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HENRY W. CLUNE'S- eafh of Earth Safefife cuuL (HsiahcL 0 0 0 0 Sputnik to Fall in Flames, Scientists Predict ALUMNI REUNION" THE REV. THOMAS RICHARDS returned last week 'for a reunion at the institution where he took a four-year course, not In "the humanities," as that term is applied to polite learning, but In the subject of humanity itself: Humanity, as defined under one dictionary heading, as "a disposition to relieve distress and to treat all creatures with kindness." For I wo years before and for two yean after World War II, Richardi served as chaplain it the Lewisburg (Pa.) Federal' Penitentiary, and last Monday he was one ol a number of former staff members By ALTON L. IU.AKI SI I Astoriatfd Presi Scienef Keporter they usually burn completely Into dust floating gently down to Earth. Swinging closer and closer to Earth, the rocket and Sputnik I finally will spiral into thick air, and then plunge downward, Drs.

Whipple anJ Hynek forecast. Heating up, they will begin to glow like a red hot stove lid, creating a brilliant shooting star type track arrots the sky. As close as 30 to 30 miles or higher, either could begin glowing reddish-white or perhaps other colors. Even by day, it could be as visible as a fireball, a brilliant daytime meteor. Sputnik's rocket could glow for five full minutes as it races through denser and denser air.

Dr. Whipple says. This could give it a 1.500 mile trail or light across the sky. Then It's expected to arch downward sharply, bursting into flames and destruction at a height of about 20 miles. SPUTNIK I ITSELF will follow a similar who was present at the celebration of the prison's 25th anniversary.

As director of the Men's Service Center in Andrews Street, Mr. Richards' efforts are directed to the salvation, not of pew holders in a church, but to derelects and pariahs, who are often lifted bodily from the filthy kennels of the lowest sections of the city. His 1 A 1 ytV YORK, Nov. 16-The death watch Is starting for Sputnik I. Inexorably, the first satellite is being pulled back toward Karth, to come home and die.

The en might be only weeks away. Born in Hashing, shrieking rocket fire, Sputnik 1 will perish like a flaming meteor in our silent tir overhead. Sputnik If, which lifted up the first living explorer of space the shaggy dog Laika must come to the same fiery death. Just when Snutnik II dies can't be predicted until its orbit is known precisely and effects of air drag determined. It comes as close as 103 miles to Earth closer than Sputnik I and hence rushes through some denser air each trip.

Experts say this could mean it won't last longer, in total life, than Sputnik I. You mav personally see the death throes of one or both satellites as they arch down, glowing red hot, then burning and falling apart in a shower of sparks. Charred chunks of Sputnik I or its carrier rocket or chunks of the heavier Sputnik II may very possibly come hurtling to Earth. But it's a millions-to-one chance any piece will hit you or anyone else. ftPUTNIK'S SPECTACULAR END rivaling it spectacular life is sketched by Dr.

Fred L. Whipple, director, and Dr. J. Allen Hynek, associate director, of the Smithsonian Astronhysic.u Observatory at Cambridee. Mass.

Meteoric death will come separately to Sputnik I rnd to the rocket which gave this Russian baby moon its final nush to whirl it around the" Earth at 18.000-milesper-hour speed as man's first messenger exploring space, Both mucl come down because they are not far enough from the Earth to escape some air in the near-vacuum of space. This air drag or s. si 'J' 7 suicide course, but less brilliant than tbe bigger, heavier, cylinder-shaped rocket. Melting, evaporating, falling apart, Sputnik I will cringe, wither, probably spew out some of its burnirg contents of batteries and recording instruments. Behind will flow a glowing wake, a spark-like trail probably coming in pulses of burning, glowing material.

Dr. Hynek thinks. It will die with no sound audible to us below, unless it creates a shock wave, from its tremendous speed, like that of a big meteor, or possibly of a supersonic jet plane breaking the sound barrier. Neither Sputnik I nor its rocket is likely to explode, says Dr. Hynek.

Rather, they would be torn apart. rioces of Sputnik or its rocket, even its rocket enqine, could come smashing to Earth, not completely burned or evaporated by the intense heat. SPUTNIK IS HEAVY weighing 184 pounds, the Russians say. Part of its cargo- and instruments could tumble to Earth. The Ruv sians haven't clearly spelled out what instruments- it may hold.

