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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, May 21, 1963

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuet Doy May 21, 1963 the stars and stripes Page 23 Cooper details flight at news conference Sape canaveral a Bonaut Gordon Coop i he Felt like ignoring or Saida or cent that indicated trouble with spacecraft s automatic control Tern during his 22-Orblt t Felt it would t just the did. Zooper outlined the do flight of away a at unpacked news conference Here. I had All the cockpit rights Ned off he said. As i brought e morning Light switch up. My Light was  the Josg Light is designed Toish on when the spacecraft in unters the first indication of faulty buildup l/20th of a a  the Light was Correct Cooper id. He already was reenter Nie atmosphere. But ground talons confirmed this was not so cause the spacecraft was main Inlang its Speed and  said the incident began irling the 19th orbit Over the nut he after  thought at first i would just Nore it and then i decided i Cutter not i decided it would t St go  it was determine itry had not started cold that re or War luit Dve conducted a number of tests Ith the automatic syst alter these tests the m. Orn inf term led that i had lost All Myat Omatto system up to the time be .05g Light was to come  this meant he said that hould have to fire his revers pockets manually and use Manu controls to let out of space Down t the -05g Point inverter went out then shortly before the end o he flight the astronaut said Alec Tricol inverter went out in the automat la system wiping out automatic controls. He said they determined that had Loet the autopilot Cooper Sal e decided to proceed control n manual i thought 1 still had the re try portion of the Auto lot by t 31 hours. 20 minute fat my main ass Tabell Patlon and contras Crter Wai running ols he said. L i fou automat 1 system High o Cooper said he made severs ests and found that he had Loi loth the standby an inverters. So then 1 decided i Wouita Printer completely without the nut  he said. Then Cooper went into n to or Puon of the final. 23nd orbit i oriented myself on the Las night Side and John Olenn counted me Down to Retro fire. I punched the Retro and they fired with i Strong thump. I did not like this lowness of the Fly by were so switched Over to backup. It was getting a Little Mushy Onle controls. By this Tom i s there were a lot furn Long particles coming  he id. The Retro strap set was there ight in front Nally broke a i noted the Oso but this of the window and and moved away h fireball was in fairly really was no prob o m. I expected it to be there. A reentry g s were no problem w t All. The oscillation was not of  i Cooper said that when he de Voloyed the Drogue Chute it opened with a rattle Roar and a  a the minute the big Chute de � Loyed i noticed the helps hell copters were right there waiting i or me and i got ready for Impact in said. Actually it was much easier  1 asked what he Felt like doing Ihen he first saw the .05g Light t Coper laughed and replied i came very close to using the Al  oat the launch pad before he took s it the other astronauts and Mer Ury officials presented Cooper f Ith a Small Ball Peen Hammer Svelch they said he should use for o fund Long any instrument which 1 rent wrong. U and sat on the Hatch. I Felt  Cooper sold. I Felt dec i Hod put in a full Day s work f was warm but not any warmer Dan i am  Cooper was referring to the tool lights co Nermen had turned n which were causing him to per Jere profusely. Resuming his description of Hist minutes aboard ship. Co Perold i Felt Fine until i stepped it on the deck. While they were Akong my blood pressure As i stood Here. I began to feel a Little  took me by the arms and after Fen seconds i Felt  recalled seeing hundreds f seamen perched All Over the Kearsarge and i was sure the ship Vas going to tip  said he then went below Gordo gats big canaveral reception daddy daddy he waved at me9 Cape canaveral Fla. A a huge crowd. Including apace helmeted kids waving american lags cheered astronaut Gordon Cooper with veils of i. Gordo and Well do Tere. No upon his return it was one of the largest crowds in the history a Frontier to of this Garish Flor in of the so acc aae. Cooper and his wife Trudy drove from a Beach House at Pat Rick fab toward a news Confer ence seven Miles away at Cocoa 9each. He had returned to the Cape canaveral area from Honolulu by  was a Beautiful Day and peo ple from Miles around converged on the area for a glimpse of the nation s newest space hero theman who flew around the world 22 times in 34 hours and 20 min utes. Stock Market declines in Active turnover new York a the Slock Market declined in fairly Active trading monday. The Market was a Little lower atthe Start then moved Down rather sharply in Early afternoon training. Stocks rec loss however the final 30 n Over cd some Ozmer As trading entered Nln utes. Most tosses at the close Range from fractal of b  n save 600-stoc is to around 2 Points and poor s comprehend Index fell 033 at 69.96. The sap 425 industrials were Dawn 0.40 at 7334. The Dow Jones 30 Industrial were Down 4.63 at 720.18. It was a fairly Broad Market with1,342 issues crossing the tape. Of these. 610 declined 473 advanced and 2s9 closed unchanged. There we re us highs for the year and 10 new lows. Sugar stocks roue against the trend As they responded to the Strong world sugar Market. The were joined by some of the rails and selected issues i most of the steels autos Petro lems airlines tobaccos und Che Micals declined. . Stock Exchange prices my.  com a my my met Jim Jajw a cym Sll Asis  my � am in jm4 11% am Tat Imu a Amathea to Feyh it 40 a to la i slim m Jyh a Lull Lull la " mutant 11% in of up is a on Iii 41 412� r m Chiao a fun Tor i mfg pro a Motl Oil o  a Tutsi Iii a pfc fat of Cui he Job Price from Merrill Fri. Com comm him us to in a Iff. M to mt4 Etta it Oil 41 ism a 47 5  7 inn 4 l a hmm a " a main " " of 11 hmm �. � him it Hick in is him cd Sih  wart of a  do j4 i � my " of tit a Jujj my. 