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Evening star., 1962-10-03
Has Only 7 Ships
Capsules Name
Honors Efforts
Of Thousands

CAPE CANAvERAL. Fla.
Oct. 3 (AP) .-Emblazoned on
the side of Walter M. Schirra' S
space capsule is the symbol for
the 18th letter in the Greek
alphabet, Sigma, and the
figure 7.
Comdr. Shirra, exercising his
pilot privilege, named the
spacecraft Sigma-7.
He said that in mathematics
Sigma means summation, and
Project Mercury is the sum-
nation of the tremendous sci
entific and engineering effort
involving literally thousands
of people"
The 7 represents the seven
man Mercury astronaut team.
1t also was tackled onto the
names chosen by Americas pre-
vious astronauts to symbolic
the team effort.
Comdr. .Schirra also is a
member of Sigma Chi, a ma
tional social fraternity.
Evening star., 1962-10-03
By HUGH MULLIGAN
Associated Press Staff Writer

COCOA BEACH. Fla, Oct. 3
Gould it be that the astro-
nauts' home away from the
stars" as this garish little re-
sort town likes to fancy itself
is getting a trifle bored with the
whole space program?
Despite Chamber of Com
merce demurrals, the evidence
plainly points in that unhappy
direction.
Navy Comdr. Walter M,
Schirra, jr.'s projected six-orbit
dash around the globe has
failed to bring out the usual
gaudy going away streamers
across the main highway.
The bon voyage messages on
the motel marques, the good
luck badges on mattresses
aprons and similar expressions
of God-speed which Cocoa
Beach showered on its previous
heros are missing.
go for Six"
To be sure, few shops and
service stations saw fit to wish
Wally well publicly. including
one barrocm which rewrote a
popular ong on its mirror to
proclaim "the future is ours,
you see: que Schirra, Schirra.
But the overall excitement was
considerably less than on the
days Of the Glenn and Car
penter shots.
Evening star., 1962-10-03
28 Ships, 143 Aircraft
Set for Schirro Pickup

.cluding the carrier Kearsarge,
at his disposal.
There are only two planned
landing areas in the Pacific.
If Comdr. Schirra's flight had
to be terminated at the end of
the fifth or sixth orbits he
would land 275 miles northeast
of Midway Island. If he landed
at the. end of four orbits, he
would come down IT'S miles
east of these islands.
In an emergency, however,
Comdr. Schirra might be
forced to land anywhere along
the world-girdling track and
Evening star., 1962-10-03

About the biggest signboard
sendoff for Comdr. Schirra was
on display at the Cape Colony
Inn, of which the seven astro-
nauts are part owners. 1t read:
60 for six, Wally, with our
confident hopes"
Only a few house trailers
and tents served as a tourist
gallery down on the broad
stretch of white beach where
previously tens of thousands
thronged to watch a space
shot.
In perhaps the most blatant
example of municipal uncon-
Germ, several tavern keepers
along Cocoa Beach's neon-lit
boulevard of motels and night
clubs said they we're undecided
whether to feature the Schirra
journey or the final game OF
the National League baseball
playoff on their television sets
if the two events overlap.
wen play it by ear in here,
said one boniface, polishing up
a brace of martini glasses in
authorization of the business
mans lunch crowd. We'll
start with the space shot, but
if the patrons start screaming
for the Dodger-Giant playoff.
we'll switch over. Somehow it
seems like we're deserting
Wally, but wodda va gonna
do?"
Despite these defections from
Cocoa Beach's well known
Evening star., 1962-10-03

for this reason the parachute
medical teams, over so men ir
all have been scattered around
the globe.
Once the astronaut is located
paramedics will leap into the
water and affix a flotation de-
vice, similar to a huge inner
tube, to the capsule to keep II
from sinking and aid the as
tronaut if he has been injured
Once the flotation device is
around the capsule. the air.
craft overhead will drop a sur
vival kit. if needed, consisting
of life RATS, blankets, bundles
of food, additional medical
equipment and radios.
Thereafter all the paramed-
les and astronaut can do is to
wait for pickup by either sur
face ship or amphibian air.
craft.
Evening star., 1962-10-03
By a star stan wrItsr

CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla,
Oct. 3.-Europeans ON both
sides of the Iron Curtain today
saw tho lift-off of Astronaut
Walter Schirra's rocket boosted
space capsule through the me-
dunn of Telstar.
Lift-off occurred at BIS am.
(EDT). About 40 minutes
later, an 1s-minute report on
the launching was beamed via
Telstar to Europe. 1t report
edly was carried by both Euro
vision and Intervision. The
former is a 17-nation Western
European network, and the
latter, a network covering nine
countries behind the Iron Cur
tian including the Soviet
Union.
In Paris, the relay from
Britain was only q partial sue
cess, according to the Associ-
ated Press In London.
The image skittered and
danced over the screens during
much of French television net
works presentation of the pro-
gram. But 1t steadied enough
at crucial moments to give
viewers a precise idea Of what
was happening.
The report included video-
taped footage of Comdr. Schir-
ra's departure from Hangar S
about 5 am, his arrival at
Launching Pad IA some Is min
utes later, a report of man-in-
the-street recation among OBJ
servers at nearby Cocoa Beach
and a report from the forward
medical area. where emergency
teams stood ready In case OF an
abort"
The taped report also included
51 minutes of rocket pictures
lin the last minutes of count
down and the first minutes of
Evening star., 1962-10-03
Schirro Has Telephone
To Be Used From Raft

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla,
Oct. 8 (AP) A sort Of. extern
sion telephone designed for
mid-ocean raft lounging is part
of Astronaut Walter M. Schir-
ra's equipment for his sched-
uled six-orbit flight.
The idea. is to let people
know where he is-and how
he feels-at journeys end.
The telephone is essentially
a tiny, highly refined version
of the headsets worn by
switchboard operators. 1t has
a 30-foot cord, one end of
which can be carried by the
astronaut from the space cap
sule to the life raft.
The addition of the telephone
to the spacecraft equipment
was predicated upon the as
sumption that Comdr. Schirra
would much prefer a sunbath
aboard the life raft to remain
ing inside the capsule cabin
after he landed.
One Capsule Sank
This assumption was under
standable, since one of the
capsules sank only minutes
after it hit in July, 1861. This
was the one Virgil I. Grissom
rode on a 15-minute sub -orbital
flight.
Further, there was a COM
munications blackout at the
end Of the three orbit flight
by Malcolm Scott Carpenter
last May "a.
Comdr. Carpenter landed $50
Evening star., 1962-10-03
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on the university campus last
night, when a group of students
near Baxter Hall, the dormitory
where the Negro student Is liv-
ing, gathered and gave rebel
yells and threw bottles.
An effigy was burned near
the dormitory.
The students were soon dis
persed. Mr.. Guthman denied
reports that troops had used
tear gas to drive them away.
The Negro student remained
in his room during the dis
turbance. Today he was taking
the college-required intelligence
test, and had two afternoon
classes scheduled.
Two Ole Miss students were
among II persons arrested by
Army troops at checkpoints
during the night. Mr.. Guth-
man said one Of the students
had a machete in his car.
All IA were released, but
authorities confiScated the ma
chete, an assortment Of knives
and more than 100 rounds of
ammunition.
Meanwhile, a representative
of Senator Stennis, Democrat
of Mississippi. arrived on the
campus to check into charges
by Mississippi officials and
others that United States
marshals touched off Sunday
nights rioting by trigger
happy" firing Of tear gas guns.
The representative is James
Kimball, an alumnus of the
university and chief counsel for
the Senate Armed Services
Preparedness Subcommittee.
Senator Stennis has been in
vited by Senator Eastland.
Democrat Of Mississippi. and
chairman of the Senate Judi
ciary Committee. to sit with
him in a proposed investigation
Of the troubles here.
Evening star., 1962-10-03
Pacific A-Shot
Fired by U. 5.

