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still insiStS-that its standards
are adequate.
But at 10:30 yesterday morn
ing Secretary of the Air Force
zuckert received Mr.. Morris
adverse ruling.
An Air Force statement late
yesterday afternoon said: "Sites
for the Minutemen force were
chosen on the basis of safety
factors determined as a result
of 1873 tests by the Air Force of
the propellant characteristics.
Based on these tests, and tech
nical studies, the probability of
a Minuteman missile exploding
in its silo is extremely remote.
Nevertheless, the Arme d
Services Explosives Safety
Board currently has reviewed
site selection criteria and it is
likely as an added safety fac
tor that some of the sites will
be relocated farther from places
of assembly (of civilians) than
previously planned.
"The Defense Department has
decided that the safe distance
criteria of a minimum of 1900
feet, as recommended by the
board, will be followed.
"The Secretary of the Air
Force, however, has been given
authority to waive this require
ment under certain conditions. I"
Defense Department sources
said today that there is con-
siderable irritation on the part
of top Pentagon civilians over
the Air Force mistake" The
Air Force, they said, located
many of the Minutemen sites
without thorough consideration
of all safety possibilities and
without asking for a Safety
Board ruling.
Evening star., 1962-05-26
Carpenter Film Record
Badly Damaged in Sea

ways to bring up the image"
said AL Mccoy of the COM
pany'S photo-recording meth
DDS sales division. How we're
going to come out we don't
know. The images are very
weak and very flat. We hope
to improve the image and the
color, but they are only hopes
right now .r
In contrast, the still photos
made by Comdr. Carpenter
himself apparently were un-
damaged and will be normal.
1t is hoped they will provide
pictures of the "fireflies" or
"snowflakes" that both Comdr
Carpenter and 1t. Col. John H
Glenn, jr., as well as Russia'S
Gherman Titov, reported see-
ing outside their capsules view
ing windows.
Comdr. Carpenter also made
photos of the colored balloon
he trailed behind his capsule
to test visibility.
Evening star., 1962-05-26
BY the Associated Press

With Soviet ships cruising
Just outside the range area
the United States has COM
pleted a month Of nuclear test
ing in the Pacific with the de-
tonation of a device dropped
from an airplane.
The announcement of yes
terday'S blast-13th in a series
that began April 25--was pre-
ceded by Defense Department:
disclosure that a trio of Rus
sian ships, rigged with elabor-
ate recording equipment, was
about 10 to Is miles from the
Western perimeter of the Pa
cific test zone.
A defense spokesman left no
uncertainty of their objective
when he said the ships are
obviously on a very large-scale
military intelligence collection
mission.
Although the United States
has warned all shipping and
aircraft to stay out of the zone
Evening star., 1962-05-26
OFFICIALS KEPT SURVIVAL
SECRET FOR NEARLY AN HOUR
By q Star Staff Writer

q Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla-Officials in the Mercury
control center had positive evidence Astronaut Scott
Carpenter had survived reentry nearly SO minutes be-
fore they notified the American people
This fact was revealed yesterday by flight surgeon
who said he electrocardagram trace made from
Comdr Carpenters beating heart about 1:35 pm EDT)
Thursday.
The fact that the astronaut at least had not burned
up in reentry not made clear to the public until
1925 pm.
The "EKG" trace-of few seconds duration-was ex-
amined by 1t Col Charles Berry the chief medic
for the seven aStronauts He said he it back
room at the Mercury control center and promptly noti-
fled Flight Director Christopher Columbus Chrs) Kraft
1t Col. John A. Powers Mercury public affairs Off
who broadcasts oudspeaker elevson and radio
on Mercury flights had to the same information
Evening star., 1962-05-26
Carpenter Lacked
Rudio Contacts
Due to Error
CAPE CANAVERAL.

