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U.S. Astronauts Walk on Moon BY HOWARD BENEDICT AP Aerospace Writer SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) Two Americans, who explored the moon's surface for the first and raised their nation's banner above it, started preparations today for the perilous blastoff for the long journey home to earth, ft will be a suspenseful moment. Never before has a rocket lifted anything off the moon. Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E.

Aldrin Jr. awoke at Tranquillity Base on the moon and plunged into systems checks on the lander and engine on which, again, they will stake their lives. The bottom section of the craft, with the four landing legs, will serve as a launch pad and will be left on the moon when they fire the single engine that powers the cabin section of the ship called Eagle. The firing, scheduled to last more than seven minutes, was set for 1:54 p.m. EDT.

Mission control awakened the moonmen shortly after 11 a.m. following a six-hour rest period. Instruments which monitored Armstrong during the night indicated he slept fitfully. There is only one set of biomedical instruments in the cabin so Aldrin was not monitored. Sleeping in the cramped quarters of the LM is difficult and Aldrin reported: "Neil has been lying on the engine cover and I curled up on the floor." Checking of systems and switch settings for the critical liftoff was the No.

1 piorlty after wakeup. A successful liftoff would shoot them into'lunar orbit to chase down Michael Collins, orbiting some 65 miles overhead in the Apollo 11 command ship. Once linked up, they plan to fire themselves back toward earth early Tuesday, ending a space odyssey in which they etched their names beside those of history's great explorers, Columbus, Balboa, Magellan, da Gama and Byrd. Through the magic of television, an estimated 500 million people around the world had a ringside seat to man's greatest adventure. It was unforgettable.

Armstrong climbed through the LM hatch and started backing down a nine-rung ladder. On the second rung from the bottom, he opened a compartment, exposing a television camera. The picture was black and white and somewhat jerky, but it recorded history. Among scientists, there was elation that the crew had landed in an area with a variety of rocks, a treasure that held at least the hope of a rich payoff in the search to learn more about moon and earth. As Armstrong planted his size 9 left boot on the powdery surface at 10:56 p.m.

he spoke words that will tx remembered for all time-. "That's one small step for man, a giant leap for mankind." The camera trained on Aldrin as he stepped on the Tar shore 20 minutes later and exclaimed: "Beautiful! Beautiful! Magnificent desolation." There were other memorable utterances during the day of high adventure. There were Armstrong's words when Eagle separated from the command ship to start the dangerous descent: "The Eagle Is flying." There were words from the NORTHWEST IOWA'S FAMILY NEWSPAPER AILY NEWS 101st YEAR; NO. 230 ESTHEBVILLE, IOWA, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1969 WEEK, 50c; COPY, 15c Fiercest Middle East Ask ng on Probe Fighting Since 1967 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The city of Suez on the southern end of Egypt's Suez Canal, came under Israeli artillery fire today, Egyptian officials reported. The shelling followed air and ground battles along the 103- mile waterway Sunday in the fiercest fighting since the war of June 1967.

"Buildings and streets are being shelled," one official said. The Egyptians gave no idea when the shelling started or how heavy it was. Sunday's action began before dawn with an Israeli commando attack on Green Island, an Egyptian fortress in the Gulf of Suez. Israeli jets followed up 12 hours later, hitting Egyptian positions across the canal for the first time since the 1967 war. Egyptian planes then made a series of raids on Israeli targets in the occupied Sinai desert.

The Egyptians claimed they shot down 19 Israeli jets, one during the Green Island raid and the rest in dogfights along the canal. The Israelis admitted losing two Mirage fighters, but said they shot down five Egyptian planes. Artillery duels raged for more than six hours up and down the 103-mile waterway. U.N. observers pleaded twice for a fire but the ground and air fighting continued.

Israel said three of its soldiers were killed and three wounded by artillery fire. The Israelis reported six commandos killed and nine wounded in the attack on Green Island; Egypt claimed 30 Israelis killed. An Egyptian spokesman said today that his government was "seriously studying the escalation of fighting" and "the Israeli aim behind such escalation." A senior Israeli officer said, however, that the raids were carried out in the hope of preventing further escalation. "We have not used air power in this area in the way we have today," he said. "The express purpose of doing so is to try to stop a deteriorating situation along the canal." "We plastered positions and mortar positions and tank positions," the officer' said, "and we took out two ground-to-air missile positions.

