervals on condi-
tions relating to the flight and
to his own well-being. In addi-
ton. he will have tasks to per-
form while weightless and
while under heavy g-forces.
Although the pilot will be
able to manipulate the capsule
in flight, provision is made for
control to be exercised from
the ground if necessary. Cru
cial maneuvers in the takeoff
and landing procedures will be
controlled automatically or by
ground technicians.
The capsule m which the
aStronaut will ride is about nine
feet high and six feet across
the base. 1t is cone shaped and
topped with a tall rocket
equipped tower designed to pull
the astronaut to safety If a
mishap overtakes the launching
vehicle. Such an abort tower"
saved an unnamed Mercury
capsule earlier this week when
an Atlas missile had to be de-
Stroyed shortly after a test
launching.
The one-ton capsule contains
an oval-Shaped room in which
the aStronaut will ride. This
room will have everything
needed to keep the pilot alive
for about l8 hours-oxygen,
water, food, air purifying
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5:13 am. Saturday CASTER
Standard Time).
The whole flight will take
about Is minutes, the final two
thirds of it at a speed of only
about 20 miles an hour as the
one-ton space capsule floats
to earth beneath a big para
chute set to open at 10000
feet.
The powered phase Of the
flight will take only about 212
minutes, by which time the
rocket and space capsule will
be travelling $500 miles an
hour. For about five minutes
the occupant of the capsule will
feel "weightless" as he coasts
along an arching course to a
maximum altitude of lis miles
Peak physical stresses on the
pilot will come while the rocket
is on the way up under power
and in the brief period when
the capsule dives into the
earth's atmosphere on the way
back down. The "g-forces' act
Evening star., 1961-04-30
One Intelligence Unit
Urged for U. S. Forces

study group will advise Mr..
Mcnamara that a single agency
be organized along lines SINH
lar to the plan already used
for co-ordinating the COM
nunications services of the
Army, Navy and Air Force.
The Joint Intelligence Office
will be an actual operating
agency, rather than merely an
administration and advisory
group.
One aim is to eliminate some
duplication among the separate
services. But another major
objective is to bring together,
quickly and readily, informa-
ton picked up by the separate
services.
The joint office will compile
Evening star., 1961-04-30
U. S. Reodies Manned Rocket Test
As Prelude to Later OrbitoI FIiqht
By WILLIAM HINES
Star Science Writer

The astronaut who will be
sent into space from Cape Ca
naveral in the next few days
atop a Redstone rocket will
reach attitudes and velocities
never before attained by an
American.
If his trip is successful, 1t
could pave the way for an orbit
al mission in the last quarter
Of 1861 comparable to that OF
Russian "cosmonaut" Yufi Ga
garin. If it fails-especially If
the aStronaut is injured or
killed-the whole Mercury man.
in-space program probably will
face searching re-examination
by Congress and the admin
iStration.
For this flight the National
AeronauticS and Space Admin
istration is using the most re-
liable rocket in it's space arsenal,
the Army developed RedStone
which boosted Americas first
earth satellite into orbit in
January, 1858.
The shot is officially desig-
mated MRS, meaning the third
Mercury mission involving a
RedStone booster. The two pre-
viouS launchings, last December
19 and January 81, were sue
cesSful, although the rocket in
the second shot "over-per-
formed" carrying a chimpanzee
named Ham farther and faster
than had been planned.
Nothing Is FOOlproOf
The animal was not hurt and
the cause of the rockets over
performance has been corrected.
Though NASA officials were
at pains to assure the public
that all precautions have been
taken for the astronaut's safe
ty, they acknowledge that there
is no such thing as a foolproof
rocket.
In statement issued today,
Space Administrator James E.
Webb said of the MRS. shot:
1T cannot be taken without
risk to human life. It is the
kind of risk that Lindbergh
took when he crossed the At
lantic, that Chuck Yeager took
in the Kills first supersonic
flight, and test pilots Scott
Crossfield, Joe Walker and Bob
White took in their flights in
the Kills airplane."
The flight is planned to take
place early in the day, to give
air-Sea rescue parties ample
opportunity to recover the cap
sule from the ocean 200 miles
southeast Of here. According to
a NASA announcement, the
flight 'is to take place approx
1mately one hour after day.
break Maximum hold time
on any given day will be five
hours. The flight may be post
poned from day to day for five
days" IA
Official sunrise here varies
from sis am. on Tuesday to
Evening star., 1961-04-30
Red Astronuut Hopes
To Visit in West

