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Evening star., 1962-05-28
CANDY NEARLY FALLS ASLEEP
ON V BUT DADDY FORGIVES

> CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla, (AP) 1t embar-
RAISING thing to happen to lady, almost falling asleep
right in the middle of worldfamous astronautS speech
before Nationwide televson audience
But there were extenuating circumstances: 1t was
fightfuly hot in the tent it had been long day
and seemed like the questions would go on forever
Besides her father forgave her Immediately.
Five-year-old Candy Carpenter courageously fought
against sleep her father, Scott Carpenter
reporters questions about his famous flight at news
conference.
Her eyes dropped heavily her head nodded she
yawned, she squirmed
Then. just the battle seemed lost the Marines or
someone arrived with a paper cup full of soda pop.
That did it, and Candy again reading her
Daddy loud and clear" they say Mercury control
Evening star., 1962-05-28

BOULDER, Colo, May %
(APl.-This home town of As
tronaut Scott Carpenter well
comes him back today with a
brief official greeting. But to-
morrow it will cut loose with a
full-fledged celebration.
City Manager E. Robert
Turner said Boulder's $4,000
residents are prepared to "show
everybody what a real celebra-
ton is tomorrow. He called it
the most significant day in
our history"
1t was here, 81 years ago,
that Americas newest space
hero was born. His mother.
Mrs. Florence Carpenter, still
lives here. So do many Of his
friends and schoolmates.
The astronaut and his family
are to arrive in Denver late to-
day. They will be met at
Stapleton Field by his father,
DR.. Marion Carpenter, and dig
nitaries including Gov. Steve
McNichols, Mayor Dick Batter
ton, and members Of Colorado's
congressional delegation.
The Carpenters will drive to
Boulder, 35 miles northwest of
Denver, for a quiet evening in
q three-room suite at a Boulder
hotel. No plans have been made
for the evening.
Tomorrow Comdr. Carpenter
starts the day with ceremoniei
at the University of Colorado
where he flunked a course ir
heat transfer in 1949 and failed
to graduate. sf--r p
|, Officials are mum. but it is
expected he will be awarded the
degree he missed.
The ceremonies will take
place at the university's foot
ball stadium, which seats As, 200.
The Governor will present an
award from the State and
Mayor John Holloway Of
Boulder will present one from
the city.
Comdr. Carpenters family,
including his wife, Rene, and
their four children, will share
the platform with the astro-
naut. .H
The days big event will be
a motorcade through downtown
Boulder.
Boulder is excited, City Man
Evening star., 1962-05-28

ample-he could easily have
gone on for a full 24-houZ
flight.
1--WE have a good machine, T"
he said. I'm ready for two
weeks in orbit"
(There are no plans to orbit
men in capsules as small as
the Mercury spacecraft for such
lengthy periods. Two and three
week missions will come in the
mid-1960s with Project Apollo,
a three-man crew mission lead
ing to moon landings possibly
at the end of this decadeD
After landing at sea $50 miles
out Of the target area, Comdr
Carpenter noted drops of wa
ter" on a tape recorder installed
on the capsules floor. Recalling
Col. Glenn'S similar experience,
he decided to get out in case
the Spacecraft was taking on
sea water.
Clambered Out
Il got out through the small
end" he related. This is q
hard job but I did it without
difficulty. Then I inflated the
raft. 1t was upside down, sc
I got out and righted it.
drank water profusely."
He told of seeing planes
orbiting above him. keeping
station until rescue forces coulC
come. He knew help was or
the way because he got a radio
transmission from Gus (Gris-
SOM at the Cape on the way
down"
Suddenly and to his surprise
a para-reScue man from one
of the planes joined him, and
then another. They occupied
one-man RATS similar to his
and he offered them a drink
from his emergency water sup
ply.
I'VE had a three man party
on the water" the astronaut
said.
The capsule, floating nearby,
listed badly in seas which the
two para-rescue men had said
Saturday were 6 to 8 feet high.
II was glad to see the (flota-
tom collar placed around the
capsule" Comdr. Carpenter re-
called.
When helicopters from the
carrier intrepid arrived,
Comdr. Carpenter said he
elambered aboard the capsule
again and took out a hand
by water, the Eastman Kodak
Co. reported from Rochester,
N. Y, Saturday,
"Status Good"
Comdr. Carpenter was asked
whether the had experienced
"any dangerous moments" dur
ing his flight. The question ap-
parently had reference to the
period of about an hour when
people watching television did
not know whether he was dead
or alive.
II would like to apologize for
the concern I caused" he said.
g. Had I known how con-
Evening star., 1962-05-28

