European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday August 27, 1959 the stars and stripes Page 3 Moek flight into orbit leaves astronaut Johnsville a. Up one of America s seven spacemen in waiting was fired into simulated orbit for a four hour flight 150 Miles from Earth and returned to Tell newsmen he Felt a Little dizzy taut not ithe trip made in a specially built Centrifuge designed to give the Mercury astronauts the feeling of space was made by air Force capt Leroy g. Cooperjr. It was the first time that newsmen were permitted to watch such a flight Cooper dressed in a Green coverall zipped up to the neck stepped into the Centrifuge for his flight while two of the other astronauts Navy it Malcolm s. Carpenter and Navy it cmdr Alan b. Shepard jr., watched along with he finished his simulated flight and re enter Cooper summed up his feel Ings was a very Normal flight the same As we have been practising the last few Days he , after settling Down from his flight he admitted i Felt a Little dizzy but not bad. Weightlessness no i Felt the opposite of weightlessness i Felt rather Centrifuge in which Cooper took his ride includes a capsule in which the astronaut sits at the end of a 50-foot Arm. The Arm is spun around by one of the world s largest electric motors. The capsule can accelerate from a motionless position to approximately 180 Mph in seven seconds. It can be turned in an direction reproducing the tumbling effect that Earth satellites go through. After the demonstration the three astronauts sat Down for a news conference to explain How they feel about the project. The other four who compose the team of seven from which will be chosen America s first space traveler were away from the naval air development Center Here on other training that he and the others were not bothered by the failures you read about in missiles. The whole thing is experimental and every failure or Suc Cess adds to the sum total of our knowl project s goal is to put a Man in space by 19g1.in addition to feeling the simulated firing of the rocket and going into orbit Cooper also was subjected to the sensations of the return trip to Earth. He Felt the simulated effect of the capsule Para Chute s opening at 60,000 feet a second Parachute at 15,000 feet away from Earth and the sensation of Impact on water while travelling at 35 feet per second. Gop moving to break deadlock on civil rights Washington up two Republican senators formally moved to take civil rights legislation out of the hands of the Senate judiciary committee where it has been stalled for . Jacob k. Javits . And Clifford p. Case . Joined in offering a motion to discharge the committee from further consideration of a mild two part rights Bill cleared by its the Point of no return has been "11 1 i cached javits said Church group urges a test continue during Khrushchev talks Nixon says Ike won t be bluffed Rhodes a the world Council of churches urged no nation resume nuclear tests unilaterally. It said that the abolition of War should be the ultimate goal of every country. The Council which groups More than 170 protestant orthodox and anglican churches with a follow ing estimated at 180 million said the question of the resumption of atomic tests was one of immediate urgency. This was a reference to discus Sion in the . And elsewhere on the resumption of atomic tests. The . And Britain to Clear the air for the Geneva nuclear talks agreed to suspend tests for one year ending oct. 31. Russia has not been known to have made any tests since last november. Agreements proposed we urge the Powers not to resume tests unilaterally in order that statesmen May have time to achieve agreements and the inter National situation May not deteriorate the Council said. It also appealed to France and other Powers which have not made tests yet not to do so. France has been reported planning tests in the Sahara this autumn. The world Council Appeal a contained in a statement adopted unanimously by its policy making body its 90-member Central com Mittee holding its annual meeting on this Eastern Mediterranean Island. Cached. We have waited Long called the civil rights Situ Tion so critical that drastic a Ion is he said Lack of Ivil rights action before adjourn nent would demonstrate once gain the helplessness of the sen the at the hands of a determined javits noted that discharge to ions have been tried nine times the past 50 years but succeeded Only four times. One successful at empt came in connection with women s Republican Leader Charles a. Halleck of Indiana told news men after president Eisenhower s weekly legislative meeting with Republican congressional leaders hat he would do what he could o get a Bill passed. The branded As false a charge made by Al Cio leaders that House republicans promised to help Southern democrats Block civil rights legislation in Exchange or votes on the House passed Tough labor Reform if republicans on the House rules committee would vote to unlock civil rights Legisla Tion there and Send it to the House Loor Halleck said he did not added that the committee is controlled by the democrats by an eight to four margin. Four of the democrats Are southerners. Check the Butcher shop Tampa Fla. Arms. Mar Garet Mackie went to her freeze and pulled out a Chicken with three hearts it s one of those mutations that happen once Ina million years said a genetic specialist. Woman learns English now