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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-21
GONDOLA LEFT BEHIND
Balloon Breaks Loose ,
Ruins Space Mission

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE
BASE, NM, April 20 (AP) -
Project Stargazer chalked ur
another, and perhaps the last
mishap today.
The 3-million cubic foot,
$4,000 balloon was poised to
lift its 5,300-pound gondola and
its two passengers to the edge
Of space after a month of de-
lays, when it broke loose and
scared away.
Wind and static electricity,
officials said, combined to stage
the latest heartbreak for prof.
ect personnel.
The key figures in the ex-
pertinent, Air Force Capt. Joe
Kittinger and an astronomer,
William White, had been sealed
in the gondola with its mass of
scientific equipment
The purpose of the trip was
to get an unobstructed look at
the stars from above the dis
torting atmosphere, plus other
data. The two men made a SIM
liar trip last December which
was rated only partially sue
cessful.
The major piece of equip
ment was a l2l2-inch telescope
secured to the top of the gon-
dola.
Only two steps remained for
the planned launch when the
balloon scared away alone.
All that remained was the
coupling of a huge parachute
to the balloon and the mating
Of the gondola to the entire
unit.
While the parachute was be-
ing attached, the wind, which
had caused one delay after
another, rose suddenly and
whipped the balloon from side
to side.
An Air Force spokesman said
the movement created static
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-21

electricity which triggered a
mechanism. The function of
the mechanism was to permit
the passengers to separate the
balloon from the gondola para
chute in an emergency.
Once loose, the balloon was
gone. 1t finally came down in
an isolated area 100 miles east
of Holloman and 20 miles west
of Roswell, N. M.
DR.. J. Allen Hynek, scien-
tific director for the project,
said this could have been the
last attempt unless more funds
can be obtained. The balloon,
if it is to be used again, will
have to be sent back to the
manufacturer for repairs, an
Air Force spokesman said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-21

sounding rocket, 80 inches in
diameter, had the assignment
Of firing its 180-pound instru-
ment payload to an altitude of
at least 225 miles.
The payload fell into the At
lantic 500 miles offshore after
a flight OF about IL minutes.
There would be no attempt at
recovery. The rocket was sent
aloft at ole pm. and scared
to a height of 265 miles.
In Project San Marco, Italy
plans to accomplish the first
launching of a satellite from a
floating platform at sea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-21
WuIIops Island
Rocket Reaches
265-kiIe Heioht

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va,
April 20 (AP).-A two-stage
rocket 80 feet tall thundered
aloft tonight in the first flight
test of instruments to be used
in Project San Marco, the joint
United States Italian space
program.
The l,000-pound "Shot put"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-21
Wilson Girl
Wins Award