brush with death that had moi
been brought out earlier.
Oscillation Revealed
On the way down, with fue'
tanks empty and no way tt
control oscillations Of his cap
sule, Comdr. Carpenter founc
himself swinging back anc
forth through an arc Of 270 de.
grees. This is equivalent to the
arc from Q O'Clock around
through 6 to 10 o'clock on 8
clocks dial.
To stop this oscillation, which
might easily increase to an un-
comfortable 360-degre tumble
the astronaut decided to re-
lease prematurely a small sta
bilizing parachute called a
drogue.
On his capsule the drogue
was set to blossom out auto
matically at IL 900 feet. Comdr,
Carpenter let. it go at 10000
This reduced the sway, and
he rode the capsule down to-
ward the 10,000-foot level,
where a big canopy parachute
was supposed to come out auto
matically. It did not deploy as
the rapidly descending capsule
passed the 10,000-foot level.
II gave it 500 feet and at
$500 I opened it manually, 81
Comdr. Carpenter said.
Not Charging Failure
The astronaut emphasized
that he was not charging para
chute failure. 81 didn't give
the automatic system a chance
to work." he pointed out.
1t was recalled that on 1t
Col. Glenn's February 20 flight,
a short fuel supply and a 180-
degree yaw caused the astro-
naut to deploy the drogue chute
manually at $4,000. The main
chute opened on schedule on
that flight.
Opening the news conference
Comdr. Carpenter styled his re-
port as that of "a working
astronaut." He reviewed the
countdown on Thursday morn
ing and pointed out that this
was "the first manned launch
that hadn't been scrubbed aftel
insertion" (of the pilot in the
capsule).
"The capsule was a jewe
with some minor EXCEPTIONS ?
the said. The launching wa,
easier than he had expected
Evening star., 1962-05-28

up on re-entry, but a length
of the 100-foot nylon cord that
towed it behind the capsule
was found still attached to the
spacecraft when it was re-
covered. II don't understand
how the nylon survived, "
Comdr. Carpenter said.
AS far as the confetti was
concerned, it was apparently
a disappointment. II observed
the confetti only about two or
three seconds. Then 1t became
invisible" he related.
Evening star., 1962-05-28
SCIENCE
Continued From Page Al


Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md,
who interpreted them as flakes
Of paint from the outside of the
Friendship z capsule. Col. Glenn
has insisted that his fireflies
had an origin independent Of
the space capsule.)
DR.. OKeefe, present here
yesterday, said Comdr. Car
penter's observations "corrobo-
rate that they come from the
capsule"
I'VE need more study to de-
termine exactly where In the
capsule they come from. Per-
haps they come from just un-
der shingles" he said.
The shingles" are the outer
layer Of high-temperature re-
sistant material which sur
rounds the main body Of the
capsule.
The Earth from Space-"Ii
We were to see the new earth
the unlit side Of the earth
from the moon, I believe the
earth would appear to be q
bright blue ring in the sky
This is one for the artists to
work on. 1t is a beautiful
beautiful sight"
(This would be accounted foI
by the suns illumination of the
atmosphere-200 miles or SC
thick-all around the 5000
mile diameter Of the solid earth
itSelf.)
Sunrise from Space-"The
most arresting sight was sun
set or sunrise. 1t is really be-
yond description"
Commenting that he. had
taken pictures which would
soon be made public, Comdr
Carpenter said:
"a picture lacks realism. A
picture Of a campfire does not
really look like a campfire, be-
cause the picture doesn't glow
the way the flame in a camp
fire glows. (Sunrisel was the
most magnificent sight I've evel
SEEN"
He said that after his re.
covery.. he saw a sunset a
Grand Turk Island, British
West Indies, and realized that
sunsets on earth are each
unique and different. II feel
that every sunset or sunrise
from space Is identical" he
added.
Stargazing in Space-Astron-
omers have long believed that
a view of the stars from above
atmosphere would be incom-
parably grander than from even
the best vantage point on earth.
Comdr. Carpenter said this was
not the case, at least as far
as his capsule was concerned.
II could see more stars from
the (airplane coming to Grand
Turk) through the atmosphere
than I could see in space" he
said.
The Balloon Experiment
Comdr. Carpenter carried with
him an inflatable plastic bal
loon and a number of small
pieces Of plastic confetti"
Purpose was to observe the bal
looms performance in flight
while being towed behind the
capsule to judge the relative
merits of various colors on its
surface, and to compare the
confetti with Col. Glenn's fire
flies.
The balloon did not initiate
fully, Comdr. Carpenter said.
Instead Of swelling into a 30
inch ball, it filled only to a
10-inch. sphere with two
smaller "ears" on it, he re-
lated. It oscillated completely
at random while being towed
behind the capsule.
The balloon was supposed to
be jettisoned after the second
orbit, but this did not occur
for reasons unknown. 1t burned
Evening star., 1962-05-28

