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Page Three New Apollo Chief Facing Serious Manpower Problem WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, WELLSVILLE, NEW YORK Monday, August 25, 1969 By HOWARD BENEDICT AP Aerospace Writer CAPE KENNEDY, Pla. (AP) The veteran rocketman who will guide the Apollo program into its exploration of the moon says one of his biggest tasks will be to maintain a standard of excellence despite the loss of thousands of workers. "To keep a high level of performance, we're going to have to put out that extra drive," said Rocco A. Petrone, named Friday as the new program director of the Apollo project. He succeeds Lt.

Gen. Samuel C. Phillips, who returns to the Air Force Sept. 1 to take command of the Space and Missile Systems Organization. "Some persons looked at the Apollo 11 landing as the ultimate goal," Petrone, 43, said in an interview.

"But with one landing we have not sailed on this new ocean of space. We have hit only one shore. We must visit many others to make it a true exploration." Petrone has been director of launch operations at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for three years and was launch director for the five manned Apollo flights that culminating in the Apollo 11 moon-landing mission. Phillips is one of several key Apollo personnel who have left the program since the landing. Some have shifted to industry and others to work on future man-in-space projects such as development of space stations and low-cost space shuttle vehicles.

With the Apollo launch schedule reduced from one every two months to one every four or five months, about 15,000 of the nation's 190,000 space workers will be laid off in the next year. Employment in the program reached a peak of 420,000 in 1966. "Naturally, I'm concerned," Petrone said. "But we have dedicated people and I'm certain we can maintain the same discipline, quality and performance that we've seen in the last two years. With Apollo 11 we proved that men can go to the moon and work there," Petrone said.

"Now we will begin to explore the moon." The United States has the hardware and money for nine more manned moon landings in the next three years. -Petrone is known as a stern disciplinarian who has run the 450-manlaunch control center here with a firm hand. He was born in Amsterdam, N.Y., and was graduated in 1946 from the U.S. Military Academy, where he played on the football teams with Ail-Americans Felix "Doc" Blanchard and Glenn Davis. Petrone's career in rocketry began in 1952 at the Army's Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala.

He was in a Cape Canaveral blockhouse when the first first bal- CROSSWORD PUZZLE listic fired in 1953. Petrone came to NASA at Cape Kennedy in 1960 as a Saturn project officer on loan from the Army. He retired from the Army in 1966 and was named director of launch operations. Named to fill the launch director post was Petrone's deputy, Walter Kapryan, 49, who helped develop all three of America's manned space ships Gemini and Apollo. Agway Manager Attends Institute ALFRED Raymond J.

Simons, 52 Cameron manager of the Wellsville Agway, was among the 40 persons who attended the third in a series of six institutes on Manpower Management recently at Alfred Ag-Tech. The third institute was oni leadership and human relations, covering such topics as philosophy of leadership for modern managers; leadership and the directing function; behavior as outgrowth of frame of reference; the part emotions play; recognition and appreciation; nature of morale; and principles of, motivation. Another phase of the institute was personal skill development in listening, with special attention focusing on the development of good listening habits. The Manpower Management series is designed to enable supervisors to make more effective use of manpower by acquiring a better insight and appreciation of human factors involved in industrial problems, according to Francis P. Hogan, director of conferences at Alfred State College.

3 Positions Filled By School Board ALFRED Alfred-Almond Central School has completed its faculty for the coming year with the appointment of three new teachers. Jean Granger, a resident of Almond, was hired to take the place of Robert Torrey, a senior high school social studies teacher who died unexpectedly last week. Hired to teach art was Maryanne Reefer, who lives in the Hornell area. She replaces Phelan who was Irafted. Timothy Jarvis of Buffalo is the new industrial arts teacher, hired to replace Don Gerace, who resigned last month.

The Alfred-Almond Faculty Association will hold its annual chicken barbecue for all staff members Sept. 2. A majority of American marine producers 'expect an increase during 1969 in premium volume for import cargo insurance, according to a nationwide survey by Marine Office of America. At present, foreign in- now control 70 per cent of this insurance. Youth Is Giving Away Good Bills CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind.

(AP) A young man described as "college age, nice looking and well dressed" has been passing out $1 and $5 bills here with no strings attached. The youthful philanthropist, who refuses to identify himself, said, "I just feel good and that's why I'm doing it." He thrusts the money into the hands of people and quickly disappears, then returns later to give away more money. Local banks and police say the money is legitimate. ATTEND SCHOOL OF POLITICS Six Allegany County students participated in the 5th annual Teenage Republican School of Politics (TARS) at Siena College, Albany. Greeted by Charles T.

