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El Paso Herald-Post from El Paso, Texas • 3

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Section Page Thrce- EL PASO HERALD-POST Tuesday July 22 1969 -A US to Exploit the Flight Of AdoIIo Around the World Nixon Asks Hospital Tax ICC Setup Be Hiked Revamping (Continued from Page One) Commissioner Telles had discussed with previously the other members of the court that a $600000 budget surplus be left untouched "They have the surplus money all said Black-ham "When the press found out about it they started spending it The more you give them the more they are going to spend" OTHER business acted upon by today's Court included the approval of using the Armijo Center for food stamp distribution and the approval for closing 5th street in Canutillo The free use of Liberty Hall for United Fund activities was turned down in lieu of deciding upon a appropriate rate to be determined at a later session By SHACKFORD Sc-tow-M mrgrd Sta- WriWr WASHINGTON The Nixon administration will exploit the spectacular feat of Americans landing on the Moon to try tc improve the US image abroad that has been badly tarnished by the Vietnam War political assassinations racial unrest and protest riots The US Information Agency (USIA) will launch a sustained worldwide campaign to take every propaganda advantage of this unprecedented exploration of space "WE forgotton how much mileage the Russians picked up after said one official He was referring to the first Earth satellite which gave the Soviet Union (Continued from Pago One) breakup of the rail passenger service and also charged that it is a captive of the utilities it is supposed to regulate NIXON CENTERED his attack on the chairmanship scattering of leadership saying that no other major Federal regulatory agency is the President without power to designate the chairman" A White House spokesman said the Executive Branch "has been and still is "studying the best size for the commission Earlier reports have indicated the membership will be trimmed from 11 to seven At present there are only 19 members five Republicans and five Democrats with on vacancy due to death for a while the lead in the space race The official added that US officials also had rot forgotten that the prestige acquired by the Soviet Sputnik was relatively shortlived and that much of it was superficial Today's global propaganda campaigns however are immensely aided by what has happened in space since especially the use of communications to relay live television pictures throughout the world THUS the major part of the US campaign was the live television broadcast worldwide except in Russia and Red from the moon by astronauts Neil A Armstrong and Col Edwin Aldrin Jr From London on to Tokyo from Ottawa to Buenos Aires not in Moscow or Peking untold millions of people watched and listened to the first two human beings to land on the Moon Nothing L'SIA or any other advertising propaganda agency can do as a follow-up will match the impact those few hours must have had upon those who watched USIA "guesses' that about 500 million people saw or heard the astronauts on the moon The follow-up will be aimed at virtually all the world with the story the pictures and the live words of the astronauts through radio and TV pro-grama pamphiets and brochures newspaper ami magazine articles pictures and posters and all the other techniques in the kits of modern-day publicists The worldwide exploitation of the Apollo 11 flight began weeks before the blast-off from Cape Kennedy last Wednesday USIA offices around the world have been distributing vast a of background material about this greatest venture in the space age cently when motorists came over the bridge and hit the blocks knocking off oil pans and blowing tires The situation was pointed out by tho Herald-Post and Diaz manager of City Lines ordered the modification Immediately DIVIDERS HIGHLIGHTED El Paso City Lines has placed a siga at the beginning of a series ef dividers en the Santa Fe Street bridge te warn motorists to keep left The cement blocks have been extended over the summit ef the bridge and painted a bright yellow too Several accidents occurred re Overpass Funds Are Available President Begins World-Wide Tour New Sleep Aspirin tablets for a Fine Sleep WITHOUT HABIT-FOSMINB SLEEPINS PIUS Prisoners Riot For Moon Walk Holiday FT RILEY Kan (UPI) Some 206 prisoners in the Ft Riley stockade rioted late last night the post Information Office revealed today Gen Linton Boatwright post commander called out about 506 troops in riot gear to put down the disturbance in which prisoners threw rocks and lit a number of fires The hour-long outbreak may have been linked