Elizabethton Star from Elizabethton, Tennessee • 1

i Apollo 7 Astronauts Brought Safely Back To Earth SPACE CENTER Houston (DPI) Apollo 7 brought its three astronauts safely back to earth in a pink cloud of fire today ending most successful spaceflight and shattering the barriers between man and the moon Apollo 7 splashed upside down in the Atlantic 17 miles from the carrier Essex blocking its radio beacon It took the recovery helicopters searching frantically in a drizzling rain more than 10 minutes to find the spacecraft carrying Walter Schirra 45 Donn Eisele 38 and Walt Cunningham 36 Command pilot Schirra in touch with rescuers by radio reported all was well although a helicopter pilot said one of the astronauts be a little The astronauts faced intense pain on the blazing half hour ride down at the end of their historic 1 1 day flight They were virtually assured that the 163 orbit 45 million mile voyage would clear the way for Apollo 8 to fly around the moon at Christmas time The upside down landing was righted after about five minutes by flotation bags that popped out of the spacecraft Schirra a Navy captain was joshed by crewmen in helicopters hovering overhead about getting his submarine Shortly after 7:25 am EDT mission control said the Essex had confirmed contact with the spacecraft 1" the main helicopter "has positive contact" mission control reported a short time later is reported mission control Recovery helicopters were in contact with the astronauts 19 miles north of the recovery carrier The spacecraft landed upside down something that flight controllers were aware might happen Landing upside down prevents the recovery beacon aboard Apollo 7 which attracts the helicopters from working properly But three flotation bags that look like polka dot balloons popped out around the spacecraft righting it This operation took about five minutes The landing point was good but not the best The two man Gemini 1 1 splashdown was two and a half miles from its recovery ship The first of the two man Gemini spacecraft however landed 59 miles from its target voice could be heard through the re entry period confident and chipper riding a pink he radioed as the spacecraft flashed over the Gulf Coast on the end of their 1 1 day flight glowing in an aureole of ionized air wheels are down and the Apollo 7 (Continued on Page 5 UHIUDUND fflizabethton lar An Independent Newspaper Devoted To The Upbuilding Of Carter Johnson Counties Weather EAST TENNESSEE Partly cloudy and cool this morning Increasing cloudiness and mild this afternoon with a chance of showers by late afternoon XXXVII NO 290 MEMBER I ELIZABETHTON TENNESSEE 37643 TUESDAY OCTOBER 22 1968 SIX PAGES DAILY 10 CENTS SUNDAY 15 CENTS Hanoi Radio Demands Around Large Crowd Halt In US Bombings Notices Mailed Hears Wallace to Communist New Constable entire Clifford Watson and cheers of his Ellington or Wallace Hecklers Wallace Reject Union irst Audit Deaths Apollo 7 Accumulates himself to main which a of telegram personal By United Press International Hanoi radio today ignored reports of an American offer to de escalate the Vietnam War and broadcast a demand for the unconditional halt of was again East of in this CLIORD WATSON Route 2 Bluff City and bombing of war (Ngjth There will be a chance of ahowen in the late afternoon today and occasional showers and possible thundershowers are expected at night said the weatherman of the Weather Bureau at Tri City Airport kt chambers are engaged work on TOS To Meet The Elizabethton Chapter of Tennessee Ornithological Society will meet at 7:30 pm today in the Milligan College library Program planning for the year is on the agenda least time and pause those which the more on its that talk to the the State of $10 12 millions in States spacecraft featuring early morning telecasts from the They also rode the largest American rocket ever used in a manned United States spacecraft featuring early morning telcasts from the They also rode the largest American rocket ever used in a manned launch into orbit The 224 foot Saturn IB rocket weighed 13 million pounds including fuel The thrust of the first stage of the rocket equalled 16 million pounds The second stage had a thrust of 200000 pounds in a vacuum In addition the main rocket engine on the spacecraft the service module rocket engine was the most powerful ever fired by a manned spacecraft in orbit The thrust of the engine in a separate module attached to the space capsule was 2 1000 pounds would make no gesture of de but they have silent since reports The Quarterly County Court yesterday voted to propose to the Highway Department that road signs be placed where feeder roads branch off state highways Motion to that effect was made by Magistrate Ray Richardson business district during the Christmas season for six hours each day Groundbreaking ceremonies for a new Michele Lingerie Co plant at Elk Mills will take place Saturday it was announced Detailed plans are in the state of completion Greene Jr president of the Chamber appointed a nominating committee of Bob Stanton chairman George Brown and Carroll