European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 14, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wed Ondoy october 14, 1964 the stars and stripes Page. 3 Barry gains slowly but far behind Washington up three weeks before the presidential elections Republican candidate sen. Barry m. Goldwater is slowly gaining ground but no enough to endanger president Johnson s comfortable Lead re cent polls Ndicho. Pollster Louis Harris said inthe Washington Post that Gold water has moved up two Perce Nuge Points since mid septem Ber in the popularity lest trailing currently .14 to 58. With 8 per cent undecided. Or. Johnison enjoys the mos1 impressive Lead since Franklin d. Roosevelt in1938. The Harris poll said. Roose velt carried All but two slates in his record Victory Over Republican Alf m. Lyndon. Gop admits lag the gop Campaign Headquarters admitted that Goldwater was trailing. Republican nation Al chairman Denn Burch said a private poll gave Goldwater 40 added strength space feat gives Russia 3-year Lead on . Per  s was traced to three principal factors he is beginning to bring de feeling republicans Back into the fold. Earlier polls indicated that one out of every four republicans might switch parties nov. 3 and Vole for or. Johnson. He is taking a Clear Lead inthe deep South. Civil rights is the big Issue there and Gold water voted against the civil rights Bill earlier this  has. For the first time taken the Lead on issues such a cutting taxes and keeping corruption out of government Fields in which a Sll thl majority feels he can do a better Job than . Or. Johnson however is still far ahead on issues of peace and War which Many Campaign vet Erans believe will be the key issues in the forthcoming elections. A Gallup poll revealed that the cold War is the american pub Lic s chief concern. A total of per cent of american voters listed International problems Ashe lop Issue while 95 per cent listed racial problems first Gal Lup said. Gallup and Harris agreed thai an overwhelming majority feels or. Johnson can do a better Job keeping peace. Or. Johnson has listed peace first in his Prosperity preparedness message on which he is Basing his  the racial front. Harris found that or. Johnson will receive 6 per cent of the negro vote a Hii her quota than Chelate president Kennedy received in i860. Washington a the russians have beaten the . Air Force by about three Yearsin launching a manned space Laboratory that could be u fore runner to a wide Range of Mili tary space  was no immediate com ment from the defense depart ment. Information disclosed by the manned space lag started May Widen by Alvin b. Webb or. Houston. Tex. Up the soviet Union now leads the United slates by anywhere from2 to 0 years in the manned con quest of space. And. From the american Point of View ii could and probably will gel worse before it gel better. For All its Oll Lions of Dollar the . Space program can count precious few victories where manned flight is concerned. It started three year Sago when cosmonaut Yuri gag Arin beat astronaut Alan Shepar Dinto space by 23 Days. Russian feat it continued now when the rus sians orbited the world s first mull Munni d spaceship four months ahead of America s planned flight to do the something. The next . Representative sin space will be astronauts Virgil i. Gus Grissom and Joh Young who will Pilot a two seater gemini capsule three times around the Earth Stiftel to Blastoff from Cape Kennedy. Grissom and Young  grounded at least until next february. Their space trans soviet news Agency Tass Indi Cates that the new russian space vehicle with three men aboard carried out the kind of tasks which will be assigned to Theair Force s manned orbiting lab  of defense Robert s. Mcnamara last dec. 10. Ordered the air Force to develop such a Laboratory. He called Thi project an insurance program to prepare the United states to Send space War ships aloft if the need should the first manned flight of . Manned orbiting Laboratory is due in Lute 1967 or Early  be preceded by a year with the first unmanned test launch of a vehicle which will be known glad hander a politician s Best weapon is his handshake and president Johnson has demonstrated be can shake with the Best of them. On a recent visit to Austin tex., the president demonstrated four of his favorite grips. Upper Ell the one hand grasp upper right the one hand grasp with a left hand pal lower left the Indian wrestler s grip and lower right the two in one grasp. Dpi Johnson protects hand from enthusiastic fans por tation. Originally scheduled for completion a year ago in still in the Assembly stage. We gup incl closer look at the latest soviet accomplishment  a Gap of considerably More than four months Between the two programs for manned Mastery of the Cosmos. The russian ship a new Model Poslock carried three men Pilot commander Vladimir . And two passengers a doctor Boris Yegorov and a Casper Wyo. A presi Dent Johnson three bandages on his right hand after six Days of campaigning is doing his darn dest to avoid firm Western hand shakes. Flying into Casper to address crowd from the Steps of the counts courthouse. Or. Johnson tilted his right hand downward As he went along a receiving line. Thus those who waited to Greet him could Only grip the hand and not the bandaged fingers. And when one of the local dignitaries managed a full fledged of Cir. Dona in guru. Gnu u "j".,t/ co my i i a  named Konstantin Feck handshake a secret service  s first three Man spaceship an Earth orbiting mod Catholic Piibe Lillier Dies in new York Al 76 Poughkeepsie . Up Charles h. A rider. A leading roman Catholic Layman and pub Lisher of the Catholic news died Here. He was 70.bidder had been hospitalized for Abou. A week. A family spokesman said he had been ill Lor some Lime. Victim not bitter about Sweet haul to Fly. Administration lists. . Washington up the Justice department said u had received a request from  Clayton Powell. D-., for help in solving his Lega