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12 ALTON, SATURDAY. JANUARY 27, 1962 16 PAGES Per Copy Member of The Associated Prest. U.S. Moon Shot Will Miss Goal By OtARLtiS MAHER GOLDSTONE TRACKING STATION, Calif. (AP) The camera- carrying Ranger 3 spacecraft, fired toward the moon Friday from Florida, was headed instead for open space today but may still get valuable pictures of the lunar surface.

Scientists at this desert tracking station commanded the space craft by radio this morning to increase speed and to adjust its course slightly. It was hoped these adjustments would put the Ranger in position to begin photographing the previously unphotographed left side of the moon late Sunday morning. The Ranger is expected to miss the moon by about 25,000 miles, but project officials say useful photographs may be obtained at this distance. Scientists said it would be hours before they would know the effect of their radio commands on the vehicle. The speed was increased so that the Ranger will cross the moon's orbital path while in Goldstone's line of sight.

Goldstone is the only tracking station capable of issuing commands to the wayward spacecraft. Changes Speed The change of speed and direction was achieved by igniting a small midcourse rocket engine aboard the craft. When the maneuver command was given, Ranger 3 was 100,398 statute miles from earth and its speed 5,418 miles per hour. It had been losing speed gradually because of the earth's gravitational pull. The Ranger 3 was fired into orbit around the earth Friday from this rocket base.

Then rockets were restarted to yank the moon- ship out of orbit and boost it up to escape velocity, 24,500 miles per hour, heading it toward the moon. The rocket engines gave the moon ship too great a shove, which meant it would reach its intended rendezvous point with the moon 11 to 16 hours before the moon got there. The moon ship would go hurtling onward into space and into orbit around the sun. The craft carried panels of solar cells, extended like wings, to capture the sun's light and convert it into electric power. In its nose it carried a moonquake recorder.

Scientists would have liked to land this on the moon for 30 days of reports on meteroite impacts and possible tremors in the moon's mass. This is out now. Other Experiments But two other experiments can still be useful. Telescopic television cameras in the moon ship may still take and relay to earth pictures of the moon's surface. Another device for measuring high-energy rays, emitted by materials in the lunar surface, might still obtain important data on whether moon rocks are similar to earth rocks, or are more like meteorites.

Information like this could bear on the origin of the moon itself. The picture of the lunar surface would not be the first. The Soviet Lunik III took pictures of the previously unseen back side of the moon fro ma distance of 37,000 miles. In spite of missing the moon, the Ranger 3 moon ship was not without success. Engineers planned to test the maneuvering equipment aboard the spacecraft by commanding it by radio to make certain position changes while it hurtles through space.

The gold and silver-plated moonship was to have covered the distance to its rendezvous point in 66 hours. This distance is about 237,000 miles. As the craft plunged toward the lunar surface, television cameras were to have flashed a picture every 13 seconds to earth pictures in all which would have shown objects as small as 12-feet in diameter under best conditions. Charter Issued For Palatine Bank SPRINGFIELD, 111. (AP)-The State Department of Financial Institutions has issued a charter for organization of the First State Bank of Palatine.

The department said Friday the bank will have an initial capitalization ol $500,000. William W. Heise of Elgin was named president and William W. Heise Jr. of Palatine vice president.

Hie bank will be at 35 N. Brockway St. DATA AT THE DAM temperature twKv high low River Precipitation dam atT 24 8 a.m, POP! 33.3. o.l COOL HUG ST. PAUL, Williams (left), Mobile, and Susan Swift, St.

Petersburg, decked out in the best winter fashion, cuddle up close to animal ice caning in downtown St. Paul, today, as they take part in the opening of the Winter Carnival. They are among some of the visiting ueens taking part in the festivities, usan said she went swimming yesterday in Florida in 85-degree temperatures. The temperature in St. Paul was freezing.

(AP Wirephoto) To Make Preliminary Study Of Fire Protection Problems A consultant from the National Board of Fire Underwriters is due here Feb. 6 to make a preliminary study of the city's fire protection problems, City Manager Graham W. Watt announced today. He is Henry Thomas, retired chief of the Hartford fire department. Thomas is coming here, said Watt, following discussion by the city manager with the National Board of Fire IMlenvriters in Boston.