Broome to submit nominations for officers and board of directors members of the Chamber for next year involved in the disturbance The first fighting came shortly after Wallace began speaking He ceased talking as Sullivan County deputies moved into the trouble area (Continued on Page 5) Luther Green was elected Constable of the ourth Carter County Civil District by the Quarterly Court yesterday He takes the place of Elmer Trivette who is a deputy in the Sheriffs Department and resigned from the office of Constable BLU CITY Clifford Watson 47 of Route 2 died at 4:45 this morning in Carter County Memorial Hospital following a brief illness Mr Watson well known businessman and co owner of Watson Brothers Sheet Metal Works of Elizabethton was admitted to the hospital Sunday after suffering a coronary seizure WELL WISHERS Supporters sought to shake the hand of former Alabama governor George Wallace while photographers were busy taking pictures as the third party candidate spoke at the Bristol International Speedway yesterday bombing of North Vietnam Diplomatic observers in Saigon and elsewhere said it was the first time North broadcasts had made such a demand since Hanoi Shows $1866624 The first audit of the United und Drive revealed that $1866624 in pledges and contributions have been received thus far in the campaign Cecil Shell and Wesley Taylor co chairmen of the audit committee and members Howard ondren Eddie Taylor Harris Bristol and Marie Williams met last night to total the receipts to date Campaign Goal for 1969 is $55470 Williams was the speaker at the rally turned out to be a shouting match between about 500 JACKSON Tenn (UPI) Apologies for the heckling which disrupted a George Wallace for President rally here riday night were wired to Mississippi Gov John Bell Williams Monday by Gov Buford Ellington and Jackson Mayor Robert Conger Executive Director James Pierce told members of the board of directors of Carter County Chamber of Commerce at their monthly meeting yesterday that organization of a regional Better Business Bureau is under consideration Managers of Upper Tennessee commerce preparatory project Sidney president of the Merchants Division of the Chamber called attention to the recognition dinner of the Home Demonstration Club which is scheduled for 7 pm Nov 21 at the Masonic Building combined with a fashion show of ladies wear arranged by merchants Crouch also announced that the annual Christmas Parade would be held at 6:30 pm on Thanksgiving Day Christmas music will be broadcast through amplifiers in the WALLACE SPEAKS crowd estimated at 12000 15000 was present to hear Gov George Wallace speak at the Bristol International Speedway at noon yesterday Employes of Hanley Structures today rejected a Union by a vote of 28 to 17 The election was conducted by Bradley Johnson of the Atlanta office of the National Labor Relations Board The Union on the ballot was the International Union of District 50 United Mine Workers of America life long of a was the Some 17500 to 18000 1968 tax notices have been or are in the process of being mailed to Carter County taxpayers Robert Ellis Trustee said The property owners have until the last day in ebruary to pay the tax amount stated on the notice without payment of a penalty Beginning March 1 a penalty of one half per cent will be added and from April 1 on and progressively each month thereafter the penalty increases to one per cent of the tax amount due If payment of the tax is not made by March 1 the delinquency will be filed in the Chancery Ellis said fees The senator said concerning the Roan Mountain State Park and the talk that area legislators had voted against authorization of a $10 million bond issue for conservation purposes that the bond issue did not include any appropriation for a Roan Mountain state park Not one dollar was mentioned for the district he represents Practically all was for Middle and West Tennessee (No provision for a Roan Mountain state park is made in the capital outlay program for the 1967 69 biennium of the Department of Conservation A ten year program for new parks announced by Conservation Commissioner Boyd Garrett on Aug 7 to cost $36692550 includes a 1700 acre Roan Mountain state park in addition to one on the Panther Creek embayment in Hamblen County three in Middle Tennessee and two in West Tennessee Dies ollowing Coronary Seizure fighting between pro and anti Wallace supporters ighting broke out at four times and each Wallace quit speaking after a addressed hecklers and 2000 supporters Ellington in a signed kindest said the heckling in no way represented thinking and behavior of this Conger said citizens of Jackson were the incident right thinking people regret the unpleasant reception provided by the rude juvenile acknowledged it was studying a offer said to include a bombing halt broadcast from Hanoi quoted a dispatch from the official news agency of South National Libeiation ront the political arm of the Communist Viet Cong guerrillas It was not pinned to an official Hanoi government statement The broadcast gave no clue whether Hanoi would