and "the first five minute
after launch was the tastes
Give minutes) and the fiv
hours of flight the fastest Nv
ever experienced"
The weightless period o
about AZ hours between tn
end of powered flight upwarI
and the start of re-entry down
ward was "the only time Nv
ever spent in the (space) sui
that was comfortable" H
characterized the floating sen
sation as like lying on m!
bed"
Heat Rose Slowly
The time that it took fol
heat to build up during re'
entry was longer than he haC
anticipated, the astronaht said
Even after this heat pulse,
the temperature inside tht
cabin was only about los de.
grees Fahrenheit, about wha'
it had been throughout th'
flight"
While he was using the Ely
by-wire" (power-steering) sys'
tenn on his capsule during ont
part of re-entry, he used onl!
/ per cent of the fuel in thai
systems tank. II believe thiI
capsule would -e-enter by it.
self with no expenditure o.
fuel.
(The Mercury capsule is de.
signed to be stable in flight
while travelling above approx
mately / 1000 miles an hour, but
is unstable at subSonic speeds
It was travelling 17,200 miles ar
hour when entry began but
only q few hundred when the
extreme 270-degree oscillations
were noted near the 100000
foot level.)
Constant steering of the cap
sule is not necessary. Comdr
Carpenter indicated. He saic
he found the capsule could be
allowed to drift in orbit. Thi:
would not change its position
in space with respect to the
earth, but it might make tht
capsule revolve slowly arounc
one of its own three direc-
tional axes.
'I would have been happy te
continue four or five more or.
bits in drifting flight" he said
Later, he said that if he hac
h ad enough "consumables'
aboard-air and water, for eX-
Evening star., 1962-05-28
Criticized u. S. Fair

The Italian fair was held in
the pavilion built by the United
States for its big exhibition and
bought afterward by the Rus
slams. tE
Mr.. Khrushchev severely
criticized the American fair,
which he said had made the
worst possible impression on the
Russian people because there
was nothing but propaganda in
it."
He complained that the
kitchen in which he debated
with former Vice President
Richard M. Nixon was a prop
aganda fake.
They called it, the kitchen
of the future" said Mr.. Khru-
shchev, "but this kitchen does
not exist anywhere and we
are not so stupid as to try
and create such a kitchen.
THE kitchen was created tC
surprise Russians. But it die
not"
Actually the kitchen was 8
typical new kitchen by Amer.
lean standards, and its counter
part can be found in man.
middle-class American homes
1t was never called the 'kitchei
of the future"
The American exhibition wa.
designed to show America as II
is and not to propagandize
Many Americans criticized il
for this.
Along with his criticism OF
Evening star., 1962-05-28
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Evening star., 1962-05-28
Khrushchev Praises
Carpenters Courage