Lanigan, GOP state chairman, are (back row, 1 to r) Peter Shields, Steven Stout and John Peterson, all of Wellsville; and (front) Laurel Grastorf of Belmont; and Deborah Walpole and Kathy McEnroe, both of Wellsville. California To Update Laws On Divorce Cases 'Knights' Might Accept Ladies Antique Craft Flies No More Loretta Shedding Long-Gone Spouse LOS ANGELES (AP) Actress Loretta Young, who says she held off divorce plans for years in the hope of a reconciliation, has ended her 29 29-year marriage to Thomas H. A. Lewis. 65, an advertising executive-television producer, and the 56-year-old actress had lived apart 13 years.

Miss Young was awarded the divorce Wednesday in Superior Court. She charged her husband with desertion and mental cruelty and received token alimony of $1 a year. Lewis produced his Wife's television series in the 1950s. A property ettlement in late 1968 over possession of 103 of the films cleared the way for the divorce. The couple has three adult children.

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Dress edge 46. Notwithstanding 48. That man. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) A major overhaul of California's divorce some say would make divorce easier but others say would make it merely less is up to Gov.

Ronald Reagan, himself a divorced man. The proposal provides only two grounds for dissolving a marriage: a catch-all finding of irreconcilable differences, and incurable insanity. The law is designed to end bitter court battles which now often wind with divorced males becoming impoverished becuase they lose their property and pay unreasonable alimony and child support. Reagan was divorced by his first wife, actress Jane Wyman, in 1948, after Miss Wyman said politics came between them. She charged mental cruelty.

He later married starlet Nancy Davis, his present wife. Mental cruelty is one of many grounds for divorce that would be eliminated in the measure passed by the California Legislature this past month after several years of study. As4s his custom, Reagan has -declined to say if he would sign the bill. But he indicated earlier he favored divorce reform. A Reagan spokesman said the bill was being analyzed.

If Reagan signs, it becomes effective Jan. 1, 1970. Nearly one out of every two married couples in California end up in divorce court. A husband or wife now has to charge a partner with extreme cruelty most common willful neglect, habitual drunkenness, incurable insanity or conviction of a felony. The bill now on Reagan's desk would -eliminate this notion of fault-finding one part guilty or granting a divorce or distributing community property.

Instead, the only proof needed to end most marriages would bq hopeless disagreement between the partners. A couple's wealth would be divided substantially equally and alimony would be awarded primarily on the basis of need and the partners' ability to support themselves. Supporters say the law will end bitter court battles. NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) The Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus voted Thursday to study a proposal that women be admitted to the Roman Catholic fraternal society.

The action came at the final session of the 2.1 million member organization's annual meeting. The resolution authorized Supreme Knight John W. McDevitt to "appoint a commission which will be given the task of making a thorough study of the feasibility of qualified membership in the form of an auxiliary for the wives, daughters, mothers and sisters of members." A report is due in "the near future." PRYOR, Okla. (AP) Two aviation old-timers labored six hours on a recent 600 mile flight from Mayes County in eastern Oklahoma to Hale's Corner in southwestern Wisconsin. But only Herb Harkcom, a 39- year veteran of flying, came back.

The old-timer that remained behind was a 1927 Fairchild FC-2 airplane that Harkcom had rescued from a Missouri barn where chickens had used it for nesting. Harkcom's find, and a similar craft at the Smithsonian Institution, are the only ones of their kind still around. Harkcom, an American Airlines test pilot, has donated the $30,000 plane to the Experimental Association Air Education Museum at Hale's Corner. MYSTERY SALE MONDAY NIGHT 7 to 9 P.M. AUGUST 25th TWO HOU RS ONLY We've sale priced dozens of Hems for you just in time for Back to School.

Many items will give you savings of up to OFF! And for two hours only we have added many MYSTERY SPECIALS to save you even more. Use Your Marine Midland Card at Newsberrys, Wellsville NOTICE Meetings of the Village of Wellsville During the months of July and August, 1969, there will be only one Village Board Meeting each month. Meetings will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Trustees Room in the Municipal Building on the following dates: July 14, 1969 August 11, 1969 By Order of the Village Board. Worth Knowing We read about an idea thai actually reduced traffic violations by nearly one-third.

At a large military base, with more than 75,001 personnel, the command asked everyone to sign a safe driving pledge which would be in effect for several months. At the end of the period, every driver without an accident violation was eligible to enter a drawing for.winning substantial prizes. Incentives built our free enterprise system, so why should they not be equally successful when applied to our traffic problems? Your incentive to do business with us is long run savings, PLUS. Our purpose here and in business is to SERVE you! LISTER CHEVROLET INC. 81 S.

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