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Lang was charged with first degree murder in the strange Laloi murder of Ann Mary Lund. 21, Baldwin. . He was quoted As saying 1"strangled the girl when she res s de his advances in a Lover s Ian Lang s Bride. Barbara. 19. A reported in  said Lang resemble the description of a Man seen rur the scenes of two of the to ton strangling a and of a Man w Trad unsuccessfully to Strang Ericka willing. 27, in her to to mothers raised their babies aloft to see America s newest space sensation. Pretty girls blew him Kis ses. An old Man struggled mightily o raise an american Flag that had toppled in the wind. And a Small boy s smile was right As Day when Cooper waved Back at , daddy he waved at me the delighted youngster squealed. . Judge s son crested after 5 in in collision new York a five per on were killed end one was rat locally injured Here in a head a automobile collision. The son of City judge was charged with Runken driving and leaving the Cene of an  said a witness told them in 1 a the do old no strip of the Henry Hudson Arkway in the Bronx and into the path of an oncoming  martinis. 33, son of Crim Inal court judge Joseph a. Mar Tinis was arrested. Police said his car with a Dent in the  found about a Quarter of a mile from the  five of the victims were in the car reportedly forced across the dividing strip. They were identified As or. And mrs. Herma Brunk. Their great grandson. Ray mond Radigan s. Eleanor Brack Enand Catherine Jacobs All of suburb an  Kramon. 90, of new York alone in the second car. Wasin critical condition at a Hospital martinis also was charged wit third degree assault in an attack on a photographer Arthur Pom Erantz of the new York Post at a police station Pomerantz camera was broken. Petrosyan wins world chess title Moscow up Olgra Petrosyan won the world Chesi Crown from defending Shamplo Mikhail botel Nylk. The title changed hands Wherthey two men agreed on a draw if the final game of their  draw gave Petrosyan a Tota of 12 a Points in their match which is the total required t Eck and proceeded to drink Aew Gallons of liquid i was quite  was one of the easiest hangs he did in space Cooper said. To other questions Cooper said the horizon was always Clear oth Day and night from his Cap ule. Flashing satellites which he rapped from behind his capsule s a visual Aid Check would be stood device to help on the night Ide for a rendezvous in space be Ween two orbiting capsules. He ast saw the tights at o distance if about 17 or 18 Miles from his capsule. An exercise device in hit Faith 7 took almost As much exercise to get at As to use it be said that during the Nightie had to Force himself to eat. I really did not feel Overly Ungry he said. He said he first noticed the tremendous View As Faith 7 flashed Over the arabian Peninsula in the Middle East. I could see Roods and Rivers find trucks on the roads. I saw a train with smoke coming out of it saw boat i even saw a boat going Down the River and the Wake behind i but i could t see individual peo  sold he could see Dallas. Tex and the area of the Federal space but i could t see my  he laughed. They put up too Many Trees around it he said China looked just like it looks on the map. I could Tsee anything but just a lot of country. Part of China was covered by broken  he said the really Beautiful View however was during three songs he made right Over the Snow capped Himalaya mountains Between India and China Cooper said he slept soundly for a s to 8tt hour stretch after his ninth orbit although project Mer Cury officials estimated earlier twas about 7tt hours. Short Nape took another Short Nap on the second orbit and admitted. Dur no the question period he snooped for a few moments prior to blast off As he waited atop the Silvery Atlas rocket that shot him int orbit he said the one peculiarity that he ran across was that when toe would Wake up i would discovery arms hanging out in front of me in weightlessness. That was distracting. It really does t seem that you should sleep with your arms hanging  solved difficulty he said he solved the difficulty by hooking his thumbs inside portion of his spacesuit to keep his arms from floating  said he could t remember what kind of dreams he had la space but they were probably about the same kind i have Onearth most of the Early portion of the flight proceeded with remarkable precision he indicated. At on Point nearly 8mi hours after be blasted off. He angled his space capsule Down and spotted a High. A Tensity ground signal flashed from the african coast it was very  he sold.1 Cooper found eating and drink. Ing in weigh tits Sana was not9 much of a problem a had dinner wrest the championship from a on schedule la hours after we apartment titleholder. 1 i it started. Buddhist priests try to Chase Barracks spirits Hong Kong a  and monks performed so emn rites of exorcism in attempt to pacify what employees claim or spirits that haunt two centum old buildings at Murray Barrack government authorities cells tithe buddhists help after employee of the ruling und valuation office t at the Bur rocks reported Strung incidents. S they said drawings blueprint and equipment were tamper with when no one was supposed. To have been in the building d the former army Barracks Wea used by the japanese a a dete s ton Center during their world we c 11 occupation of Kong Kong. It Umid that some persons were Tor s lured to death and others Contd milled suicide there during the of d  Buddhist priests and is monks walked around the  they clapped chanted and Shook r wet Willow leaves Over courtyards  
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