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122 NO. 136 Entered as second elasi matter Post Office, Tucson, Arizona TUCSON, ARIZONA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 16, 1963 MA 2-5855 FORTY-EIGHT PAGES Mm Conversations Recorded 8IWAINeA Jiist Retro-Fire JJ 4 I From Ground Stations, Gordo' Looked Good In NA -i i Ti tii J. Schirra You're looking beautiful. Cooper Sun is coming in the window now 22 -Or bit Trip Is Scheduled To End Today CAPE CANAVERAL, May 16 UP) Astronaut Gordon Cooper passed the halfway mark In his marathon space flight early Thursday, completing orbit No. 11 west of Chile at 1:24 a.m.

and flying on into No. 12. He is scheduled for 22 orbits of the world. Cooper was sleeping on his 11th pass around the globe, the last to take him over Communist China until the 22nd orbit late Thursday. Over the Atlantic, Mercury Control said, Cooper's heartbeat suddenly shot skyward from a very steady 58-60 beats to approximately 100 beats, and then dropped back to normal.

Technicians said telemetry data showed that temperature on his space suit had slowly risen some 20 degrees. They speculated that Cooper became warm, awoke, reset the temperature and went back to sleep. CAPE CANAVERAL, May 15 UP1 Astronaut Gordon Cooper shattered the U. S. record for cosmic travel Wednesday night, then calmly began a scheduled eight-hour rest period in the skies.

All earth-bound monitors were cautioned to hush while the redoubtable adventurer of the skies took his A I If A Okay Cooper's i'J maMJ I Flight Fndi Here I 0cta About 6 30 PM, I Orbit 22 About 6 30 PM, EST, Thursday EST rhuridy ff I i Word To Go Ahead Came Via Guaymas CAPE CANAVERAL, May 15 UP) Here is a partial text of conversations between astronaut Gordon Cooper and ground control stations during Cooper's world orbital flight: Liftoff (capsule communicator, astronaut Walter Schirra): Schirra here, Gordo. Cooper good, buddy. You look good Roger, feels Schirra Good sport. Cooper Thirty seconds and oxygen is go. Fuel is go.

Cabin pressure is good. Here's Where Journey Should End This map shows where astronaut Gordon Cooper's 21st orbit around the earth should end Thursday and where the last orbit number 22 should start, if all goes well. Point on map nicely. Boy, oh boy. Turning around very nicely.

What a feeling And there's the booster Boy, oh boy, is it ever close, too Looks mighty good in here. This is really a sight. Schirra Silver. Silver as can be. Schirra "Pretty nice equipment, isn't it? Cooper Very nice.

At 9:31 a.m. Cooper contacted astronaut Gus Grissom at Guaymas, Mexico, and said the flight was "quite a thrill." Asked if he was comfortable, he said he was "just slightly warmer than absolutely ideal." He said he had seen the earth's haze layer, saw John Glenn's "fireflies," or bits of frost glinting in the sun, and picked up the lights of Perth, Australia, as he passed over it in the dark. Grissom gave Cooper the go-ahead for at least six more orbits. During orbit 2 Cooper talked with astronaut Alan Shepard in Mercury Control at Cape Canaveral: Shepard You're getting kind of chinchy on using this fuel up there. Cooper Roger Shepard You son of Record $309 Billion House Approves Debt Limit Hike WASHINGTON, May 15 UP) The House voted 213 to 204 Wednesday to raise the national debt limit in two stages to a record $309 billion.

The action came just two weeks before the debt, by Treasury estimates, is due to break through the present $305 billion ceiling. aJeturn to earth. Astronaut Gordon Cooper He flies high, wide and pretty fart Orbit Count east of Midway Island is where approximately 6:30 p.m. EST (AP Wirephoto Map) around Midway Island were nearly ideal. When astronaut Cooper took off from Cape Canaver al, the silence of sleep per vaded the darkened ship.

The early-morning silence was broken briefly some 15 minutes after the launching with the loudspeaker an nouncement: "Maj. Cooper has been launched from Cape Canaveral and is in orbit. Even from the officers and enlisted men awake and on watch, there was no audible reaction. It was as if they would have been surprised only if the capsule had not gone into orbit. A nitrogen gas bottle was to inflate ihe sphere to a 30-inch diameter and it was to trail Cooper's capsule on a 100-foot line.

The experiment was designed to study atmospheric drag and to see whether Cooper could observe it and judge its distance. Scott Carpenter carried a similar balloon on his orbit flight a year ago. He successfully deployed the balloon but it failed to inflate. It followed him around like a deflated football for a couple orbits. The legislation now goes to the Senate.