He is not coming, however, said Watt, as the consultant the City Council, about. hiring to survey the city's fire department and make recommendations as to its improvements, following resignation of former Fire Chief Richard Houren. "He is coming here more for a look-see to determine if he can make any preliminary suggestions as to the method of proceeding from this point," said Watt. "We hope it will develop so he svould be willing to do the full consultation job we want done," he added. Commenting on the Marshfield, newspaper clippings whose contents about Houren local firemen disclosed today, Watt said he had not seen them, though he understood they had.

been shown. to all members of the City Council by the firemen. Says Successor to Houren In Wisconsin Doing Well A fire chief and assistant chief, appointed from within the Marshfield, fire department after Richard G. Houren's resignation in 1952, are still holding those positions and doing excellent jobs of running the fire department, Ken Olstinski, city editor of the Marshfield News-Herald, told the Telegraph this morning. Clippings from the News-Herald indicate that Houren resigned from the Marshfield fire department under much the same conditions as led to his resignation 15, 1961, after only 10 days as chief of the Alton fire department.

Olstinski described Houren as a colorful fi- 'a character, gure. Tied for High Score Olstinski told the Telegraph that after Houren left the Marshfield fire department, the five-man board of police and fire commissioners who had selected him from a field of applicants for the job, conducted examinations within the department for the purpose of selecting a new chief and assistant chief. He said the two men named had been the second and third ranking men under Houren. They tied for high score on the examination. Olstinski said "I've no reason to doubt that he knows his business, but he seems to have difficulty getting along with his men." He said Houren had "bad relations" with the members of the fire department in Marshfield, but in the slightly more than two years he served as chief of the department he did a lot of good work in improving fire safety practices in Marshfield.

Newspaper Clippings The query to the Marshfield newspaper followed announcement by Gene Elmendorf, president of the Alton Firefighters Local 1255, that he had received several clippings of stories from the News-Herald describing Houren's resignation from the Marshfield department in 1952, under circumstances similar to those under which he resigned from the Alton fire chief's post. Instead of a taped radio interview with the city council, however, as a medium for his complaints about treatment at the hands of the firemen, the Marshfield paper published a letter from Houren to the commission giving the reasons lor his resignation. "We hesitated to bring Uiis right now," commented Elmendorf Friday in showing the clippings to the Telegraph. "I feel the affairs of the department have set tied down now, "However, 1 do feel that the item should be of interest to Alton's public." Elmendorf said he wasn't sure which way the disclosure would reflect on the fire department. Discipline, Training Involved at Marshfield were Houren's program of tightening up discipline in the department, providing training courses, improving maintenance of equipment the same factors he had set in motion here.

The closing paragraph in Houren's Marshfield letter of resignation said: "In conclusion, may I say that I no longer desire to work under the constant antagonism and the efforts of pressure groups and their false statements and vicious slander, to say nothing of the interference of the aldermen in the operation of the department, who consider a man not for his ability, but as a means of controlling votes. Such conditions make it impossible for me to continue to do by duty sincerely and for the best interests of the taxpayers and I consequently tender my resignation, effective July, 1952." Feeling of Antagonism He related how: "On 1 December 1949 I took over the duties of chief fire engineer for Marshfield and was immediately aware of the feeling of antagonism of the men on the department." He added: "Looking over the equipment, I asked how often it was cleaned. The answer was once a week, if it needs it or not' this was quite obvious. I was escorted to the second floor and found it in extremely deplorable condition. The lavatory and the kitchen were separated by only a partial partition.

The table at which the men ate was covered with a ragged oilcloth and dishes and pans were in a sad state ol neglect. The bunk room had a pool table in the middle and the beds were in all directions in the room. My predecessor had been buying foot disinfectant by the gallon to protect the men. It WAS apparent that his was necessary due to the condition of the floor." Another clipping indicated the Central Labor Union had expressed its endorsement for the firemen. Councilman Jerome Springman, in particular, said Watt, had written to Marshfield and inquired, and ha'd received back a letter complimentary to the results Houren had achieved with the fire department there.

