Evening star., 1962-04-30

Air Force.
The plane in which Maj. and
Mrs. Titov and Is other pas
sengerS arrived was an H-18,
the Russian counterpart of the
jet-prop Electra in use on
American airlineS.
1t was almost entirely a
Soviet show at Idlewild. The
only Americans in attendance
were reporters. police, a few
airport hangerS-on, a New York
City greeter named James A.
IO'Brien, and the Cleveland
industrialist. Cyrus A. Eaton
and his wife.
Mrs. Eaton brought a bunch
of yellow daffodils in a paper
bag which she presented to
Mrs. Titov. She recalled that
Maj. Titov's predecessor in
space. Maj. Yuri Gagarin, was
the Eatons' house guest at
Pugwash, Nova Scotia, last
August 6 when Maj. Titov be-
gan his 17-orbit. 25-hour flight.
A Short Man
Maj. Titov proved to be an
astonishingly small man, even
to people forewarned that he
was only about 5 feet 4 inches
tall. He is rather handsome,
with chiseled features, blondish
hair and bright blue eyes. He
gives the impression of
strength.
/ Mrs. Titov, "a, is a pretty
woman hardly more than five
feet tall in heels of average
height. Her hair is dark brown
with reddish glints, and was at
tractively coiffured. She wore
a pinkish dress beneath a beige
baSket-weave spring coat, and
her shoes and handbag we're
of beige also. She wore no
jewelry except a thin golden
ring - apparently a wedding
band-on the middle mot the
ring) finger of her eft hand.
Her nails we're painted a deli
cate pink.
After dinner at the Soviet
mission. the Titovs got into a
limousine and set out through
New York. A horde of news
men, their frenzy mindful of
the paparazzi in La Dolce
Vita" followed along in press
cars and taxicabS. BY the time
the evening was over Maj.
Titov was beginning to show
signs of impatience at the
photographers whose flash
lights apparently bothered his
eyes.
The route of his tour took
Maj. Titov through some of
the fanciest. and some of the
SleazieSt, parts of Manhattan
south of Central Park. BY COIN
cidence, most of the tour fol-
lowed-in reverSe-the route
taken by Col. Glenn on his
ticker-tape reception March l.
To Rockefeller Plaza
From the Soviet mission at
SiXty-eighth street and Park
avenue, the motorcade drove
south of Park, west on Fifty
first and south on Fifth ave-
nue. to the flower-decked plaza
of Rockefeller Center.
A crowd accumulated in the
plaza without knowing whom
they were clustering around.
Many people had a hard time
distinguishing between Maj.
Titov and Maj. Gagarin, and
some were obviously at a loss
to identify the cosmonaut by
whatever name.
Girl Gets Medal
/ Before resuming the tour,
Maj. Titov pinned a tiny medal
commemorating his flight on
the dress of a 4-year-old girl
named Karen Cohen, who hap
pened to be walking by with
her mother. Then the tour re-
Sumed.
At the Forty-ninth street
entrance to the RCA Building
the motorcade paused, but it
was apparently decided not to
visit the roof of that 70-story
structure. The cars continued
west on Forty-ninth street to
Seventh avenue, turning south
into Times Square and stop
ping at Forty-s sixth street.
The TitovS and their guides
walked the length of Times
Square on the west side of the
street as far as Forty-third
street, then crossed and re-
turned to the cars along the
east side Of the square. At
Forty-third and Times Square
Maj. Titov was asked what he
thought of New York. He re-
piled:
Il cannot say Gny, Iii = much
about New York L 'uc - OILY
saw one street.
Checks Films
The caravan moved iodtii
through Times Square, west
along The skid row strip Of
fifth-run movie houses ana
squalid bars to Eighth avenue,