Before passing the Democratic-backed bill, the House knocked down, 222 to 195, a Republican move to hold the ceiling indefinitely at the present $305 billion figure. An all-day debate on government spending preceded the vote. Republicans and some Democrats contended that a firm hold on the lid would force the Kennedy administration to revise its spending plans and make, other fiscal arrangements to keep the debt down. They said that by doing this, the government could live under a $305-billion ceiling. Chairman Wilbur D.

Mills, of the Ways and Means Committee, however, told the House that failure to raise the ceiling would not materially affect spending during the period covered by the bill, but would only give some members the satisfaction of "kicking the administration in the pants." Mills said: Task Force Ready For Recovery Carrier's Crewmen Calm, Confident 1963 New York Times News Service ABOARD U.S.S. KEAR- SARGE, May 15 Beneath cloud-specked skies and in gentle seas, a naval task force set up a mid-Pacific vigil Wednesday waiting for Astronaut Gordon Cooper to There was a relaxed, rou tine air to the vigil. Flight deck crews, in colored shirts lounged in ready rooms as if they were waiting for a plane to return from a mission. On deck, helicopter crews and Navy frogmen teams chatted by the jet-powered HSS2 helicopters that will be used to retrieve the astronaut and his "Faith 7" capsule from the water. As the crews proceeded routinely about their work, there seemed to be little wonderment or surprise that 100 miles overhead an American astronaut was speeding by at 17,500 miles an hour.

Nor was there any doubt that astronaut Cooper would go the planned 22 orbits and return First U.S. Orbit Over Red China CAPE CANAVERAL, May 15 UP) Astronaut Gordon Cooper Wednesday became the first American astronaut to pass over Red China. On his seventh orbit he made his first of seven passes over the Communist nation in his Faith 7 spacecraft. He was to spend a total of 45 minutes over the country on the planned 22-orbit mission. His orbital course would not take him over Russia.

Soviet cosmonauts have flown above the United States. 'Special' For Perth PERTH, Australia," May 15 UP) Astronaut Gordon Cooper Wednesday night gave Perth the first direct eather forecast from space. He reported thunderstorm activity to the west of Perth. alongside the carrier, just as astronaut Walter M. Schirra, had done after his six-orbit flight last October.

At 8 a.m. Wednesday, the boatswain's mate of the watch, with a blow on his pipe, passed the word over the ship's loudspeaker system to the crew to "Turn to, commence ship's work." Five minutes later he passed the word: "Maj. Cooper has passed overhead on his fourth orbit. The spacecraft is now proceeding to its next station assignment." Weather conditions in the mid-Pacific recovery zones Schirra Good show Cooper And there goes the tower Schirra We have a full go here for you Gordon. Cooper Roger Schirra You've got a real sweet trajectory, Gordo.

You're right in there, baby. Cooper I fly by wire. Schirra Faith 7, you're right smack dab in the middle of the block Your turn around looks beautiful. Cooper Roger Very "You don't turn the faucet of spending off today and get results today. You would be fortunate to see results in four or five months; on most occasions it would be six months." The Democratic-backed leg islation would raise the ceil ing immediately to $307 bil lion, then to $309 billion from July 1 until Aug.

31. By then, Congress expects to have bet ter figures on appropriations and taxes. The roll call vote on final passage was one of the clos est of the present Congress Only one Republican for mer Speaker Joseph W. Mar' tin Jr. of Massachusetts joined 212 Democrats in pass ing the bill, while 32 Demo crats voted with 172 Repub licans against it.

The Treasury has estimated that the ceiling for the coming year will have to be somewhere in the neighborhood of $320 billion, assuming Con gress passes President Ken nedy tax cut legislation. into the crisis, but Duvalier made it clear he will not permit it to look into charges of repression inside the country. "The Haitian government certainly cannot permit any meddling by any 'state' or 'superstate' in its internal affairs," Duvalier said. "I have already said that it would be unthinktable that anyone might want to reproach a chief of state for defending his government born of national sovereignty against armed subversion, against aggressive forces and against subversive agitations." "Were a chief of state so lax as not to defend his country thus, he would have betrayed his mission to govern," Duvalier said. (The OAS team is on a fol-lowup mission to Haiti in attempt to end the crisis that nearly touched off hostilities with the neighboring Dominican Republic.

mi i an President Juan Bosch mustered troops two weekends ago to back up his demands for safety for Haitian political refugees in the Dominican embassy. He since has pulled back the troops.) Claiming Haiti is calm and peaceful, Duvalier accused the United States of "an ill-considered attempt to create panic" by its orders to Ameri- space siesta as he spun on and on in his marathon flight. If he overslept, an electronic alarm clock, triggered from the earth, was set to wake him up. The rest period started during the ninth of Cooper's scheduled 22 orbits. It began over the Southeast Atlantic as Cooper's Faith 7 spacecraft approached the west coast of Chile.