HONOLULU, oct. 3 (AP).-
The United States resumed
atmospheric nuclear testing in
time for a Pacific double fea-
ture with Americas latest man
in-space.
The shot in the nuclear series
was fired at Johnston Island
in the Central Pacific yester-
day a little more than "a hours
before Astronaut Walter M.
Schirra, jr., was scheduled to
land in his space capsule near
Midway.
"There is no danger, no con-
nection and no problem with
the Project Mercury program" /"
a Joint Task Force 8 official
said.
The test zone is far to the
south of Comdr. Schirra's or
bital paths.
Detonation Of an intermedi-
ate yield device 750 miles south
west of Hawaii marked the end
of a nuclear recess. Tests were
suspended July Is when a
nuclear = tipped Thor booster
missile exploded on its launch
ing pad at Johnston Island
Extensive damage to the pac
caused the halt.
Yesterdays testing was the
first of the 1862 Operation Dom
inic shots to be dropped from
an airplane at Johnston Island
Twenty four air drops have
been staged at British-owneo
Christmas Island to the south
east.
The detonation yesterday
was described as equivalent to
between 10000 and l million
tons of TINT in explosive power.
Evening star., 1962-10-03
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angry at me, I would like to
know for what" he said.
Talking only In response to
questions, he said, II think I
am being treated fine under
the conditions.
He said he had been eating
very well, taking his meals in
his dormitory room. He said he
had no plans to eat in the uni
versity dining room in the i'm
mediate future.
But he showed that he ex-
pected his isolation to end
sometime.
On his second day in the
university the Negro student
attended four classes, starting
with an English course at 8
am. In the class he sat a
little apart after arriving there
without incident under the pro-
lection of the marshals.
Although no students talked
with him, he said that some
nodded and greeted him in the
classroom.
In some Of his classes groups
of Ole Miss students stood out
side and sought to keep other
students from attending the
class.
Outside a math class one
group called to another head
ing toward the classroom Hey,
boy, don't go there. Meredith
lis IN there" The students
ignored the appeal and entered
the classroom.
A pretty blond girl ap-
preached the classroom and
was given the same appeal.
"Oh, no. you're kidding. I
guess I'll have to stay out.
DR.. T. A. Bickerstaff, chair
man of the mathematics de-
partment, happened by at that
moment and the girl appealed
to him with the words, Il don't
have to go in?" The teacher
called her aside and talked with
her a little. Then she entered
the class.
Mr.. Meredith keeps to the
solitude of his room when not
in class. He said he spent his
time studying and reading.
On Sunday night when the
rioting occurred he told re-
rorters he went to bed early.
But he said he was awakened
several times and knew what
was going on"
How long he will have to
continue in the loneliness of his
own room no one knows. Uni
versity officials have said that
it will take a year and a half
for him to graduate.
Evening star., 1962-10-03
BIost-Off at ConoveroI
Is Viewed in Europe

Ilift-off. Voice descriptions OF
rescue facilities in the Atlantic
and Pacific also were included.
The communications satellite
was scheduled to make two
passes today during which
transatlantic communication
would be possible during the
time of the Schirra flight. The
second was scheduled from
about 11:45 am. to 12s15 pm.
Another West-to-E East broad
cast was scheduled for this pass
to be followed by a package"
of European reaction beamed
westward.
Evening star., 1962-10-03