MOSCOW, May % (AP)-
Premier Khrushchev. opening
an Italian industrial fair, today
praised American Astronaut
Scott Carpenter and said the
Soviet Union now is not alone
in the cosmos.
Scores of Italians and Rus
slams, clustered around the
speakers stand. heard the
Soviet leader praise Italian
industry. but spend most of
half-hour talk on 1t. Comdr
Carpenters orbital flight.
Mr.. Khrushchev said Comdr
Carpenter displayed great
courage and fortitude.
Now we are not alone in the
cosmos" he said. Now the
Americans have put two men in
space"
Mr.. Khrushchev was under
stood by an Associated Press
correspondent to say that the
Soviet Union no longer has
priority in space, now that the
United States has put two mer
in orbit. just as has the So
Wet Union.
A check with unofficial Rus
sian interpreters indicated that
the word priority" was not
used.
The Soviet Premier. how
ever, congratulated Americas
two spacemen, John Glenn and
Comdr. Carpenter. adding:
II especially congratulate
the second one on his courage
and fortitude in q situation
when he could have burned UP
if something went wrong, OF
drowned in the sea-"
The Premier sneered at the
scientists who directed 1t
Comdr. Carpenters flight, say
ing that while the astronaut
was in peril they could not give
him any better advice than
drink as much water as pos
sible.'"
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-06
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals will be received by
the State Highway Department of the
State of Delaware at the office of the
Director of Operations Groom 202) in
the Highway Administration Building
in Dover, Delaware, until 200 PM,
ED.S.T., July II, 1862, and thereafter
shall be publicly opened for contracts
involving the following approximate
quantities:
CONTRACT NO. 2o8s
REsURFAcING PROGRAM 1s62-63
NEW CASTLE COUNTY
ATT, ,436 Gals. RC-3 Asphalt
737, $40 S.Y Coarse Aggregate
**--**
CONTRACT NO. 2o89
RESURFA AGING PROGRAM 1962-63
KENT COUNTY
343,55 Gals. RC-3 Asphalt
1,141,1S2 S.Y. Coarse Aggregate
CONTRACT NO. 2o9o
INITIAL AND RETREATMENT
PROGRAM
KENT COUNTY
135, ,490 Gals. rel Asphalt
135, ,490 Gals. RC-3 Asphalt
225,S15 sly. Coarse Aggregate
RETREATMENT
122,S20 Gals. RC-3 Asphalt
Ala, 457 sly. Coarse Aggregate
$3.50
Attention is called to the Special
Provisions in the proposals, the speci-
fications and the Contract Agreement.
The employment agency for these
contracts shall be the Delaware State
Service whose offices
are located at sol West Street, Wilm-
ington, 135 South Bradford Street,
Dover, and North &C Street,
mence and be completed as specified.
Monthly payments will be made for
ninety (90) percent of the construc-
tion completed each month
Bidders must submit proposals up
on complete forms as provided by the
for bidding purposes.
Each proposal must be accompan-
led by a surety bond, certified check
or money to the amount of at least
Q0) percent of the total amount of
the proposal.
The envelope containing the pro-
posal must be marked Proposal for
the construction of State Highway
The Contract will be awarded or
rejected within twenty 600 days from
the date of opening proposals.
The right is reserved to reject any
or all bids.
Prospective bidders who have been
in accordance with h
of the Standard Speci-
ficationS may obtain contract docu-
ments from the Highway Department
Office, Third Floor, Administration
Dover, Delaware, upon pay
ment of two dollars ($2.O0) for each
set Contract documents need not be
and the above payment will
not be refunded
Make checks payable to the Della
ware State Highway Department.
DELAWARE STATE HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENT
BY: N. Maxson Terry, Chairman
William J. Miller, Jr.,
Director of Operations
June 20, 1862
Dover, Delaware 7-6-2t
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-06
Garden Tips FoJ
Summer vucofioners

If you're dreading the thought of
coming back from vacation to a
weedy garden, try these tips on
summer garden clean up from As
sociate County Agent Ed Ralph.
Before youogo, weed the garden
thoroughly. Not only do weeds look
bad but they compete with garden
plants for food and moisture. Next
step, suggests Ralph is to- fertilize
those perennials. Don't waste fer
tilizer on ANIMALS unless they have
had no treatment previously t h S
summer. A one-third cup of a ny
good plant food per square yard
should fill the bill. Use a soaker
hose following application. Let it
run several hours; the sol should
be thoroughly soaked to a depth
of six inches. Avoid wetting foli-
age.
Mulching the garden will save a
lot of time and trouble later, Ralph
advises. Use d two-inch layer IF
peat moss, ground corn cobs or
some similar material that is read
lily available. This will prevent
most weed growth. Those weeds
that Do pop through can be pulled
easily. There is one p recaution
when using a mulch Ralph warns.
You'll need to apply some extra
fertilizer to help the soil organisms
counteract the mulch. One-third
cup of 10-10-10 or similar fertilizer
per square yard will do the trick
on gardens that have been fertiliz-
ed previously this summer. In ad-
dition to controlling weeds, the
mulch will help conserve moist
ure which can be so precious dur
ing July and August.
After you've done all this Ralph
says, you can leave on your we'll
earned vacation, knowing your
garden will be in good shape when
you return.
Have Funi
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-06
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Public notice is hereby given
that bids will be received by the
Board of Education of the George
town Special School District on
July 9, 1862 at 200 pm. in h e
Secrebary's Office, Central School
Building West Market Street, for
the following items:
Electric replace fixtures in
classroom at the Richard All e n
School, Airport Road
Construction Approximately
214 lineal feet sidewalk at the Cen
trail School Building High School
Section
Cafeteria Milk Supply For the
school term beginning September
5, 1862 and ending June 4, 1868
School Supplier and manual art
and shop supplies.
Specifications may be obtained at
the SUPERINTENDENT Office.
George I'll. Keen, Secretary
6-29-2t
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-06
Scanning The News

