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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-24
H.Cochrun Fisher, 81, Agent
For Aetna Life Insurance

H. Cochran Fisher, 81, an
outstanding life insurance bust
nessman, died last night of a
heart attack at his home. 1920
Brandywine street NV.
In 1947, Mr.. Fisher was the
first recipient of the Wilmer
Award, given annually by the
District Life Underwriters As
ISOLATION to the man who has
done the most for the life in
surance business in the District.
Born in Washington, Mr..
Fisher was graduated from the
old Business High School here,
and received his bachelors de-
gree from the University of
Pennsylvania in business ad-
ministration.
He served as an ensign in
the Navy during World War I
and with the Tariff Commits
sion for six years after the war.
In 1926, he Joined Aetna
Life Insurance Co. as an agent,
and remained with the COM
pany until his death.
Mr.. Fisher, who held a Char
tered Life Underwater degree,
served as president Of the Dis
trict Life Insurance Under
writers Association, and was a
trustee for the National Life
Insurance Underwriters As
ISOLATION.
He was a member Of Kappa
Sigma social fraternity. Co.
lumbia Country Club. Univer-
sity Club, Kiwanis Club of
Washington, and of Metro
politan Memorial Methodist
Church.
Mr.. Fisher leaves his wife,
Marie Nelson Fisher, of the
family address, his daughter,
Mrs. Thomas G. Edison. and
two grandchildren, of 1929 Old
Spring road, Bethesda.
The family asks that express
sions of sympathy be in the
form of contributions to the
Kiwanis Foundation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-24
Mrs. Emmu Lunk
Active Charity,
Church Worker

Mrs. Emma H. Lark, "a, an
active District charity worker
and long time resident, died
last night at the Leewood Nurs-
ing Home. Annandale. Va, after
a long illness.
Born in Delaware, Mrs. Lank
came to Washington in 1923
with her husband, R. Barrett
Lark, former vice president Of
the Lark Woodwork Co., here.
She was active in committee
and charity work for the Pet
worth Methodist Church for
more than Is years. In 1888 she
was president of the old For
eign Mission Society.
Mrs. Lark was a member of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-24
FutherArc 80,
Taught at GU

The Rev. Peter Archer, 80, a
Roman Catholic priest who
taught mathematics at George
town University here and at
CanisiuS College in Buffalo,
N. Y. died yesterday after a
long illness.
Father Archer taught at
Georgetown from 1915 to 1924.
He served for three years as
treasurer of the university.
A native of Buffalo who held
a doctors degree in mathe-
mates from the University of
Berlin, he lived at a church
home near Poughkeepsie, N. Y,
st. Andrew-on-H Hudson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-24
Hugh Thompson,
70, of Rockville

Hugh r. Thompson, 70, re-
tired auditor with the office
Of the Army Quartermaster
General. died Sunday of a
heart attack at Middletown,
Va, en- route home from vaca-
ton.
Mr.. Thompson, a Rockville
Md resident for 56 years,
retired in 1859 after 90 years
of Government service. He also
held positions in the Home
Owners Loan Agency and the
District Water Department be-
fore moving to the Quarter
master Generals office eight
years ago.
Active in Montgomery
County fraternal organizations,
Mr.. Thompson was a past mas
ter OF montgomery Lodge 1875
Of the Masonic order.
He was an active member of
the Rockville Lions Club and
the Rockville Methodist
Church. He was also a past pa
iron of Montgomery Chapter
No. 90, Order of the Eastern
Star, and a member of the
Boumai Temple of the Shrine,
Baltimore. and of the Scottish
Rite body in Bloomsbury, Pa.
Mr.. Thompson a native of
Hillsboro, Va, was graduated
from high school in Rockville,
and from the Woods CONNER
cial School in the District.
He leaves his wife, Lee p.
of the home address, Is Wall
street.
Funeral services will be held
at 10 am. tomorrow at Pun
.phrey's Funeral Home, 300
West Montgomery avenue
Rockville. Burial will be ir
Hillsboro.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-21
THEIR MOST WONDERFUL DAY.
+ omi|y Waits for Hero