They have taken quite a heavy beating." Observers in Tel Aviv speculated that Israel may be switching from retaliatory commando raids against Egypt to relying on air power because commando operations have not proved as successful as first expected. An Egyptian spokesman said that "waves of Israeli fighters attacked Egyptian military positions, towns and other civilian targets" in the commando attack on Green Island. The spokesman said some civilians were killed. An Israeli spokesman said the night attack was Israel's costliest since the six-day war. He denied the Egyptian claim that 30 Israelis were killed and a fighter plane shot down.

The Egyptians also claimed two Israeli boats were sunk in the battle. yiWHHHIUHHIHMMIUIHIIIHIIHHIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIilllllllllllllllllHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII lit Tttnld IIMIIWIIIIIMIIIMMIMMIIMIIIIIMIIIIHIHIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Battlefields Quiet South Vietnam's battlefields are reported quiet today with only one minor incident reported 'New Look 9 in 1969-70 Directories Distribution of telephone directories begins in Estherville on Thursday, July 24. Delivery should be completed by July 31, according to J. W. Spence, Northwestern Bell manager.

The introductory pages of the directory have a completely new look and have been given the name "Call-Guide." This new 12-page section includes local and long distance dialing information and shows how to call Directory Assistance, WINDY the telephone business office and repair service. It also explains how to handle a malicious phone call and contains area codes plus a handy time zone map. Through the use of bold headlines, briefer copy and a better index, the Call-Guide section helps make the directory more useful and information easier to find, Spence explained. For the past several months telephone users have been greeted with the new phrase "Directory Assistance" when they are connected with information operators. According to Spence, the phrase is more descriptive of the service offered by operators who assist in obtaining telephone numbers.

The "Directory Assistance" operators will remind customers when the number they want is listed in the directory and suggest they write it down if it is not listed. The new phrase is already being used by operators in many Iowa locations and is gradually being introduced throughout the nation. Moon Flight Astonishes Pilot I I '0, ASTONISHMENT and pride seem to be the most prevalent reactions in Estherville to man's first steps on the moon. RICHARD MUNSON, a World War bomber pilot, now employed as general manager at Pepsi Cola Bottling company said, "This moon flight leaves me completely flabergast- ed. I can remember climbing with a loaded bomber at the rate of 50 feet a I guess Tm still back in the propeller age." "Moat of us don't realize the worthwhile benefits derived from this kind of pressure because the work is not understood, but this program is very beneficial," Munson said.

HE ADDED THAT a practical benefit of the space program being enjoyed by the bottling industry and other businesses is a vastly improved electric fork lift. Munson cited this as one example of how the general public profits from space research and technology. Russell Peterson, superintendent of public works, said, "I couldn't believe the tics the astronauts were going through up there. If really unbelievable." "THE SUCCESS of the astronauts is a great tribute to this country, it shows what educated men can achieve," said Dent Green, director of student personnel at Iowa Lakes Community College. Mayor P.

Clark, now 67, said of the astronauts' success, "The whole thing is astounding. I've been waiting for this ever since Kennedy started his program and hoping to be fortunate enough to see it through. At first I was doubtful that they'd be able to bring the astronauts back to earth but it looks good now." AN EMPLOYE OF FARMERS State Mutual Hail Association, Dave Cuttell, Spencer, said, "Tm very pleased with the success of the moon flight. I didn't think it would happen this soon." Cecil Oulman, a car salesman for Bradshaw and Short, said, 'Tm very happy with the success. I knew they'd do it." of Schools Mysterious Flight JODRELL "BANK, England (AP) Luna 15 spun into its fifth day around the moon today, still with no sign of the spectacular feats some had expected from the Soviet unmanned probe.

Arrive at Cuba HAVANA (AP) Thousands of Cubans lined Havana's waterfront to cheer the arrival of the first Soviet naval force to visit Latin America. Laplanders Walch LONDON (AP) Laplanders pasturing their reindeer listened on transistor radios, Japanese stayed up all night to watch on television. Millions hung on every word from the two U. S. astronauts walking on the moon.

Area Calendar 6 Humans and Peace 8 The "moon now is the only Comics 4 place in the uniVerse where there Dear Abby 2 i both human and peace," was Deaths 3, 8 0 ne American's reaction to the Editorials 4 moonwalk. Others viewed Apollo Family Page 2 as a symbol of peace and prog- Personals 4 re ss. Sports 7 Weather 6 Request OK'd WASHINGTON (AP) A big increase in funds to combat crime in the streets and drug abuses was approved today by the House Appropriations Committee. IOWA CITY (AP) Two Democratic lawmakers from Iowa City have asked Atty. Gen.

Richard Turner to rule on the legality of a legislative probe of the "social adaptability" of college professors. Sen. Minnctte Doderer and Rep. Joe Johnston had the request in a letter mailed to Turner Sunday, they said. The letter says the two are not opposed to the probe by a subcommittee of the Legislative Budget and Financial Control Committee of areas of the three state universities concerned with the expenditure of tax money.

