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THE CALGARY HERALD Wed, April 12, 1972 3 iiiiiiiuHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiimmmm Apollo 16 Second-to last moon visitors to probe for volcanic proof in lunar mountains By Howard Benedict CAPE KENNED Fla. (AP) Man is ready to make his first visit to the mountains of the moon. The Apollo Hi astronauts will search for ancient volcanoes that once boiled beneath the lunar surface. If they find volcanic remains as expected, they will prove the moon once had a hot, active interior like earth's. The knowledge would be a major step toward understanding the history of the moon and our solar system.

"We're 100-per-cent certain we'll find the volcanic evid Mattingly, a navy lieutenant-commander, both are 3fi. At 1:41 p.m. April 20, Young and Duke are to steer the lunar craft they call Orion to landing in the moon's southern highlands in an area named Descartes. "It'll be the first landing in the moon's mountainous highlands," Young said. "We'll be setting down near the highest elevation on the front side of the moon.

"We intend to park about halfway between two mountain we call Stone and Smoky. We want to be in position so we can drive our ence," said Charles M. Duke, Apollo IB hmar module pilot. "We're so sure that 1 like to ''ill our flight a voynfie to the moon's volcanic mountains." The 12-day Apollo Hi expedition is to start at 10:54 p.m. MST Sunday, April Hi, from Cape Kennedy.

FIRST TRIP INTO SPACE In command will be navy John W. Young, 41, who will be making his fourth space flight. Duke and Thomas K. Mattingly, the command module pilot, will be taking their first space journeys. Duke, an air force lieutenant-colonel, and (Iff 1 i mm mi mmmmiS '-act ated the Cay ley formation and the other the Descartes formation.

Descartes is mountainous, while Cayley is flat, and they are believed to have formed about 200 million years apart. "Our prime efforts the first two times we're on the surface will be to collect samples of the Cayley and Descales formations," Duke reported. "Scientists want to know what made the difference. Why did one volcanic event form a lava fill and why did the other form a series of mountains?" Will Young and Duke be able to make an on-the-spot evaluation of whether certain material is volcanic in origin? "We certainly think so," Duke said. "Between and 40 per cent of our training has been devoted to geology, and about 95 per cent of thnj time was spent in various types of volcanic terrain on earth." Until man began exploring the moon, most lunar scientists believed all of the moon's craters were gouged out by impacts of meteors or space debris.

This was based on the theory that the moon is a dead body. Closeup examination has shown considerable evidence of volcanic remnants, mainly in the highlands. But man has yet to visit one of these sites. Young and Duke won't search only for evidence of volcanoes. They plan to collect nearly 200 pounds of rocks.

GUIDE TO EARTHLINGS "From the study of these moon rocks, we can better understand the complex environment that we live in, and how best to plan for the future because we are learning what went on in the past," Duke said. "The study of the moon's geology one day is going to help us better know where mineral and energy resources can be found on earth," Mattingly said. "It's a long-term proposition, but the more man knows about what's going on in the ti i the more we're going to be able to handle problems like an energy crisis on earth." Four hours after the lunar module Orion lands at Descartes, Young and Duke will (1 to the surface to start the first of three outside excursions, each lasting seven hours. They plan a record 73 hours on the moon, six more than Apollo 15. Among other things they'll set up a nuclear-powered science station which for a year or more will send data to earth on such things as moon-quakes, magnetic fields, tern- pcratures and radiation.

A new experiment is an ultraviolet telescope camera designed to take photographs of distant galaxies. A color television camera mounted on the moon rover will relay their activities to earl tilings and help scientists make evaluations. At 2:39 p. nr. April 23, they are to blast off to rejoin Mattingly in the command ship he has named Casper, after the cartoon strip.

LEAVE SATELLITE Before leaving moon orbit, the astronauts will release a small satellite similar. to that ejected on Apollo 15. It is to circle the moon, reporting on radiation and magnetic and gravity fields. Splashdown in the Pacific is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. April 28.