Marion R. Scoon, a junior at
Woodrow Wilson High School
has taken top honors in a
Washington area student heart
research study program.
A total of $50 students from
public, private and parochial
claSSrooms completed the work
in the fifth annual High School
Heart Research Program.
The program covered three
lectures, a laboratory tour and
an examination.
Miss Scoon of 1891 Utah ave-
nue. NV. made the highest ex-
animation grade. She has been
given a 5000 Gold Heart Award
by the Women's Board Of the
Washington Heart Association.
The association sponsors the
annual study project.
Ten students won $3.50 Top"
awards and IS others won Sl0O
and $50 honorable mention CT
tations.
The rs winning students will
60 on eight-week assignments
this summer to local medical
research laboratories.
The ten Top" winners are:
Anne NJ. Bein, 1885 Alton
place NV, Woodrow Wilson
High School senior; Doris j.
Collins, 4314 Chaplin street
Sc, Mckinley sophomore; Ar
lene K. Graner, 1894 First
street S.W., Ballou senior; Will
liam E. Hegle, 5420 Connecticut
avenue NV, Wilson sopho-
more, and Margaret j. Howell.
4949 Brandywine street NV,
Wilson sophomore.
Also, Enid Light, 1920 South
Capitol street, Ballou senior;
Frank E. Price, SOL Danbury
road, Bethesda, Sidwell Friends
Junior; John j. Scatter. 724
Chesapeake avenue, Silver
Spring, Saint Anselms Abbey
School sophomore; Paul H.
Volkman, 1866 Somerset place
NV, Coolidge junior. and Rob-
ert S. Wharton. 1914 Forty
fifth street NV, Wilson soph-
omore.
The honorable mention VIM
ners we're:
Bonita M. Bundy, 1912 Neal
street NE, Mckinley sopho-
more; Elizabeth F. Davenport,
1905 Blair road NV, Coolidge
sophomore; Susan Dimaggio,
BIS Oliver street NV, Will
son sophomore; Karen L. Ed
wards, 1918 Blair road NV.
Coolidge sophomore; Peter j.
Hooper, Woodbridge, Va, Con-
zaga sophomore, and Gary A.
MalaSky, 1923 Primrose road
NV. Coolidge junior.
Also, Peter c. Nielsen, 1910
Thirty-fifth street NV, Maret
School junior; Joan F. Peter
son. 3240 Livingston street
NV, Wilson senior; Susan M.
Pirhalla. 1854 w street NV :,
Holy Trinity sophomore, and
Larry P. Rima, 209 Atlantic
street Sc, Ballou sophomore
Others we're Duanas R.
Bonds, 4308 Ninteenth street
NE, Mckinley sophomore;
Timothy E. Carmody, Landover
Hills, Md, Gonzaga sopho-
more; Mark A. Esrick, 1901
Longfellow street NV, Cool
idge sophomore; William A.
Garland, Kensington, Md, st.
Johns College High senior; and
Martha j. Koenig, GAIL Thirty
third street NV, Wilson
sophomore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-01

An with rubber points IN.
Sens. Assorted styles,
eolors. Greet gifts.
q-lS mos.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-14
An Attempt to Take Fort Wagner
Repulsed by the Enemy.

The following was received at
headquarters to-day:
Headquarters Department of the South,
In the field, Morris Island, S. C.
July 18th, 1858.
MAJ. GenI H. w. HalIeck,
GenerGlin-C CHIEF, U.SA.,
Washington, d. C.
Sir: have the honor to report
that at five o'clock on the morning
OF the 10th inst, l made an attack
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-14

General Gilmore and Rear Admiral
Dahlgren.
We regret to be compelled to
discredit this report A dispatch has
reached here from the West stating
that rebel prisoners taken say that
Charleston has fallen.
These prisoners doubtless allude
to the fall of the portion of the de-
fences Of Morris Island, an account
Of which has already been published
in the Star We feel very sure that
even il Charleston is by this time
in our hands, it is impossible that
information of the fact could reach
Washington by this time. Our brave
Army and Navy are doubtless to have
q severe battle with the rebels in
that quarter before they take
Charleston.
A severe battle UGs, indeed, in
store for the attackers. The UeTy mext
day StrOng's brigade, speGrheGded
by the S4th Massachusetts COlOTed
Infantry, sO0s dTtUen back from
the Rebel sOOrts in bloody action
that cost the Feder0ls 800 casualties
Of $500 men engaged The Negro
regiment alone sustained rs per-
cent losses. With the TepGIse, Gil
more and DGhI0TeM settled dOtOn to
siege sOG6dre in Which Font WG0ner
and Font Sumter along Nth Il Uere
nearly ptIUerized By big shells. The
siege lasted until September wheM
BeGuTeOGrd abandoned Wagner. The
defenders still chung to Sumter, and
Charleston Itself continued to elude
the grasp Of the Union.
NEXT SUNDAY: Riots in the North
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-14