miles beyond his intended i'm
pact area, climbed out Of his
space ship and for the next 40
minutes was out of contact with
the recovery fleet-and the
world-except for an automatic
homing radio beacon on the
capsule.
This lack o. communication
gave rise TO- fears that he had
been killed or injured on
landing.
With this new telephone sys-
tenn, Comdr. Schirra could plug
his extension cord into the
capsules communications sys-
TENN itself about the size
of a pound of butter-enter
the life raft and still keep in
touch with his rescuers.
Has Walkie Talkie
In the unlikely event that
the capsule should sink or the
transmitters fail. Comdr
Schirra has a walkie-talkie
radio in the survival kit aboard
the raft.
This walkie-talkie has a
range of about Is miles If
transmitting to an aircraft at
10000 feet, but only a 5-mile
range if trying to reach a sur
face ship.
Aside from the addition OF
the radio telephone for use
after landing, Comdr. Schirra's s
Sigma-7 capsule has a new
antenna designed to improve
in-flight voice communications
with the 21 tracking stations
around the world.
Evening star., 1962-02-18

have known each other something like Is
years, and we both like yellow shirts. We both
have shown up at the same time about 20
times wearing yellow shirts. Purely CO.
incidence"
And as a speaker at an Ad Club luncheon
following closely President Kennedy's
recent refusal to renew his Cosmos Club
membership application when the question
of racial discrimination arose-Mr. Salinger
began with: "Its pleasure to be here.
There are not many clubs fellow can 60 to
these days without getting into trouble"
During this speech using chopping
hand gesture similar to the Presidents,
he also joked that his present job was
triumph over adversely. I'm high school,
campaigned for city editor on the platform
we should abolish high school fraternities.
Well, my opponent got 800 votes and got
200"
He proceeded to mention that circulation
dropped substantially while he worked on
the Chronicle and that he also had managed
campaigns for seven Democrats-all of
them unsuccessful. With comedians timing,
he paused and then said, And then finally
went to work for Golfers"
But the now defunct Golfers led him to
the White House. He met Robert Kennedy
while doing a story on the Senate rackets
committee, later joined the committee,
Evening star., 1962-02-18

then went on to be President Kennedys
press secretary.
Mr.. Salinger considers an informed
press-and therefore an informed public
most vital: Anything which occurs not
falling in the realm of, security is Legitimate.
news" He is disturbed by the number of
newspapers which have recently withered
or merged paving the way for noncompeti-
tive, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS towns. He
also feels it "lamentable fact only eight
dailies carry the full texts of the Presidents
press conferences"
He also feels there has been definite
void in communications in foreign cOun-
tries" To alleviate this the White House, in
cooperation with the US.LA., set up press
center in New York to assist foreign cor
respondents covering the news of America.
Mr.. Salinger also added third press secre-
tary, ]. w. Gildner, to work solely with the
foreign press.
AS for the individual newsmen, Mr. Sal
niger says his attitude towards them or
opinion of them is as high as it was when he
began his job year ago. The bantering
buddy atmosphere is still noticeable. When
the reporters came in for the briefing, Mr..
Salinger handed out long news release and
quipped:
"If you ask me to explain this, you're
finished"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-01-25
Center Receives
Prevention Award

The National Naval Medical
Center, Bethesda, has been
awarded honorable mention in
the military division of the Ma
tional Fire Protection Associa-
tons 1861 Fire Prevention Con-
test.
This is the second consecu-
tive year that the Medical Cen
ter has received the award; it
is the only Navy Medical De-
partment activity to be mention
ed in the 1861 contest.
Competition was in the mill
tary division under medium ac-
tivities having 1900 to $500 per.
sonnet. A total of 105 Naval
activities competed in this con-
test.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-01-25
Perry
Elected
Director

Thomas w. Perry, ir., was
elected to the Farmers Banking
and Trust Company board of
directors at a stockholders
meeting January II.
Perry is a member of the ad.
visory board of Citizens Build
ing & Loan Association, vice.
president and general manager
Of Thomas w. Perry, Inc, and
is past chairman of the Bethes-
da-Chevy Chase branch of the
YMCA.
Other newly elected directors
are F. Bache Albert, Guy F. ALL
mutt, Louis d. Bell, Albert M.
Bouic, Dexter M. Billiard, E.
Austin Carlin, Richard F. Green,
Winship l. Green, Henry B.
Hickerson, Stephen N. Jones,
Blake D. Merson, Thomas w.
Perry, ST., Robert A. Humphrey
and Lewis Reed.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-01-25
Germantown
By Deborah H. LEM, WAverIy 6-O692