MOSCOW, April 90 (AP).-
Maj. Yuri A. Gagarin returned
today from a two-day visit to
Czechoslovakia. where he add
ed a Czech Hero of Socialist
Labor" to his Soviet decora-
tionS.
In Prague, the Russian as
tronaut told Western newsmen
he would like to visit a Western
country but 1 don't know
whether 1t is being arranged. +"
Evening star., 1961-04-30
Guns Fire Live Shells
In Laos Cremation Rite

LUANG PRABANG, Laos,
April 20 (AP).-seemingly far
from any war. this royal capital
concentrated today on ancient
cremation rites for Laos late
King Sisavang Wong.
Actually, new fighting had
broken out 65 miles south of
the mountains that ring this
city. But the Laotians, who con-
slider such an important Gre
nation a grand occasion for
gay festivals, gave little evil
dence OF knowing-or caring.
They were a little startled
when army troops fired a 101-
gun salute to the late King and
used live shells because, Off
cials explained, no blanks were
available. The shells burst on
the mountainsides and started
a IeW small tires.
Festivals have been under
way here and in the admins
trative capital of Vientiane for
days, but the final cremation
rites began this afternoon in
the sweltering midday heat.
Widow Pays Tribute
King Savang Vathana, his
wife and the late kings widow
mounted the funeral pyre to pay
their final tribute to the mon
arch, whose body has been pre-
served in a gold-covered sandle-
wood urn since his dtath in late
1859. Then they tremendously
ignited a slow burning fire to
consume the urn.
A procession of Cambodia's
Prince Norodom Sihanouk,
diplomats and Laotian officials
then filed past the pyre. drop
ping flowers and sandlewood
sticks wrapped in incense into
the fire.
A surprisingly small crowd of
Just several hundred private
citizens assembled for the final
tribute to the monarch, who
reigned over them for 54 years.
Some said the small number
might have political signifi-
Evening star., 1961-04-30

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canoe. Others said it was typ
ically Laotian. AS usual, nobody
was sure.
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LET TER s

n t i ons establish barriers to
keep away those we cannot &C
cept should have our equal op-
portunities. Just as property is
passed on from father to son so
that vested interest in what one
can accumulate is perpetuated.
So we, too, behave as though
segregation is the fair and just
way to do things.
There are times when I envy
my great-grandfather. Never
owning slave, it was never
theless easy for him to march
to war to defend the principle
of the thing So with us-hate
us and fight us and we can quite
righteously respond in kind.
But today the battle takes a
different tack, In the tradition
of Gandhi, the followers of Mar
tin Luther King in effect tell us
they love us while they peace
fully defy our laws and tradi-
tons and prepare themselves for
our a i Is. Instead of fighting
them, we have to fight ourselves.
A most difficult thing to do! But
it looks as though in time they
and we will both become eman-
cipated.
Sincerely,
Bill Moore
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pig or butchered steer. / think
perhaps the cannibal friends of
Lumumba and Mobutu c n
readily appreciate this view.
Once Pearl Buck travelled with
man who stood on the train
platform to whip the poor starv-
ing Indians who came nearby to
beg. Elsewhere she remarked
how colcnialism can cause such
callousness in even the English,
who in many respects, she add
ed, were the m st civilized
people on earth.
On behalf of my kind, let me
say that we have to live with
ourselves. We honestly see the
Negro as inferior. We would
rather force him to remain that
way than to admit to ourselves
that we have impeded a true
potential for equality We can
not accept that we have done
all that we have done to one
basically no different from our
selves. And we would prefer to
keep on doing it rather than to
have to face this truth.
j u st as society everywhere
shuts up out of place and out
of mind the criminals and in
sane that it has made. Just as
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East Side
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Continued from Page IL
am now Why, that could include Jews, Cath
ocs and God Ga Southern White MANI knows what all Bless
thee Brother.
That the pastor Methodist Church in Clarks
dale a November 1860 that segregation is
and those who believe in segregation sinners?
present. and walked out in the middle OF the sermon
Well no. fear didn't know about this congratulate
YOU intellectually your walk Brother That's true honest
to God Christianity Mississippi and Mabry Style But tell
why you half of it? Weren't afraid? But Of
course not that WHITE didn't you!
can only hope that you of faith put bit OF tar Black
you know that preacher and then liberal and generous
of feathers But Rhode Island Red not WHITE Leg
horn) and rode him out OF town on RAIL- Big brothe nave
your faith.
That Bishop Marvin Franklin signed and approved the
Bishops Address of the 1856 General Conference OF the
Church. though maybe because it
tanned this statement there is place in the Methodist
Church for racial discrimination racial segregation
business free world and nation from these
evils" (page a. Bishops Address')
So Brother I ask you who needs Bishop? very
obvious doesn't under the Mabry Methodist Move
men Mississippi Style wouldn't say? Why he's practically
meddlng instead preaching that's what Man, how
Bishops ms-read the Word! Down with Franklin My
Leader Big Brother I'm for you!
That have been told by recent graduate of Emory
Theology theology professors
believe in the physical resurrection Of
Christ. =
Oh, Mercy Me, Father what next?
That in July 20 1853 edition Of the Methodist
day School publication for youth entitled Tweve Fifteen
statement indicates OF
turity weakness in the personality fear ignorance"
(page 12) ave glanced through chids church
school literature lately? If haven't then shOuld)
This too much; indeed this is the livn most that the
Church should my child against than
dreamed could happen But say Brother there
in black (oops and WHITE Yes out Of the mouths of babes
but child should read Sunday School publication
why I'll do Christian duty and belt her onein
name, of course
Brothers, Sisters Sinners ALL Listen to Big Brother
in tho tho
Methodist Mess Today the Nation tomorrow the world That's
motto
Meantime if The Mabry Methodist Movement is Christianity
I'd have Chunkate Covered Grab Crackers with
double-dip of Tutt-Frutti top reckon.
You know, almost slipped back the pit
thought must not stray again. May the Lord-yes indeed
may He
< DNNHnI ATTIC 3
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A Book Review
Continued from Page u