LEFT-During and after the
SeUen-sOeek struggle for Fort
Wagner. Federal cannon bonn
bGrded nearby Fort Sumter
Numerically. One of the gun
empIGcementS looked like this.
ABOVE Sumter still held
out, hOWeUer, no matter how
battered. RCHT-Rear Adm.
John AdOLph DGhLgren CON-
mGnded the Naval units in
the effort to take the UOrks
protecting Charleston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-14

upon the enemy's fortified position
on the south end of Morris Island,
and after an engagement Of 81 hours,
captured all his strongholdS upon
that part of the Island, and pushed
forward my infantry to within 900
yards of Fort Wagner. -.
The assaulting column was gal
lantly led by Brig. Gen. George
Crockett Strong. II landed in small
boats under cover Of my batteries on
Folly Island and four Monitors led
by Rear Admiral Dahlgren, which
entered the main channel abreast
of Morris Island, soon after our bat
terieS opened. The Monitors con-
tinued their fire during the day
mostly on Fort Wagner.
On the morning of the 18th in.
slant, at day-break, an effort was
made to carry Fort Wagner by as
sault. The parapet was gained, but
the supports recOiled under the fire
10 Wnlcn tney were exposed, ana
could not be got up. 80.
Q. A. GILMORE,
Brig. Gen. C0mdg.
Rum0TS sOeTe optimistic, but The
Star thought otherwise about the
campaign IN progress.
From The Evening Star. Friday, July H. 1888:
REPORTED CAPTURE
OF CHARLESTON.
AS we 60 to press to-day Pennsyl-
vania avenue Is wild with a rumor
alleging the reception by the Gov
eminent this forenoon Of informa-
ton of the fall Of Charleston before
our land and naval forces under
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-14

S. Cooper, AdjutGnt and Inspector Gen
erul: Nothing new since yesterday.
The enemy is engaged in establish
ing batteries for long range guns on
the middle Of Morris Island, being
aided by five Monitors. Their wooden
gunbOats are firing on our bat
teries. -.
CT. BEAUREGARD.
Confirmation Of the Southern
reports came shortly Gtter1OGrd, and
signs SOere fairly clear that the Fed
erals faced no easy task.
From The Evening Star. Thursday, July 10, 1855
OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE
ATTACK ON CHARLESTON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-14

SUNDAY MAGAZINE THE WASHINGTON STAR. JULY H. 1898
Evening star., 1963-04-13
PenneI Goes After
Pole Vault Mark
Despite Bad Back

LAFAYETTE, La. April l3
(AP). John Pennel, who
makes a habit of breaking pole
vault records. tries again today
and Southwestern Relays Of
ficials hope he won't be ham,
pered by a recently developed
back sprain.
Coach Bob Groseclose of
Northeastern Louisiana State
said his vaulter complained Of
tightness under his right shoul-
der blade Thursday-the day
after Pennel raised his own rec
ord an inch to l6 feet 4 inches.
Upon arrival in Lafayette
yesterday Pennel got a shot Of
hydrocortisone. a drug to relax
the stiff muscle.
Some 5000 fans were ex-
pected to see Pennel try to
shatter the world mark for the
third time in three weeks. Re-
lay officials have surveyed the
runway and obtained special
standards that go as high as
l7-6.
Pennel's stiffest competition
is expected from Rice's Fred
Hansen, the national collegiate
co-champion who cleared 1871
in the Texas Relays last week.
Evening star., 1963-04-13
Woodmont Taps
Ex-Dovis Cupper
As Tennis Pro

Michael Stas, a former
member Of Hollands Davis
Cup squad, has been signed Al
tennis pro at the Woodmont
Country Club and will begir
his duties Monday.
Stas, Al. succeeds Nick Boil
lettieri. who was hired last
year on a one-year basis.
A tennis coach and profes-
sional in this country for the
last IL years, Stas will put en-
phasis at Woodmont on the
development Of a family pro-
gram with clinics for women
and children.
Born in Holland, Stas was
on thta country's Davis Cup
team in l946-48 and was
ranked in the first three an
nually there until leaving for
the United States in 1851.
He coached at the Merton
pa Cricket Club two years,
then served at the Philadel-
phia Country Club two years
end at the Philmont Country
Club in Philadelphia the last
eight years. He became a citi-
zen Of the United States in
1856.
Evening star., 1963-04-13
Shenandoah
Expecfs9,OOO
For Opening