Five minutes later, heart beat and respiration signals received at a tracking post on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic indicated he had gone to sleep or was close to it. Two orbits earlier, the seventh which Is a "go-no-go" point in the astronautical log book he was doing so well officials told him to try for at least 17 orbits. Zipping along at nearly five miles a second more than 100 miles up in the sky, Cooper broke the U. S. mark established by astronaut Walter Schirra, who did six tours around the world last October.

Everything pointed to a sensationally successful flight. As he settled down for a night of rest, Cooper reported he was in excellent condition. Faith 7 was in equally good shape. At the time, he had 80 per cent fuel remaining in the automatic capsule control system and 91 per cent in the manual system. The flight plan called for him to have at least 50 and 65 per cent, respectively, remaining in each tank for the critical re-entry maneuver during the 22nd orbit, Cooper and ground trackers threw around such words as "excellent," "beautiful," and "perfect" in describing the flight.

The astronaut had many chores as he swept round and round the globe. Included was the releasing of a small satellite which followed him in orbit, sending out a flashing light which he observed in a space-distance judging test. There was some doubt at first that this test was successful, but Cooper finally found the small satellite after an orbit. "I was with that little rascal all night last night," he said. Everything went perfectly during the flight which, if it went the distance, would terminate with a landing southeast of Midway Island in the Pacific at 4:23 p.m.

Tucson time, Thursday. Depending on how you look at it, Cooper was circling the earth in two different time periods. The time of an actual earth orbit was about 93.5 minutes. But measuring it in terms of the Keplerian orbit it is 88.45 minutes. This is the time it takes the capsule to go from the low point in its orbit around the elipse and back to the low point.

So splendidly were men and machinery behaving that Cooper, nestled in his tiny craft as it sped along at 17,546 miles an hour, soon took an unscheduled nap. And because Cooper on earth is the most matter of fact of all astronauts, he quickly became the most matter of fact in outer space. But if the 36-year-old Air Force major was nonchalant, mere earthlings took a more excited view. A note of exultation crept into the voices of those who were talking with Cooper. "Overjoyed" was one word used to tell Cooper the reaction of his technicians.

In Houston, his wife and their two daughters had several television sets turned on. When blastoff time neared, Mrs. Cooper is said to have gone into another room to watch it alone. All by herself she saw this always terrifying moment, just as her husband, cradled high above this fearful, smoking monster, also faced his moment of terrible truth alone. Mrs.

Cooper had a special radio set so that she could listen in on astronautical talk when he whizzed within range. President Kennedy set the pattern for millions of Americans Wednesday, glued to a television set in his bedroom, to see this tremendous event. He said he was very happy at the success of the takeoff. All around the world the reaction seemed pretty much the same: a lot of interest, and hope for its success. The day began as these days always do, with the astronaut routed out of bed at 2:50 a.m.

He had the usual breakfast, the usual examination, the usual last-minute (Continued on 12 Col. 1) Today's News Index Arizona Supreme Court to hold session in Tucson, IB White House report urges curbs on use of pesticides, 8C Government engineer says he never suspected faked road reports, IB Sabino Canyon car checks are paying off and will be continued, 10A Renovation of border area by Sonorans moving at brisk pace, IB Funeral announcements, 3D the great flight should end at (4:30 Tucson time) Thursday. Americans Not Expected To See Faith 7 CAPE CANAVERAL, May 15 UP) Chances of anyone In North America seeing astronaut Gordon Cooper's Faith 7 spacecraft as it circles overhead are very remote. Only one U.S. manned spacecraft has been spotted from the ground.

That was Walter Schirra's Sigma 7 ve- hide which was spotted briefly by tracking ship I crewmen who knew pre- cisely where to point a -high-powered telescope. They were helped by sunlight reflecting off the craft during a sunset over the Indian Ocean. Below Astronaut, It's, Day, Night, Spring, Autumn CAPE CANAVERAL, May 15 UP) If you have trouble remembering what day of the week it is, consider astronaut Gordon Cooper's dilemma. Approximately every 45 minutes he passes from daylight to darkness and 45 minutes later back to day light again as his Faith spacecraft swoops around and around the globe. mat means ne will pass through 22 sunsets and sunrises if he completes his full 34-hour mission.

Adding to the confusion Cooper crosses the Interna tional Date Line in the Pacific once each orbit. The flier swept from Wednesday to Thursday and then back to Wednesday again. He also goes from spring in the United States to autumn in Australia and back to spring. Clash In The Congo ELISABETH I The Congo, May 15 UP) U.N. troops were called out Tues day night to break up a clash between Congolese soldiers and Africans in which three African civilians were killed.