accept or reject a deescalation offer Demand Bombing Halt The broadcast quoted the NL agency Giai Phong as saying the South Vietnamese people the justice radiating stand of the government of the Democratic Republic of North Vietnam and strongly demand that the stop completely definitively unconditionally the and all other acts against the DRVN tr In Paris riday a North Vietnamese delegate to talks with American negotiators said Hanoi was studying a proposal Diplomatic reports in Saigon Washington Paris and elsewhere said the United States was offering to end the bombardment of North Vietnam if Hanoi would withdraw its forces from the South Vietnam border halt action against South Vietnam cities and agree to Saigon participation in peace talks Since the Paris talks opened in May the Hanoi delegates have insisted no progress toward toning down the war can be made until America halts its air and sea bombardment of North Vietnam They insisted Hanoi in turn reciprocal escalation remained mounted of the American offer last week BRISTOL A huge crowd estimated at 12000 to 15000 was present at the Bristol International Speedway yesterday to hear George Wallace deliver a campaign speech Wallace buoyed by the frenzied cheers of thousands delivered a blistering attack on the national press both major political parties headed and the Supreme Court The American Independent Party standard bearer spoke to a wildly enthusiastic audience shortly after noon at Bristol International Dragway NEED To the cries of need you want and it to all from a sea of cheering supporters waving banners and signs Wallace ascended the podium a large flatbed trailer Wallace spoke for about 45 minutes delivering strong verbal barbs at everything from the press to federal judges in Tern have more power inan all you good people put together and the governor and the legislature The reception tremenc: Time and Wallace was drowned oot by screams backers who often chanted want and waved a colorful assortment of posters banners and American and Confederate flags or those who came to the rally without campaign equipment there were vendors stationed at the main entrance of the dragway selling banners Wallace walking sticks and other material At several points during the speech he was interrupted by Kills Six SAIGON (UPI) Communist artillery today smashed a Marine base hospital killing at least six persons including three patients UPI correspondent Perry Young at the Leatherneck base of Dong Ha just below the North South Vietnam border Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) said at least 25 shells exploded around the headquarters of the Marine 3rd Division Young said the South Vietnamese hospital caring for the smallest refugees from North Vietnamese invasion action took direct hits Hanley Employes Chamber Directors Hold Monthly Meeting LARGE CROWD Hen is a portion of the large crowd that was present for the address made by George Wallace at 1 the Bristol International Speedway yesterday Marshall Nave Addresses Court State Senator Marshall Nave who in the Aug 1 Republican primary lost to Howard Dunbar yesterday addressed the members of the Carter County Quarterly Court He expressed appreciation of the privilege of serving the people in the state legislature and of having been a member of the court He felt that the people are very pleased with the present court Nave stated that he would be a mender of the all important iscal Review Committee until some time in ebruary and offered the Court his assistance in any way desired This committee he said is the only committee elected by the General Assembly He announced that he would submit to the Court at its next meeting a resolution for adoption which would ask for retention of this committee He said an attempt may be made to abolish the committee Government Nave said effect that Tennessee is the red this year is completely untrue He added that the State is financially in real good condition Last revenue showed an increase of better than 16 in revenue as the result of unnecessary and unfair increases of the gasoline tax and automobile registration MORE RAIN resident 1 1 i County he the son of late Samuel and Belle Lowrey Watson He was UATCAM I11C111UC1 inquapin Grove Baptist Church where he was a deacon and treasurer and also teacher of the Adult (Continued on Page 5) Trophy Case Of Records SPACE CENTER Houston (UPI) Apollo 7 the United first manned spaceflight in almost two years accumulated a trophy case of records during its long orbiting of the earth Astronauts Walter Schirra Donn Eisele and Walt Cunningham did not beat record 14 days in orbit but they easily passed it in total number of man hours in space mission called for a total of 260 hours 10 minutes I They were th? first three man space crew They more than doubled the number of hours of the Soviet longest space flight 119 hours by Valery Bykovsky in 1963 The crew also starred in the first five television shows from a manned United Crouch And County Cl0N C11ICKN Westun jr yi Artillery IIOjIbL fcSNH A liiAjWi sHl JB 1 1 a am was I 7 Zaw MaBer SmTOsb BHDhkH St I.