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La. State News paper University Library Apollo In Business SS 3 La. On Moon Surface A AL ROSSITER JR. weekend. to a position where he could see shot the moon lander back into Shepard at her Houston home.

time," Mitchell said as the Mitchell scooped A that, drove him back into the NEWS? UPI Space Writer Shepard, the old pro of U.S. the Fra Mauro area and the a safe orbit instead of dropping "They can't call him 'Old Mose' astronauts struggled into their sample of rocks and from program after years SPACE CENTER, Houston astronauts--grounded for six shadow cast by the lunar it down to the lunar surface. anymore. He's fo und his bulky garb. the rim of a small crater desk.

(UPI)-Alan B. Shepard and years by ear trouble -walked lander. Shepard, oldest American promised land." Shepard's descent to the feet from Antares. This We are in fact in low Edgar D. Mitchell outsmarted a with a slow, cautious gait at The successful landing erased astronaut, cooly touched down Later, when Shepard stepped gray, dusty surface was tele- gency sample was stowed area, Shepard said.

"There a balky computer for a bullseye first. the stigma of Apollo 13, which at "the flattest point around" onto the moon, Louise jumped cast by a camera mounted on in case the astronauts were seems to be a general swell. a landing today and then bounded But soon Shepard and Mitch- had been headed for the same after hovering at 170 feet for up and clapped her hands in the lander. He then put a cover forced to leave the moon ahead wide valley, between triple and across the dusty moon, unfurl- ell were hopping over the site when an oxygen-tank several long moments looking mission control. over its lens to avoid the sun of schedule.

Doublet (craters), ing Old Glory on the first color surface "like kangaroos on explosion in space forced the for the best site. 'The astronauts spent almost damage that ruined Apollo 12's When the astronauts panned "It's a very uneven landing telecast back to earth. man's first excursion into the astronauts to return home last "We're on the surface," five hours between the landing telecasts 15 months ago and the television camera around area here. And it's been a long way, but hilly uplands that scientists April. exclaimed Mitchell, a rookie and moonwalk getting the moved it to a tripod 50 feet the spacecraf, viewers saw a marked by a tremendous we're cherrirst said Shepard, believe may hold the key to the Shepard flew Antares to a spaceman.

Antares shipshape, eating lunch away. gray lunar surface heavily amount of craters." America's man in space a secrets of the moon's creation. near -perfect landing between "We made a good landing," and donning their bulky white Shepard aimed the camera at pocked with small craters. After, planting the flag. ago, as he stepped off a They were deploying a $25 two rugged ridges, setting down said Shepard.

moon suits. They were 55 the silver and gold spacecraft In May, 1961, Shepard Shepard and Mitchell gingerly ladder from the Apollo 14 million, atomic powered scienti- in a cloud of dust only 130 feet On the ground, the astro- minutes late getting out of the then bounded back into the launched America's era of unloaded the plutonium 238 landing craft and became the fic observatory on the gentle from the target--the most nauts' families and ground lander because of trouble with picture to help jab the flag into space exploration with a 15- nuclear fuel which will power fifth man on the the moon. slope near the Antares after precise landing yet of the controllers whooped with de their backpack communica- the ground. minute, 300 mile trip from Cape the automated observatory for Mitchell jumped to the rough, planting the Stars and Stripes. Apollo missions.

light as Shepard and Mitchell tions. "Mobility is very great under Canaveral (now Cape Kennedy) years. 'They carefully handled crater-pocked surface of Fra They had to move the flag The accurate landing--payoff reported touchdown. "I think they put champagne this crushing one sixth in the tiny Friendship 7 space the graphiteencased cask on Mauro Valley five minutes several times so it would show of the trouble -plagued $400 "Good good, they're down instead of iodine in the LM (gravity)," Mitchell told ground capsule. His moon landing a the end of the rod because of later.