problems but thai it needed More information before it could spokesman said Powell Salettel was received oct. T and the department requested More details. The spokesman said Powell Legal bal James congressman o years away Fromong pud. The Suluan la t will Boos it has yet when passengers . Space capsules is or away to that the scientific i has Gutton from  and spun Itlen Nasa is an study the matter of Long full fledged Scien not expected to occur America s manned the Moon some lime70, according to 1 h c Ovell for s not replied old a news conference Ork sunday that acting. Nicholas Walzenbach it answered his plea has been fighting a lie with mrs. Esther Harlem widow the a accused of Beingman graft collector lice department amps sued Powell for Newtown Square. Paap Thomas m. Kocs 20. Told police that As he closed department store where he works As assistant manager a gunman approached him. Give to the bag Kocs said the Man demanded pointing to a Brown paper bag he was carrying. The Man grabbed it jumped Ina car and took off. Kues did t pursue him or raise an alarm. In the ban. He told police were four Candy apples he was taking Home to his Chil Dren. More data slander and was awarded 1211,-900, later reduced to $46.500 on Appeal. Mrs. James contends Shehas received no Money. Powell said he asked fur fed eral Aid under u Section of the . Code permitting the attorney general to act in criminal matters arising from the acts of a con Gressman. He also asked the . Federal court in new York Totake Over jurisdiction in the Case. Agent stepped Forward quickly lob reak the grip. The president s hand has been and gouged by grasping Fin Kirs during his heavy Campaign schedule. Presidential handshake makes pm feel Good Reno. Nov. A president Johnson explained to Jack Demp sey former boxing Champion Why he gets out of his car to shake hands with  the president gets out of his car and talks to a col Redboy in new Orleans or a widow woman in Kentucky or a Bank Erin new England they feel pretty important he  s Good for their morale Uncle this is an important part ofom Crucy the president  former world heavyweight Champion said or. Johnson Gavelis reply when Dempsey expressed concern about the Presl Lens s safety when he goes into crowds. As the gemini x  . Orbiting Laboratory would contain at least two  would be shot into orbit by a huge Titan Iii rocket currently under development. The Titan Iii will develop about 2 million pounds of rocket thrust. Essentially the manned Orbi Ting Laboratory coupled with other related research will pro vide greater knowledge about Man s ability to function for extended periods in space. Mcnamara. In announcing the project stressed that the need for a military space Mission still not Clear. However the air Force Lon has envisioned u wide variety of missions for military  could include space stations for photographic reconnaissance of the Earth a manned spy satellite equipped wit cameras As Well As radar elec tronic ferrets to tap radiocommunication and heat Sens ing Infra red devices to watch for missile launch hangs. Manned spacecraft could reused to inspect unidentified and suspicious satellites passing Over he United states at. " Neces sary shoot them  with men aboard could relay radio and television messages and might be Able to intercept or disrupt enemy radiocommunication. In the Field of weather. Manned spacecraft could gather detailed information on storms and Clou formations. Although Many scientists con Sider this would be an expensive and cumbersome weapon manned spaceships could carry nuclear tipped missiles to beamed at targets on Earth. Rouse trailer he . Manned orbiting lab oratory will be a pressurized Cyl Inder about the size of a Small House  will be designed to permit id to a modified version ofe Manl two Man capsule Ford foundation announces Grants new York up the for foundation announced a five year Grunt of 1900.000 i the Massachusetts Institute of technology to help the technical University of Berlin strengthen its teaching research and administration. Other Grants included ftjoq.000 to the International prow in Tutu to. Zurch. Sulu erlund. La help train african Lourn Liale in Nairobi Kenya and Lagoo. .tt.000 la the National office of French  and Echo Ole. Parla. To help an Exchange program Wiki Poland. I12.uo to Iho univ Arelta of a Glen to a build Lla library.-maa.700 u Iho algerian civil a Orsko com Lulon to Holp develop Iho algerian National chaos of . To1.900 to Tho Republic of Tunilla u help the Knoll in language teaching Ore Gram at if Bou Rouba in mule of Lan astronauts to move about freely Nolde without a space suit and to conduct observations and experiments while remaining in orbit for up to a  experiments and studies will include a form of self analysis of the performance of the astronauts themselves How they fare in weightlessness for extended periods their coordination and the like. The space Laboratory will be attached ithe get which the civilian space Agency expects to Send into orbit next  orbiting Laboratory and the gemini capsule will be lifted indoor hot together by the Titan. The astronauts will be seated in the gemini capsule during launch and will move to the attached Laboratory after going into orbit. Following completion of their space tasks the astronauts will return to the gemini capsule to return to the  Laboratory vehicle will be designed to permit another pair of Tran Mil in Hoard ii in space after being sent into orbit in second gemini x. Won t deter . Says Symington St. Louis a   Symington d-mo., said that the soviet launching of Athree Man spacecraft will give added emphasis to the unite states gemini project. Symington ranking member Olathe Senate space committee said the launching will not deter the United  the gemini will be a two Man spaceship Andis scheduled for launching some time in Early 1969."there is Little the russians can get Cut of a three Man space ship that can not be gotten out of a two Man spacecraft Symington said