CAPE CANAvERAL, Fla,
May 26 (AP) Somebody's
goof deprived Astronaut Scott
Carpenter Of a potential radio
voice soon after splashing into
the sea in his Aurora-7 space
capsule after orbiting the earth
three times.
Radio communication could
have told worried Mercury
project officials what went
wrong with the final phase of
his dramatic light last Thurs
day.
1t was learned that one of
the rescue planes that flew over
the area 130 miles northeast of
Puerto Rico where Comdr.
Carpenter was floating, dropped
a box supposedly containing a
compact radio transmitting
unit.
When Comdr. Carpenter
opened it, however, he found
only a battery,
Evening star., 1962-05-26

ROCHESTER, N. Y. May 26
(APD.-The motion picture film
record of Americas second
space flight in orbit
was heavily damaged by sea
water and may be of little use
to space scientists, it was
learned here today.
Some time during the period
when Astronaut Scott Carpen-
ter's space capsule bobbed in
the water awaiting pickup,
enough water got into the cap
sule to reach the pilot-observer
camera, Eastman Kodak Co.
spokesmen said.
The film is the only visual
record of 1t. Comdr. Carpenter
in the flight.
The film was rushed hers
during the night and a crew OF
rs to 30 worked to develop it.
1t was of vital interest to scien-
lists of the National Aeronau-
tics and Space Administration
because of the confusion over
just what happened during the
third orbit and re-entry period.
The capsule dropped into
the Atlantic $50 miles beyond
its scheduled landing area. For
nearly three hours, Comdr.
Carpenter sat in a raft beside
the capsule. waiting to be
picked up.
The most critical portion of
the 275 feet of movie film in
the pilot-observer camera, made
during the re-entry period, was
on the outside of the reel and
suffered the most damage it
was reported. The film was
not rewound by NASA scien-
lists before flying it to the
Kodak laboratories here be-
cause they feared they might
damage it further.
Kodak experts did not give
up all hope Of salvaging the
film to some degree.
We're trying to think of
Evening star., 1962-05-26
RuskDemands
World Space
Laws at Once

SEATTLE. May 26 APP
Secretary of State Rusk5 says
the time to set up space laws is
now, not after space travel is
well under way and disputes
arise.
The right time to subject
activities in space to interna-
tional law and supervision is
now, before possibly untoward
developments occur" he said
in a speech at the Worlds
Fair yesterday.
About 5000 persons gave the
Secretary a standing ovation.
Today Mr.. Rusk was to drop
the role of diplomat and for
eign policy maker to enjoy
himself as a sightseer.
Secretary of Labor Goldberg
was to join him and Mrs. RuSk
on a visit to the fair.
A noon appearance by Mr.
Rusk at the University of
Washington was to break the
informalities of the day, how
ever.
His speech yesterday was a
highlight of International Law
Day at the fair.
The United States has
proposed international space
supervision and peaceful CO.
operation, but Communist ac-
ceptance has not yet been won,
he said.
Without such agreement he
foreseeS a possibility that. the
frontiers of space might be
pierced by huge nuclear-
propelled dreadnaughts, armed
with the thermonuclear weap-
ons." and that the moon might
become a military base.
Evening star., 1962-05-26
Missile Building
Schedule Ahead

SAN FRANCISCO. May 26
(AP) Maj. Gen. Thomas p.
Gerrity says construction Of OPP
irrational missile bases is ahead
of schedule.
The commander of the Bal
listics Systems Division. added
that missile sites will be tripled
by the end of this year.
Gen. Gerrity addressed the
final convention session Of the
Aviation and Space Writers AS
sociation yesterday.
He said eventually the Ma
ton would have launching sites
for l29 Atlas missiles, ia
Titans and 800 Minutemen. all
set to fire at predetermined
targets.
Evening star., 1962-05-26
Carpenter Due to Get
Quiet Greeting at Cape