After decades of arguing over the moon, scientists generally are now in agreement on these points as a result of the Apollo program: There has never been life ASTRONAUTS PRACTISE. Apollo 16 astronauts John Young, left, and Charles Duke spent Tuesday afternoon practising with mockup implements of the type they will take to the moon to make many MOON CREW, LUNAR ROVER READY Charles M. Duke, Commander John FOR APOLLO 16 MISSION W. Young and Thomas K. itiMiiitiiiiiitiiii ttiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiitiiiiiiriitiittitirtiiiiijftitiiti tiiitiiiiiitititiiiititi iiifiiiiiftiifiitiiriiifiiiiiiiiiitiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiitiiLtiiiiiitiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiitiititiiiitiiiisiititLitiitiiiiitiiiiitiii iiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitfiiiiiiiciiirttiiiii ltitiiiiiiiiwtriiiiiitiitf Job increase lunar rover to both of these mountains." SCIENTISTS ASK "If you're going to undcr-stand the total moon you have to collect samples from the highlands," said Mattingly.

The highlands make up 80 per cent of the moon's surface. Photographs and geochemi-cal data obtained from lunar orbit indicate two distinct volcanic events occurred near the Apollo IB landing site, perhaps four billion years ago, before the moon became a relatively inert body. Scientists believe one ere- SUNDAY Mattingly II the U.S. in a a a spokesman said. French Foreign Minister Maurice Schumann, reporting to a cabinet meeting earlier, referred to earlier, the worsening military situation in Vietnam, and said: "The French government is more than ever convinced that the conflict must be solved politically, and that such a solution remains possible." The French move followed a formal demand today by both the Hanoi and Vict Cong delegations for a resumption of the pece talks Thursday.

The United States Senate refused Tuesday to vote directly on a move to declare war on North Vietnam or to make a proposed limitation on presidential war powers apply to the conflict in The Senate then moved toward passage of a bill designed to strengthen the hand of Congress in initiating hostilities, after refusing to sidetrack the measure. Labor militancy urged for Toronto strikers TORONTO (CP) A garbage collectors' strike in the city of Toronto and at Metropolitan Toronto garbage disposal sites entered its third day with mass VPHCOUVGr 'AIR BRIDGE' HASTENS AID TO QUAKE VICTIMS TEHRAN (Router) About 1,000 people were reported to have died in one village alone in the earthquake which devastated areas of southern Iran Monday and fears grew Tuesday that the final death toll would pass 4,000. A total of 1,200 troops and 200 police joined hundreds of rescue workers searching through the rubble of villages demolished by the quake. But no firm figures are expected for days. Military and civil aircraft and helicopters created an air bridge between the stricken mountain villages in Fars province and the provincial capital and ancient cultural centre of Shiraz, which escaped damage when severe tremors rippled across the region.

The 1,000 people reported dead were in Ghir and 37 worshippers perished before dawn Monday when the village mosque collapsed and buried them at morning prayers. As rescuers worked to locate dead and injured trapped in the ruins of their houses, fresh tremors shook the region, creating panic among the hundreds of refugees huddled in hastily-erected tents or wrapped in blankets. Altogether, 1,000 mild tremors were recorded in the stricken area following the first quake, Messages of sympathy from world leaders poured into the palace of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi in Tehran, along with offers of aid for quake survivors. picKcung oi cuy nan piannea lor tnis auernoon wnen city council meets. Officials of the garbagemen's union, Local 43 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, called for the picketing in their ar in Vietnam (AP Wirephoto) different types on earth.

These rocks, unlike any on earth, arc aluminum-rich an-orthesitcs, iron-rich basalts, and a potassium-rich material which has been named krecp. The oldest rock found on the moon Apollo 15's "genesis rock" dates back 4.1 billion years. Young and Duke are not expected to find anything older at Descartes, but it is hoped the Apollo 17 crew might find more ancient samples when they land near the Taurus Mountains on the last Apollo mission next December. workers back on job VANCOUVER (CP) Vancouver's 2.800 civic employees returned to work early today after a 24-hour work stoppage but warned that if steps are not taken to resume contract negotiations, preparations will be made for further strikes that could spread to other municipalities. The employees staged the walkout in an attempt to force a resumption of talks with the Municipal Labor Relations Bureau which represents seven lower mainland municipalities.

While the walkout virtually paralyzed civic services, city officials said no major problems occurred. City prosecutors took over as court clerks, a judge handled the administration office in the traffic courts and park hoard administrators watered flowers and fed the animals in Stanley Park. Garbage collection stopped and municipal golf courses were closed. The unions want a 20 per cent pay increase in a one-year contract. Their last contract expired Dec.

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C.A. CAMPBELL OPTOMTTRIST the 13.iy Sixth Floor in the participation rale was broadly based. That means the government cannot point its finger too severely at one group like working mothers or young people. And the numbers also say that the growth of employment was spread across all industries, though job growth in am fa during was stronger than usual. The chief argument' left for the economists to reserve centres on the participation rate.