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va,
April Is (SpeciaD. - William
Bridgeforth's Bonus will be top
weighted in the feature event
tonight as Shenandoah Downs
opens its 31-night spring meet
ing. -..
About 5000 are expected for
the opening. The first Of nine
races is set for 7:15 pm. with
twin double betting on the fifth
through the eighth races. The
track features a glass enclosed
and heated grandstand.
A field of seven is set to run
in the feature, the 6-furlong
Dogwood Purse. Sam Palumbo
beginning his 3lst year of rid
ing. will be aboard the favored
Bonus. which will carry l24
pounds.
Randolph d. Rouse's Sagum
and Larkann Stables Amplify
are expected to be the top chal-
lengers. Other in the sprint
will be Fresh Up. Top Down,
Unwary and Court Costume.
Among the jockeys scheduled
for the meeting is Jesse David
son, who will begin defense Of
his riding championship. Owen
Follin. last years top trainer
also will be back. However
neither win be in the feature.
Train service from Baltimore
and Washington and regular
bus service from both cities will
be available throughout the
meeting which runs through
May l8.
Evening star., 1963-04-13
Champions Upset
In SemifinuIs of
Budminton Play

BALTIMORE. April 10 CAP).
The defending mixed doubles
champions. Judy Hashman and
Wynn Rogers. were defeated
last night In the most stunning
upset Of the National Open
badminton championships.
1t was the second major up
set Of the semifinal rounds
Ferry Sonneville OF the Neither
lands, defending mems cham
pion, lost TO Channarong Ra.
tana- -Saeng-Suang Of Thailand
1915. 1876.
Mrs. Hashman OF Wooten
England. and Rogers OF Area
dia, Calf. have won the dou-
bles championship two con-
secutive years. They wer,
deposed by Sangob Rattanusorr
Of Thailand and Margaret Bar
rand OF England. 1874, 1915.
Mrs. Thelma Burdick anC
Mrs. Eleanor Coambs. both o.
Chicago. defeated first-seedeC
Charlotte Decker OF Chew
Chase. Nd, and Lois Kirby o.
Long Beach, Calf. i5-il. i5'
10. In the senior women's finals
Evening star., 1963-04-13
Aging Ce|tics
Aim toDefIate
Lakers' Stock

BOSTON, April l3 APP
There are plenty of reasons
not the least Of which is money
why the Boston Celtics want
a fifth straight National Bas-
ketball Association playofi
championship.
The Celtics begin the best
of-Seven finals against Los An
geleS tomorrow night at Boston
Garden.
Ask Tommy Heinsohn why
the Celtics want this title SC
much and he replies:
Il guess the biggest reason is
that everyone jumped off oul
bandwagon at the beginning oi
the year. All Of a sudden the
Lakers were the team-the
team of the future. That hurt.
The winner Of this series
which continues here Tuesday
night and then moves to Los
Angeles Wednesday and Fri
day, gets $4,000. The loser
takes in $4,000.
However, there's more to II
than that. The Celtics want II
prove they're not over the hill
They have dedicated this one
to their retiring captain, Bot
Cousy.
The Lakers are driven by tn,
desire to avenge their loss Il
Boston in the seven-eame serie
a year ago, when the Celtici
pulled out a frantic, ll0-l0'
overtime verdict in the fina
game.
Both teams are coming Of
full, seven-game semifinals il
which the Celtics outlasted Gin
cinnati and the Lakers elimi
mated st. Louis.
Evening star., 1963-04-13
Detroit Trying to Avert
Toronto Cup Runowoy