officers said to the fact that prisoners were required to continue work details throughout the day yesterday while other soldiers had the day off In observance of the Apollo 11 FROM GUAM a tiny American territory in the far Pacific tho Nixons will go on to the Philippines Indonesia Thailand India Pakistan Romania Great Britain and back to the United States hopefully by 10 pm on the night of Aug 3 Monday Nixon talked by telephone with Prime Minister Harold Wilson of Great Britain and made arrangements to speak with Kurt Georg Kies-singer of West Germany and King Baudouin II of Belgium (Continued from Page I) meeting on Guam late on the evening of July 25 His stop at San Francisco was described by the White House as strictly procedural' He and his wife will spend the night in the St Francis hotel Mrs Nixon and her party will then proceed to Honolulu while the President flies directly to Johnston island The First Lady will have her own schedule for Hawaii and not rejoin the President until they meet in Guam Either the projected Durango a or the Cotton street Overpass could be constructed under the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968 according to a reliable City government source The Highway Act known as 0 I (Traffic Operations Program to Increase Capacity and Safety in Urban permits the selection of a system of city streets and thoroughfares identified as Type II system and the use of federal funds for certain types of improvements If either the Durango or Cotton street Overpass come under the program the City could be saved $530000 or almost $800000 respectively aspirin to curb the miseries of common headache cc-ds and minor arthritis rheumatism muscular and menstrual to help you sleep when these disturbances are keeping you awake No prescription needed just ask for "Asper-Sleep tablets" Set 100 safe sleep without opey depressing after-affects Take as directed Wake up "bright-eyed and bushy-tailed Money back if not satisfied Asper-Sleep at druggiato 88 A New York chemist has perfected a remarkable formula which unites 3 safe aids to sound refreshing sleep Never before has there been such a combination to help relieve the problem of sleeplessness without habit forming drugs The reason you fall asleep so fast and sleep like a log is that each Asper-Sleep tablet contains (1) an effective antihistamine (2) a gentle sedative to help you relax from simple everyday nervous tensions (3) pain-relieving 4 MOON American Bar in Paris launches a new cocktail in honor of the Apollo II moon walkers and the bartender gives It a good shake Christened Moon Shot It Is guaranteed to make anybody take off (UPI Photo) Astronauts Ready For Splashdown EXPLORE AND DISCOVER THE QUALITY AND DEPENDABILITY OF FRIGIDAIRE APPLIANCES YOU WILL FIND THEM ALL AT UNION! BUDGET PRICED LAUNDRY PAIR FRIGIDAIRE FROST-PROOF 2-DOOR REFRIGERATOR with 126 lb FREEZER Forget defrosting drudgery forever! SM Frost-Proof! never defrost again In cither refrigerator or freezer sectionl MsM FP0-14CTN the Astronauts have scheduled TV shows for tonight beginning at 7:02 pm (El Paso time and tomorrow beginning at 5: 02 pm Both TV shows will be live and in color Armstrong and on-time departure ended their stay on the lunar surface after 21 hours and 36 minutes carrying out the NASA Moon landing plan to the precise minute Before leaving the Moon Armstrong gave a more thorough description of the terrain near Base" the name NASA 'gave to Armstrong and landing site just north of the lunar equator in the Sea of Tranquil- ity BECAUSE they were four miles farther west than NASA had planned Armstrong and Aldrin landed in a small crater field strewn with two-foot-wide boulders Armstrong theorized the rock field may have been caused by the birth of a "football crater he nearly-missed during landing Some of the boulders were lying on top of She surface others were partially buried and others almost totally buried he added "The near Tranquility Base was a very fine sand almost a silt Armstrong reported The closest thing to it on Earth is "powdered graphite" he said THE SPACEMEN were gratified to hear the "moon-quake" detector they left on the Moon was working well It proved to be as sensitive as NASA scientists had hoped broadcasting and footfalls on the Moon and eavesdropping on them when they pitched out their backpacks and other unneeded equipment yesterday morning It registered a sharp jolt when they lefted off yesterday afternoon But the laser experiment remained in doubt NASA officials said several laser beams 1 (Continued from Page One) moments in the Apollo 11 flight was watching on TV at 'the White House as the moon-walkers blasted off the lunar surface "Good news" he said as the