"It's great to be coming better on the vivid color million mission -was made with safe," cried Mrs. Louise (lunar module) water this control. decade later fulfilled a dream (Continued On Page 2) down," he said. telecast. a makeshift computer control Ground controllers radioed to Shepard, 47, and Mitchell, 40, procedure radioed to the the moonwalkers the congratu- the third team of American astronauts at the last moment.

team well Godspeed," Nixon Apollo 14 crew, Stuart A. of its big descent engine to "I wish the entire Apollo The third member of the Antares shortly after the firing lations President Nixon. Like astronauts to reach the moon, Shepard and Mitchell discovsaid, world, millions astronaut and he of invited watcher people said, the all he today. over is astronauts the an other's Roosa, raising bounded 37, pictures ceremony, around orbited during taking the the moon each flag- ered hours avoid They a before took faulty "electronic manual abort landing. switch control spook" two in of The Daily Signal an and their families to the White alone in the command ship the computer abort switch.

Devoted To The Progress of Acadia Parish and Southwest Louisiana House for dinner upon their Kitty Hawk during the moon- Without the emergency techreturn and to Camp David for a walk. He maneuvered his ship nique the computer would have FEBRUARY 10c PER 72nd YEAR CROWLEY, LOUISIANA, FRIDAY, 5, 1971 COPY NUMBER 81 LEE CONTINUE IN EARLY ADMISSIONS PROGRAM Now in their second or more semesters: at LSU-E through the Early Admissions program are the four Crowley High students shown above. They are, left to right, Julia Dilly, Becky Kirk, Kay Faulk and Kyle Jones. These students earn college credits while still in high school. SALE ALSO SLATED Annual Junior Livestock Show Scheduled Feb.

19-20 CROWLEY, La. -The 1971 Acadia Parish Junior Livestock Show and Sale will be held Friday and Saturday, February 19-20, in the Rice Festival Livestock building on west Mill Street in Crowley. The show is sponsored by the Acadia Parish police jury, the Acadia Parish school board, the Acadia Cattlemen's Association, the Greater Crowley Chamber of Commerce, and the Cooperative Extensive Service. Tagging and weighing of animals will begin at 7 a.m. on Friday.

Judging is scheduled for 1 p.m. All entries must be in by 9 a.m. for tagging and weighing. Registration for the 4-H general livestock and dairy judging contest will begin at 8 a.m. on Saturday, with the actual contests set to commence at 8:30 a.m.

The livestock sale will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday. Prizes of $10.00, $8.00, $6.00, and $4.00 will be offered in the Steer, Beef Breeding, and Dairy divisions. Prizes of $5.00, $4.00, $3.00, and $2.00 will be awarded in the following divisions: Market Lams, Sheep Breeding, Barrows, and Swine Breeding. Rosettes will be awarded to the champion and reserve champion in the Steer, Lamb, and Barrow divisions.

All exhibitors may compete for showmanship trophies awarded JENNINGS FIRE CHIEF Refutes Claim Fire Aid Request Denied JENNINGS, La. Jennings Fire Chief Liso Lawrence Thursday responded to a public notice calling for an Evangeline fire protection district in which it was noted the department here "will not answer a fire call in Acadia Parish." The notice was carried in Tuesday's edition of The Daily Artie Richard Rites Saturday LYONS POINT, La. -Funeral services for Artie Richard, 76, of Lyons Point, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Lyons Point Catholic Church. Burial in the Abshire Cemetery will be under the direction of GeeseyFerguson Funeral of Crowley.

Mr. Richard, a native of Vermilion Parish, died at 2:20 a.m. today in his home. Survivors include his wife, the former Desilia Landry of Lyons Point: three sons, Adres Richard of Lyons Point, Oday Richard of Kaplan, and Ovey Richard of Crowley; three daughters, Mrs. Oran Smith of Welsh, Mrs.

Francois Abshire of Kaplan, and Mrs. Victor Lebouef of Crowley; one brother, Dermas Richard of Kaplan; three sisters, Mrs. Gladiest Trahan and Mrs. Belizair Thibodeaux, both of Kaplan, and Mrs. Valsin Abshire of Crowley; 14 grandchildren; and five greatgrandchildren.

SHREVEPORT MEDIC Mafia Committee Holds Lawmaker er In Contempt By RAFAEL BERMUDEZ BATON ROUGE (UPI) -The Louisiana Mafia investigating committee has instituted contempt proceedings against Rep. James Strain of Shreveport and has set a Feb. 15 court hearing for the lawmaker to show why he has not violated state law. Maximum penalties for conviction of contempt of the legislature are a $1,000 fine, six months in jail or both. In a move to avoid having to appear before the committee Thursday, Strain called a meeting of a legislative committee which he said he chaired.