But it asserts that Iowa law prohibits the subcommittee from going outside the area of budgeting or governmental reorganization. The decision to launch a wide ranging study of the Board of Regents universities was made early this month by the committee which acts as a watchdog over state government while the legislature is not in session. The investigators said they would seek information from the regents and the institutions to determine if physical and human resources are being used efficiently. The investigation outline approved by the full committee also authorizes the probers to ask the regents how the "social adaptability and abilities" of college professors and administrators is determined. The letter from Mrs.

Doderer and Johnston also asks for a ruling on whether the investigators may go direct to the universities in their quest for information. "We are concerned because the purpose of the Board of Regents is to insulate the institutions from the political whims of the legislature," it says. The letter adds that the two do not question the right of the legislators to seek necessary information from the regents. moon's surface after touchdown at "Houston base here. The Eagle has landed." Or when Aldrin, a deeply religious man, relayed this message to the world shortly after the landing: "This is the LM pilot.

I'd like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening, whoever, wherever they may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his or her own way." They planted an American flag and saluted it, but made it plain they came to the moon as ambassadors for all mankind. They unveiled a stainless steel plaque bearing these words: "Here men from planet earth first set foot upon the moon, July, 1969. A.D. We came in peace for all mankind." They left on the moon a disc on which messages from the leaders of 76 nations had been recorded. They will return to earth with them the flags of 136 nations, including Russia.

And they left behind mementos for three Americans and two Russians who died for the cause of space exploration. The theme was carried through when President Nixon placed an extraordinary radio call to Armstrong and Aldrin as they strolled the surface. As they flanked the American flag, Nixon said, "I can't tell you how proud we all are of what you have done for every American. This has to be the proudest day of our lives. "For people all over the world I am sure that they too join with Americans in recognizing what an immense feat this is.

Because of what you have done the heavens have become part of man's world. "For one priceless moment in the whole history of man," the President continued, "all of the 1 Exchange Student Is from France Ghislaine Funel, 18, of Avignon, France, will be the exchange student to Estherville High School for the 1969-70 school year, it was announced today. Miss Funel will be a senior at Estherville High School, and will stay with the Dr. W. E.

Coons in Estherville. The daughter of an ex-French naval officer, she likes to ski, water ski, and play tennis. She will arrive in mid-August. The American Field Service program in Estherville is sponsored by the Rotary andKiwanis. people on this earth are truly one.

One in their pride in what you have done, one in our prayers that you will return safely to earth." Although at times It appeared they wore on a romp in the park, Armstrong and Aldrin carried out a true exploration of the moon. Several times they tested their ability to move about in the one-sixth gravity field of the moon, loping like antelopes, and bouncing like kangaroos. "It's not difficult at all moving about in one-sixth commander Armstrong reported, as he flashed before the camera like a graceful gazelle. The camera was mounted 40 or 50 feet away from the LM so that earth lings could watch their entire period hours, 14 minutes for Armstrong and one hour, 44 minutes for Aldrin. One of those who could not watch on television was Collins, flying the lonely vigil overhead, awaiting the return of his companions.

He checked with mission control occasionally for a progress report on the surface activity, but he generally was a forgotten man to the world. Armstrong and Aldrin gave vivid descriptions of their wild and wondrous world and collected two boxes of rock and soil samples which they will return to earth for analysts. The moonmen also deployed two scientific Instruments on the moon to relay data long after they left. They were a seismometer to measure moonquakes and other disturbances and a small mirror to reflect earth laser beams fired from California back to earth. The sensitive seismometer, monitored on earth, picked up the footsteps of the astronauts and recorded a thump when they turned Hltorbug and dumped a bag of unneeded equipment board after returning to their landing vehicle.

"The surface appears to be very, very fine grained," Armstrong commented after his first steps. "It's almost like powder. The dirt adheres in fine layers like powdered charcoal to the solo and Insldes of my boots. I only go In a fraction of an Inch, maybe one-eighth of an inch. I sec the footprints of my boots and the treads in the fine, sandy particles." He panned the camera over thousands of small craters that pocked the surface and at the horizon accentuated against a pure black sky.

"It has starry beauty all its own," he said. "It's much llkp the high desert of the United States. Hut It's very pretty out here." He reported the surface was generally soft and cohesive but that he occasionally hit a hard spot when probing with his shovel-like sample collector. The samples Apollo 11 brings home could provide clues to origin of the moon, the earth and perhaps the universe. Aldrin said that when he kicked his toe Into the dusty surface the particles flew quite a distance in the moon's light gravity, where objects weigh only one- sixth what they would on earth.

