European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                              The stars and stripes thursday september 28, 1967 41 fatalities compared to 34 in 1963 skydivers dying at record Pace this year new York a skydiving a sport developed from an Aerial emergency escape tech Nique has taken 41 lives in the United states this  death count including 16 in a record single disaster Las month already exceeds by seven the previous one year High,34 in 1963. The 41st death was a bizarre suicide by a jumper whose wife had died in a skydiving Acci Dent. John Wasik 27, deliberately plunged 3,200 feet to Earth from a plane Over Florida Sun Day without opening either of his two parachutes. The first design for a Para Chute was produced in 1495 by Leonardo a Vinci who called Ita tent roof but the first jump on record was not made until1783, when Louis Sebastien Len Ormand of France descended safely by Parachute from a High . Albert Berry made the first successful Parachute jump from an air plane in 1912 at St. Louis , parachuting has be come a sport for  leap from planes guide their fall with body movements go through gymnastic Maneu vers and delay opening their chutes until the last possible moment in an Effort to land on target. The sport s development has been a Boon to some industries and a Joy to thrill seekers. It also has been a headache to some government agencies Anda tragedy to some participants. One of the most tragic episodes in the sport s history involved the Florida couple John and Rickie Wasik. On sunday aug. 22, Rickie 22and making her second jump plunged to her death Nea Rockledge fla., Airport. Last sunday jumping from the Sam plane at the same hour John leaped to his death with handheld in attitude of prayer rather than pulling the  said Wasik an Aero space writer at Cape Kennedy,fla., had blamed himself for his wife s . Sports parachuting had its worst disaster last aug. 27,when 18 skydivers plummeted into Lake Erie and 1 of the drowned. On monday the National transportation safety Board blamed the Pilot and instructions by a federation aviation Agency traffic controller. It said the Pilot should have ended the Mission because of Cloud cover and that the controller s erroneous radar identification of the jump Craft resulted in its being off  parachutists themselves All of whom were experienced and aware of the hazards of jumping under the prevailing conditions were not without fault the Board  Brig. Gen. William t. Ryder America s first com Mander of paratroopers of . Satellite sends after Long silence Washington up Anavy satellite whose radio voice went dead in space More than five years ago has mysteriously come Back to  was disclosed tuesday by scientists of the Johns Hopkins University applied physics lab  satellite is transit 4-b, an experimental navigation space Craft launched on nov. 21, 1961, into a 500-mile-High orbit. It car ried solar cells and batteries to provide electricity for its manpower system and an experimental atomic  its launching until late july 1962, transit 4-b worked Well. Then its Power began to fade. By aug. 4 it was consid ered  the failure was attributed to deterioration of the solar cells. But on March 23, 1967, the Navy tracking station in pre Toria South Africa heard Sig nals from the satellite. By May 3 signals had been picked up from All but one of the space Craft s four transmitters. Riddle s answer offered now the awakened satellite is sending signals that Are being received loud and Clear at 10of the Navy s navigation stations around the world according tothe scientists who designed the spacecraft. The resurrection of transit 4-Bcannot be explained entirely to the satisfaction of  or. Richard b. Kershner head of the Laboratory s space development department has an idea about it. He believes that an operating component of the Craft s internal Workings had been draining Power away from the transmitters. This component apparently has since failed and the Power Drain consequently has stopped. This has left sufficient Power to re activate the  lobbyists urged to support lbs Ball Washington a democratic officials acknowledged monday that a group including transportation Industry lobbyists were urged at a recep Tion attended by transportation Secretary Alan s. Boyd to buy tickets for a fund raising dinner dance in Honor of president an mrs. Johnson. The Price of the tickets $1,000a couple. Both Boyd and a spokesman for the democratic National committee said they saw Noth ing improper about the informal gathering last monday at fashionable private club in the Georgetown Section of washing ton. While National committee spokesmen conceded that there were a number of transportation lobbyists present they declined to say How Many or to re lease the guest list. Spokesmen said the meeting was not specifically for such lobbyists and characterized the group As a Cross Section of democratic  urged the group to sup Monkey on his Back Mark a 2-year-old Chimpanzee is positive Demon for Speed and frequently is seen Riding around the streets of St. Petersburg fla., with his pal Lamar  port Johnson for re election next year but was not present when the Appeal was made for attend Ance at the dinner dance to be held oct. 7.when asked about the recep Tion Boyd told a reporter Iam glad to do anything i can Hon Estly and ethically to help Lyn Don Johnson. I knew this speech was endorsed and encouraged by the democratic National committee. I was asked to walkabout our programs and urge support for the  remained at the recep Tion Only a few minutes Longe than was needed for his Brief re  of those who attended gave out Wor