There could be enough left if it were ever found to learn what instruments it carried to explore space and radio back the findings Are you in danger from fantastic, unlucky hits by a piece of Sputnik I or rocket that finds you out? Yes, but the chances are very, very slim. Most of the Earth is covered by water, or uninhabited lands. Natural meteors big enoueh and fast enough to be lethal often hit the Earth without harming anyone. The death wj'tch on Sputnik I seeks to loam when it will come to its fiery end. and predict the event in advance.

If Sputnik's funeral is due to happen in the sky area you can see, you could be told in advance where and when to look. Sputnik's radio has gone dead, and the little moon can't be tracked that wav any more. But its orbit is fairly well established. Caseful tracking by organized visual teams and by radar can learn when and where it will die. present charge is a combination of physical and spiritual minstration, not too dissimilar from that of a medical missionary in a foreign field.

At Lewisburg, which Mr. Richards claims is the most mod-ern prison in America, and a model for prisons in many parts of the world, the penology Is founded on the New Testament. "Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testa-, mrnt; not of the letter, but of the spirit; for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life," Paul wrote to the Corinthians. And the warden of Lewhburg said, "Mm are committed to this institution AS punishment, not FOR punishment." "Take those two quotations and you have the philosophy of Lewisburg in capsule form," Mr. Richards said.

"The idea of brutalizing men by constant, grinding punishment is out. The law demands that society be protected by the segregation from normal community life of those who have engaged in criminal practices. What some people, who cry for harsher treatment of criminals, forget, is that almost every man who goes to prison sooner or later is released. "If the prisoner's life in prison makes him sullen and vindictive and furthers his education in crime, he will be poorly suited to adjust himself in a society outside. He will continue to be the menace to society that he was before his impvison- ment." Mr.

Richards' chaplaincy at Lewisburg was largely responsible for his interest in the type of men who are in need of the services of the Men's Service Center. Many of the men who are temporarily housed in the Center are former Inmates of prisons. "I learned a great deal about human nature, about the frailities and weaknesses of men, during the years I spent at Lewisburg," he said. "I discovered, at first perhaps to my surprise, that these men were not all bad; that there was a lot good in many of them. That a number of them were what might be called 'accidental They had made one eafciMM THE END OF SPUTNIK This drawing illustrates how Russia's satellite, Sputnik eventually will disintegrate.

Sputnik is losing altitude. Inevitably, the friction of heavier air In the Earth's atmosphere will make the satellite glow at a white heat. Then it will fall apart in a shower of sparks and charred chunks. (AP) friction spells their doom. Bejng bigger and presenting more surface to the air drag, Sputnik's carrier rocket will fall first.

For some weeks it has been flying lower and faster than Sputnik I itself. Oddly enough, the air drag doesn't slow down Sputnik's speed. It is just being forced lower toward the Earth, and actually gains some speed from gravity pull the closer it comes to Earth. In this respect, it is like any object dropped from a height. As its orbital path shrinks in distance, Sputnik I makes quicker and ouicker round trips, until it moves into the thicker air of the Earth and burns to r'eath from friction making it incandescent'" hot.

fHE ROCKET MAY FALL early in December, Dr. Whipple estimates. The ball-like Sputnik I itself could last out till the end of the year. Both will perish much like shooting stars. But they will be brighter, more easily visible than the average shooting star.

Shooting stars are little bits of stone, metal or cosmic debris that streak through the Earth's atmosphere. Air friction heats them to incandescence and in Letters Books Tripp ROCHESTER, N. NOVEMBER 17, 1957 wrong move, which was discovered, and they were punished for it. It was the duty of the prison to see that the potential for ood possessed by these men was not destroyed by prison life, but exploited. They were encouraged to forget thepast, to make the present count, to prepare for the future." Flying Saucery Fills Air Spots Before Their Eyes? Seers Await Vindication Mr.

Richards said that the need for religious and spiritual guidance is often more acute in prison than in the world outside. The many tensions and anxieties, the feeling of guilt and the need to resolve questionings and aspirations drive many inmates to seek the counsel of men trained in pastoral work. "Modern prison authorities recognize that no prison can far as 40 or 50 miles away. "They are nothing more than a mirage," Menzel said. TIOTII PRESIDENTS we BY ARTHUR EDSON AP Newsfeatures Writer WASHINGTON, Nov.