Watt said he had made it a point to make direct inquiries, himself, to many references of past employers of Houren's before selecting him for the fire chief's job. He had inquired of employers both before and since the Marshfield experience, but had not made an intensive inquiry at Marshfield, which would have Houren's experience there. Rain Hits Wide Areas Of Nation By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Rain and drizzle continued to soak wide areas of the nation today, turning the winter's snow accumulation to slush and swelling rivers with heavy runoff. Drenching rains in north-central Indiana swelled streams and sent (he Wabash River over its banks in Montezuma. Schools closed in Lebanon when a flash flood threatened 100 homes.

Roads were flooded near Lima, Ohio, soaked by two inches. Heavy runoff on the frozen ground created an ice jam on the Auglaize River. A school in Spencerville was flooded. About 250 residents of Eastlake land, were routed by the Chagrin River, which was flowing at up to nine feet above normal, More than 100 barges broke from moorings on the Ohio River near Cairo, 111,, as the river rose two feet. P.

Zerwekh, 69, Dies in Riverside Paul W. Zenvekh. former Alton city attorney and 'former Madison County assistant state's attorney, died Friday at 111., according to word received by friends here. He was 69. The death of Mr.

Zerwekh occurred on the 50m anniversary of his graduation from Alton High School. His name was listed in the 50 Veal's Ago column of Friday's Telegraph as president of Ills class. When the 50th anniversary reunion of 1912 graduates of Alton High school was held last June Mr. Zenvekh was unable to attend because of illness, it was recalled by friends today. A son of the late Mr.

and Mrs. William Zenvekh, he attended the Alton schools and at Alton High was an outstanding athlete. He was captain of the football team in 1911, which achieved high standing. He also was a basketball star, and was widely known as a swimmer. He took part in the 20-mile river swim sponsored annually by Missouri Athletic Club of St.

Louis. He was known as "Peezee" (P.Z.) in sports. Following his graduation from Alton High, he attended University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and received his law degree. He was an officer in the army during World War and was a charter member of Alton Post of the American Legion, which he served as adjutant. Mr.

Zerwekh had been an attorney for the veterans administration since leaving Alton in 1926. He had resided at Springfield, Little Rock, and in St. Louis, before moving to Riverside 11 years ago. Surviving are his widow, the former Miss Helen Holl of Alton, two daughters, Mrs. Sally Roseberry, California, and Jane, Riverside; a sister; a half-brother and a half-sister.

The body will be brought to Alton for funeral services and burial and upon arrival here will be taken to Morrow-Quinn Mortuary where friends may call after 4 p.m., Sunday. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 10 a.m. in the Mortuary by the Rev. Cortley Burroughs, pastor of First Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Alton Cemetery.

lenn's Space Flight Delayed to Next Week Weather Causes Postponement By HOWARD BKNKDICT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) The long- awaited, 'round-the-world space flight of astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. was postponed again time because of weather and President Kennedy expressed disappointment that, was shared by all Americans. The weather outlook (or the KOI Glenn unstrapped, and he FLIGHT POSTPONED next two days was reported unfavorable.

Indicating the flight may bo delayed until early next week. Probably no onr was more unhappy than the sturdy, NxS-pound Glenn, a Marine lieutenant colonel. During hours of waiting in the cramped confinement of his spaco capsule, wailing for. the roar of Atlas racket engines that would hurl him into space, he was ported in good spirits and anxious only to gel on with his historic mission. A heavy cloud cover over the launching would have made it Impossible to track the rocket visually in critical early stages of the officials to call a postponement at 9:10 a.m.

for at least 24 hours. Reports to White House CAPE CANAVERAL, John H. Glenn Jr. puts band to head on llth deck of gantry tower shortly after he was taken from his capsule, 1 Friendship 7. Bad weather postponed his attempt to orbit the earth on a shot from Cape Canaveral, today.

