European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 13, 1959 the stars and stripes Page 7 new wage Bill faces attack As inflationary Washington a Senate Republican Leader Everett m. Dirk sen of Illinois says the administration would strongly oppose the re Vised democratic sponsored mini mum wage Bill As inflationary. 1 but sen. John f. Kennedy d mass chief author of the re written measure said it was reasonable legislation needed to in sure a Bare living Standard Formant Low paid workers. The Bill would raise the $1 a hour minimum to $1.25 for most employees covered by the wage Sand hours act and extend cover age to 10 million additional work  told newsmen president Eisenhower could not go along with an increase in the mandatory minimum wage and still seek to hold the line against Price boost sin private Industry. This was an apparent reference to administration pleas for a steel wage dispute settlement which would hot Lead to any Price in creases. Changes int Litlie labor subcommittee headed by Kennedy approved the Bill after making a number of changes. Kennedy said the changes were approved unanimously and that he Felt they improved the legislation. He said he was hopeful it would Clear the full labor committee this week so floor debate could begin soon. The subcommittee revision would postpone the effective Dale of the new $1.25 floor for As much Asfour years but it also would bring More employees under the act tha Kennedy originally proposed. Under the measure the 24 million workers now covered would get a increase in the minimum the first year to $1.15, and $1.25 the second. Tests stresses and what to do this weekend seven americans live on the verge of space editor s note newsmen have visited the seven Mercury Astro nauts at the Langley research enter. The following dispatch describes the future  Joseph i. Miyler Hampton a. Up after awhile you get used to people ask ing if you think you la come Bac alive. After a. While you can work an think while cameras watch arid instruments record and doctors peer. There comes a time when Youcan accept As routine each new in dignity to your person. Meanwhile there s the rent or mortgage payment to meet the kids schooling to think about the wife s household problems to con Sider the Ever recurring question of what to do Over the  two years from now if All goes reasonably Well one of thes Young men will ride the first american manned satellite two or three times around the Earth. Sub sequently other members of the team will make even longer flights in orbit. The astronauts have been train ing rigorously for their space mis Sion since april 27, when they established Headquarters Here. I pressure Chambers they have Simu lated dives to a depth of 100 feet and flights to altitudes of 20 Miles. In centrifuges they have whirled through stresses of acceleration and deceleration comparable to those of being fired into orbit and brought Back. To answer the question they say is most often asked them yes they do expect to come Back alive. They know they won t be permitted to go unless the Odds Are overwhelmingly in favor of their Safe return. Here is a Brief rundown on the pilots with a few vital statistics Brief personality descriptions base Don observation arid remarks of their Nasa colleagues and their special space assignments air Force capt Leroy g. Cooper of Carbondale colo., at 32, the baby of the Mercury team. Two children. Voluble usually has a Grin on his face views each new experience As fun. Navy it Malcolm s. Carpenter of Boulder colo., 34. Four children. Quiet but when he talks has something to say. Extremely Sharp boy rescued by teamwork Carter Lake Iowa up a housewife postman and construction worker joined forces to save the life of a Small boy who was buried alive. Jason Emerson 5, and Gary Roberts 6, were exploring a House excavation when Sandy soil gave Way. Jason was buried but Gary struggled free and gave the alarm. A neighbor mrs. Joe michaudwn27, dashed out with a shovel. She hailed postman Howard e. Bird 42.together they freed the boy. Construction worker Tommy Stevens 24, arrived. He pried open Jason s clinched Teeth with a ruler scooped out Sand with his Finger and applied artificial  was reported in Satis factory condition later in a Hospital. . Farm experts leave for Russ visit Washington up the agriculture department has Cut another agricultural observation team to the soviet Union under the . Government s scientific and technical Exchange agree ment with the  group is the. Seventh Agri cultural team to go to Russia since the agreement became effective last year and the firs team to leave this summer. Its purpose is to gather technical information regarding biological controls of  . Russian agreement provides for the visit of nine .agricultural technical groups to the soviet Union in 1958 and1959, and for a similar number of russian teams to visit the .in the same period. Six russian teams came to this country Las summer and six . Groups wont to the soviet Union. Flag Day at girl scout Camp the banners of Many states and nations wave smartly in the Breeze sweeping across the Rocky mountains near Colorado Springs colo., where 8,500 girl scouts from throughout the world Are taking part in their senior Roundup. All the girls Wear the same uniform. A photo woman changes Story denies she killed Man in 1950 san Bruno Calif. Up a26-year-old housewife is reported to have denied her confession to police that she shot and killed Aman in 1950. Mrs. Dolly Darlene Williams of Menlo Park told san Bruno police Friday she killed Edward Sieger,26, on dec. 10, 1950, one Day after he allegedly raped  now her attorney John d. Jorgenson quotes her As saying they Are accusing me of a crime i did not . Williams told me