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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, May 18, 1963

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sound try. May 1c, 13 Thi stars and stripes Page 23 Block Mart closes on upswing new York a _ tote Hock  clm4 Sll imly hither in tha Mark we mud .1 the Urt. Touch Rani thursday decline and riiuln4 let Way unlit the Fml hour when her we Lomei intr o v Einen t. Met Al i Stock War Lett Lubelow  but Tor the any at the dote. My advances ranted from fractions to round 1 Point share.  and poor. 500 Stock Index pm minor 0.04. To 70.28. The sap 498 indu Truli were up Tot to 13.74. T new Hlll the Dow Jones 30  1.97 to . While the 68 Stock . We up 031 to957.47. Of 1j3s issues traded. 545 advanced. 473 declined and 337 Fin. T shed unchanged. There were 97 Halfhi or the year and 16 new lows. Sugars again were very Stroni u they continued to respond to sharply higher Palrei for sugar. In the commodity markets new York api Dow Jones closing Stock averages Friday Cim. Cham. M  7�.ll .1,1tt i  it Inta i4.m  i new York a Standard and poor s 900 Stock Index Friday Cim. A Kwh a i.4.1b1.i, 71.74 4 1.it so Luumi m.4i -m41 my Thhlma m.7s  m. Mutl 7s.� 4 1.s4 1 Cooper be to Volt find own put off until Tal Lin. To give the Nitro naut   Preiti Secretary Pierre Salinger Aid the astronaut would be received by the president with full military Honori in the White Houi Erose Garden on tuesday. Salinger mid Cooper will meet previously set schedule for a Newi conference Al Cape canaveral on sunday then have a Day of rest before coming to Washington. Formal Honor will be paid Cooper by Confrey Ai Well As the while House. The president will present him the National aeronautics an space Agency ina8a Ali ten Vikk Badin special the. Army Ami air Force motion picture a Enron announced that newsreel of astronaut Gordon Cooper night i ported to be shown in Lead off military Heaters beginning tuesday. Guli hed service medal. The same decoration was awarded Cooper s predecessors in space among the Mercury astronauts. In Ali Cussler the 24-hour delay n the in Shank on tribute to Coop or. In Lanner said that after re examination of the astronaut s schedule government officials Felt int it was jut too  during a lengthy news Confer ence at Cape canaveral Friday. Project Mercury off Clah revealed Cooper took a stimulant Pill to make sure he inn Alert for the crucial tank of steering his Cap sule Back to Earth under Emer gency manual control at the end of his my Salon. Cooper downed the Pill at the request of Mercury scientists who wanted him at his mental Sharp est for the Tricky Job of firing the . Stock Exchange prices fit  1cim.i a in. M Aal Mijla � my Gnu Sis sri 1  ii la Laa pm. Ii Llev ut4t itch Mut rss saw r is ant us n is my Iii. Uti1 Rimml is my in Imi Eun. A 55  41 4sha is Man. 4im 4ih Cam 1. 44 i 4hioh. 40 Mist. Is is 3ff Kos  my ii num to in kill to ii3v am on 2mb an prior from Merril Frt. The. Rrt. 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The failures which deprived the Bell shaped capsule of its automatic control system forced Cooper to take Over the controls and steer the spacecraft Backoo Earth. Chris Kraft flight director for the Mercury program said Mer Cury officials never were seriously concerned about the astronaut s safety. Previous manned flights had convinced them that the Cap Idle would be effectively con trolled by two manual system available. Kraft said the powered phase of the flight when a modified at Lasel mile was boosting Cooper into orbit at 17,500 Miles an hour in five menu tar was one of the Bestre be Ever  me also Ditc Rohed the first 29hours of the full Flat As nearly perfect. Gemini my inn but he Jii id scientists and technicians would have to take n closer look at the results of Cooper s flight he Ore deciding whether to try another Mercury flight or Wal for the first of the two Man Gem in missions which won t carry Attr nauts into space for another18 months. Cooper landed at 6 24 . Est thursday 12 24 . Friday get after .14 hours in Orelt. He landed about five Mytr from the Carrier Kearsarge. Cooper smiling but appearing Gifu be shaky was helped from hts scorched space capsule onto the deck of the recovery ship at 1 12 . Midway time 1 12 . Get. A tremendous cheer arose fro the 1,600 sailors on deck at the successful conclusion of the 600.000-mile flight. A piece of red Canvas was rolled to the Hatch of the capsule for regal Welcome for the astronaut. A squad of marines in dress blues stretched the red carpet an stood by in Salute. His amazingly accurate descent braked by a Bright red and White striped Parachute bettered by about one mile the precision Navi gation of astronaut Walter Schurra who landed five Miles from the ship last oct. 3 after a six orbit space trip. A sonic Boom sounded across the Pacific shortly before Cooper capsule appeared. There was no immediate word that the Boom was caused by Cooper s reentry but evidently it was As Cooper s capsule was lifted aboard the Kearsarge by a Crane he jokingly apologised to capt Eugene p. Rankin for not hitting Theno. 