When he couldn't find a place
to eat, they gave him some OF
what they had to eat, and 1t
was no better than a lot of gar
bage, and John ate it because he
was hungry. They told him how
far to the nearest rest room, and
it was always a long way.
Everything j h n needed to
know, colored people told him,
and John saw how everything
was for them.
Then he left the city and went
out on the road hitch hiking. He
heard the things white people
say to colored people when they
think nobody will ever know.
John heard, and remembered,
and put it all down on paper.
Away out in the country John
got overtaken by n G h t, and
stopped with man and his wife
who had six children in a two
room house. All they had to eat
was red beans boiled in plain
water. No meat. John had to
sleep on the floor, and it was
cold, and he didn't sleep well.
He rolled and tossed and dream
ed people were closing in on
him, and he was scared, and try
ing to pray. Woke up the whole
family in the m d d e of the
night, and they knew he was
trying to pray.
John had money-whenever
he could get a check cashed -
and the next morning he wanted
to pay the family something for
taking care of him. They said
mo" Woman said if he paid
them a cent, they would owe
him some change. So he went
on to the next town.
Somewhere out there he came
to another town w here there
had been lynching. A mob
had broken into Jail where a
Negro was waiting to stand trial.
They dragged him down stairs
by the heels with his h e d
humping ever y. step. 1t left
blood on the floor. Then they
took him away and killed him
and threw his body in the riv-
er. That's the way it was. That's
the way it t aye ed. eople
wouldn't lis t e n to evidence.
Didn't want to find out who
was in the mob. Seemed to think
it was a good way to keep COL
ored people uneasy in their
minds.
After John saw enough to fill
book. he decided it was time
for him to try to pass for white
again, and he did. He wrote the
book, and it was printed. He
called it "Black Like Me-"
In his home town they burned
a cross, hung some old clothes
stuffed with straw on traffic
light. Things like that. Threat
ened his family. Finally had to
sell their house and leave town.
People wrote hundreds of let
tiers, and Mr.. Griffin was on TV,
but if our station carried the
program ere was not much
said about it.
Evening star., 1961-12-26
BY Walt Disney