The bulky, multi-layered spacesuits, which cost $300,000 each, protected Armstrong and Aldrin from extreme temperatures which ranged from 243 degrees above zero in sunlight to 279 degrees below in shadow and from tiny mlcrometeorltes which bombard the moon from space. The moon walk excited the world as few events have, and It probably had the largest television audience In history. There were estimates that as many as 150 million Americans saw it. Headlines around the world (Turn to Page 3) RAVEL A' Trans Airline Offers "Outof-This-World" Flight Katy Kennedy, 3 daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Larry Kennedy contemplates trip to the moon. (Dally News Photo hy Mary Pritchard) Graettinger Youth Hurt in Accident GRAETTINGER A 16-year- old Graettinger youth was hospitalized overnight at Holy Family Hospital with severe abrasions and bruises on the head after a car-motorcycle accident about 7:15 Saturday evening. Michael Stewart, 16, Graettinger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Stewart, suffered head injuries when he ran into a car being driven by Mrs.

Kenneth Gilbaugh, Graettinger, according to the Graettinger police. The investigating officer said Mrs. Gilbaugh was going south and had stopped for a stop light. Her vision was obstructed by a car parked to the east of her and she did not see the Stewart vehicle as it came over a hill on the main street in Graettinger. Damage to Mrs, Gilbaugh's 1968-model car was estimated to be between $300 and $400.

Stewart's motorcycle sustained extensive damage, The first reservation from Estherville for Trans-International Airlines "flight to the moon" is on file with Twedt-Nichols Travel Bureau. Jim Nichols, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Nichols, Estherville, who is a student at MankatoState College, has had his reservation sent to the TIA Communications Center in Oakland, to be computerized for confirmation of space on the airline's first passenger flight to the moon. Mrs.

Bob Nichols of TwedU Nichols Travel Bureau said that she has sent for more reservation blanks. Twedt-Nichols is an official TIA "Charters-To-The- Moon Reservation Station." Trans International Airlines advertises "Out-of-this-world" travel at "down to earth prices" for its moon trip. The airline has ma lied the first travel agent "destination" chure for moon travel that states "travel to the moon is one of life's most dramatic tour Trans International Airlines Is the air travel service of Transamerica Corporation that recently became the first airline to announce conversion of its all- Jet fleet to inertial guidance, a computerized system of pushbutton navigation. Parents Receive 'Reluctant Debutante 9 'Patch' Call from at; Lakes Theatre Hospitalized Son Marine Pfc. Glenn Howard, son of Mr.

and Mrs. William Howard, rural Estherville, who has been hospitalized with malaria since June 14, telephoned his parents Friday morning from the hospital ship Sanctuary off the coast of Vietnam. Howard, who acquired malaria while on patrol near Khe Sanh, Vietnam, reported that he is feeling fine and should be released from the hospital in a few days. Howard's battalion is part of the 9th Marine Regiment that is scheduled to leave Vietnam for Okinawa within the next month. He has been in Vietnam since December 1968.

The radio phone "patch" call was sponsored by the Kiwanls Club of San Clemente, which provides this service as a "thank you" to servicemen. SPIRIT LAKE "The Reluctant Debutante," a brisk British comedy tnatichieved success in London, Hollywood, and on Broadway, will be the next attraction at the Okobojl Summer Theatre. The adult fare deals with a woman's wily maneuvers to snare escorts, dancing partners and perhaps even a husband for her young daughter amid the dizzying whirl of a social season. Tto play opens next Tuesday, July 22, and runs nightly for six performances with curtain at 8:30. Martha Letterman Is starred in the role of the busy-body mother trying to steer her daughter into a good match.

She is alarmed because the daughter to be played by April Dyett- considers formal debutante parties, and all the young men she meets at them, boring and ridiculous. Politely sulky when the young men she meets annoy her, she turns into a charmer when she falls in love with the one man who her mother considers ineligible. James iiiggins will be seen as the relaxed, quizzical father who regards the whole giddy whirl as bothersome expense that keeps him up late every night going to balls. Director Addison Myers has also cast Robert Doyen and Robert Johnston as two suitors and Eva Lynne Thompson and Margaret Ramsey as a competitive mother-daughter duo, Lima 15 Lands JODRELL BANK, England(AP) Russia apparently landed its unmanned Luna 15 space probe on the moon today just as American astronauts Nell A. Armstrong and Edwin E.

"Buzz" Aldrin, prepared to take off, Jodrell Bank Observatory reported..