DETROIT, April l3 tAP).-
The desperate Detroit Red
Wings have the advantage OF
home ice tomorrow in their
effort to avert a Toronto run
away in the National Hockey
Leagues Stanley Cup playoffs
1t means mostly that Gordie
Howe will have a better chance
of skating away from his shad-
ow.
At home, the Wings will pick
their starting lineup after Their
Maple Leaf rivals. Detroit
therefore can juggle around g
little more in hopes Of loosen
ing the guard on Howe, the
league scoring champion.
The Red Wings, down, 20
to the Maple Leafs in the best.
of-seven competition, are look.
ing for any sort Of tonic tc
revive them. The series resumes
with the third game at De-
troit's Olympia Stadium. The
fourth game also will be played
at Detroit, on Thursday.
Toronto won the first two
games. at its own Maple Lea
Gardens, by 4-2 scores.
The Red Wings had a 1910
6 record at Olympia as the!
finished fourth in the regular
season MIL standings. The!
beat the first-place Leafs fiv'
times against one loss and ont
tie on Detroit ice.
Eric NeSterenko's pla!
against Howe helped Chicag,
beat Detroit in the first tw,
semifinal games at Chicago
And Eddie Shack's shadowinl
has cut into Howe's efficienc,
| in the Toronto series.
Frank Mahovlich, the Leafs
big scorer, who missed Thurs
days game with an injure'
Evening star., 1963-04-13
Two SEC Schools Okoy
PIoy Against Negroes

years Vanderbilt has competed
against integrated teams"
DR.. j. Wayne Reitz, president
Of the University of Florida,
would not comment ION specu-
lation about possible changes
in policy" However, Florida
played an integrated Penn State
football team in the Gator Bowl
at Jacksonville last season,
winning 17-7.
Howell Hollis, acting athletic
director at Georgia, said the
queStionnaires we're referred to
President A. c. Aderholt, who
was out of town. But since the
State board of regents is the
governing body for both
Georgia and Georgia Tech,
Georgia's reply is expected to
be the same as Techs.
The only negative answer
from those who replied came
from Mississippi State, which
broke tradition by playing
against integrated teams in an
NCAA regional basketball tour
nament last month.
Officials at Mississippi State
said the school would not COM
pete against Negroes at home
They had no comment en- the
questions Of integrated Ken
lucky teams.
Louisiana State and Tennes-
see officials declined comment
and no answers were received
from Alabama. Auburn OF
Mississippi.
Evening star., 1963-04-13
Jack Cody Dies,
Ex-SWim Coach

LOS ANGELES, April u
(AP).-Jack Cody, 70. former
United States Olympic swim
ming coach, died Thursday al
a nursing home in nearby
Santa Monica.
He was coach of the famed
Cody Kids" at the Multnomah
Club in Portland. Greg, in the
l930s, where his 1888 proteges
included Brenda Helser. Nancy
Merki and Suzanne thinner
man, all National champions.
While at the Portland club
he produced is olympic SWIM
mers, and his teams won three
National championships. He
returned from retirement TO
coach the women's swimming
team at the 1856 Olympics.
Evening star., 1963-04-13

LOUISVILLE, April 13 (AP)
Two Southeastern Conference
schools, in addition to Ken
lucky, are willing to play
against Negro athletes, at home
or away, and at least three
others probably will follow suit.
Athletic Director Bobby Dodd
Of Georgia Tech, one of the
two schools with no reserva-
tions against integrated COM
petition, said the issue of Ne
gro athletes may force some
teams to withdraw from the
SEC-which is segregated by
tradition, not rule.
The schools positions were
outlined yesterday in responses
to questionnaires sent to all IL
other league members by the
University of Kentucky and
sports writer Larry Boeck OF
the Louisville Courier journal
Kentucky is considering inte-
grating athletically.
Georgia Tech and Tulane
said they would compete against
Negroes at home or away, and
would continue to schedule
Kentucky If 1t integrates its
teams. Negroes have attended
Kentucky for several years and
Kentucky teams have played
against Negroes both at Lex
ington and on the road.
Chancellor Alexander Heard
Of Vanderbilt replied to the
questionnaires by saying, 1T is
public knowledge that in recent
Evening star., 1963-04-13
Blue Porrott SEEKING
Second Timber Victory