"He said he would not be compelled to honor the subpoena and cited state law which gives lawmakers immunity from sub- 40-Degree Drop CROWLEY, La. Temperature in the Crowley area ranged from a high of 75 degrees Thursday afternoon to a low of 35 last night, according to the Rice Experiment Station. At 8 a.m. today the reading was 39 degrees. During the 24-hour period, the station measured .32 of an inch of rainfall.

Lightning Hits Cattle Shed CROWLEY, La. The Crowley Fire Department answered a call at 1:45 p.m. Thursday at the farm of George Domingue that is located approximately one mile east of S. Highway 13 after lightning struck the cattle shed and hay barn. Due to the shortage of water, firemen were unable to save the hay barn, but with the help of a small water well and garden hoses they saved another bam that was a bout 15 feet from the burned one.

Approximately 275 bales of hay bumed in the wood and metal structure. poenaes while they are conducting official legislative business. But the anti-Mafia committee said Thursday the committee of which Strain claimed to be chairman was legally disbanded by the legislature almost a GERALD CRADEUR Name Cradeur As City Clerk CROWLEY, La. Gerald Cradeur, a native of Crowley, will become Crowley city clerk on February 15, upon the retirement of present city clerk Talmadge Hoffpauir. Cradeur is a graduate of Crowley High School and attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana.

He is a member of the Crowley Jaycees, and is currently serving as treasurer. He has served eight years in the National Guard. He is married to the former Sondra Graham of Crowley, and is the father of two sons, Timothy, age 3, and Phillip, 11 months. In the past, Cradeur has been employed as bookkeeper by the Acadia- Vermilion Rice Irrigation Company and by T.L. James, Inc.

year ago. In other action before the probe committee Thursday Rep. Chris Faser of Baton Rouge and Revenue official Sam Fein blum denied they had any connection with alleged payoffs in the revenue department. Two revenue agents testified to the committee last year that they had evidence Fein blum was the recipient of an alleged $3,000 payoff in which taxes owed the state by a Baton Rouge grocer were substantial(Continued On Page 2) Weather Forecast Acadia Area -Partly cloudy through Saturday. Low tonight 40-42.

High Saturday 52-54. North-northwest winds 12-25 mph turning northeast and diminishing Saturday. in the Beef, Dairy, Sheep, and Swine divisions. Trophies will be awarded for the champion market animals in the Steer, Lamb, and Barrow divisions. Competition will be limited to Acadia Parish 4-H and FFA members who are eligible to compete in district and state livestock shows.

District and state show rules will apply to the parish show. All animals sold at the parish sale must attend the district show. All qualified breeding animals exhibited show or all premiums and awards will be forfeited. Animals that are disqualified from sale at the parish show, but later qualify at the district show, will be sold the district sale. Soybeans Prices CROWLEY, quotations on No.

1 soybeans for immediate delivery, to Baton Rouge ranged in price from $3.10 to $3.20 per bushel, according to Louisiana Market News Service. Futures quotations on the Chicago Grain Market were: to $3.07 to July to $3.13 August Juveniles To Face Burglary CROWLEY, La. Five arrests were made Thursday by the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Department with four of the persons arrested being juveniles and another being picked upon a trespassing charge, according to Sheriff Elton Arceneaux. Two juveniles were arrested Thursday morning in Iota and charged with burglary and simple damage to property and were released to their parents pending juvenile court action. Two more juveniles were arrested by department for burglary of the West Church Point Junior High School in Church Point.

The Church Point Police Department assisted in the arrests. Kenneth Fontenot, 24, of Branch, was picked up by deputies Chester Romero and J.D. Simon Thursday on a trespassing charge in Branch. Bond was set at $500.00 by Judge Carol Spell. Iota High Gets Accreditation IOTA, certificate of accreditation of the Iota High School by the Southern Association of Schools and Colleges was presented to J.

M. McCrory, retired principal of the school, by Dr. John A. Bertrand, superintendent of Acadia Parish schools, during an assembly at the school on Wednesday. Ward 4 school board members Louis Simar and John D.