Fatal Accidents: Forty percent
of the 24S fatal accidents ON Con-
necticut roads in 1861 involved a
drinking driver, the states Safety
Commission reported. In 1857, $3.50
of the fatalities involved alcohol
and driving and by 1860 the per-
centage of Involvement had climb
ed to 45%o
Chill in Chile: Low pay prompt
ed all but approximately 30 of the
$500 physicians of the Chilean
National Health Service to quit in
protest. Current base salary for the
MD is 1922 a month. Doctors want
1T raised to $3.50; the government
has offered $256. The health SER
vice is financed by the government
through payroll deductions from
workers salaries.
Colorado Care: Colorado spent
more than S4.8 million for medical
care for old-age pensioners in the
first half of the current fiscal year,
well within the $40 million an
nual maximum allowed by law. Guy
Justice, state welfare director,
commended Colorado physicians
for their help at the state and local
levels in holding the costs down.
OF the six-month total expenditures
1870 went TO hospitals, 1890 went
to nursing homes; 1890 went to
physicians and 40 was paid to
cover drug costs.
Nations Growth: The Census
Bureau reported that births ou t.
numbered deaths nearly three t O
one in the 1950s, with the totals
reading 40.9 million births and 1876
million deaths. The total popula-
tion increased 1850 from 1850 to
1860, from 1913 million to 1898
million
Tooth Decay: A study among
10,538 st, Louis children showed
that fluoridation of the city's water
supply has reduced tooth decay
among children by 309o. Young
sters examined had all lived in st.
Louis continuously since the city
began adding fluorides to its water
supply in September 1855.
Help Wanted: Health officials in
Arkansas, where the number O f
cases of primary and secondary
syphilis has risen from SO in 1857
to 263 in 1861, called for "com-
plete cooperation" of private ply
sioians in helping to reduce the
rate of incidence. William Bunch
.Jr., MD, director of state board of
health's communicable disease di-
vision, said MDs should interview
and report every VD patient
Premium Costs: Federal workers
enrolled in either the Blue Cross
Blue Shield or the service benefit
plans under the federal employees
health insurance program win not
pay& rate increase in the contract
year beginning Nov. /, the Civ /
Service Commission announced.
However, small rate increases may
be necessary in some of the 35
other plans - sponsored mostly by
employee organizations in the
health benefit program.
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-06
PUBLIC SALE
OF VALUABLE
Personal Property

Having built a new house and will
not have room for all our stuff, we
will offer for sale the following items
at our present home, 210 Old Shawnee
Road on
SATURDAY, JUNE 80, 1862
100 Pm. DIST. (Rain or Shine)
Drop leaf dining room table, 6
chairs, server, buffet, 2 living room
chairs, coffee table, magazine rack,
card table and 4 chairs, bookcase,
Westinghouse automatic washer, a S
cook stove, Mixmaster, refrigerator.
small electric mixer, h.p. motor,
fans, china, glass, suitcases, kitchen
utensils, ironing board, spr e a d s,
feather pillows, blankets, curtains,
rugs, lamps, display counters, wood
en- frame jig saw, lawn mower, porch
swing, porch chaise, roller skates, car
pet sweeper, 2 electric coffee makers,
books, and other items too numerous
to mention.
TERMS: Cash.
K. 3. Lambert, Owner
Burt Willis, Auctioneer 6-22-2t
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-06
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed bids will be received by
the State Board of Agriculture,
Dover, Delaware until 10:30 a. m,
July II, 1862 and then publicly
opened for the following equip
ment:
One 1862 Truck Chassis, G.V.W.
rafting of $4,000 pounds.
One 1862 4 door Standard Model
six passenger Sedan Automobile
Build body on chassis and COM
pletely equip with all machines and
other equipment to provide for a
Heavy Duty Scale Testing Unit.
Specifications for the above items
may be obtained by prospective
bidders from the Department o f
Weights and Measures.
6-29-2t
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-06
N 0 t 1 C E !!


Notice is hereby given b t Let
tiers Testamentary were in due
form of law granted unto the un-
dersigned, on the 18th day of June
AID. 1862, and that all persons hay-
ing claims against the estate of the
deceased must present the same,
duly attested, to the said Florence
Lynch Pearce Executrix of the es-
tate of Joseph j. Pearce, ON or be-
fore the 18th day of March 1868,
or abide the Act of Assembly in
such case made and provided.
Florence Lynch Pearce
Executrix
Address:
Milford, Delaware 6-22-3t
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-06
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Public Notice is hereby given
that sealed bids will be received
by the Millsboro Board of School
trustees, Millsboro School No. %
until 200 PM, July 10, 1862, and
be publicly opened and read aloud
on furnishing and installing to
existing hot water system.
1. Boiler with burner
2. Booster Pump
Specifications may be obtained
in the school office, Millsboro, Del
aware
w. Arnold Steele, Chairman
Millsboro Board of School Trustees
7-6-2t