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Wlm on Apollo trevj nature. American by Distinctively light uniquely 01 always in gooa taste. Here ine Canadian that shares in the proud 113-year Hiram Walker tradition of suDerb to West Point, failed, then was accepted by the U.S. Naval Academy. He chose the Air Force upon graduation in 1951 and became a test pilot assigned to flying fighters.

Decides to Be Astronaut Deciding to become an astronaut, Irwin went to the University of Michigan in 1957 to earn masters degrees in areo-nauticalv engineering and instrumentation engineering and was ready to apply for the space program in 1961 when his near disaster hit. After his three-month stint in the hospital, he fought his way back onto flying status in less than a year and then was graduated from the Air Force Aerospace Research Pilot School. After being turned down for the astronaut corps twice he tried once more and was accepted in the same class as Worden. Irwin met his wife, the former Mary Ellen Monroe of Cor-vallis, in San Jose, Calif. he said recently, declaring that if he hadn't been selected for the astronaut program he would be volunteering for combat.

Worden, divorced from his wife, the former Pamela Van-der Beek of Bayside, Queens, N.Y., has two daughters, Merrill, 13, and Alison, 11. They live with their mother and -stepfather in Nassau Bay, where Worden resides in an apartment house. James Benson Irwin almost didn't make it. Ten years ago he was so badly injured in a plane crash that he couldn't talk or even remember. He had been instructing an Air Force student pilot in a flight over the California desert near Edwards Air Force.

Base when their plane suddenly went into a spin. Both Legs Broken -Irwin broke both his legs and his jaw and suffered a concussion which erased his 'memory for three days. The student also was seriously injured but, also survived. Irwin, now a lieutenant colo- -nel, was born March 17, 1930, in Pittsburgh. He took his first airplane ride when he was 5 and was hooked.

After graduating from high school in Salt Lake City, Utah, Irwin tried for an appointment -a i-3 i i Canadian whisky-making. You'll taste its heritage in every sip enjoy its assurance of quality every time you serve it. Hiram Walker's Special Canadian. Make it your aiways. 9 SCI 9 $021 45 PIHT Jf s9 choice.

smooth Z. jr WA KhKS ranrarrrriM HI UUirUimi decisions. Jit i f( (Continued from page 3) orbital flight in which the lunar module was first flcwn. The astronaut first met his wife, the former Ann Lurton Ott, when he was 10 and she was 3. They have two children Tracy, 10, and Douglas, 7, and live in a sprawling ranch-style house in Nassau Bay near the Houston space center.

Alfred Merrill "Worden, a space rookie, was weaned on King Kong rather than aeronautics. The son of a movie theater projectionist, he never missed a horror movie and claims to have seen the Kong classic five times. Born 39 years ago in Jackson, Worden shunned athletics because of a childhood respiratory problem and played the piano in a high school band. He overcame his illness to go on and win' a scholarship to the University of Michigan and then an appointment to West Point. He chose the Air Force for his career almost on the spur of the moment, not making up his mind until his senior year.

"I never really gave flying much of a thought," he said. "It was only like five minutes before I had to decide that I really finally made Tip my mind." 47th in His Class Worden, who ranked 47th in a class of 480, became a fighter pilot but, when the space program got off the ground in the early Mercury days, decided it was for him. He returned to Michigan to win masters degrees in astro-nautical-aeronautical engineering-and instrumentation engineering and joined the astronaut team in April 1966. Although he has never flown in space, Worden has served on the support crew for Apollo 9 and was backup command module pilot for Apollo 12. Worden, now a major.

Is bothered by one thing: His buddies are risking their lives in Vietnam while he Is going to the moon. "I don't like the Idea of my roommate from college being sent over there to fight a war while I'm here in a cushy job," WALKER'S CANADIAN Imported by and bottled in the U.S. (or HiraTi Importers Peoria. III. San Francisco.

Calif. 0 P-i -r-i CanecJ an Whisky Moon Excursion Schedule Cape Kennedy, July 25 (AP) Here are the highlights of the Apollo 15 mission: Monday, July 26 9:34 a.m. Launch. Friday, July 30 1:48 p.m. Astronauts Scott and Irwin separate lunar module Falcon, leaving Worden alone in command ship Endeavour.