16 Ah, but these are excit am. ing days and nights for those adequately accomplish its primary task of redirecting attitudes who believe tnere are sucn and raising individual standards of ethics and morals without things as fying gaucers! In the past two weeks the very air has semed to be filled with mystery. A round, glowing thing in providing this essential me clergyman siaieu. is a great privilege for a 'man of the cloth to serve his God in prison, for here he is most needed." At Lewisburg a beautiful chapel, constructed as a "labor of love" by inmates has been built at the center of the institution. The chapel is dedicated to the memory of an inmate who gave his life in the prison in a medical experiment.

A large, beautifully appointed revolving altar provides appropriate forms for Jews, Protestants and Catholics. Education as a crime deterrent is recognized by all penal authorities, Mr. Richards said. A large majority of prisoners at Lewisburg are deficient in education. Very few have completed high school, and college training is so rare as to be elmost negligible.

whisked there by space ship. Did he have proof? Why, of course he had proof. And he pulled out a hank of hair he said came from a Martian dog. A reporter with no experience in interplanetary touring has trouble asking questions after a beginning like that. Then there are those who obviously are sincere and enthusiastic, but who after a brief discussion show they-were born to believe the unusual.

In another age, they would have been 100 per cent for elves, or witches, or evil spirits, long before, or after, such beliefs went out of style. T0R ARE THE THEORIES open to any of the ordinary tests. One popular belief: That saucers come from outer space, and have been whirring in for years. When Ezekiel saw a wheel in a middle of a wheel, this theory runs, of course he was describing a flying saucer. Another: That recently the space people have been messing around the Earth because they know we have the bomb and are fretting because we may destroy Or, the flying saucerist may say, the space people know we're about to shove off the SAUCER CLOUDS Unusual cloud formations, like these photographed over Marseilles, France, often are mistaken for flying saucers, says U.S.

Air Force. (AP) and are checking on how "I frankly feel there is a great deal tJ this." we're coming along. Yet it would be a mistake to decide, as many do, that everyone who believes in flying saucers is a boob or a crackpot. Airplane pilots, for instance, have seen objects they think are real. So have other trained observers.

A U. S. senator, 'Barry Coldwater of Arizona, has taken note of saucers. Coldwater is an Air Force reserve officer who has said of UFO: The Lewisburg staff recognizes the need for a constructive program of education to equip men to meet the requirements and responsibilities of contemporary American life. Courses are available from the primary grades up to and including some college subjects.

Attendance at school is not compulsory except for those who have less than a fifth grade education. Arrangements have been made with the Pennsylvania State Department of Public Instruction to give credits toward high school graduation certificates in both academic and vocational fields to those students who qualify. Mr. Richards told about the fellowship that was formed among members of the prison staff during his time at Lewisburg. He found at the Lewisburg "alumni reunion" that this was still a binding force.

"Even in a prison as large as Lewisburg the staff is small compared to the number of inmates," he explained. "The staff members live and work closely together. They are encompassed, as the prisoners are, by high walls. There are tensions and fears in a prison even as well regulated as. Lewisburg.

The tensions and fears of the inmates keenly affect the members of the staff. Because of this a prison chaplain is not only -a chaplain for the inmates, but for the staff as well. have had in this flying saucer age, Truman and Eisenhower, have taken a dim view of it. And the Air Force repeatedly has pooh-poohed the whole idea. It even had a document made up, ready to go, for the next rash of flying saucers.

So last week, at the height of the current epidemic, the Air Force was ready with a conclusion it had announced many times before: "After 10 years of investigation and evaluation of UFO'S" Air Force talk for the 5,700 unidentified flying objects it has tried to check on "no evidence has been discovered to confirm the existence of so-called 'flying The Air Force said they could be many things weather balloons, planes of unusual shape, fireworks or even a wild goose flying. The way the flyboys figured it, the odds are 50 to 1 that any flying saucer you see will have a humdrum explanation, like a balloon or an aircraft. They even worked out a table to show the true parentage of the flying saucer. In the first six months of this year 250 unidentified flying objects were spotted, and here's the percentage on what they turned out to be: Ballons 26.4. Aircraft 28.8.

Astronomical 24.4. Other (birds, hoaxes) 6.4. Insufficient information 12.1. Unknown 1.9. Still, there's always that unknown 1.9 per cent.

It may be small, but it's plenty for a flying saucer buff. X- -jf- $INCE ARNOLD'S report, people all over the world have been seeing Saucers. Clubs have sprung up, composed of seers and potential seers. Inumerable books and pamphlets have poured in. Theories have been tossed about like dry leaves in an autumn wind.