plenty big for my taste. Ex-
cuSe a bloody layman in phi
lology for giving my opinion.
o. w. Loewy, MD, Watervliet,
N. Y.
Answer: Better come, back
from the classical era to the
present day, DR.. Loewy! What
you say about the meaning of
mega" in ancient Greece is
perfectly true-but 1000 years
and more have passed and, In
the long centuries between, that
little word has acquired a new
and important function.
It is, as you say, used as a
prefix and. besides its original
meaning in such medical terms
as "megadont" (having large
teeth and "megaprosopous"
(having a large face), it has
also proven very useful in other
areas of science. In physics, for
example, "megacycle" is one
million cycles. In electricity a
resistance of l million ohms
is known as a "megohm."
So it's only natural that nu-
clear physicists, seeking a SIM
pie term to measure the most
awesome force that man has
ever conceived would reckon
the strength of blast of nu-
clear weapons first in tons, then
kilotons Zone thousand tons)
and finally eve, trust) in meg
atoms.
AS a further extension of the
use of mega" in the lingo of
today'S scientists, we have the
deplorable "megabuck" ($1 mil
lion) to represent the cost of
these fearsome bombs and the
unSpeakable "megadeath" to
record the havoc they may
Wreak.
Evening star., 1961-12-26
WORDS, WIT
AND WISDOM
MI AND LOIS
MRS. FITZ
MUTT AND JEFF
UNCLE CHARLIE
BY WILLIAM MORRIS

= Question: You recently stated
In your column that the meg
agon" in 80 megaton bomb"
meant l million tons. Thu S
$50 megatons" means that the
bomb has a blasting capacity
Evening star., 1961-12-26

equal to so million tons of
INT.
1 don't think that the word
mega" has anything to do
with million" neither do I re-
gard this word as a prefix, even
though it is so used in English
and other languages.
Mega" in classical Greek
means simply "big. great" and
it is so used in such words as
"megalomania." A "megaton"
bomb thus means simply "a
big bomb" although I must
admit that smaller ones were
Evening star., 1961-12-26
Opening lead: Jack of hearts.

opening lead: JACK OF hearts.
Take this sort of hand. You
plan to take the top hearts,
ruff a heart in dummy, draw
one trump with the ace and
then lead a low trump. If the
trumps break normally, you will
lose only two trumps and one
diamond.
This is a reasonable way to
play the hand, but that ten of
spades in the dummy is just a
wasted fishhook. Why
shouldn't you try to catch
something with it?
If you believe there are lots
of good fish at the bridge ia
BILE, win the first trick in the
dummy with the ace of hearts
and lead the ten of spades from
dummy.
Costs Nothing
This play costs nothing. If
East plays a low trump, you
plan to take the ace Of trumps
and lead another trump.
The point is that East may
cover with the jack of spades.
He might do so with Q-J-9-5 or
with K-J-9-5.
Let's suppose that East makes
the fishlike play Of the jack Of
spades at the second trick. You
win with the ace Of spades,
dropping Vests king.
Don't snicker; it's too close
to Christmas. Cash the king of
hearts, ruff a heart in dummy,
and lead a trump through East.
Now East can get only two
trump tricks instead of three.
You will keep plugging away at
trumps to capture East's five Of
spades. And this assures your
contract.
Daily Question
Partner opens with one heart,
and the next player passes. You
hold:
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What do you say?
Answer: Bid two hearts. You
can't quite afford to show your
spades first and the heart sup
port later. Raise partners ma
jor suit first to show that you
have a poorish hand with
trump support. If he can then
try for game you will accept his
invitation.
-
For SheinDold'S 36 page
booklet. "A Pocket Guide to
Bridge" send SOC to Bridge
Book, The Washington Star,
Boz 1918, Grand Central Sta
ton, NeD York II, N. Y.
Evening star., 1961-12-26

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Evening star., 1961-12-26
SHEINWOLD
ON BRIDGE
Even Experts
May Be Fish
BY ALFRED SHEINWOLD

If you're going to throw a
fishhook away, put it on a line
and throw it into the water,
You may catch a fish.
North dealer.
North South vulnerable.
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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-09-02
TougoIoo
News