(NASA Photo via AP Wirephoto.) Grade Crossing at W. Sixth Approved In an order of the Illinois Commerce Commission, issued Friday, permission has been granted for establishing a grade crossing the of the Railroad for. the extension and paving of W. 6th Street between Piasa and Belle. TODAY'S CHUCKLE How come the television hero can always find a parking space in front of the bank, the supermarket and the post office? 1062, General Features Corp.) A copy of the order was received today by Alton Public Works Director Thomas F.

Griffin, who said it is hoped construction of the improvement a motor 1 fuel tax project may be put under way early next summer. The order of the state corn- provides: Permission lor the extension of W. 6th at grade across the Reflector-type "crossbuck" warning signs to be installed and maintained. Restriction to a speed not exceeding 10 miles an hour by any trains passing the crossing. merce body, based on a hearing And ratification of an agree- given the city's petition lastj lllen entered inlo between the Nov.

17, at svhich both ty amj the Railroad Railroad and the Division of Highways were represented, Remains of Snow and Ice Melting Under Sun Today Last of the snow and ice throughout, the city began to. vanish today under the sun. A drizzling, sporadic rain Thursday and Friday had removed a large part, of the 20-day accumulation, but the sun was needed for the final touch. Drizzle and fog introduced the annual January thaw that started Wednesday, when the temperature rose to 42. This was the first daily maximum above freezing since Jan.

5. Friday's rain measured one- tenth of an inch at Alton dam. it brought to 3.27 inches the pre- cipitation mostly from snow far this month. The figure is almost an inch over normal precipitation for January. The only souvenirs remaining this morning of the two feet of snow that fell from Jan.

6 through Jan. 20 were mounds of ice where snow had been piled off traffic lanes and parking lots. Snow stayed 20 days in some places during the abnormal mid- January cold wave. The average mean temperature for the first 25 days of this month is 23 degrees, which compares with an average mean of 32 degrees for January last year. UMBRELLAS THE R41N9 No, traffic the left two crete, at Plasa and Front, but the of which were dlijilaced by ice of recent others will have to be re-set.

(staff days from their anchorage In the Photo. prior to the application for the grade crossing permit. Under the agreement between the railroad and the city, the gives the city a right-of- way for the street extension through its freight yard tract, and agrees to the removal of several spur tracks to the south of the main line set. for the street extension. Removal of the freight yard tracts south ol the new street is expected to open the way whereby a parking lot may be established in part of the railroad yards hy subsequent agreement with the Under the MPT project shaped to carry out the street extension, a concrete pavement, 44 feet wide, is to be provided.

Plans of the city's engineers, Morgan, Sheppard Suhwaab. for the pavement are virtually completed, said Griffin. After initial review of the plans the Division of Highways suggested some minor revisions. These now are being made, and the finished plans and documents are to go back to the highway! department next week with request for final approval. The City Council recently made a supplementary appropriation for the paving work, and its resolution has also been decision was announced, 0.

B. Lloyd, information officer for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, telephoned White louse press secretary Pierre Sal- nger at Palm Beach, Fla. Salinger immediately called the President, who had been watching preparations for the firing on television. He said Kennedy expressed his disappointment. In Arlington, Glenn's wife also was "disappointed but look ing forward to the next shot." However, there was no officia word from the NASA on when thi flight would be rescheduled.

A weather advisory at 10 a.m said: "Although good weather still prevails in the recovery areas, a layer of clouds 7,000 feet high spread over central Florida during the night and early morning, rhcre are some breaks in the clouds but officials felt this is not sufficient for adequate camera coverage of the Mercury Atlas vehicle in flight." "The weather outlook is unfavorable for at least two more days, primarily because of strong wind and rough seas in the west- urn Atlantic." Smiling inally a broad 10:25 a.m., five hours, .1 minutes after hn had entered 10 craft. NASA announced a briefing vould bo held for newsmen at 2 A report could come at that ime on when the ni-xt firing ffort will made. Glenn was taken clown from the and returned to his special 'ready room" quarters in Hangar about four miles from the aunching pad. There was no immediate com- nent from Glenn on the postponement. He had left Hangar at :46 a.m.

after a tinal physical 'xamination and breakfast. He ntered the capsule at 5:12 a.m. or a scheduled 7:30 launching. Two minor problems delayed the launch past the scheduled ime and while technicians were one of them tho clouds moved over the Cape and com- pletrly obscured what had been clear skies earlier. The postponement thwarted for at least a day America's effort hurl a man into orbit to match he feat accomplished last year jy the Russian cosmonauts Gherman Titov and Yuri Gagarin.

