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7fN Vi I ruf lllf tiii ii II 1 1 i ii ii i itk'je-aV 4 J5 I Fna hy in Pacific Splashdown Saturn 5 rocket that boosted them into space Saturday is. to smash into the moon with prints there by a violent eruption of a pressurized fuel tank in their command ship yesterday. THEIR CONCENTRATION turned from moon-walks to conserving the vital spaceship consumables that must keep them alive until splashdown in the Pacific Ocean at 7:18 a.m. Friday. While they are looping the moon, the third stage of the hour for most of the journey, reducing the average hourly water consumption from five to 2.68 pounds.

The water is used for cooling the electronics and cabin oxygen as well as for drinking. The oxygen supply was more substantial. They had enough for 122 hours, a margin of 50 hours, barring unforeseen events. The astronauts moved around as little as possible to reduce their consumption. Oxygen was fed through an open connecting tunnel into the command cabin so the pilots could operate there.

With power reduced well below 17 amps per hour whenever possible, Mission Control officials said the ship's supply of 500 ampere hours of power should be sufficient but they admitted it Turn to Page A-3, Col. 1 SPACE CENTER, Houston AP Apollo 13's Astronauts, steered their crippled spaceship nearer their original target, the moon, today and battled to keep their oxygen, water and power supplies stable for a three-day trip back to earth. Instead of making man's third lunar surface visit, the astronauts will whip 156 miles above the moon's far- side about 2:30 p.m. Hawaii time and loop back toward earth. -Two hours later, at 4:40 p.m., they are to fire the engine, of the lunar lander some 6,000 miles from the moon to propel themselves along the quarter-million-, mile route' back to earth.

James Lovell Fred W. Jr. and John. L. Swigert may look longingly at the barren moon as they fly close.

Lovell and liaise were, denied their chance to leave their foot The command ship, disabled by. the still mysterious 'rupture, was completely shut down electrically. Emergency batteries and oxygen sup-, plies were available to take the ship, the- only vehicle that can carry the men home, through the atmosphere. The lunar module which became the astronauts' boat, was providing critical power, oxygen, water and other life support. But its supplies were dropping and the astronauts were operat ing on minimum requirements.

OFFICIALS were concerned mainly with the water supply. With 72 hours to go, based on a Friday landing, they had enough water for 84 hours, a margin of 12 hours. To keep this margin, the astronauts must power down to minimum electrical power of 17 amperes per ft A SAVINGS PROGRAM AND A GIFT IDEA Liberty Savings Bonds Denominations $18.75 with maturity of $25.00 $75.00 with maturity of $100.00 $375.00 with maturity of $500.00 Liberty Savings Bonds can be used in a savings program for all and are excellent as a gift idea for the the new baby, the graduate or any other occasion. These bonds mature. in 5 years 9 months, 12 earning an interest of 5 compounded quarterly.

a force equal to ions ot TNT. A seismometer left on the moon by Apollo 12 in Novem- ber will record the impact at 3:10 p.m. HST. The vibrations may tell scientists something about the internal structure of the moon. ASKED WHETHER the three spacemen, principals in the most dangerous dra-; ma in American space history, would make it home flight controller Glynn Lunney answered, "Yes, barely." got the situation stabilized," he said.

"most critical thing now is to keep it stabilized the rest of the flight." As Lovell, Haise and Swig-i ert flew away from home, here- was the picture aboard their spaceship: Inside thoff6fi, Today Letter from Kahuku DEAR MR. EDITOR: On a day like this, there isn't much to say, except a prayer for those three brave men up there. Astrology E-5 Jim Becker Bridge E-13 Business A-ll-13 Stock list A-12 Classified Comics E-12-13 Crossword Daily Magazine E-12-13 Dave Donnelly A-4 Dear Abby E-2 Editorials Entertainment -E-10-11 Family Today iE-1-4 Kokua Line Obituaries D-o Pulse Sports Temperatures TV logs E-12 LIBERTY BANK OF HONOLULU i.