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Daily News Miner "America's Farthest North Daily Member of The Associated Press Vol.LXVIV 15cPef Copy FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 7,1971 20 NO. 186 Moon voyage of Apollo 15 ends with successful splash in Pacific ABOARD U.S.S. OKINAWA (AP) Apollo 15s three moon explorers splashed down in the North Pacific today, ending a 12-day voyage of discovery that could give scientists their best clues yet about the origin of the solar system. David R. Scott, James B.

Irwin and Alfred M. Worden brought back a rock collection that may include a piece of the original lunar crust, plus nearly two miles of film of the moon's surface. Their command ship Endeavour hit the water about 330 miles north of Hawaii after a blazing re-entry through the earth's atmosphere. During the re-entry, which started when the spaceship slammed into the atmosphere 76 miles high at 24,600 miles an hour, the tem- perature on the protective heat shield reached more than 4,000 degrees. The astronauts were to be taken by helicopter to the carrier Okinawa for a medical examination.

They are the first moon-landing crew exempted from quarantine and will not have to enter an isolation trailer on the ship. They were to fly off the car- rier to Hawaii Sunday, transferring to a plane for a trip back to the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston and a 5 p.m. ADT reunion with their families. The thickening atmosphere and parachutes slowed the speed of the spacecraft for a gentle touchdown in the Pacific. The splashdown ended man's fourth and most scientifically rewarding journey to the surface of the moon.

Earlier today, Scott, Irwin and Worden fired jet thrusters for 21 seconds to zero in on the landing target. "The burn was right on the money," Scott reported. "Roger, looked good to us," Mission Control replied. Without the jet burn, Mission Control calculated they would A WELCOME AFTER 38-DAY SURVIVAL ORDEAL--23-year-old Gary Anderson, center, breaks down weeping on mother's shoulder on his arrival at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Anderson, of Seattle, survived a plane crash in nigged Yukon wilderness then lived for 38 days on water and roots before being rescued Sunday.

At right, is his brother, Leigh. (AP Wirephoto) Seek speedy end to dock strike SAN FRANCISCO (AP) leaders are trying to speed up negotiations on local issues in the 5-week-old West Coast dock strike so coastwide talks can be resumed. Harry Bridges, president of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, said Friday in a letter to the Pacific Maritime Association that the coastwide bargaining committee would meet in about two weeks to review progress of local negotiations. In announcements distributed to locals on the West Coast, Bridges also urged union bargainers to "intensify local talks so coastwide negotiations can resume." No coastwide talks have been conducted since the walkout by 15,000 workers on July 1. The PMA, representing ship- owners, had no comment Friday on the letter.

Earlier it had said that reports of progress in local talks were misleading. Meanwhile, ships in 24 ports waited listlessly for an end to the walkout. Seatrain Lines said Friday that its plans to rush emergency supplies from Vancouver, B.C., to Hawaii, had been stymied by the union's last-minute refusal to cooperate. "We have gone to enormous extremes in arranging for Canadian cranes, customs clearance positioning equipment and personnel," said the firm's president, Frank D. Troxel, in Oakland.

Three Alaska state agencies issued a joint report that said continuation of the strike would cause layoffs in construction and seafood industries. The report also predicted that retail sales will plunge. In Portland, port director Ed Westerdahl said he talked with Longshore Local 8 about allowing some cargo to leave the docks but without success. Picketing longshoremen kept JH International Corp. of Chicago from picking up a cargo of Japanese china from a Portland warehouse Friday.

Nonunion truckers refused to load the 60,000 cases after police said they could not guarantee the workers' safety. Draft limit is uncertain Intermittent light rain ending this afternoon. Mostly cloudy and cooler tonight and Sunday. High today around 60 and low tonight in the upper 40s. High Sunday 55 to 60.

Probability of measurable precipitation 40 per cent this afternoon, 30 per cent tonight and 10 per cent on Sunday. The outlook for Monday is cooler. The highest temperature recorded on this date was 83 degrees in and the all-time tow was in 1948. Sunrise Sunday will be at 4:11 a.m. and Sunset at 9:41 p.m., for hours of sunlight, a loss of tight minutes.