BY Mrs. Ruth Z. Washington
We are happy to say that the
Red Circle Club is growing to
be a better club with % mem
berS On last Thursday,
Mrs. Bettye Lou Kelly and her
three daughters visited the
meeting, after which they join
ed the club. One of the objec-
tives of this club is to stimu-
late the minds of young girls
to encourage them to be bet
ter young ladies. On Septem-
Der 3, we will have our picnic
for all members and their fam
lilies. The picnic will be held
at River Bend.
We are proud that Mrs. Lii
lie Mae Perry is home from
the hospital and doing fine.
Mrs. Lillian Parker Wilson
and her family stopped in for
a short visit after having been
on a two weeks tour. While
here they visited Mrs. Wilson's
grandmother, where they were
dinner guests on Monday after
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-09-02
Funeral Services
For Vicksburg
Matron Held
BY Hattie C. Dyson

Funeral services for the late
Mrs. Thelma Templeton Mar
shall were held Sunday, Aug
uSt 20 at Mt. Heroden Baptist
Church in Vicksburg, Missis-
sippi. Mrs. Marshall was a
member of one of the city's
outstanding families.
The order of service was as
follows: Professional; Hymn.
Prayer, Hymn, Scripture and
Hymn. Church Resolutions
were read by Mrs. M. N. Nc
Cune; solo, Mrs. Mamie Frank
lin and the Eulogy given by
Rev. B. T. Thomas, pastor.
Mrs. Marshall was united
with the Mt. Arat Baptist
Church at an early age, during
the pastorate of the late Rev.
Phoenix M. Tate. Later she
became united with Mt. Hero
den where she remained
faithful member until death.
She was active in the church
choir and Beautifying Club,
Cedar Grove Home Demon
stration Club County Council.
She was loving wife, a de-
voted mother, a loyal sister
and a good neighbor.
Survivors include her hus-
band, Mr.. William Marshall,
four daughters, one son, one
sister, Mrs. Gertrude Caring
ton, four brothers, three grand
children, step-mother and
numerous nieces and nephews.
Representing the S a e
Daughter Elks of Mississippi
as a courtesy to Mrs. Caring
ton, sister of the deceased, was
Mrs. Hattie Dyson, who took
special message of sympathy
and flowers from the Miss.
State Association at the re-
quest of Daughter Elk State
President Mrs. Willie H. Rudd,
who was in New York attend
ing the Elk's National Conven-
ton.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-09-02

AMONG THE SS,OOO.OO in
scholarships awarded by the
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity
were four high school seniors
recipients of the fraternities
funds. College students and
post graduate winners will be
released at a later date.
P ture d left to right:
George K. Robinson, Jr. of
Charleston, South Carolina:
William G.. Elliott of Enid, Ok
lahoma; Lawrence M. Williams
of Atlanta, Georgia and Will
liam H. Burton, Columbia,
South Carolina.
DR.. Clifton r. Jones, Direc-
tor of Educational Activities
says there were more appli-
cants this year with some of
the highest scholastic records
In his memory applying for
this financial aid from the AL
phas.
These awards are based
solely on grades and are an
effort on the part of the fra
ternity to decrease "drop-outs"
among high school students
and encourage continued edu-
cation among undergraduate
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-09-02
out on 100000 bond.

out on So, O0O.OO bond.
According to the sheriff, the
pair had approached a Negro
farmer, Ernest Allen, in Kos
ciusko last week with a typical
pigeon drop proposition that if
he could raise $500 he would
get back $1,000.
Allen remembered a similar
trick which had cost his broth.
er, Tony Allen, 500 a year
ago. He made a date to meet
Potts and the Mayfield woman
at Carthage Friday morning,
then notified the office of
Leake county Sheriff D. M.
Boyd.
Sheriff Boyd set a trap. AL
len told the pair he had only
SIC but they wanted $500. The
sheriff moved in and made the
arrests.
He contacted Sheriff Sim
mons to investigate the pos
sibility they were the same
Negroes who pigeon dropped
the Morton woman.
Constable Ray Donald and
Marshal Lauris Sessums Of
Morton went to Carthage and
brought the suspects to Jail at
Forest, where they were iden-
titled.
Both Sheriff Simmons and
Sheriff Boyd emphasized q
warning to all citizens that
"any time somebody offers
you a profit if you put up
money, notify officers"
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-09-02

police court.
They we're arrested Saturday
while attempting to integrate
the lunch counter at the F. w.
Woolworth Store here.
The pair was not represen-
ted by counsel during their
trial, but were advised by a
student nonviolent coordina-
ting committee official, Ma
rion Berry, Jr., of Memphis,
Tenn.