3 elevator on which the Crane placed his Blue Gray Craft the Kearsarge reported us Heli copters located the Antenna can ister the upper part of the Cap sule. Two swimmers perched atop the King Hawaii expected to win moroccan vote Rabat. Morocco Gordon Cooper paid 15 rent for i Long High ride through apace. When Cooper wait named Pilot for the to orbit a Wilon Gunter Wendt. The top huh Norlan on launch compte no. U for Mcdon Nell air draft corp., gave him a hand lettered card Rora Tion. Pollard said he climbed three flights of stairs almost faster than i  Pollard is 30 years  is 36. Pollard described Cooper an being tired As you con Well expect but in High spirits  very Happy with his condition void Pollard. He said he could find practically nothing wrong with Cooper that could be attributed to the Oral Tel flight. The astronaut like spaceman Walter Schurra experienced a change in his pulse rate and blood pressure As he stood  changes Are caused by blood pooling in the veins of the legs. Pollard estimated Cooper slept total of 74 hours in Catnap. Cooper s eyes were red and his voice was slightly hoarse. The doctor attributed this to " he con Stant Breeze of Loo per cent oxygen nor. His  asked what the flight proved. Pol Liing Lold reporters. There inno present indication from a cursory  that this Bohr period of weightlessness  cause Dnny timid a fowls. We be gone to 34 hours no without any apparent Dorlous prob lems. I Luct cannot believe that anything serious will turn  the doctor added Cooper just could t believe that he could distinguish buildings and roads at that height 70 to 1c6 Miles and Waii today la was imn remd by the Antt Nessoll the Himalaya  this was the first disclosure that Cooper had indeed by on Able to spot houses and roads from so High above the Earth Schurra. Completing six orbits. Lad walked off without assistance calling to the crowd it was a textbook  Cooper s was not exactly a text Book flight though for most of it duration it appeared to be. A had to fire hts rockets by hand and Man Euver the spacecraft into de scent position by hand for several minutes. Failure to get it into the prop Trangle could have burned him up. The capsule appeared somewhat scorched but the american Flag and the words United slates painted on the Side still showed. Alan Shepard. Cooper s Back up Pilot said the emergency Deci Sions on Cooper s reentry were made very rapidly. Wer made inside a  Mercury official Walter Williams was asked what Wouldhave happened had Cooper been unconscious when the automatic control system failed. He would still be up  Williams sold he would not have been Able to  Cooper is to remain Dojird the Kearsarge until saturday under going medical examinations questioning and scientific  he is to Fly to Honolulu where he will be joined by his family. A few minutes Otter Coope entered sick Bay for examination he talked by Telephone with air Force Secretary Eugene Zuckert. Who extended congratulations thank you.  the Oklahoma spaceman responded. It was a terrific flight l know we d get some boys in Blue up her referring to the fact he was to e first air Force Man to go into orbiter Klent on phone waiting for Cooper in the Kear Sarge a sick Bay was another Tele phone Call from president Ken Nedy i want to congratulate you very much the president said. The country is very proud of you. Cooper s reaction i enjoyed it very  Cooper also talked by radio Tele phone to his wife Trudy and i two teen age daughters n Houston. Cooper made the Long flight seems routine As driving to the office in the morning. Perfect control the astronaut maintained perfect attitude control As he approached the critical reentry phase to prevent his capsule from Burn ing up in the atmosphere. Miscalculation was perfect. He made a dealer s choice1aa coordinator astronaut John Glenn i Elled it and selected the Fly by Werc system for the final descent that meant he used the manual stick but Drew fuel from the automatic tanks. After Glenn told Cooper that head fired the rocket right on the Money the astronaut replied hew a right on the old Yazoo Cooper was out of touch for i than five minutes during reentry. This is a Standard occurrence resulting from passage through Anion Patlon layer in the outer atmosphere. The Kearsarge Crew was suddenly relieved As coast to red and White Parachute appeared almost directly above the ship the automatic system which filled Wax designed to hold the Knish 7 Cit Pazillo in proper attitude when braking rockets were fired. Straus to visit Israel Jerusalem Impi former West German defense minister Franz Josef Strauss is due tool get juror from a 26 to june 7, defense ministry source con firmed  
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