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All-Rookie Crew Doesn't Bother Skylab Commander control. They made a safe emergency landing in the Pacific Ocean. Both astronauts went on to command moon landing missions. Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon during Apollo 11 in 1969. Scott two years later became the first man to drive on the moon during Apollo 15.

CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. (APi When the Skylab 3 rocket lifts off Saturday, it will carry the first all-rookie American space crew since Gemini 8 in W. But the absence of a seasoned space traveler doesn't bother Skylab 3 commander Gerald P. Carr, whose crew faces a record 85-day mission.

"I've always felt that there's no substitute for experience and I have no doubt that we're going to wish on occasion that we had a space veteran up there with us," Carr said in an interview. "But I'm certain we can carry out the job. I think the space program has matured to the point where previous experience is not necessarily mandatory as long as you can learn from those who pre-ceeded you and have proper training. "And I guess someone in NASA agrees with me," Carr said. "Otherwise we wouldn't be flying." He said he and crewmates and don't have the experience to understand right now.

But I doesn't see anything major." Two veteran space pilots, Charles Conrad Jr. and Alan L. Bean, both previous moonwal-kers, commanded the first two Skylab crews. Their experience proved especially valuable in Skylab repair jobs. Carr, Pogue and Gibson continued their extensive training Monday at the Johnson Space Center, Houston, Tex.

They'll fly to Cape Canaveral Wednesday to make final preparations for lifting off Saturday on man's third and final visit to the Skylab laboratory. Launch of the Saturn IB rocket is set William R. Pogue and Edward G. Gibson have discussed all aspects of their flight with the Skylab 1 and 2 astronauts, who spent 28 and 59 days, respectively, aboard the orbiting sta-; tioa. "We closeted ourselves with them and talked about every minute detail," Carr reported.

"I've been in on every crew debriefing since early Apollo. So you gain experience there. "But I think it would be awfully naive to think we can go up there and not expect any problems caused by inexperience," he said. "I think we'll have to adjust to certain things that we don't understand for 11:40 a.m., EST. For the record, just how did the last all-rookie crew perform? Gemini 8 astronauts Neil A.

Armstrong and David R. Scott executed the first docking of a manned vehicle in space, linking up with an unmanned Ag-ena satellite on March 16, 1966. But shortly afterwards, a jet thruster on the Gemini craft stuck open and sent them tumbling out of control. Armstrong and Scott were within seconds of blacking out and possible death when their flying skill enabled them to disengage from the Agena and bring their spaceship under MASSAGE FOR ASTHMA ATHENS In the 1st century A.D. Greek physician Aretaeus recommended massage for the treatment of muscle strain, melancholia, asthma, headache, vertigo, epilepsy and stomach disorders.

SW EDEN'S TRAFFIC SAFER STOCKHOLM Traffic deaths in Sweden in 1972 totaled 944. the lowest figure since the end of the 1950s. In 1971 well over 1.000 died in traffic mi-shaps. SO November 107 Gallup Poll Nixon Rating Hits New Low By (IKORGE AI.Ll I' PRINCETON'. N.

J. With the public reacting to fast-moving events. President Nixon's popularity has declined to a new point in the latest nationwide survey. A key factor is Nixon's firing of special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox and the subsequent resignation of Atty. Gen.

Elliot Richardson followed by the firing of Depuiy Atty. Gen. William Ruekelshaus. Only about ie person in four 27 per cent --in this late October survey approve of the way Nixon is handling his duties as chief executive. In contast, tW per cent express disapproval while 13 per cent are undecided in their views.

In the previous learly Octoberj poll, 30 per cent approved of Nixon's performance in office. Interviewing for the current survey was conducted Friday, Oct. 19, through Monday, Oct. 22. Three-quarters of the field work was conducied before news of Cox's firing late Saturday.

The results showed Nixon's popularity to be at about the same level as found in the previous poll, with three persons in 10 (31 per cent) expressing approval. Interviewing conducted after this news, however, showed only about one person in six (17 per cent) expressing approval of Nixon's performance in office. The decline in Nixon's popularity rating registered during Uie weekend tested was accompanied by an uptrend in the percentage of people who felt he should be impeached and compelled to leave the presidency. One-third (33 per cent) favored such a course of action, while 52 per cent were opposed and 15 per cent did not express an opinion. As in the case of Nixon's popularity rating, there is a sharp difference between the findings based on interviewing conducted before Cox's firing and interviewing conducted after his firing.

Interviewing taken before dismissal showed three in 10 in favor of compelling Nixon to leave office, while interviewing conducted afterwards showed the figure climbing to more than four in 10 (45 per cent). However, the percentage who favor removing Nixon from office declined to 28 per cent following the announcement he would release the White House tapes, the agreement reached with the Russians to police the Middle East ceasefire, and his press conference on Oct. 26. Public confidence in the Nixon administration, however, did not correspondingly increase, judging by a nationwide telephone survey conducted immediately after Nixon's press conference. The current popularity rating of 27 per cent represents a drop of 41 percentage points in approval from the President's high point of 68 per cent recorded in a survey taken following the Vietnam peace settlement in January.

The trend in approval since January has been relentlessly downward except for a slight momentary rise in August, following Nixon's long-awaited speech on Watergate. The President's current rating is only four points above the lowest presidential popularity rating recorded in more than three decades, which was the 23 per cent approval rating given President Harry S. Truman in late 1951, during a period of widespread pessimism over the Korean war. Following is the question asked about the incumbent President since the Roosevelt years: "Do you approve or disapprove of the way Nixon is handling his job as President?" Here are the national findings, based on the total sample lie Cro md Blrne Shield IT 1 Wo in me wm raectoe far amiy ireasonio During this limited period of open enrollment, you and your family are eligible for South Carolina's most popular health care coverage No medical exam No questions asked No limit on family size with the trend since early August: No Approve Disapprove Opinion Oct. 19-22 27ro 60ro 13 Oct.

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