reached Puerto Rico early yes
terday on the destroyer and
was loaded on a CHA Globe
master Air Force plane to be
flown here. 1t landed on the
Cape strip at 4::20 pm.
NewSmen looked the capsule
over in the company of Will
liam Bland, jr.. deputy Mer-
curry project director. He said
a visual check Of the capsule
old not reveal much difference
in appearance from the Friend
ship-7 capsule of 1t. Col. Glenn.
Paint scorching from re-entry
heat seemed to be less severe
on Aurora-7 than on Friend
Ship-7. but it was believed this
could be accounted for by
flames from a burning rocket
pack casing on the Glenn cap
Sule.
The pack was discarded be-
fore Comdr. Carpenter at
tempted re-entry.
The capsules name was
barely discernable near the base
of the craft.
Unlike Friendship I, Aurora
rs outside was not defaced
by "Kilroy-was-here" type in
scriptlonS of rescue units. The
Glenn capsule was auto
graphed" by the Navy ship that
retrieved it from the ocean and
the Air Force outfit that flew
it back here.
A Mercury official said serv-
ice units in the rescue force
had been instructed not to
mark the capsule in any way
Mr.. Bland was asked what
would happen to Aurora-7 now.
He said it would be examined
carefully and would be pre-
served. He did not say what
its eventual disposition would
be. 1t appeared unlikely. now
ever. that Aurora-7 would be-
come the historic memento
Alan B. Shepard S Freedom
and Col. Glenn's Friendship Z
have become.
Evening star., 1962-05-26
Victor Emmanuel
Hurt in Accident

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May
26 (AP) P).-Former Italian Crown
Prince Victor Emmanuel, Is,
was injured when his sports
car crashed into a tree today.
Marina Doria, 27-year-old
former Swiss world water ski
ing champion riding with him
was also hurt. Neither was re-
ported in critical condition.
The prince suffered a light
conclusion, a fractured left
knee and facial bruises.
Evening star., 1962-05-26

Explosives OdIeCy bOdrQ rdGIleT
than existing Air Force stand
ards - except under certain
conditions when the safety
standards may be waived by the
Secretary of the Air Force.
The conditions under which
the rules can be waived are not
yet determined, the Air Force
spokesman said. Nor is it
known, he AIDED, how many of
the almost $50 disputed ICBM
installations will have to be
moved.
There will be no delay in
the operational dates for the
missile" he said. Asked what
steps would be taken to insure
this, he cited the Secretary's
waiver power and also said that
there is enough time before the
final deadline to adjust to the
problem.
Standards Inadequate
The problem, first made pub
lie in a story in The Star
yesterday, became an internal
Pentagon issue five weeks ago
when the Safety Board ruled
that Air Force safety standards
were inadequate.
In order to protect civilians
near Minuteman missile bases
from accidental explosions of
the rocket fuel, the Safety
Board said, each, site will have
to be more than 1900 feet from
any spot where civilians can
go.
The Air Force had been using
its own safety standards which
permit Minuteman sites within
about 600 feet of civilians.
4 States Effected
An investigation following
the Safety Board ruling showed
that almost $50 sites already
surveyed or under construction
were too close to homes, schools,
churches, roads and railroads.
The sites are in Missouri, North
and South Dakota and Mon
tana.
The Air Force insisted-and
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clutched the camera he had
carried with him in the Au-
rora-7.
1t. William Schufelut, Cat
skill, N. Y, mentioned it, and
Comdr. Carpenter told him:
1--WE got so much invested in
this camera I wouldn't want to
lose it. I went through a lot
of effort to get the film"
Aboard the helicopter, said
DR.. Richard A. Rink, a lieuten-
ant colonel in the Army,
Comdr. Carpenter "was the
most exhilarated person I've
ever seen."
Comdr. Carpenter Joked with
the crew and occasionally, they
said, he would sire tch and
shout: Wow"
Aboard the Intrepid, the
astronaut ate a small tilet mig
non and shrimp salad.
The doctors and psychiatrists
at Grand Turk said that dur
ing the same period following
his pioneer orbital flight last
February 20, AStronaut Glenn
felt a little nauseated, perhaps
from sitting in his hot space
craft during the recovery.
DR.. Howard A. MINERS said
that once on Grand Turk,
Comdr. Carpenter wanted to
stay up late and talk.
He was the one who was
still going" the flight sur
geon said. "At one time, he
said he was sorry for keeping
us all up. How do you hold
down a guy like this?"
Makes Apology
Yesterday, the Nations Sec
ond man to orbit the world
told newsmen, II should apol-
ogize now that it was a real
cliffhanger. 1t kept a lot of
people, including my family
and people in the control cen
ter, worried. No one knew where
I was, and I didn't either"
Still being debated was the
reason why the Aurora-7 over
shot its landing mark by $50
miles. Walter C. Williams,
Project Mercury operations di-
rector, said telemetry indicated
the capsule was 8 to 10 degrees
off its planned attitude when
the retrorockets fired to bring
it out of orbit. AS a result, he
said, the Aurora-7 re-entered
the earth's atmosphere at too
shallow an angle.
At Grand Turk, 1t. Col. John
A. Powers, the astronauts'
spokesman, said those who
think the attitude of the space
craft was wrong are Gin for
some surprises" when they talk
to Comdr. Carpenter.
There was a bit of intra-
service rivalry connected with
the astronaut's recovery.
Brig. Gen. Thomas j. Dubose
of Winter Park, Fla, who COM
manded the Air Rescue Service
for six years before his retire
ment, said Comdr. Carpenter
floated in his life raft for one
hour and 20 minutes longer
than necessary because naval
officers in charge of recovery
ordered an air rescue amphib-
ian not to land. He sent a
telegram to Florida Senators
asking for an explanation.
Rear Admiral John L. Chew,
who was in charge of the re-
covery force, said the decision
was to stick to the planned
recovery routine airlifting
Comdr. Carpenter to the In
trepid by helicopter, and then
to Grand Turk.
Evening star., 1962-05-26
$50 Minutemon Sites
Reviewed for Sofety
By RICHARD FRYKLUND
Star Staff Writer