! The back-to-normal move
ment by the Glenns began last
night with a party for them
in the neighborhood home of
1t. Col. and Mrs. Thomas H.
Miller. On hand also were 1t
Col. and Mrs. Leslie E. Brown
The neighbors, like Col. Glenn,
are Marines. Mrs. Miller and
Mrs. Brown had cooked a roast
beef dinner.
Pride and patriotism surged
everywhere as it became evil
dent America had taken a long
stride in space prestige. One
woman called the White House
to suggest the Nation celebrate
with bell-ringing.
Another woman called The
Star and recited the fourth
stanza of the National Anthem.
At the suggestion of Mrs.
George Ware, chairman of a
benefit performance COMMITTEES
for the District Medical Soci-
ety's Women's Auxiliary, the
National Theater agreed to
play the National Anthem be-
fore last nights showing of
Bye Bye Birdie"
II thought the orchestra
would play it and everyone
would stand as usual" said
Scott kirkpatrick, the theater
manager. a..
But somebody started sing
ing and the entire audience
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-21

transcript of the Presidents
brief radio-telephone talk with
Col. Glenn aboard the USs
Noa. The text of the tran
script follows:
The President Hello.
Col. Glenn a Hello, sir
The President-Colone
Col. Glenn - This is Col
Glenn.
The President-Listen, Colo.
mel, we are really proud of you
and I must say you did a Won
derful job.
Col. Glenn - Thanks, Mr.
President.
The President-We are glao
you got down in very good
shape. I have just been watch.
ing your father and mother or
television and they seemed very
happy.
Col. Glenn-It was a won.
derful trip - almost unbeliev-
able, thinking back on it right
now. But it was really tremen.
dous.
The President-Well, I an
coming down to Canaveral or
Friday, and hope you will come
up to Washington on Monday
or Tuesday and we will be look.
ing forward to seeing you there
Col. Glenn-Fine. I will Ger.
tainly look forward to it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-21
Hume Stresses
School Needs

Education, as our only hope
for the future, should have
number one priority in the
Maryland budget, Democratic
gubernatorial candidate David
Hume declared last night.
Mr.. Hume told the Oxon Hill
Democratic Club that educa-
tional expenses must have
preference because I'VE canno.
put a price tag on our children
On another issue, Mr.. Hume
asserted that reapportionment
of the State Legislature should
be accomplished on the same
basis as the Federal Govern
ment. Each county would have
equal representation in the
State Senate and a county's
population would determine its
membership in the House OF
Delegates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-21

joined in. It was the most spon-
taneous thing you ever heard"
Some schools, like Bethesda
Chevy Chase High. suspended
classes yesterday to permit
pupils to follow the flight via
the public address system.
At the Glenn home, news
men were rewarded for an all
day vigil when the mother and
children of the Nations hap
piest family finally appeared
outside a half hour after Col.
Glenn had been picked up at
sea.
1T was the most wonderful
day for my family" Mrs. Glenn
beamed, and the children's
broad smiles confirmed it.
II am so proud of Father
and I want to thank everyone
who made this such a perfect
day." Mrs. Glenn continued.
I'm feeling wonderful"
There were moments of
worry, she admitted, the worst
probably being the moments
before the orbit was declared
successful and just before the
capsule was retrieved at the
end of the flight.
When the group at the Glenn
home knew all was we'll. a
short prayer was given by the
Rev. Frank Erwin, pastor of
Little Falls United Presbyterian
Church.
Congratulatory messages and
flowers poured into the home.
The Arlington Chamber of
Commerce sent a large bouquet
Of red roses.
Immediately after the flight
the Post Office Department
commemorated the day with
issuance of Accent Project Mer-
curry stamps. Adding another
bright moment to Mrs. Glenn's
day, Deputy Postmaster Cen
eral H. w. Brawley presented
her a sheet of the stamps.
Mrs. Miller, one of the neigh
bors who shared the day with
the Glenns, was high in her
prais for Mrs. Glenn. She not
only was calm, but helped
others to understand the steps
of the launching and orbit,
Mrs. Miller said.
This is an amazing woman"
said Mrs. Miller, "the perfect
choice for an astronaut's wife"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-21
Segregation Hit
By Bishop Lord