Announcing the action Wednesday, the U.N. com mand said one Indonesian soldier was hit in the leg by a stray bullet. The incident occurred in -Jadotville, 80 miles north of Elisabethville. the financial structure of the association. Ruled the court: "This position is not sustained by the facts or law.

An entry noting the deposit of a check drawn on insufficient funds is not a false entry. In fact, failure to record timely the receipt of such a check might well constitute a violation of the statute." The opinion said the indict ment charged a false deposit and that there was no false deposit. The court then rea soned that if the evidence cannot sustain a false entry charge it cannot support one of a false report. One Problem Unsolved: Balloon Won't Behave Duvalier Declares He Will Remain As Boss In Haiti gun, I haven got anything to talk about (much laughter). How's your H-2-0 separator lights working? Cooper Fine.

They're just beating their little hearts out in the transmitters. Shepard we're trying to pick a (television) picture now. You look pretty casual. Cooper Well, I am Shepard I still see that fly on your nose. Okay, Gordo, I guess you can cut your power down.

Cooper Roger. Shepard Frank says you can stop holding your breath anytime and use some oxygen if you like. Cooper Okay. Shepard All of our monitors down here are overjoyed. Everything looks beautiful.

Cooper Very good. Looks mighty good up here, too. can dependents to get out of the country last week. Duvalier insisted that foreigners of all nationalities will "continue to enjoy all guarantees for their safety under the protection of law." Duvalier said relations are eased at the moment. He denied any intention of heading his nation toward the Communist bloc and that he is receiving aid from any country in the Communist bloc.

(Dominican officials have accused Duvalier of playing both sides of the street with Communists and pro-Castro-ites in an effort to remain in power. Fidel Castro's Cuba is only 50 miles away from Haiti. (The Soviet news agency Tass accused the United States Wednesday of "surprisingly rude and outrageous actions" with regard "to its small southern ei Haiti." (The agency said that the United States "would like to remove at its own will the bankrupt President Duvalier" but fears "that as a result of the popular movement Duvalier may be replaced by people upholding the genuine national interests of their High Court Frees Heron And Convictions Of Lee Pair Overruled CAPE CANAVERAL, May 15 UP) Astronauts can rocket into orbit and manage their complex space machines, but they have a heck of a time blowing up a balloon. During astronaut Gordon Cooper's sixth orbit Wednesday he tried unsuccessfully to release a folded balloon from the neck of his capsule. A small explosive squid designed to kick it loose failed to ignite when Cooper pushed a switch.

Arizona student body vice president, was given suspended sentences and placed on probation. Heron was president, director and majority stockholder in the association and Lee secretary and a directoi. Closed by the state in 1959, the firm has since been reorganized and is operating as Greater Arizona Savings and Loan Assn. The men were convicted in February of last year on one conspiracy count and four charges of making false entries on association books. Release on the conspiracy count was based on the PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, May 15 UP) President Francois Duvalier gathered a score of American correspondents in his ornate white palace Wednesday and told them emphatically: "Haiti will continue under my administration." As followers of the 56-year-old Haitian strongman set up a din of sirens, horns and bugles outside, Duvalier appealed for better relations with the United States.

He spoke acidly of "shortcomings of certain men" in the United States "who should have directed their efforts toward understanding Haiti and its people." The appearance of the grey-haired Duvalier surrounded by his cabinet ministers seemed intended to dispel reports abroad that he was getting ready to flee in the climax of a crisis over his continued rule. Duvalier's constitutional term of office expired Wednesday but he declared himself re-elected for six more years after a rigged ballot two years ago. His enemies have marked him for assassination. Aa Investigation committee of the Organization of American States (OAS) is due here Thursday to inquire further court's rejection of the false entry charges. The state said Heron drew a series of checks on companies he controlled and deported them with the association shortly before Dec.

31, 1956, then withdrew the same money after the new year began. The conspiracy count stemmed from the Dec. 31, 1956, statement by the association to the superintendent of banks. The state said the association entries based on the checks was false because they created a false image of PHOENLX, May 15 UP) James R. Heron and Chuck O.

Lee were freed from felony convictions Wednesday by the Arizona Supreme Court. The high court unanimously ordered Superior Court Judge Warren McCarthy to enter judgments of innocent to five counts stemmiiif. from their operation of the defunct Arizona Savings and Loan Assn. Heron, a onetime Arizona Highway Commission member, had been sentenced to 3 to 5 years in the state prison. He has been free under $7,500 bond.

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