The Daily Sentinel from Grand Junction, Colorado • 1

r-fl fl k. fl i VS S' -ni, A''- Vol. LXXVI, No. 251 Grand Junction, Colorado Phone 242-5050 Sunday Morning, July 27, 1969 52 Pagei 15c iirst hi nr Both Exciting chamber where the gleaming metal box containing the rocks was opened at 2:49 p.m. MDT after nearly nine hours of intermittent labor.

My pulse is racing at a fantastic rate," said Dr. Robin Brett, an Australian geologist now at the Manned Spacecraft Center here. It is a very, very exciting time." At first glance, there didn't seem to be any vesicular rocks, those containing bubbles, said wide, and about 14 to 2 inches thick, said Dr. Clifford Harvard University mineralrv gist. Others ranged down to the size of pebbles, and the box contained fine fragments as well.

After the box was unpacked. Dr. Pcrsa Belli chief of th space agencys lunar and earth resources division, said initial reports from scientists watching the operation were remarkable and Interesting descriptions. Casual Concert Crowd mothers. Since the concert is at 6 a picnic, which the dogs would also p.m., many viewers bring like to take part in.

Sentinel Photo. A summer tradition has begun again in Aspen. Every second Tuesday in Paepcke Park, Aspen music school students present si band concert for visitors and residents of Aspen. Ages of audience members range from smallest toddlers to grand More Than 6,000 Hawaiians Greet Apollo 11 Astronauts Frontier Schedule Changes Will Cut Service To Area By ALTON BLAKESLEE SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) Excited scientists opened their first treasure chest of moon rocks Saturday, only to be plunged into disappointment and frustration. The gray rocks were coated with a black powdery material that disguised their true nature.

The specialists could agree only that they are rocks 16 of them in a top layer and perhaps 25 smaller ones below. The moon is not giving up her secrets easily," one mineralogist mourned. Ive never been so frustrated in my life. But that will wear off as they get to working ith the rocks. The rocks have a variety of shapes.

Some had round corners, as though from having rolled around, some looked pretty solid," some had indentation marks, another looked jagged, small fragments "appear to have some kind of structure," scientists said in their initial inspection. Four scientists looked through portholes into the vacuum the ferry and that he "jumped into the water and impulsively swam across." There was no explanation of what happened to Gargan and Markham after Kennedy jumped in. Dr. Edward Chou, mineralogist of the U.S. Geological Survey.

Volcanic lava can be one cause of bubbles in such rocks. Nor did there appear to be chondritic mutcrial, which contains little globules and which makes up most meteorites, said Dr. Elbert King, a space center mineralogist. The rocks varied in size, one large one being judged to be seven inches long, five inches A The van was moved to a reviewing stand where the astronauts were welcomed by Gov. John Burns of Hawaii, Adm.

John S. McCina, the Pacific military commander, and other military and civilian dignitaries. Armstrong, addressing the crowd from an Intercom system, said. "I'd just like to say thank you for being here. Its probably the warmest welcome any man's had." Aldrin said he didnt have much to' add, but that "I just wish I could get out behind this glass to shake the hands of all my friends I see out there." The mustacheocd Collins said, Im sorry we were delivered to you in a box." Hundreds of persons lined the streets as the van moved at seven miles per hour to Hickam.

remain in effect, is yet to be answered. Officials were involved Friday afternoon in a scheduling meeting to set up another round of timetable changes. HONOLULU (AP) America welcomed its three moon explorers back to U.S. soil Saturday. They arrived in a quarantine van and one apologized for being "delivered to you in a Box." The Apollo 11 astronauts were welcomed by more than 6.000 Hawaiians as the recovery ship USS Hornet docked at Pearl Harbor.

Neil, A. Armstrong. Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. and Michael Collins, pronounced in good health and rested from their half-million-milc flight to and from the moon, watched from the narrow confinement of their silver van as the carrier cruised into the.

harbor. The big quarantine van was lifted from the Hornet In a maneuver that took more than an hour. Senator Reported Gaining Support Major changes in Frontier Airlines schedules on Aug. 1 will leave Grand Junction, with single eastbound and westbound 727 jet flights. The eastbound flight will be the noon plane to Denver.

Hie westbound 727 will be the 2:05 p.m. stop here between Denver and Salt Lake City. United Air Lines two stops here are with 727 jets, but both are very close to the time of Frontiers jet flights. Additional Convair 580 flights, which are turbo-prop planes, wilL fill the slots now flown by the 727 jets. The flight time of the 580s to Denver is 50 minutes, compared to 39 minutes for the 727s.

Concern has been expressed by the Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee, with a meeting set for 4 p.m. on Tuesday. We certainly must make our feelings known to Frontier, said Tom Younge, the committee chairman. They give us the jets at the time of day when we least need them, and then ask us for runway extensions that are a terrific investment." The problem is compounded by Frontiers new routes and new non stop authority on cral long runs. At the same time the airline is short of jets to serve the many points on the routes.