6:15 p.m. Falcon lands at moon's Hadley-Apennine site. Saturday, July 31 9 :24 a.m. Start seven-hour surface excursion, driving moon buggy. Sunday, Aug.

1 6:46 a.m. Start seven-hour driving excursion. Monday, Aug. 2 1 :09 p.m. Falcon launched from moon.

3:04 p.m. Falcon docks with Endeavour. Tuesday, Aug. 3 Conduct scientific experiments. Wednesday, Aug.

4 4:10 p.m. Eject satellite into lunar orbit and head back to earth. Thursday, Aug. 5 11:54 a.m. Worden takes space walk" to retrieve film.

Saturday, Aug. 7 4:46 p.m. Splashdown in Pacific. mm a try I 1,1 II A Millon on the Beach Decisions "Like most smokers, I couldnt decide between good, rich flavor and cigarettes with mild, smooth taste. Then I discovered Gold milder nn 7 jj mmwnm She was a receptionist and model for a photographer there.

They now live in Nassau Bay with their four children Joy, 11; Jill, 10; James 8, and Jan, 6. They also have a home in Colorado Springs, Colo. William Rice for Liftof float smiled at the guys manning the fire engine behind them. For the serious-minded visitor, there was a speech today by Dr. Carl Mclntire, the right-wing fundamentalists minister who has bought a hotel and college complex at Cape Kennedy.

He is opposed to President Nixon's proposed China visit and spoke on this theme: "A trip to the moon, yes. A trip to Red China, no." Special prayer services fjr Apollo 15 were scheduled tonight, along with fireworks as the final pre-launch event. As for the families of the astronauts, they did just what the Apollo 15 crew did today relaxed, rested and "got ready for that, always wonderous event, a trip to the moon Astro Day called Hadley Rille. The landing, is set for 6:15 p.m. Friday.

On Saturday, the astronauts will leave Falcon for the first of three moon walks or, in this case, moon drives during which they will explore the edge of the mountains, where they expect to find rocks and soil samples dating back to the beginning of the solar system, some 4.6 billion years ago- They will bring back 250 pounds of such samples, more than the other three Apollo crews combined. msmmmmm (Continued from page 3) through the beach, selling doughnuts and fruit. Titusville is north of the Port Canaveral and Cocoa Beach area, where thousands of other campers await the launch. The bird-watchers did not tome to this shot as early or in such enormous numbers as those who arrived for the first moon trip, Apollo 11. Those who arrived today missed the torrential rains that have fallen for the past few days.

Miss a Festival They also missed some of the festivities that have been going on as part of the second annual International Moon-walk Festival orchid shows, horse art shows, fish frys and surfing tournaments, an astronauts' ball Immm I and a water ski demonstration. But there were enough visitors here to see a big parade, and get drenched along with the parade participants. The parade was delayed an hour by the rain, and when it finally did get started the crepe paper decorations were wilted, the pretty girls'- hairdos were likewise, Mickey Mouse, had to ride inside a closed car instead of on top, the bands' looked soggy, nobody marched in step and who cared 1 Smiling at Firemen The Fern St. Senior Citizens Sunshine Band played away on kazoos and washboards, Seminole Indian Chief Betty Mae Jumper stoically sat on her damp wagon, and the girls on the Cork Club Falcon's -flight hatch was in-stalledr Engineers said Falcon was ready to fly. Landing on Friday The bug-like craft, loaded with more scientific equipment than any of the lunar modules used by the crews of Apollos 11, 12 and 14 to land on the moon, is to carry Scott and Irwin to a hazardous landing at the base of the Apennine Mountains and near edge -of a- meandering canyon AH Appears Okay for (Continued from page 3) a unit which converts telemetry data from one stage of the booster rocket to earth control.

The unit was replaced and the hew unit was reported functioning normally. Other than that, the countdown was flawless. fuel cask was loaded in a nuclear generator which will power a scientific station to be kf on the mooft-and l' fJr Va 20 nig. mg mcoime av IC Report.