MIDDLEBURG, Va, April 10
(AP).-Edwin F. A. Morgan's
Blue Parrott today attempts
the difficult feat Of becoming
a two-time winner over timber
in the Virginia Hunt race sea-
son.
The 6-year-old Irish import,
victor last week in the Deep
Run Hunt Cup in Richmond.
gets his chance for a rare
double" in the seth running
of the Middleburg Hunt Cup.
Not since Alfred II. Smiths
Grand Chal turned the trick
in 1859 has any horse won
both here and at Deep Run,
and for Blue Parrott the feat
Evening star., 1963-04-13
Fields Advances
In TubIe Tennis

PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia
April Is (AP).-Bernard Bukiet
of New York, Norbert Wander
Walle Of Detroit and Bobby
Fields Of Washington, d. c.,
advanced yesterday to the
fourth round of the world table
tennis championships.
Bukiet won over C. Choi OF
Portugal, 2l-i3, 21-l4, l8-2l,
2l-l6. Wander Walle de-
feated o. Bengtson Of Sweden.
1871. 25-23, 2l-l0, I7-2l,
Ala. Fields beat Elmer Lyt-
tik Of Denmark. 21-l3, 2l-l3,
20-22, 2l-l7.
Evening star., 1963-04-13

knee. skated yesterday. But
Coach Punch Imlach. who
thought before the workout
that Mahovlich would be okay
for tomorrow's game, said aft
erwards he wasn't sure.
Coach Sid Abel Of Detroit,
after a consultation with sew
eral Of his veteran players. is
considering benching Defense
man Howie Young, the NILS
penalty bad boy. Young has
fallen to Detroit's fifth de-
fenseman and has been used
little in the playoffs.
Evening star., 1963-04-13
Unearned Run
Costs Terps
ACC0p pener

The University Of Marylal.d's
baseball team appears to be
back in its old habit of losing
the close ones, but Coach Jack
Jackson's boys get a chance to
do something about II again
today.
An unearned run in the 1lth
inning yesterday gave South
Carolina 7-6 victory ever the
Terps in the Atlantic Coast
Conference opener for both.
The two teams meet again to-
day at College Park.
After losing five games by
one run last year. including
their opener to South Carolina.
5-4, the Terps had been bank
ing on a fast start this season.
Jerry Vezendy struck out IL
batters in the first eight in
nings, and the Terps led, 6-5.
But a triple and a sacrifice
fly tied it for the Gamecocks
in the ninth. In the llth,
South Carolina loaded the
bases with two outs and got
the winning run when Bernie
Walter muffed a grounder at
short.
G. r. Harmeyer had four Of
Maryland's IL hits as the Terps
outhit the Gamecocks by one.
The result lifted South Caro-
linia's record to 5-3 overall to
Maryland's 4-3.
so. CAR. OOl O3O lOi OIL 10 3
MARYLAND lOl O2O 200 O0-8 ii 5
| Coleman and Williams; Vezendy,
Lund 90 and Moss, HR-Corley, South
Carolina.
CHARLOTTESVILLE Va,
April l3 (AP).-Chris Tisdale
belted a bases-full double and
Larry Tate followed with a de-
cisive single as Virginia ex-
ploded with five runs in the
ninth inning to edge Clemson,
5-4, in the Atlantic Coast Con-
ference opener for both.
Ryland Vest, who blanked
Clemson for the Ioet thraa in
! nings, was the winner. The loss
was charged to Tommy Chap
man, who was shelled in the
! ninth after relieving Damon
Vincent. Vincent had allowed
only three hits going into the
riotous ninth.
CLEMSON -- 900 O22 OOO-4 10 9
VIRGINIA - 900 900 0O5-5 /
Vincent Chapman go. Lyon 90 and
Harbeson; MaSsie, Vest "a and Angle.
HR-Clemson: Lomax, Harbeson.
Evening star., 1963-04-13
Billy MeCunn Tokes
Prep School Position

Billy McCann. who resigned
this season as Virginia basket
ball coach. has accepted a posi-
ton on the staff Of the Miller
School in Albemarle County.
Va.
McCann's duties will be
chiefly with the guidance pro-
gram. although some time also
viii be spent with athletics.
the Miller School Is a college
preparatory and vocational
school.