Bishop John Wesley Lord has
called upon Methodist laymen
in the Washington area to
cooperate with their ministers
in abolishing discrimination
within the church.
Where this cooperation is
lacking, such failure is in es-
sence disobedience to the order
and discipline of the church,
Bishop Lord said yesterday in
statement.
He said that to allow churches
to continue to bar people from
their membership because OF
race, color or national origin
while insisting that schools and
restaurants drop the practice is
an "absurdity."
He added that the church
must seek "to create within it.
self a climate of love and un-
derstanding."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-21

tempts to penetrate the Iron
Curtain, gave the flight top
billing in it's hourly newscasts
Radio Liberty likewise gave
peak play to the flight. The
station, also known as the
Voice of Former Soviet Cit
liens, broadcasts to the Soviet
Union in Russian and 16 other
languages.
United States servicemen
around the globe got descrip-
tons of the flight through the
Armed Forces Radio Network.
This mornings Moscow news
papers published only terse re-
ports of the flight. Komso-
molskaya Pravda, the youth
newspaper with more than 3
million circulation, gave the
Glenn orbital flight the biggest
coverage. It printed a picture
of Col. Glenn in his space suit
and ran three brief dispatches
from the official news agency
TasS.
But the Russian man-on-
the-street showed deep interest
in the United States space
effort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-21
HENRIS BREAK OUT CAKE
AS ORBIT FLIGHT SUCCEEDS
By a Star Staff Writer

By Star Staff Writer
COCOA BEACH, Fla-You remember the Henris and
their cake?
To recapituate Motel keeper Henri Landw1rth and
chef Henri Michel dreamed up-and baked up-a cake
the size and shape of Mercury capsule They ready
in time for the planned January q launching of Astro
naut John H. Glenn and then stuck with 1000 pounds
of goodies feet high and feet thick when the
flight was postponed time after time
When a lengthy delay struck January 80, Henri
Landwrth decided to send the cake Hangar Cape
Canavera and let the Project Mercury nbble at
it there.
Then the two Henfis had second thought. They
kept the cake in refrigerated van-in which it had
been made-unti Col Glenn made his historic flight
yesterday
Then they broke it out at lamp light ceremony
on the poo-side lawn of Henri Landwirths motel last
night.
1t delicious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-21

Something close to calm set.
tied over the Arlington house
hold of Col. John H. Glenn, jr.
today as the astronaut's fam
lily began counting the hours
until they will be reunited with
Americas new hero.
Gone was the hurly-burly
that surrounded yesterdays
global orbit, but the neighbor-
hood still was buzzing with the
excitement that gripped the
Nation as perhaps nothing has
since Lindbergh braved the At
lantic in his solitary flight.
Radlantly happy, Mrs. Annie
Glenn, Al, waited in the attrac-
tive rambler home at 1888
North Harrison street for the
trip that will take her and the
Glenn children, David, 16, and
Lyn, IA, to Cape Canaveral to-
morrow.
Pretty, freckle-faced Lyn re-
turned to school today, along
with David, to receive some
honors of her own. While the
Glenn children were watching
their fathers space progress
via television, five of Lyn's
Williamsburg Junior Hig h
School chums dropped by to
tell her she had been nomi-
mated for president of the
ninth grade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-21
Reds Warn Allies
FLYNN Corridor
Without Buzzinq