Did the February decline represent a return to "normal" levels and was the March increase an aberration? Or was February the quirk? The answer to that question will have to wait for a few more months until more numbers come in. Frcm Page 1 start "people's revolts and general uprisings" in South Vietnamese cities, towns and villages. A "combat order" broadcast by the Viet Cong's Liberation Radio said Communist victories on the battlefronts had created an atmosphere conducive to civilian rebellion and military revolts and defections. Senior United Stales military officials were reported optimistic over the ability of South Vietnamese soldiers to halt North Vietnam's offensive. Reliable sources giving the American military officials' views said the assessment was based on the carnage reported wrought by U.S.

air strikes and the ability of South Vietnamese troops to prevent any meaningful North Vietnamese gain on the ground for the last week. A New York Times report from Washington said an additional two squadrons of B-32 scientific experiments. on the moon. The mechanisms for evolving life halted Ions before forming even the basic chemical blocks needed. The moon has a crust.

Quakes still shake the moon, but they are small. Geological evolution the moon essentially stopped about three billion years ago. The earth, which is still experiencing the large quakes and volcanoes of evolution, is a million times more active than the moon. There are three basic types of rock on the moon, in contrast with several hundred drive for higher wages. A militant note was sounded in a strike memo on behalf of the 3.750 blue-collar members of Local 43 which was sent Tuesday to Local 70 representing 4,000 office workers.

It said in part: "A militant movement is required by all locals within CUPE, and, yes, the entire labor movement to stand up as one when we see obvious wrong and at least try to right it." BLAME EACH OTHER Both sides in the dispute blamed each other Tuesday for the breakdown in negotiations. Metro a i a Albert Campbell said Local 43. Canadian Union of Public Em-pi is to blame for breaking off the talks and added Metro is ready to resume talks. Russell Doyle, president of the local representing the 4.400 civic workers replied: "I wish they'd put that in writing and send it to us. We've heard nothing.

I think they're just playing games." Private garbage collectors were swamped with business today. "It's getting to the point of desperation." said Norman Goodhead, who runs Disposal Services Ltd. "We just can't handle all the additional The private garbage collect-tors are using their own dumps or trucking garbage to dumps outside Metro, a move they say is adding considerably to the cost of garbage pick-up. Home owners have heen told to store their garbage in plastic bags in a cool place or take it to one of 57 park disposal set up by by Metro, but apartment owners are relying on private contractors, said a spokesman for' the Urban Development Institute, an association of major Metro developers. Meanwhile, services normally provided by Local 43 workers ferry boat service, water filtration and sewage treatment are being handled by 750 supervisory personnel.

The strike also hit park and street maintenance workers, city ambulance drivers and those tending animals at the zoo. The' Ontario government and private contractors are providing ambulances. The 3.750 outside workers now make S3. 58 an hour or $143.20 a week. They originally asked for a $3it-a-week pay increase over one year.

TRIAL DATE. Harold E. Ballard, president of Maple Leaf Gardens, will go on trial May 23 on charges that he stole $146,000 from the company and defrauded it of 583,000. Ballard, 60, who gained control of the Gardens and Toronto Maple Leafs hockey club two months ago, could be sentenced to a total' of 20 years if convicted. ESCAPERS CAPTURED PARIS (Reuleri Two men and a woman who broke out of the Paris law courts with three hostages were arrested here early today.

The three Christian Jubim Georges Segard and his wife Evelyne were arrested in northern Paris, police said. The arrest came more than 24 hours after the three broke out of the court after holding nine persons hostage with guns smuggled in by Mrs. Segard. When they left the court building in a car provided by police, they took three hostages, including a judge, with them, releasing thorn in a southern Paris suburb late Tuesday. Police would give no details of the arrests, but one radio station reported that the three were caught while trying to steal a car.

From Page 7 work again. Not all of them found jobs. On top of thai, there' were other new people looking for work, mostly young people who were probably looking for their first jobs. All in all, when seasonal factors are removed, 110,000 new people entered the labor force. At the same time, about 155,000 new jobs were created.

That was the best performance lor one mouth since last May. There is little question that, the number of jobs has been growing rapidly in Canada in recent months. Since last September, when unemployment reached its peak, the number of jobs has been growing at a 5 per cent annual rate. The labor force has been i more slowly over that period, but still faster than normal. That is what makes it difficult, to reduce unemployment.