she never said she shot Sieger Only that she was responsible for his death Jorgenson said. The lawyer said she believed she drove him to suicide. The san Mateo District attorney informed of the Story shift declared he was still going to the grand jury with the Case. President vetoes business loss Bill Washington up presi Dent Eisenhower has vetoed a Bill to pay a californian of japanese ancestry for losses suffered when he was forced to liquidate his Busi Ness in world War ii. The Bill would have paid $113,000to Harry a Nakamura who now lives in Chicago. The president vetoed the measure because the Jan. 3, 1950, deadline for filing such claims was not met by Nakamura. He said that to approve the Bill would discriminate against others who failed to meet the deadline. Draft director complains soft living weakens . Indianapolis  it Gen Lewis b. Hershey .selective service director deplores soft living and apathy toward preparedness. We re Between survival and Lux Ury he said and we d All better look toward extinction if we Don decrease our Standard of living and Cost of military  Hoosier born general Here to address Indiana veterans of world War i said the nation has the manpower but we re far from ready to protect ourselves in even of attack. He said the nation s youth would be a lot better off if their Moth ers quit driving them to boy scout meetings and fathers would let them sleep on the ground instead of on air mattresses on overnight outings. Hershey recently returned from a trip abroad said the . Needs More men in the standing armed forces More men equipment and training for the reserves and an efficient civil defense system. Sex general to direct probe Washington a John o. Doyle retired air Force major general will serve As staff director for a $290,000 transportation investigation by the Senate Commerce committee. Doyle retired from Theair Force in 1956 after 30 years service. Does t miss anything. Marine it col John h. Glenn of Lamb Ridge Ohio. At 37, the Oldman of the team. Two children. Big Happy rollicking witty interested in everything. Air Force capt Virgil i. Cris som of Mitchell ind., 33. Two Chil Dren. Outward going Good talker possesses leadership qualities which cause others to gravitate to Ward him. Navy it cmdr Walter m. Schip a of Oradell n.j., 36. Two Chil Dren. Restrained quietly humorous possesses flair for using the rightward at the right time a Leader. Navy it cmdr Alan b. Shepard,jr., 35, of East Derry . Two children. Naturally reserved Notas outward going As some of the others extremely Able. Air Force capt Donald k. Slay Lon of Sparta wis., 35. One child. Matter of fact competent no fuss or  a Nasa official had a three word description for each of the seven High class  . Studying satellites for a ban patrol Washington a the .is exploring the Basic technology for creating watchdog satellite similar to those proposed at Geneva for detecting nuclear Les explosions in space. East West scientists participating in the Long and still unfruitful Geneva meetings on International nuclear weapons control and inspection proposed that the .,Russia and Britain devise a Satel Lite system to spot explosions from hundreds or thousands of Miles up in  least two reconnaissance satellite programs Midas and sen try already Are in the preliminary study and research phase in this country. They Are under the Over All direction of the defense depart ment s advanced research project Agency Arp with the work being done by the air Force. Not wholly adaptable however one Arpa expert said the Midas and sentry satellites Snow contain plated might not be directly adaptable for the uses pro posed by the Geneva conferees. The Midas is being developed for spotting an intercontinental bal Listic missile almost at the moment it is fired from a launch pad. The sentry satellite will be much More Complex device with a different Mission to make telescopic photographic radar or Infra red reconnaissance of air Fields missile bases ship movements and other indications of warlike intentions. The 1.5 million Pound thrusts turn space vehicle carrying a Titan icbms engine As the second stage and a new two Cluster 30,000 Pound thrust engine As the final third stage will have vastly greater possibilities. 6 Moons Light 21-month space age new York a the space age is barely a year and nine months old but four Man made Moons Circle the Earth and two Metal planets Are in eternal orbit around the Sun ironically two of the artificial Moons and the two planets will outlive present and future generations of  tiny Vanguard i satellite will follow its course at least200 years Atud " perhaps 2,000 years before it Cras Hie s into the Earth s atmosphere a i Vanguard ii a basketball size sphere will have space lifetime measured in centuries. The two planets one russian and one american May live As Long As the solar system itself unless some Chance collision Des troys their orderly flight. It is difficult to recall that Tisall began less than two years ago on oct. 4, 1957. It was then that the soviet Union surprised the world by putting a 184-Pound Moon sput Nik i into orbit around the Earth. A month later the soviets launched sputnik ii with its do passenger Laika into a similar orbit. It was t until Jan. 31, 1958, almost three months later that the . Shot its first explorer satellite into orbit around the Earth. Since then the . Has put two More explorers and two Van guard satellites into orbit around the Earth. It has followed these with larger satellites the Atlas that carried the tape recorded voice of president Eisenhower into orbit and discoverers i and  put the Mammoth sput Nik Iii into orbit after the firs two sputnik had fallen Back to Earth. But no russian Moon circling the Earth at present