European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse 1962 the stars and stripes i Craft to be Bat winged space capsule will land like x15 base. National Aero administration America s two will be a Bat of horizontal spacecraft tile capsule would from the vehicle used in America s fint three space two capsule is scheduled to be launched by the end of next year in Nasa s project Gem in project gemini s goal is to put a two Craft in orbit for a week or More for rendezvous and Dock ing with other space vehicles. Nasa said that unlike the Mer Cury space capsule which Para chutes to Earth after re entering the atmosphere the gemini Craft will have an inflatable and steer Able device resembling a Bat swing to guide it to the ground. The Wing will have a spread of about 45 feet. The capsule will land on runners and use two out riggers for stability in flight. The Mercury astronauts have Little control Over the capsule on its vertical Parachute descent into it Ocean recovery area. The Landing will be horizontal and similar to that of the x15aircraft," a Nasa spokesman said. The gemini space vehicle will be similar in external appearance to told crashed 707 lost Power in Sharp turn an Eye airlines March 1 kill appeared to los jets while Mak Rucine turn toned on safety came in the Sec it vol aeronautics Public hearing. The ung the crash 707 into Jamaica Are Takeoff. Was Thomas Engineer for lines. He said the emed to stall but has turned up evidence As to what Buton c. Smith of lines who flies the of plane that crashed lit the 30-degree turn of 290 degrees right to help reduce Jet neighbourhoods around t Airport placed an Annec on the Pilot. Taid the Sharp left turn from runway 31-l-the Fey the ill fated Arneri j Jet Falls near the of the safety of it if Uny wrong on Takeoff you have no Cushion for he explained that Takeoff was the busiest time of the flight and any added procedures meant he would have less time to Cope with other unexpected problems Suchias turbulence or Power failure. Erdman told the preliminary hearing the Normal smoke trails of the let stopped As it appeared to be climbing and turning at about 1,500 feet. This he said indicated to him a loss or reduction of Power that occurred simultaneously on All four he added he believed the plane looked As though it was in fully stalled the a i r c r a f v Erdman said appeared to hesitate for a moment but it kept its nose High attitude. There was never any Vio Lent movement at any said after the plane started to stall while making what he thought was an excessively banked left turn it rolled Over and went into a said he did not see smoke or fire on the plane. Lan lives ordeal into Calif. A Fida Reynolds. 49, sur weird 20-hour ordeal in was hidden for hours i foreign car then dumped a Road in the belief she was was found about Down and to s Hospital where Uttend she probably will live she suffered two heart and was incoherent Hor. Miss Virginia til 37. Was charged with As a deadly weapon with to murder. Deputies who found Reynold and arrested miss St. Reported dumps body women quarrelled. Miss til concealed a Rock in her handbag waited until mrs. Turned her Back and Fer on the head. Reynolds collapsed. Missi g h a s to believing mrs. Dead loaded the body in i Luggage compartment of he car. Later miss Tillinghast fib s lonely dirt Road near River put the body Road and went Home. New name9 enters Senate race in mass. Boston a another famed name has been added to the Star studded cast seeking a . Senate seat from Massachusetts. The latest candidate is Harvard history professor h. Stuart Hughes 45. He is the grandson of the lat chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes. Hughes Iii he will announce his j candidacy next week As an inde Grandfather was the re pub j lican nominee for president in \ 19lf. Hughes said he had been n Republican but More Democrat than anything in the ref for the democratic nomination Are cd Ward m. Ken Nedy. The president s youngest brother and Massachusetts Gen. Edmard Mccormack Neph a of House speaker John a. Or Cornias k. In mass. Ism Len running George Cabot Lodge son of for Mer . Ambassador Henry Cabot in de is seeking the Republican nomination As is rep. Lawrence Curtis. Hughes said he Hopes to make his candidacy a forum for his views on world disarmament. Hughes a native of new York is a 1937 graduate of Amherst col lege. He earned master and Doc Tor degrees at Harvard. The Craft used in project it will weigh twice As much and be about 20 per cent larger. The Nasa released the details of the space capsule and two launch project in gemini fac Sheet. The space Agency said the cur rent seven astronauts would be senior pilots of the two vehicles. Additional Crew members May serve As Copilot Nasa said. They should be completely trained in time for such the Titan ii rocket which was launched successfully in its first attempt last Jan 1& would carry the spacecraft toward orbit. The space Agency said the new vehicle would require Shorter countdowns because Many of the flight systems will be placed out Side the Crew space and can rechecked out easier. Simplified countdowns and closely calculated launch times will be an important aspect of the link up in orbit technique since it will be necessary to insert the spaceship und the rockets in an exact orbit where they can said the gemini capsule will orbit Between 87 and 150 Nau tical Miles above