The purpose of the meeting was
to decide whether or not to con-
tinue the local organization, and
to learn how the group can
function more in accord with
the national set-up. Local pres
ident, Mrs. c. A. Watkins, ir.,
was in charge, and presented
the state representatives, Mrs.
Milton c. Lang, president of
Maryland United Church Wom-
en-; Mrs. Samuel NJ. Kent, Lead
ership Education chairman;
Mrs. E. Lester Keyser, State
chairman World Day of Prayer.
After helpful talks on the pur.
pose and function of the local
group, it was decided to con.
tinue. Miss Connie Field was
named local chairman of the
World Day of Prayer commit
tee. This service will be held
at the Asbury Methodist Home
on March g.
Attending the Pennsylvania
State Farm Show in Harrisburg
on January s, were Mr.. and
Mrs, c. Staley Weller.
The Afternoon Circle of the
d arnes town Presbyterian
Church met on Thursday, jan
uary II, at the home of Mrs.
John Andrews, ST. Devotions
were led by Mrs. Guy Hough.
Mrs. Andrews, who is circle
leader, presided, and also pre-
scented the Bible study in Rom.
ans.
Mrs. Merhle U. King enter.
tanned the members of the Aft.
ernoon Circle of the Neelsville
Presbyterian Church on Thurs
day, January 18. Mrs. Ward
w. Fetrow assumed her duties
as circle leader, and also led
the Bible study, the first lesson
in PauPs Letter to the Romans.
There were twelve members
present, including two guests,
Mrs. William Birgfeld and Mrs.
Martha Cross.
Safety Patrol of the Week at
the Jamestown School is sixth
grader, Maurice Ward, elected
by her fellow patrols.
Mrs. Ward w. Fetrow gave a
book review at the meeting of
the Bethesda Book Club, meet.
ing Tuesday afternoon, Janu.
airy 16, at the home of Mrs.
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POOlesville
By Cathe c. Linthicum Diamond 1882

and hospitality, Mrs. John r.
Hall, Poolesville.
The February / meeting, a
luncheon, will be hosted by Mrs.
Julian J. Chisolm, II, in her
Beallsville home. DR.. Wilbur
H. Youngman, garden editor of
the Washington Star, will be
the guest speaker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick A.
Gutheim, near Dickerson, enter
tanned a group of friends at
Comus Inn January 13.
Miss Katherine Linthicum,
president of the Woman's Soci-
ETY. of Christian Service of the
Hyattstown Methodist Church,
was hostess to the members
when they met in the Sunday
School room January II. Mrs.
John McElfresh will entertain
the group at her home in Fred
erick at the next meeting to be
held February l.
Beautiful slides of Japan
were shown to members of the
Sugar Loaf Homemakers Club
at the home of the clubs secre-
tary. Mrs. Frederick A. Guth-
elm, near Dickerson, Thursday.
The slides were shown by Mrs.
George Poffenbarger, Boyds,
who took them when visiting
that country.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon War
field and three children of Mar
riottsville spent Sunday after
noon with Mrs. Warfield's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. Malcolm
White, at White Acres near
Dickerson.
Representatives of the Ladies
Auxiliary of Upper Montgom-
cry County Volunteer Fire De-
partment heard Civil Defense
speaker from this county at the
meeting of the Montgomery
County Fire Auxiliaries at Sill
yer Spring Fire House No. 8 on
Friday night. The local mem.
bers attending were Mrs.
Charles w. Fritz and Mrs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-01-25