will teach same Holyoke muss. A a German woman who knew no English when she came Here nine years Aso has been Munro teacher of English and German at Holyoke High school. Dorothea e. Keuhlen 85, cume to Holyoke from Trier Germany where she had graduated from secondary school and also received a nursing degree. Since coining Here she has graduated from Holyoke eve Ning High school Holyoke Junior College and our lady of the elms collage in nearby Chicopee. Minneapolis a vice pres ident Richard m. Nixon told the american legion that president Eisenhower will not be taken in or bluffed by Nikita s. Khrushchev. I can assure that the fears of those who believe that president Eisenhower May be taken in or bluffed by or. Khrushchev Are completely without foundation retold the veterans organization. There is no doubt whatever but that the interests of the United states and the free world will be vigorously firmly and aggressively represented by the president in this chinese reds said Manning russian subs adding own san Diego Calif. Up the commander in chief of the . Pacific Fleet said communist Chi Nese Are Manning soviet built sub marines in the Western Pacific at the same time China builds it s own sub Herbert g. Hopwood Esti mated More than 100 of. The 400 submarines he believes the communists have Are in the Western portion of these submarines Are manned by the chinese communists said Hopwood under the careful Tutelage of the in addition according to hop Wood the red chinese Are also building submarines to add to the Fleet they already have received from the Hopwood said the . Needed spectacular Speed and skill to meet the Challenge of communist submarine Power As Well As a scientific breakthrough in defensive approach to the the submarine has thus become a truly modern weapons system we have in most part de Pended heavily upon the Saine anti submarine weapons which we utilized in world War ii he said. Tip Topper for Tot the vice president also promised there will be no negotiations of the problems of american allies during the meetings. We reject the concept that two great Powers the . And the user should decide the Fate of other Peoples without consultation with them he said. There Are some who fear that the american people will be lulled into a false sense of Security and thrust by this Exchange. I think that those who believe this to be the Case underestimate the intelligence of both our people and our leaders. Treaties remembered when president Eisenhower meets or. Khrushchev you can be ure he will have in mind the record of broken major treaties and agreements by the soviet gov-ernment50 out of 52 since 1933. Nixon said it would be naive and Wishful thinking to assume that the visit of or. Khrushchev to the . Will result in any Basic change in the communist objective of world domination or their adherence to policies designed to achieve that War danger he added that while under standing Allorte will not bring peace misunderstanding could pro Voke Nixon said Khrushchev will see and hear some things which will change his preconceived notions about the ." the vice president said he sup ports the invitation for Khrushchev to visit the . Because if we Are to have a soviet Leader with such Power in his hands it is better to have one who knows the world than one who is isolated in the Randy Johnson 4, borrows the world War i of Albert j. Durand 74, one of the american legion members attending the National convention in Minneapolis. Associated press photo airman awol since 1919 to seek pension for Wei Knob Noster to. A Homer m. O Dell 66, of Brookfield mo., told Whiteman air Force base authorities he has been absent without leave nearly 40 years. He said he wants to straighten out his records so he can collect a pension for earlier service in the army. O Dell said he served in the army from May 1914 to april 1919, received an honorable discharge and then enlisted in the army air a member of the 1041 i Aerial Sydn he said he was sent to Post Field near Lawton okla., then to the Elpaso Ai drome at Elpaso Elpaso he received a Tele Gram that a younger brother was dying o Dell said. He said he was denied a 10-Day pass to go to the red Oak Iowa Home of his Mother mrs. Ellen Ruth o Dell to be with his brother Roy. O Dell said he left for Home any Way but by the time he arrived his brother had died. He said he was so angry he never returned to the service. Motorcycle ban studied Providence . A gov. Christopher Del Sesto says he is thinking of Banning motorcycles from the highways of Rhode is says that although there Are Only 1,200 motorcycles registered in Rhode Island compared to 200,- 000 automobiles motorcycles Are involved in 10 per cent of All Acci , under modern Day conditions motorcycles for general passenger use Are too dangerous he says. Maybe the time has come for outlawing their six sea scouts in Lake Michie rescued an Accident Cleveland a the Gor Man vessel Valeria pull e d six american sea scouts from Lake Michigan . Coast guard head quarters reported. The scouts boat started taking water 30 Miles East of Sturgeon Bay wis., when the Valeria Enro Ute to Milwaukee discovered their plight. The scouts uninjured and their Craft were hauled aboard the Ger Man ship. The coast guard said they received a radio report the scout boat the Ranger was in trouble. A coast guard plane was Dis patched to the scene and stood by As the Valeria made the Rescue
