Evening star., 1962-05-13
EXCLUSIVELY
YOURS
Small Men Go Into Orbit;
Uddli Boy, w, Hiked Alone
By BETTY BEALE
!. WERNHER

4
DIR. WERNER Won
BRAUN, Americas great
locket expert, revealed q fas-
inating bit Of information
et the Soviet Embassy party
ter Russian Cosmonaut
Gherman TitoV.
twas there any doubt in his
Ind, I asked the astonish-
tIkly handsome DR.. Won
Efaun, that Mai. Titov had
efbited the earth II timesP
Certainly not" he replied.
Had he tracked the flight, I
pursued? I'VE watched his
face on television," said Won
Braun. I'VE had the right
frequency so we could see
him in orbit"
This information was sub
stantiated on the Russian
side only q few hours later
wren Maj. Titov said In q
news conference that he had
. stelevision camera inside
tlN Vostok II. It should put
Rp end to the doubts Of all
those who questioned the
flight because the Russians
released so few details
about it.
Whatever Americans may
have thought of Titov's ref
erences to Soviet superiority
or his failure to reciprocate
with John Glenn on details
Of his flight. they have to
admit that by his unrivaled
accomplishment he struck a
blow for small men every
where.
Little men, throw away
those elevator shoes and take
heart. Titov has established,
as Trina Dobrynina, wife Of
the Soviet Ambassador point
ed out at the White House
the other day, "a new cos
tnonautic fashionable
height" Nobody over 5 feet
four inches has orbited the
earth II times.
"a
IT'S HAPPENED AGAIN.
Someone connected with
Senator Leverett Saltonstall,
Republican of Massachusetts,,
hgain has rescued one Of the
youngest of New Frontiers
men. Jane Saltonstall, the
Senator's daughter-in-law,
Jumped into q pool last sum-
tner to pull Caroline Ken
hedy out of water over her
head. And three weeks ago,
ClariSSa Clark, whose hus-
band, Robert, is one Of SEN
ator Saltonstalrs assistants,
picked up a little pajama-
clad boy on Chain Bridge
road, who turned out to be
Secretary of the Interior and
Mrs. Udall's very small son.
Unless informed in the past
two or three days, the Udalls
probably did not know of the
incident until now, just as
President and Mrs. Kennedy
were not apprised Of last
kummer's incident until q
week later.
It could happen to anyone.
Little Jaime Udall, who is
not quite 8, was supposed to
be In his bed taking q nap
when what is undoubtedly an
Inherited love for hiking got
him. Somehow he slipped
past the maid out of the
Mclean (Va.) house and
started up the road that
winds for " to Q miles until
it gets to Chain Bridge road.
Whether 1t was raining
when he started, I wouldn't
know, but when Mrs. Clark
drove past the little figure,
did q late take and drove
back to see what a small fry
inl his DR.. Denton's was doing
standing by the main road
and watching all that traffic
whiz by, it was pouring. She
found q cute, healthy, we'll
n9uriShed little tyke who was
soaked to the skin.
sShe opened the door, told
hm to get in, asked him his
name and where he lived. He
u0inted vaguely down the side
pad which leads to the river
md off she drove, stopping
q every house along the way
% inquire II anyone was
IhisSing one boy, identity un-
nown. Finally, a half mile
rom the Udalls' house she
Encountered a neighbor who
sDok one look and said, "Why
Jaime Udall, where have you
een2"
BY that time, the little boy