the surface of the Earth. The path of orbit can be ground controlled. Gemini astronauts will Wear pressure suits different from those now used. The new suits will have removable arms and legs for astronaut Comfort and exercise Shenasa said. The space Agency said astronaut would be Able to escape from the new Craft in ejection seats during powered flight or during descent the Nasa called gemini particularly important to America s Hopes to land a on the Moon by the end of the decade. Tom Dooley fund goes bankrupt St. Louis up the Dooley tribute fund of St. Louis filed a voluntary bankruptcy plea showing debts of $19,556 against $1.773 assets. The organization sought to raise funds to support medical Mission Ary work of the late or. Thomas a. Dooley. A St. Louis native who died of cancer after devoting his life to medical work in the Jungles of Southeast Asia. Most of the claims against the group Are for printing postage mailing and advertising in connection with drive. An unsuccessful fund miss meets miss new Mexico s Junior mitts Michele Mitchell right and her counterpart from Iowa Marsha Sabs Admire each other s outfit in Mobile Ala. The girls will compete for the National Junior miss title won last year by s Mary fran Luecke. The Winner of the four Day pageant will be named Friday repair turn Black with rage East Orange. . Up what Are you doing up there mrs. William Clark of Glen Ridge shouted to the four on the roof of the House next door. What do you think we re do came the reply As the roofers prepared to apply the last bucket of tar. You re on the wrong roof she told them. The roofers engaged by mrs. Clark shortly after the big storm that hit new Jersey completed their work on the wrong House and started Hunting for the owner. The repair Bill was for $450. They re going to let me know when they can begin on my property mrs. Clark said. In May sue vet for part of re up Bonus Hington a the figures that former Sec Al Smith owes it $405.14 of a which he was paid for re nent. 30, a resident of Falls a. Is confronted with the qty that the government court action to get the army spokesman said the has been turned Over to aeral accounting office. Smith entered the army in 1951, saw action in the korean War won several decorations and was promoted to sergeant first class. The army said he re enlisted on dec. 21, 1954. For six years and was Given a Bonus of $703.24 for the re enlistment. Smith re enlisted at his rank of sergeant first class an was assigned to an Mored Divi Sion in Europe. Then Smith says he was told he would lose his rank. He requested and received honorable discharge. The army now contends that under regulations he is obligated to pay for the time he did the spokesman added that the army tried to arrange for repay ment without Smith was quoted As saying he wants to pay the debt if he owes the. But his income is just enough to support himself and his wife. Window washers saved by firemen Chicago up firemen res cued two window washers who Clung to an eighth floor window ledge after their scaffolding had slipped. Crowds gathered to watch fire ascend the american medical association building just North of the Loop. Stuart Chambers 42, was saved from a fatal fall when his ankle became entangled in a dangling rope. He climbed ropes to an eight floor window and put his foot through the pane of a Small win Dow. Persons inside helped hold him until firemen Brooks 23, told firemen he had just attached Hia safety Belt to window Hooks when the scaffolding broke Loose. Brooks climbed Down a 100-foot fire department Aerial ladder to safety. Chambers was treated for cuts and a bruised ankle. Service ousts Scarbeck Washington a Irvin c. Scarbeck the former foreign service officer convicted last year of having passed classified information to communist polish authorities was finally separated from the foreign service effective March 16, a state department official said. Scarbeck state depart ment press officer Lincoln White said received the notice in prison where he is serving a 30-year term. Space doctor to change Job Washington up the astronauts physician it col Wil Liam k. Douglas will return to air Force duty around the Middle of this year. Douglas has been telling friends for some time that he is anxious to get Back into military work. He has been with project Mercury since the astronauts were select Din Early 1959. Space officials in confirming the physician s pending departure said Douglas decision had nothing to do with his disagreement with the decision to ground astronaut Donald k. Slayton because of a heart irregularity. A number of military have been with the Mercury program since its inception and some of these Are expected to return to their services this year. Bill would boost pay of n. Y. Vote official Albany . Up a Bill raising salaries of new York City Board of election members has been introduced in the state As Sembly. Under the Bill the president Board would be paid $21500 an increase of $5,000, and the three other members would get $21,500,All of them now get $17.500. Army engineers called inept by wis. Governor Madison was. Up oar. Gaylord Nelson has kicked about army corps of engineers bureaucratic inept new in its study of possible flood control on the Kickapoo River. Nelson in a Telegram to the engineers complained that to was Given Only four weeks to study a report the Federal Agency was preparing for 2 yaws