By KNIGHT KIPLINGER Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON-Sen. Mike a D-Alaska, objected Thursday to any limitation on debate on the two-year draft extension bill, and vowed to filibuster when the Senate takes up the bill on Sept. 13, after the August recess. Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John Stennis, asked the Senate for unanimous consent to limit the debate to four or eight hours for each side.

a objection a adequate to open the bill to unlimited debate, which can only be stopped by a vote of two-thirds of the chamber. In a press conference this morning, the Alaska senator said the Pentagon is legally obligated to cut troop strength by 475,000 until the draft law is pasted. Gravel cited a little-known law that fixes U.S. troop strength 2.2 million. But the ceiling was suspended by the draft law of 1950, and has lot been in effect since.

The senator told reporters the expiration of the 1950 draft law five weeks ago makes the old ceiling once again binding. In a letter to Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, Gravel said yesterday he wants to know "what steps you plan to take to bring force levels into compliance with the law." The Alaska Democrat had earlier taken the Selective Service System to task for proceeding with plans for a draft lottery in the absence of authorizing legislation from Congress. Acknowledging that his call for a massive troop reduction will probably be ignored by the administration, Gravel said his drawing attention to the legal ceiling "will now develop a new dialogue on what our troop levels should be." If the Pentagon wants to a i a i troop strength at 475,000 soldiers above the present legal limit, he added, "Let them make a case to Congress for it." He said his pointing out the legal i i will create an "embarrassing situation" for the defense department. 'Hie senator said that since the expiration of the draft law June 30, "people realize now we can live without the draft." During debate on the draft bill yesterday, majority leader Sen. Mike Mansfield, said an eight-hour-per side limit on a 'would be "most reasonable," and sought to convince Gravel to remove his objection.

But Gravel persisted. Gravel said this morning that his planned filibuster has picked up strength due to Senate irritation that the draft bill conferees removed a provision calling for withdrawal of all troops from Indochina within nine months of passage, pending release of prisoners of war. The withdrawal, which passed the Senate but not the House, was introduced by Mansfield, who is bitterly disappointed that it was rejected in conference. have landed about 10 southwest of the bull's-eye. The main recovery ship, the helicopter carrier Okinawa, reported the weather outlook in the landing zone was perfect Television cameras wen ready to relay the landing and recovery around the world.

The astronauts hoped to match the pinpoint landing that Scott and Irwin achieved July 30 when they steered their lunar craft Falcon into Hadley Base at the Apennine Mountain front. As the 1.27-million-mUe journey neared an end, the astronauts held a news conference telecast to Mission Control Center on Friday. Answering questions prepared by newsmen at the Space Center, moonwaikers Scott and Irwin discussed what they believe Is a primeval rock they found near Hadley Base, praised the moon buggy that carted them about and assessed their findings. Worden told of his space walk 200,000 miles from home, his three days alone in moon orbit, his sighting of possible ancient lava flows, and joined with the others in giving personal impressions. As Scott and Irwin collected samples at the rim of Spur Crater on their second driving excursion Sunday, they spotted a small rock which prompted Scott to say: "I think we've found what we came for." Both believe the rock, because of its crystalline composition, could be original lunar soil, dating back 4.6 billion years to the creation of the solar system.

"I think this is one rock, if it is in fact the beginning of the moon, that will tell us an awful kit," the mission commander said. Each astronaut was asked for his most vivid impression of the flight. Scott: "I guess the most impressive moment I can remember was standing up on the Hadley Mountain, Hadley Delta, and looking back at the plain and seeing the lunar module and the rille and Mount Hadley and the whole big picture in one swoop." Worden: "One was right after lunar orbit insertion when we got our first look at the moon, and it was a fantastic, spectacular sight. And the other was when transearth injection (to start home) burned so beautifully. That was an awful good feeling." Irwin: "The one that was most impressive was the liftoff that began the flight and I knew that I was going into space after a few yean of waiting and training." Irwin mentioned one event he'd like to forget: "When I fell down in front of the TV when we were deploying the Rover." Scott and Irwin had many good words for their million moon buggy.