Defense Department safety standards probably will require
the Air Force to of its Minuteman missile launching
facilities farther away from civilian buildings
An Air Force spokesman said yesterday
reary of Defense Thomas D. Morris
observe the scter safety requirements of the Armed
Evening star., 1962-05-26
Prison OfficiuI Named

John j. Calvin, warden of
the Federal reformatory at El
Reno, Okla, has been named
assistant director of the Bureau
of Prisons.
Evening star., 1962-05-26
BY a Star staff Writer


CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla,
May 26.-Astronaut Scott Car
penter. Americas second orbital
spaceman, returns to the United
States tomorrow.
He will land at Patrick Air
Force Base, II miles south of
here, after a 1,000-mile flight
from Grand Turk Island in the
British West Indies. He has
been at Crank Turk since late
Thursday night, following his
narrow escape three orbit
flight through space.
AS befits a man who has done
something achieved only once
before in the Nations history
he will be accorded official and
unofficial welcomes here. But
the official one, at least, will
be muted in comparison to the
all-out greeting given Astro-
naut John H. Glenn, jr., last
February.
Instead of Vice President
johnson, he will be accom-
panied from Grand Turk by
officials of the National Aero
nautics and Space Administra-
ton. Instead of President Ken
nedy, the top Federal official
will be Space Administrator
James E. Webb.
MOtOrcade Planned
Mr.. Webb will meet Comdr.
Carpenter at Patrick at 3 pm,
(EDT), and the two will ride
in a motorcade to this missile
base. A brief ceremony outside
Hangar IS" where Comdr. Car
Ipenter began his adventure last
/ Thursday-will be followed by
a news conference in a circus
tent nearby.
At the ceremony, Comdr
Carpenter will receive the
lNASA Distinguished Service
Medal, the agency's highest
honor, which has been given
to each of the three aeronautS
who preceded him in rocket
flights.
The news conference will be
televised live" beginning al
4 pm. edit. 1t is expected
to last exactly one hour. As
often happens with the TV-
oriented Mercury program, the
hour was set Gust before
prime" Sunday evening view
ing time) after Space Agency
asked the video networks when
they wished to have the con-
/ ference held.
Denver Reception
On Monday, Comdr. Carpen-
ter and his family-wife, Rene,
sons Scot and Robyn, and
daughters Kristen and Candy
will fly to Denver for an Of
ficial reception and then or
to the Carpenters home towr
of Boulder, Colo.
For Comdr. Carpenter there
will be no New York ticker
tape, no Pennsylvania avenul
cheers, no joint meeting o
Congress, no klieg-lighted meet
J ing with President Kennedy
Mr.. Kennedy said, however. II
would greet the 37-year-ol
astronaut on Comdr. Carpen
ter's next visit to Washington
The astronaut's capsule, Au
Ircra-7, arrived here yesterda,
afternoon about % hours afte
it was plucked from the SCI
Iby the destroyer Pierce. I
Evening star., 1962-05-26
Valuable Film