Unfortunately, an earth-bound reoorter immediately runs into trouble. For flying saucery makes strange converts. It attracts those like the man who dropped by the Associated Press office here with the glad news he just returned from Mars. He had been plucked from his Ozark Mountain home, be said, and the sky above Illinois a something that roared like thunder in Texas, shaking one truck and stalling another a dazzling, fiery object that flashed treetop high across Georgia and Florida. A Nebraska grain buyer who said he stepped aboard a space ship and chatted with its crew, in broken English and High German a strange, red light over the nation's capital And above all this, glowing with scientific respectability, are those Russian Sputnik moons, evidence that in these times' anything seems possible.

JT HAS BEEN 10 YEARS since a Boise, Idaho, business man, flying alone in his private plane, saw mysterious objects playing around Mt. Rainier. After Kennern Arnold came down to earth on that now historic June 24, 1947, he made a report that was to reverberate around the world. He told investigators he had seen not one, but nine, of the things, and in his report he gave them a name that would stick. "I could see their outline plainly against the snow as they approached the mountain," Arnold said.

"They flew very close to the mountain top. geese in a diagonal chain-like line, as if a chain of saucer-like things they were linked together at least five miles long, swerving in and out of the high mountain peaks." So the flying saucer was born, and immediately skeptics put it in swaddling clothes of snickers and incredulity. Scientists scoffed at it. Fancy names have been used to explain the saucers, terms like Muscae Volitantes cr scintillating scotoma. Which, rouchly translate, means spots before your eyes.

Only last week Dr. Donald H. Menzel, director of the Harvard Observatory', said saucers are caused by a layer of heated air that acts as a lens and forms an image as LEAST ONE private organization has been working hard to convince everyone that there is, indeed, a great deal to this. It's the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena. It lists retired admirals, airline pilots, college professors and a former UFO Air Force investigator either on its board of governors or on its panel of special advisers.

NICAP'S director is Donald E. Keyhoe, a graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy, a onetime Marine pilot who retired as a major, and more recently the author of books and articles in which he says flying saucers are real. A small, balding, friendly man.

Keyhoe looks younger than his 60 years. He got into the F. S. business on assignment; a magazine wanted to find out what it was all about. He says he went in a doubter and came out a believer.

"I talked with too many pilots who had seen them," he said. At first Keyhoe had the idea that the saucers were secret weapons. But those to whom he talked convinced him that the unidentified objects turned too sharply, and went straight up too quickly, for any known laws of aerodynamics. His present conclusion: "I think they're since no damage Is done, they were manned by friendly being. Then how come those aboard, who have come from so far, haven't bothered to drop in and say howdy? Many persons, of course, claim they have talked with spacemen.

But Keyhoe has been unable to find an interplanetary conversationalist who is willing to answer all questions before a lie detector. Curiously, those who have complete faith in flying saucers often have no faith at all in lie detectors. Like many another sau-cerer, Keyhoe thinks the Air Force is holding out a lot of material that would help NICAP'S case. He particularly thinks some of the interviews should be made public. But whatever this material may be.

it obviously hasn't convinced a majority of the top Air Force officials. For they said their studies have shown: There's no evidence that there are interplanetary space ships. 2 There's nothing to show that any of these unknown objects operated on principles outside the range of present scientific knowledge. No physical or material evidence, not even a minute fragment of so-ealled 'flying-saucer was ever found." So there the matter rests. If you see a flying saucer, both the Air Force and MCAP.

at 1536 Connecticut N.W.. Washington, DC, will be happy to hear about it And if you don't see Firing saucer, you can bet your last space helmet that in nervous times like tLese somebody else will 1 yy -f flw "When I first started my work In the prison I found the life was entirely different from life outside the walls. I was conscious of the tension, that is never fully relaxed. I suffered from it. I began to have problems myself.

And where did I take them?" Mr. Richards smiled. "Why, to the other chaplain! The Catholic chaplain! He was an older man, he bad been in the prison a long time, he is still there. He betped me with my problems, as I hope later on I helped other men with theirs. We became very good friends.

We renewed our friendship last HE BELIKVES IN SAUCERS Donald E. Keyhoe, director of National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena, studies photo of strange object seen recently over Texas. Keyhoe believes flying saucers are space ships from planet other than Earth. (AP Newsfeatures Photo) 'ET EVEN KEYHOE admits one puzzling aspect. Suppose the saucers were reaL Suppose they really did come from outer space.

Suppose,.