spaceship rose smoothly Had the ascent engine failed to fire or misfired Armstrong and Aldrin would have been jdoomed to die on the Moon ALMOST AN hour later they fired their spaceship's engine for approximately 45 second to zip into a near-circu-3ar orbit 57 miles above the loon and began a sequence of maneuvers that carried them Hk the rendezvous Most of the final maneuvers 3f the two spaceships occurred jbehind the Moon and the craft 'were only a few feet apart 'when they darted around the edge of the Moon and regained communications contact with Earth The spaceships locked themselves together at 5:35 pm -about three minutes later than tplanned but the slight delay 3iad no impact on the astronauts scheduled departure for diom THE ASTRONAUTS showed no emotion during 2heir reunion and immediately Jbegan the tedious decomtami-eiation procedures they had 3been ordered to carry out to-protect Earth from possible Junar organisms Weilding a vacuum cleaner 'like any housewife Armstrong up all loose lunar particles he and Aldrin picked up -during their before transferring two lunar boxes" and other equipment to the Command Module This lunar fix-up clean-up pasted two hours or one com-Iplete orbit around the Moon air flowing from the Com-mand Module into the Lunar Module to prevent wayward -lunar particles from hitching a ride to Earth DURING their Journey home 146 cu ft size for the extra storage space you want! 126-lb size freezer for the extra fraezer room you wantl Special covered ica trays Twin vegetable Hydrators deep and long Porcelain Enamel finish resists stains Removable shelf fronts for sasy cleaning GM 5-Year Nationwide Warranty MM 6 IMUUia Model DAN FRIGIDAIRE ELECTRIC DRYER MODEL DAN Electric Dryer with durable press care that has end-of-cycle cool down that brings your durable press items out of tho dryer ready to wear Gentio flowing heat pampers fabried and dries them fresh and soft Model WAN FRIGIDAIRE WASHER Modal WAN Frigidairs's lowait priced Jet Action Washer with durable press care for no-iron fabrics Deep action agitator plunges clothes deep into sudsy water for thorough cleaning Has jef-oway lint removal and cold water wash sotting backed by General Motors! 1-year Warranty for repair of any defect in tho entire refrigerator plus a 4-year Protection Plan for repair of any defect in the refrigerating system Deep door shelf for half-gallon milk cartons big 46-oz Juic cans tall bottles 50 129 OUR LOW PRICE 189s Frlgldalr bothers to build In mors help! Gas models slightly higher Frigidaire Fliptop Dishmobile with slanted front for easy loading! Roll-Out Racks Make This Frigidaire Dishmobile Easy to Load! Handy dispenser! Single Detergent Dispenser located in silverware basket Laaa banding atretchlng! Slanted design features a lower front to make loading faster and easier zAsk Mrs Carroll ICommon Sense as Obtained By Work Seen as Prime Need By ANN CARROLL DEAR MISS CARROLL: Enclosed is a copy of my last book as a small token of our Sincere appreciation for the jmany fine comments you have made about Family Service in the past couple of years I hope you realize how many -'people have come to Family -Service as a result of the com- Aments made in your column I hope you enjoy the book 'and would appreciate your 'comments after you have had i-a chance to reat it Again our l-lhanks Yours very truly Wenger AAMC I Executive Director Are You Ready to Use Other Resources? A retired teacher friend today wrote me from Michigan: "As a nation we are technically advanced but as far as our hearts and minds are concerned we are immature and so scared we have little good judgment" She was speaking of the national mess But thinking of how childish most of us are personally till death and how silly how most of us are when "falling in Then couples fumble through married years till they either divorce or finally find the answers or live in "quiet Roll-out racks make loading easy in this Frigidaire Dishmobile! 3-Level Super-Surge Washing Action gets even large odd-shaped dlahes shower-clean Little or no pre-rinslng Is required shake off the large scraps and load 12-section silverware basket has handles on sides and ends for easy removal Converts to built-in installation with an accessory kit at extra cost Silvarwara basket! 11-s action basket has handles at sides and ends for easy lift-out convenience Powerful washing! 3-Leval Super-Surge Washing Action makes dirty dishes come clean Common sense is what we need in life and we learn a lot of that through having to work from school days Learning to get along with people and how to earn what we spend Learning about sex decently Pardon the one to tell ME! 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