AS he was lifted into the res
cue helicopter from the carrier
Intrepid, Comdr. Carpenter
Evening star., 1962-09-16

Of Shows ( For DetOils
and Stars \ See Listines J
Evening star., 1962-09-16

IS The Sunday stO N MOsune Washington. September ls
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Theoc|itos,7 3,
Greek Priimate

ATHENS, Greece, Jan. 8
(AP) .-Theoclitos, 70, Arch
bishop of Athens and primate
of all Greece, died today.
The head of the Greek Or
thodox Church had been in i'll
health since he suffered a cere-
bral hemorrhage almost two
months ago.
Funeral services will be held
in Athens Thursday.
Archbishop Theoclitos was
born at DimitSana, small
town in the Central Pelopon-
nesus. He was graduated from
the University of Athens as a
doctor of divinity.
His life was dedicated TO
philanthropy and to his church
and was marked by exceptional
administrative ability and de-
votion. He was noted also for
his adherence to national and
ecclesiastical tradition and his
abStemious way of life.
His monthly income ranged
between $4,000 and $3.50. He
distributed a third of this to
poor priests and another third
went to disabled intellectualS
and men Of letters in need.
He is survived by two BROTH
ers, professor at the Univer-
sity of Salonika and a physi-
clan.
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H. W. Pierpoint,
Retired Farmer
Of PurceIIviIIe

PURCELLVILLE, Va, Jan. 8
(SpeciaD Hugh Webb Pier
point, rs, of Purcellville, a re-
tired farmer. died yesterday at
Loudoun County Hospital after
an illness of several months.
A native and lifelong resi-
dent of Loudoun County. he
was the son of the late Obed
and Elizabeth Brown Pierpoint.
He was a member of the
Planters Club, the, Penn Study
Group and the Society Of
Friends.
His wife died in 194l. Since
that time he has lived with his
daughter, Mrs. Sarah P. Welsh
in Purcellville.
He also is survived by a son,
H. Brown Pierpoint, Sarasota,
Fla; two brothers, Arthur j.
Pierpoint. Paeonian Springs,
Va, and Wilson Pierpoint, Hen
derson, N. c.; a sister, Miss
Margaret Pierpoint, Paeonian
Springs, and two grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 pm.
tomorrow at Halls Funeral
Home, Purcellville, with burial
in Lakeview Cemetery, Hamil-
ton, Va.
The family requests that ex-
pressions of sympathy be in the
form of contributions to the
Loudoun County Cancer Fund.
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members of the International
Labor Organization.
She was named chairman Of
the CLIO Women'S Auxiliary and
secretary-treasurer of District
so of the UNIV in !94l. Dis
trict so was an organization for
workers on coal by-products
such as perfume and cosmetics.
Besides her father, she is
survived by a brother, DR.. John
L. Lewis. jr., of Baltimore.
Her mother was the late
Myrta E. Lewis.
Services will be at $3.50 pm.
Wednesday at Gawler's funeral
home, 1856 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV. Burial will be private.
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DFatha