Sittig were also in attendance as Ray Bruchez, principal of Iota High, presided over the assembly after Miss Velma Gauthier, president of the student body, reliquished the gavel to him. In accepting the certificate, McCrory praised the work of the principal, faculty, and students of the school, and that of Simeon Marcotte, elementary suppervisor. He also gave credit to the citizens of Iota who have given the financial assistance and facilities necessary to provide the students with a better education. EARLY ADMISSION STUDENTS NAMED Named to participate in the Early Admissions program offered by Louisiana State University at Eunice are the Crowley High students shown above. They are, left to right, first row, Cindy Faulk, Millie Black and Sue DeBellevue.

Second row, same order, Paula Bergeron, Judson Van Fossen, Edna Williams, and Billie Jean Wright. Back row, same order, Conrad Bercier, Bill D' Aquin, Randy Borill, and Chuck Fulkerson. Not present for the photo, but included in the program are Mike LeBlanc, Tony Lampson, Tony Douget, John Lambert, and Debra Beaver. LADY AND GENTLEMAN OF CHS Kay Faulk and Frank Dunphy were named to the two top honors of Lady and Gentleman of Crowley High School by their fellow classmates. The two seniors were chosen by an election held at the school recently.

HEAVY OPPOSITION Crowley Group Gives Up On KROF Control CROWLEY, -The control of Radio Station KROF in Abbeville is once again in the control of local people, according to a news article appearing in the current issue of the Kaplan-Vermilion News published by Alvis Abshire of Kaplan. The newspaper quoted Marcus Broussard, an Abbeville attorney, as making the announcement. The newspaper gave the following account of the efforts by Crowley interests to obtain controlling interest of the KROF stock: "In October, 1970, William C. Broadhurst, Crowley attorney, sent letters to all shareholders of the radio station offering $400 per share on the condition he (Continued On Page 2) New Members Join Chamber News and announced a public meeting would be held Saturday at the Evangeline school for the purpose of hearing views on assessing the necessary taxation to support a fire district. Lawrence refuted the claim in the notice that the Jennings department would not answer an Acadia Parish call.

"This is simply not true," he said. "The Jennings Fire Department received four calls in the past 12 months to Acadia (Continued On Page 2) Set Registration For City Cyclists CROWLEY, La. -The Crowley Area Safety Council met Thursday afternoon in the board room of the Chamber of Commerce and an announcement was Al Gibson, chief of police, that Bicycle Registration Day will be held on Saturday, Mar. 27. An Announcement was also made at the meeting that the Louisiana Department of Highways has informed the safety council that no traffic light is needed at the corner of 9th St.

and Parkerson Ave. and that the safety council's request for a light has been turned down. In other business concerning traffic lights in the city, the safety council requested and was granted a survey on the traffic light situation in front of the Northpark Shopping Center. CROWLEY, La. The Greater Crowley Chamber of Commerce has recruited 34 new memberships, thus far, in the organization as a result of its current drive to sign up new members, according to Bill Williams, manager.

The report on the status of the current drive was made public Thursday. NEWS IN BRIEF MAXIE, La. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Arceneaux of the Maxie community of Acadia Parish are raising funds to help with the payment of hospital expenses incurred by the illness of Mrs.

Arceneaux. Mr. Arceneaux and his late wife have been lifelong residents of Maxie. Persons who would like to make a donation to aid this family can call Mrs. Albert Smith of Maxie at 783-8963.

CROWLEY, La. Project Educational Theatre, a non-profit corporation approved by the Louisiana State Board of Education, will present the National Theatre Company production of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" at the Lafayette Municipal Auditorium on Thursday, March 4, at 1:00 p.m. for students of Acadia Parish schools. CROWLEY, La. Navy Petty Officer Second Class Jerry A.

Mouton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Mouton of 325 E. 15th, Crowley, will participate in the recovery of the Apollo 14 astronauts when they retum from man's third visit to the moon. Mouton is serving aboard the Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, based fleet oiler USS Ponchatoula which will provide logistic support for the primary recovery vessel USS New Orleans.

CROWLEY, La. Crowley police reported that a prescription bottle containing 15 blue and white capsules was lost Thursday somewhere between Gremillion's Drug Store and The Crowley Daily Signal shortly after noon. The number on the bottle is 432189 and anyone finding this prescription bottle is asked to turn it over to the Crowley Police Department..