BERLIN, Feb. 81 (AP).-
Soviet aircraft flew in one o.
Berlin's vital airlanes today
but the Russians took the un.
usual step of telling the West.
ern allies beforehand.
An allied spokesman said thu
flights in the Frankfurt-Berlir
corridor did not interfere with
allied air traffic. Eight Rec
planes were in the same cor.
ridor yesterday.
The informants reported thai
the Soviets gave advance notice
of their flights both yesterday
and today at the Berlin All
Safety Center. They said thi.
was unusual.
The Russians usually have
no need to fly along the cor.
cidors. When they have done
so it has been to harass alice
aircraft.
The Russians have not re.
peated since Monday theil
tactics of demanding exclusive
use of corridors for certain
periods up to stated attitudes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-21

curately. It just started as
got to Guaymas and it ap.
pears to drift off to the right
about one degree per second
1t would go over to an alti-
tude of about 20 degrees, ther
hold, and then when it hits al
about a 20-degree point it Their
goes into orientation mode
and comes back to zero an6
it was cycling back and forth
in that mode. I am on fly-by-
wire now, I am controlling
manually. Over.
Shepard-Roger. Understand
Drift Yaws
Glenn-This is Friendship 7
What appears to have hap
pened is I believe I have one
pound thrust in left yaw, Sc
it drifts over out of limits and
then hits it with the high
I can see the whole State of
thrust.
Shepard-Roger. Friendship
Z, we concur here. Recommend
you remain fly-by-wire.
Glenn-Roger. Am remain
ing fly-by-wire.
Shepard-Roger. Friendship
7, we are having a little diff
Guilty. Start off on your 30
minute report.
Glenn-This is Friendship 7,
controlling manually by fly-by-
wire. Having no trouble con-
trolling. 1t controls very nicely.
Shepard-Roger.
Glenn-Fly-by-wire auto gyro
is normal I have a beauti-
full view out of the window of
the coast at the present time.
Can see away down across
Florida. Cannot quite see the
Cape yet.
Shepard-Roger. Still read
ing you. Are we in commune
cation, yet? Over.
Glenn-Roger. will be out
of communication fairly soon
and thought if the other call
was in would stop the check.
Over.
Shepard-Not as yet, we will
get you next time.
Glenn-Cabin pressure SIS
and holding nicely. Cabin air
is IS. Temperature is 81 on
the suit. The only real I'M
usual thing so far beside ACS
trouble were the little parti-
Giles, luminous particles around
the capsule just thousands of
them over the Pacific. Over.
Shepard-Roger. We have all
of that. It looks like you are
in good shape. Remain on fly
by wire for the moment.
Here is an excerpt of a
conversation bet1Deen Glenn
and the Bermuda tracking
StdtiOn.)
Glenn-Friendship 7. I have
the Cape (CanaveraD in sight.
I can see the whole state of
Florida just laid out like a map.
Beautiful. I can still see clear
back to the Mississippi delta j, , :.
and it looks very good down
that way. 1t looks like we will
have no problem on recovery.
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any landmark observations tt
make?
Glenn-I have a pickinf
up some of the star pattern.
better than I was just of
Africa.
COOper-Have you sighted
Orion yet? Over.
Glenn - Negative. Do no
have Orion in sight yet.
CO0per-Within a few sec.
onds you should have Orior
and Sirius probably ir
sight; very shortly thereafter
Orion will be off to your right
Over.
Glenn-Roger.
C0Oper-Do you have time tc
send up a blood pressure read.
ing? Over.
Glenn-Roger. Stand by. j..
Cooper - Standing by fol
blood pressure whenever you
Glenn-I am already send
ing it to be picked up. Over
CoOper-You are in good
shape.
Glenn-I do have a light on
the ground. Over.
Cooper-It's just off to your
right there?
Big Pattern of Light
Glenn-Just to my right ]
can see a big pattern of lights,
apparently right on the coast.
can see and a very
bright light just to the south
of it.
COOper-That is Perth and
Rockingham you see there.
Glenn-The lights show very
well on down to the south
and inland I can see lights.
There are two, actually four,
patterns in that area. Also
coming into sight in the win
dow now another one, almost
down under me. The lights
are very clear from up here.
CoOper-Roger, John. Good.
Friendship 7, we have your
blood pressure
Glenn-This is Friendship 7,
I have had no i'll effects at all
yet from any is still ex-
cellent no nausea or dis
comfort whatsoever.
(The following is a trans
cript of recordings made dur
ing the pass of the spacecratt
across the Southern United
States during the first orbitJ
Astronaut Alan Shepard in
Che control center-FriendShip
n, this is Canaveral.
Glenn-Friendship 7 to Ca
naveral. Read you loud and
clear. Over.
Shepard-Roger. Friendship
7, read you loud and clear.
Standby for please.
Glenn-Roger.
misunderstanding 7, this
Is Cap Com. Would you give
us the difficulty you were hay
ing in the yaw. Over.
Glenn-Roger. This is Friend
ship 7, I am going to fly-by-
wire so I can control more &C
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REACTION
Continued From Page