HELENA. On Saturday, Jan.
8. 1862. HELENA ZISMAN, OF lI23
Sheridan st. NV, beloved mother of
Mrs. Beatrice Friedman. Miss Leona
Zisman and William A. Zisman. She
is survived also by a sister, Mrs.
Jennie Cohen, Steubenville. Ohio,
and a brother, Samuel Bernstein,
Los Angeles. California. and three
grandchildren. Funeral services at
the Bernard Danzansky and Sons
Funeral Home. 350l 14th st. NV,
on Tuesday. January 9. at 1890
am. Interment King David Memoir
al Garden. Memorial Week, 200 East
Melbourne avenue, Silver Spring,
Maryland. s
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Miss Lewis, Daughter
Of Labor Leader, Dies

NAoo hNuOAlI VII hCWlo, uduSIl-
ter of John l.. Lewis. former
president of the United Mine
Workers, and a labor official
herself, died yesterday in New
York. She was so.
Miss Lewis lived with her
father. at GA Oronoco street,
Alexandria.
She had been a patient at
the Wickersham Hospital in
New York about a week, a hos
pital spokesman told the Asso-
ciated Press. There was no re-
port on the nature of her illness.
The body will be returned
here for funeral services and
burial. Mr.. Lewis, who had been
with his daughter in New York,
also was to return here.
Miss Lewis, a native of Pam
anna, ILL.,, and a graduate of
Bryn Mawr College, began her
career as secretary to her father
in 1888. She became his execu-
tive assistant and remained in
that post when he became UNIV
president emeritus upon his re-
tirement year ago.
She attended the Eighth Pan
American Conference in Lima,
Peru, and the Congress of DEM
ocracies in Montevideo, Uru-
quay, as a delegate of organized
labor from this country in 1888
and 1889. When she returned,
sheTeported that many United
States citizens were creating
antagonisms in Latin America
and that the labor movement
there was weak.
She was named labor adviser
in 1910 to the United States
delegation to the Havana con-
ference of the American States
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Robert L. Smith

POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, Jan.
8 (AP) Robert Lansing Smith,
u, chairman of the board
of Smith Brothers, Inc, cough
drop manufacturers, and a
descendant of the bearded
brothers who founded the firm
here in 1847, died last MINT at
Vassar Brothers Hospital. A
family spokesman said death
was caused by a heart ailment.
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Mildred Coyne,
Retired Teacher

Miss Mildred Regina Coyne,
43, a retired teacher and a ma
tive of Baltimore, died Friday
in Tucson, Ariz.
Miss Coyne was the sister of
the Very Rev. Msgr. Joseph B.
Coyne, pastor of st. Andrew
the Apostle Church of Silver
Spring.
Services are being arranged
by the John A. Moran Funeral
Home in Baltimore.
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CEMETEY LOTS

BEAUT. CEMETERY LOTS. sites;
left area and will sell lots at pur-
chase price / ) yrs. ago. plus cost
of ads and cost OF transfer; sites
=. 4, 9 and 10. lot SO, section 4,
Cedar Hill Cemetery; S375. KE
1890.
CRYPT, Garden of Apostles. next to
pavement Fort Lincoln Cemetery
reasonable PAUL R. DIEHL, Sykes
vile, Nd.
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HUNT, EDWARD LEE POP). On
% Sas9JSaE LEE J1 PoPj H & P6S ER
S st. Sc. the beloved husband Of
Stewart. Mrs. Gertrude Cation and
Leslie HUNT and stepfather Of Mrs.
Bessie Cummings, Mrs. Mabel Cogan
and Mrs. Frances Carlson. Funeral
neral Home, 1851 Good Hope I'd,
sc. (parking facilities, on Tues
day, January 3, at / pm, Inter-
ment Cedar Hill Cemetery. s
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wITHERs, EVERETT WHITING. On

Sunday. JANUARY Z, 1862. EVERETT
WHITING WITHERS of Ali Rose
dale dr.. Bethesda, Md. beloved
hnuSoand Of Helen T. Withers,
Earet Elizabeth Withers and brother
OF DR.. H: F. Withers. Memorial
services will be held Monday, Janu-
airy &, at the St. Johns Episcopal
church, Bethesda, Md. Services will
the Glendiiie Methodist Church,
Glendille, w. Va. Interment Glen
dale Cemetery.