"It's a very stable vehicle, the suspension system is excellent," Scott said. "I think the only recommendation we would really have would be to come up with a new idea on a seat belt arrangement." Asked about a problem he had drilling into the surface, Scott replied: "I think the problem was a striking discovery. When we went to Hadley Rille we expected to find the regolity of the soil about five meters thick After about one meter I ran into hard rock." LOST BOY IS FOUND-Todd Colwatt, 10, don to mother, Eliabeth Colwiit, after being lost for 26 hours in Volcan Mountains 40 miles northeast of San Diego. Boy was scratched badly on arms and legs but pronounced in good condition otherwise. (APWirephoto) Operators tentatively okay new two-year RCA contract ANCHORAGE (AP)-Long i distance telephone operators and technicians tentatively approved a new two-year contract with RCA Alaska Communications, here early today.

The voice vote by members of the Anchorage local of the Teamsters Union came at a meeting called by negotiation leaders, who recommended approval of the pay agreement. The union's original goal was a one-year contract but a three- year pact was sought by RCA Alascom. Approval of the contract must still come from Teamsters locals in other cities with RCA Alascom long line facilities, but the Anchorage local represents slightly more than SO per cent of the statewide membership. Union and company representatives have been negotiating for several weeks with federal mediator Barney Toner. An observer at the meeting said the contract presented by union leaders and approved by members would set starting pay for new operators at 6.05 an hour, to be increased by the end of the first year to (4.30 per hour maximum.

Veteran operators would receive periodic increases to a maximum of 15.25 an hour at the end of the first year. The contract also contains provisions nuking pay increases for new operators retroactive to the date of hiring and retroactive for veteran operators to April 22, when the Teamsters was certified as bargaining agent. Technicians, who took a pay cut when RCA took over long distance communication from the Air Force, will receive retroactive pay to the date of the takeover in January. Technicians would receive periodic wage increases to raise pay from toe current If .41 an hour to 18.56 an hour maximum at the end of the first year. Pardue claims self defense in July 22 Elook shooting Clarence E.

Pardue, 59, charged with the second-degree murder of Jimmy Elook July 22, admitted yesterday at a preliminary hearing that he shot Elook but only after Elook had attacked him with a crowbar. Despite Pardue's claim of self defense, District Court Judge Mary Alice Miller ordered Pardue bound over to the Grand Jury on the second-degree murder charfe. The judge said because the crowbar was not found near the scene by police investigators there was doubt concerning Pardue's self-defense claim. Judge Miller did reduce bail to $5,000, which defense attorney David Backstrom felt was still too high for Pardue to meet. Drat.

AUy. Monroe Clayton rested his case upon the testimony of two police officers. One, Fairbanks Police Sft. James Adams, testified Pardue told him that he had shot Elook. Later in the hearing, Pardue himself admitted shooting Elook and gave further description.

Jet said under weight at takeoff WASHINGTON (AP) Pan American Airlines says a 747 jetliner that struck San Francisco International Airport landing lights on takeoff July 30 was 25 tons below its weight limit and not overweight as Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, 11- has charged. Kennedy said Friday he has information the plane was between 10 and 25 tons over- weight and on a runway loo short for its load. But Paul Hermuses, a Pan American spokesman, said the plane had a gross weight of 700,000 pounds, Including 310,000 pounds of fuel for the long flight to Tokyo.

The maximum allowed weight for the plane is 750,000 pounds, Hermuses said. Several passengers were Injured and the aircraft severely damaged when its undercarriage struck the runway lights. "Apparently the 191 passengers and 21 crew members were placed in dire and mor- a 1 a predictable-danger when the aircraft which had been loaded on the assumption it would take off on a foot runway, was diverted to a runway with only 8,400 feet of usable space," Kennedy said. He urged Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe to take personal responsibility the incident will not be repeated.

The National Transportation Safety Board will open hearings Aug. 17 on the accident. A board spokesman said the runway normally used by 747s was being repair- ed and a runway was used instead. He said other jumbo jets had used the runway but the Pan American jet carried the heaviest load that day. In San Francisco, an airport spokesman who declined to be identified saki the runway had 9,500 feet of available space of which only 8,400 was matter to me if they have long-dHanct telephones or not.

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