4O-year-old United States space
man.
Here in England, a hush fell
over one London pub in those
final minutes. The pints of ale
rested on the bar, and then
came the word over the radio
Col. Glenn made it safely.
THANK God for that" said
one fellow, and a chorus OF
cheers went up.
At Buckingham Palace
Queen Elizabeth II sent off a
message to President Kennedy
ION behalf of my peoples
throughout the Commonwealth
I send you my warmest con-
gratulations on Col. Glenn's
historic Achievement" Her Maj
esty said.
In South America, Presidents
Arturo Frondizi of Argentina
and Jorge Allessandri of Chile
and Prime Minister Tancredo
Neves of Brazil cabled con-
gratulationS to Washington.
There were messages from
officials in Japan, Australia
New Zealand, Canada, Den
mark, Tunisia, The Neither
lands, Spain, Italy and West
Germany.
Prime Minister Robert G.
Menzies of Australia messaged
congratulations to President
Kennedy. Mr.. Menzies called
the flight "a triumph of great
scientific and technical skill,
magnificent team work and
preparation and outstanding
human courage"
Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda
also sent heartfelt congratu-
lations" to President Kennedy
today on the success of the
flight.
Il am sure that this scientific
achievement marks a milestone
in mans space exploration and
will contribute enormously to
the development of space
science for peaceful purposes, "
Mr.. Ikeda said.
Other world statesmen ex-
pressed optimistic views in Of
fetal statements, interviews
and speeches.
In Paris, Foreign Minister
Maurice Couve de Murville told
the American Club:
you can be assured that it
is with great satisfaction and
great emotion that the French
people have learned of this re-
markable exploit. Everyone will
heartily rejoice with the Ameri-
can people"
Soviet Radio Breakfasts
In Moscow, a correspondent
told a Russian policeman Col.
Glenn had returned safely.
Good, good" he said.
All day long, the Soviet radio
broadcast factual reports of
Col. Glenn's flight. The Voice
of America came through to
Russians at the start of Col.
Glenn'S. voyage, but later the
Russians damned it.
Radio Free Europe, which at
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CAPSULE TO-EARTH
Glenn Describes F|iqht