5th Postponement Two U.S. astronauts, Alan B. Shepard and Virgil I. Grissom, were rocketed on two la-minute suborbital flights in 1961. Both these launches also were delayed by weather, each for three days.

Today's postponement was the fifth for Glenn's flight. Originally scheduled for last Dec. 20, when officials felt there was a chance of achieving manned orbit 1961, it was put off until Jan. :6 when pressure began mounting on the launch crews. Then technical problems with he Atlas and capsule caused hree subsequent short delays.

The postponement was a bitter lisappoiniment to the hundreds of engineers and scien- ists involved in the project. A recovery fleet of 24 ships and 60 planes strung out across the Atlantic Ocean from the Cape to he west coast of Africa will remain on station until the launch- Technicians opened the ing is tried again. ACBG Asks List of Charges Against Watt Alton citizens are entitled to know what are the specific charges against City Manager Graham W. Watt, according to a statement issued today by directors of the Alton Citizens for Better Government. "Through constant harassment for personal political reasons, Alton is faced with me loss of the services of an outstanding and extremely capable city n.anuger.

1 the ACBG statement declared. "Graham W. Watt has given Alton devoted service for over (our years, long hours of hard work a $2.5 million budget and over $7 million sewer bonds to sell must have a fully qualified administrative head." The statement concluded with, "Great advancement has been madn in the past few years and we are firmly convinced that Alton will continue to make the most progress in the future under council-manager government" Watt's resignation, effective March 31, was submitted last Tuesday. A public hearing on it was set for Feb. 12, at 7:30 p.m., by the Council a.s a committee-of- and excellent administrative lead-1 the-whole in session at City Hall.

ership. "The City Council under state law has the power to hire or fire a city manager but likewise has the responsibility to act in submitted for state approval. I the best interests of those it rep- Prime object of the W. 6th extension is to afford better vehicle access to and from the central business district of the city. Electrical Line Pylons Dynamited PARIS pylons supporting high-tension electricity lines were dynamited today, causing a brief cut in electric current to many sections of Paris.

Police said it was clearly a case of sabotage. The two pylons are located near the village of Vlllejust, in the region of Versailles. Police expressed no theories about the origin cf the blasts but in the past, most such dynamit- ings have been laid to the right- wing secret army, which is fighting rear-guard action against government plans to give Algeria Independence. resents." the statement continued. "We believe the citizens of Alton a IT entitled to and deserv forthright answers to these (ions: "1.

What are the specifir charge's against Mr. Watt? Has he not enforced all ordinances and laws fairly and equitably? A city manager of Mr. Watt's caliber should not be forced to resign because of rumors, closed door conferences or personality clashes. "2. Why was Mr.

Watt not asked to resign prior to the recent sewer bond election? Was It because his skill and expert knowledge were needed to instill voter confidence? Would the voters have approved the sewer had they known Mr. Watt would be forced to resign a month later? "3. Whut are being made to secure an equally qualified successor il Mr. Watt's resignation is accepted? A city with To date, the main charge against Watt, according to one councilman, is that Watt and Mayor P. W.

Day had "personal differences." Other objections aimed at Wutt involve hiring out-of-town personnel. Watt, 35. has been Alton's first manager. He assumed his duties Jan. 15, 1958.

He has not publicly entered into the political hassle in the council, which appears divided 3-2 against him. The ACBG, a citizens group dedicated to participation in municipal attars, was organized about five years ago will) a first purpose of promoting council- manager government in Alton while the city stiil had the aldermanic form. The political fortunes ol the ACBG were at low ebb last spring when it split with Mayor P. W. Day.

who was subsequently elected, as were Coi'ndlmen James L. Allen and Paul Russell. The three have indicated they will accept Watt's resignation when It comes up for a vote. The two councilmen are known to have suggested that Watt resign, to make unnecessary a vote in Council to dismiss hun..