Canada has one of the fastest growing labor forces in the world. And that means Canada has to create more jobs than anyone else just to employ the new people who want them. Once unemployment has risen, new jobs have to he found both to take care of the growing number of potential workers and to accommodate the people who arc already out of work. In the lat year, about 330.000 new- jobs were created. Even the best years of the booming mid-l'JfiOs did not do that well.

This time, those jobs were enough to handle the growth of the number of people looking for work for the first fime. But they were not enough to make a significant dent Ln the number of people who were already out of work. There are quite a few puzzled looks on the faces of government economists these days. The numbers say that the growth in the labor force last month-and the increase JOHN LINDSAY quells alarm bombers have" been given or-' ricrs to leave for Indochina shortly. The additional planes about 30 in all will increase the fleet of the giant Slrato-fortresses in the combat zone to approximately 130 the largest ever assembled during the war.

A Pentagon official predicted Tuesday that "we face several more weeks of major ngagements" in the North Vietnamese offensive jgainst South Vietnam. U.S. DISPLEASURE The United States has expressed formal displeasure to the Fench government for the prompting from Paris that the Vietnam peace talks be resumed without delay. Emmanuel 1 Margcrie, French charge d'affaires in Washington was called in by Alexis Johnson, undersecretary of state for political affairs, to convey the Nixon administration's fecHng that the call was one-sided and made' without notifying Belgrade won't stage chess match BELGRADE (AP) Yugoslav chess officials said Tuesday they definitely will not set up the Fischer-Spassky championship match here. The statement followed an announcement by FIDE, the International Chess Federation, that the United States Chess Federation has not given a final answer on a requested guarantee that Fischer would appear in Belgrade.

The head of the U.S. Chess Federation. E. B. Edmondson.

denied that bis organization failed to respond. He said it replied, turning down the demand for bond. The bond requirement was made by the Yugoslavs after the U.S. grandmaster. Bobby Fischer, demanded a share in any profits match organizers might realize in addition to the S138.500 in prize money.

Both Belgrade and Reykjavik, Iceland, the two sites agreed upon for the match, turned Fischer down, putting in doubt whether the U.S. champion would show up. Soviet chess authorities have agreed to post $35,000 guaranteeing Spassky's appearance to defend his world championship against Fischer. RICHARD GROSSMAN executed Hired qu ns wage gang war of decade NEW YORK (AP) An accused credit card thief with mnli ties was counted Tuesday as the seventh victim of underworld-style execution in less than two weeks, as hired guns blazed across the city in the worst gang war in a decade. Mayor John V.

Lindsay called a news conference, seeking (o quell alarm over the gangland shootings. "Protection of innocent people is my major concern," he said. At the mayor's side, Police Commissioner Patrick V. Murphy took note of suggestions that the killings marked a battle between the Joseph Colombo crime family in Brooklyn, and a rebellious faction led until a few days ago by Joseph 'Crazy Joe) Gallo, himself one of the seven dead. "We cannot say it is warfare between two organized crime families, although there is strong evidence that these are gang killings," Murphy said.

"We do have intelligence information that there are conflicts, obviously, it has been an escalating problem in the last two weeks. "They play for high stakes. They live dangerously. They sometimes die by the gun they live by." Not since the Gallo gang uprising in the early lwns claimed 2 lives has New York been so severely wrecked bv a iniib showdown. Responding to a tip Monday night, police found I he larpaulin-wrapped body of 3(i-year-old Richard Grossman in the trunk of his car.

A single bullet had taken his life. Grossman had been free on $2,500 bail on federal charges of possessing large quantities of credit cards stolen from the United States mails. The federal Organized Crime Task Force in Brooklyn said Grossman had close ties with Colombo, whom the justice department once labelled a Costra Nostra high commissioner and head of one of New Y'ork's five crime families. However, Grossman was not a family member. Crazy Joe Gallo's murder Friday morning in a clam house in Manhattan's Little Italy section may have had its roots in the shooting last June 28 of Colombo, police theorized.

Gallo was celebrating his 43rd birthday with his bride, Sina, and the latter's 10-year-old daughter, Lisa, when a lone gunman shot him to death. Gallo was one of the first mobsters to be questioned after Colombo was shot while leading an Italian-American rally. The assailant was himself slain on the spot, hut his motive was so obscure as to suggest to some authorities that he was a hired gun. Colombo has remained in a comatose condition since, apparently beyond full recovery because of brain damage..

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