Joseph Knapp in Bethesda. Us.
ing a book about her native
Nebraska, Mrs. Fetrow review
ed two short stories from the
collection called 1.-THE Battle of
the Wild Turkey" by Alvin
Johnson.
Mrs. Norman Mills is a pat
lent in George Washington Uni
versity Hospital, following
major surgery on January 16.
Speedy get-well wishes go out
to her.
The annual meetings of the
congregation and the corpora.
ton of the Jamestown Church
were held on Wednesday eve
ming, January II, following a
covered-dish fellowship supper.
The following officers were
elected: DIR. Everett Johnson,
DIR. George Paffenbarger, Fred
Zimmerman, and John Hitter
man, elders; Edward Byrd, Ron
aid Malet-Prevost, Donald Wag-
ner, Paul Kelley, deacons; Ted
Noffsinger and John Curtis,
trustees. Newly-elected audi.
tors are Mrs. George Paffen-
barger, Miss Barbara Mills, and
Bruce Bendigo. The Women's
Association took charge of the
supper arrangements, with Mrs.
Albert Cissel, Mrs. John An
drews, ST., and Mrs. Kelley Rice,
hosteSseS.
The new daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Marvin Shoe has been
named Mary Estelle.
Four members of the Clarks-
burg All Girls met Monday eve
ming, January Is, for a sewing
session. They are Anne ALL
mutt, Anne Jones, Mary Alice
Murphy, and Lois Fisher. The
girls are working on dresses
for themselves.
The Mems Fellowship of the
Neelsville Church met Tuesday
evening, January 16. Francis
Foster, president, was in charge.
Final approval was given for
the purchase of church name
signs which will be placed in
four different highway loca-
tons. 1t was agreed to invite
the women to the next meeting
on February 20, at which time
film on the life of Albert
Schweitzer will be shown.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-01-25

Sympathy is extended to Mrs.
William H. Snyder and Gerald
A. Kingsbury on the death of
their father, Ambrose c. Kings
bury, of Frederick, on January
IA, as the result of burns suf-
fered in a fire in his home.
Sympathy is also extended to
the family of Russell Smith
Hoyle of Boyds, who died at
his home on January Is. He is
survived by his mother, Mrs.
Smith Hoyle; a brother, Earl;
and a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Rus.
sell.
A third recent death was that
of Forest King. ST., of Rock
vile, on January 10. Area sur
vivorsN include three brothers,
Lawson and Gabriel of Cath
ersburg, and Merhle of German
town; and a sister, Mrs. Joseph
Howes of Germantown. Sincere
sympathy goes to his family.
Mr.. A. H. Paul spent several
davs in Kansas CITY RECENTLY
on business.
The Rev. Philip J. Lee and
his family moved into the manse
of the Boyds Presbyterian
Church on Friday, January IL.
Newly called to serve the Boyds
Church, the Rev. Mr.. Lee was
accepted by the Presbytery of
Washington City at its meeting
on January 9 at the New York
ave, Church, Washington. His
first service was a Communion
service on January IA.
A service of installation for
Mr.. Lee will be held at the
Boyds Church on Sunday eve
ming. January %, at 7:30 pm.
Mr.. Lee is married to the for
mer Roberta Williams of Rich
mond, Va, and they have a
daughter, Sadie" nearly two
years old.
Prior to their arrival, the lad
les of the Church had redecorat-
ed the manse and held pantry
shower to stock the kitchen
shelves.
Mr.. Lee succeeds the Rev.
James P. Kerr, now pastor
emeritus, who served the Boyds
church for 81 years before his
retirement in June 1860. Mr..
and Mrs. Kerr and their two
daughters now live in Walnut
Hill, Gaithersburg.
y
Michael Norris is spending
the semester recess at Shepherd
College at the home of his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Nor
ris. He has as his house guest
a college friend, Ronald r.
Reeder, of Hillcrest Heights.