FOLLOWING is the unofficial
transcript OF the part OF the
conversations betUeen AStro-
maui John H. Glenn and the
ground that ,DaS received too
late to be used in yesterdays
final editions of The Star.
This section, from Which some
technical references haze
been eliminated, begins ,Uith
Col. Glenn's exchange 1Dith
Astronaut Gordon Cooper as
the Friendship 2 passed ouer
Australia.
Glenn-Hello, Coop, this i.
Friendship 7 reading you louc
and clear.
COoper-Roger, Friendship 7
this is Coop. Over.
Glenn-Roger.
Cooper-How are you doing
Colonel?
Glenn-We are doing real
fine up here, everything is
going real well. Over.
COOper-Very good, John
You sound good.
Glenn-All systems are still
go, having no problems at all
Control systems operating fine.
Over.
COoper-Do you have any
landmark observations?
Glenn-Roger, I was Just
making some for the recorder
and the only unusual thing
have noticed was the rather
high, what appeared to be a
haze layer up some 7 or s
degrees above the horizon on
the night side, the stars I can
see through it as they go down
toward the real horizon, but
it is a very visible single band
or layer or above the nor
NAL horizon. Over.
COOper-Roger. Very inter-
eSting.
Glenn-I had a lot of clouo
cover coming off of Africa.
1t has thinned out consider
ably now, and although I can
not definitely see there
is a lot of moonlight here that
reflects off of what clouds
there are. Over.
COOper-Roger and ex-
cellent, John shortly you
may observe some lights down
there. Do you want to take a
check on that, to your right:
Over.
Glenn-Roger. I am all set to
see If I get them in sight.
CoOper-You did have your
visor closed?
Glenn-I did have it opened
for a little while. It is closeo
now. Cabin perssure is hold
ing good shape. Over . L fee.
fine. Over.
COOper-Good show
Glenn-That was sure a
short day. That was about the
shortest day have ever run
into.
COOper-Time passes rapidly,
Ell?
Glenn-YeS, sir.
CoOper-Okay. Do you have
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KENNEDY
Continued From Page Al

Continued From Page Al
Palm Beach for the week end,
and plans for the Col. Glenn to
join the President at Palm
Beach for the flight to Wash
ington Monday morning.
Landing at Andrews Air
Force Base, the President and
Col. Glenn will helicopter to
the White House, arriving there
about noon Monday, according
to the plans announced by Mr..
Salinger.
They will confer briefly in
the Presidents office and then
Col. Glenn and members of his
family will be escorted by Vice
President Johnson to the
Capitol.
Few Days at Home
Col. Glenn is expected to
stay at his Arlington (Va0
home with his family a couple
of days after the reception
here.
Mr.. Salinger said an Air
Force plane will fly the astro-
naut's afther and mother from
GAINESVILLE, Ohio. tomorrow in
time TO rthem to board the
Presidents jet plane for the
flight to Palm Beach.
Col. Glenn's wife and their
two children and DR.. and Mrs.
Castor, who have been staying
with Mrs. Glenn in Arlington,
will go by automobile from the
Glenn home to Andrews Air
Force aBse.
Mr.. Kennedy talked by radio
telephone with Col. Glenn yes
terday afternoon about an hour
after the astronaut had COM
pleted three trips around the
world and landed in the South
Atlantic.
The President told Col.
Glenn, then aboard the de-
stroyer Noa, that 1--WE are real
ly proud of you, and I must
say you did a wonderful job"
Col. Glenn told the President
it was a wonderful" and real
ly tremendous" trip.
Talks to Mrs. Glenn
Later in the afternoon, the
President called Col. Glenn's
wife at her Arlington home
and offered his congratula-
lions.
Mr.. Kennedy kept in close
touch with Col. Glenn's flight
from start to finish, watching
television much of the time
and getting frequent reports
from aides who kept an open
telephone line from the White
House to Project Mercury con-
troll center in Cape Canaveral
from Is minutes before the
astronaut blasted off until he
had stepped onto the deck OF
the Noa and was reported in
fine shape.
A few moments after that
report signaling a complete
success of the DRIFTING flight
the President stepped out OF
his office to appear before tele-
vision cameras on the south
lawn of the White House and
thanked Col. Glenn publicly fol
his service to the country.
Il know that express the
great happiness and thanks
giving of all of us that Col
Glenn has completed his trip,
the President said.
ThA White House released g
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-21
Highest Ski Jump
OBERSTDORF, Germ

OBERSTDORF, Germany. =
The worlds highest ski jump is
near the Alpine resort of Ober-
stdorf. 1t permits leaps of 400
feet and more.