The company has been hurt financially Hfnore than some others in the industry with boardings running about 15 per cent under a year ago. The average nationwide is a 7 per cent drop, with all regional carriers holding their own in July boardings except Frontier and Air West. Another 4.000 onlookers lined the air strip. As the van came into view at Hickam, an Air Force band struck up "Wild Blue Yonder" and the smiling astronauts waved from the window. The jet transport with nauts and van aboard took off and curled over Diamond Head enroutd to Houston.

There at the manned Spacecraft Center, another 16 days of-isolation in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory await the three spacemen. The spacecraft that carried the astronauts to an orbit of the moon and brought them home again could be seen on the Hornets deck. cone shaped flying machine bore scars from its blazing re-entry that brought Armstrong. Aldrin and Collin back to earth. 4 A A '3 Martha, now run the Cisco Mercantile, a combination bar.

restaurant, and grocery When I was a kid', you' got anything from straw hat to a horse collar here. he The building, largest in Cisco, was built in 1922. He. first saw-itin 1924 when his grandfather, Joe Titus, who ranched on (he Colorado below Dewey, took produce there to trade. 1 One or two businessmen are reportedly planning to build service stations and restaurants' near the interchanges east and west" of town.

f. But Were depending1, on them paving 128," Walker said. 128 is the scenic fiver road which follows the Colorado River up from Moab to Dewey Bridge, then runs north to intersect -with- U.Ss 6 50 about a mile west of Cisco. The road is paved only as far as Castle Junction, less than half-way to Cisco at present. For years, however, there has With Weight Volunteers Aren't Scarce SEATTLE (AP) The University of Washington says it took six tclepone operators to handle the traffic after the university issued a call for women 20 per cent overweight to volunteer for a six-week weight-loss project.

The program is based on controlled eating rather than crash dieting. People In The News BOULDER (AP) Dr. Frederick P. Thieme, executive vice president of the University of Washington, announced Saturday night that he will accept the presidency of the University of Colorado. EDGARTOWN, Mass.

(AP) John N. Farrar, the diver who recovered the body of Miss Mary Jo Kopechne from a tidal pond on Chappaquiddick Island, said Saturday there was a chance her life could have been saved if authorities were notified immediately after the accident. Farrar is captain of the search and rescue division of the volunteer Edgartown Fire Department Farrar said, judging from the position of the body in the car, she was holding herself in such a position as to take advantage of the last remaining air." World News LONDON (AP) The Soviet Union is planning large scale Warsaw Pact military maneuvers in Czechoslovakia next month, tKe first anniversary of its invasion there, the Sunday Telegraph reported. SAIGON (AP) North Vietnamese troops attacked a U.S. base on the western slope of the A Shau Valley Saturday, killing eight American paratroopers and wounding 11, headquarters reported.

(Earlier Story Page 3 News Briefs HONOLULU (AP) The heat-scarred space capsule of the Apollo 11 mission will remain in Hawaii at Fire Island for three days of scientific examination, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Saturday. NASA scientists will check the effects of the lunar voyage on the vehicle. COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) Two Carson soldiers stranded on a mountain ledge for six hours Saturday were rescued, but a third climber fell 300 feet to his death. None of the soldiers was identified. CANYON CITY, Colo.

(AP) A second escape this week has been reported at the Colorado State Prison. Paul E. Sanders, 32, serving a 7-14 year sentence, for robbery, fled' from a work detail at the penitentiary pump house on the Arkansas River just outside the prison compound Friday afternoon. FAIRPLAY, Colo. (AP) May 18, of Denver, won the annual burro race over Iloosier Pass Saturday in a time of six hours, 27 minutes and four seconds.

Five girls started the race but only three finished the 23 mile race in which they must pull, haul and run with their burros. Each of the animals carries a minimum of 33 pounds. 1 The Weather WEST CENTRAL COLORADO: Partly cloudy today and Monday. Probability of measurable rain over the valleys 20 per cent through tonight. COLORADO: Generally fair in the north and partly cloudy in the south through Monday.

1 1 UTAH: Generally fair today and Monday See complete weather report on page 10- Wide Open Spaces dents hope paving will come soon on a state road leading from the southwest and keep traffic flowing down the lone street, which is U.S. 6-50. Sentinel Photo, dry and tiny Cisco, Utah, about the only place thats any place between Thompson and Mack will soon be bypassed by a new link of Interstate 70 now under construction about a mile north of town. Kesi- At the same time, United shows an increase of 40 per cent locally since jets replaced their propellor planes. Beginning after Aug.

1, a 580 Convair will leave Denver at 7:05 a.m., stop at Montrose and arrive at Grand Junction at 8:20 a.m. The plane will leave -Walker Field at 8:40 to return to Denver, arriving at 9:30 a.m. Another turn-around 580 will leave Denver at 4:30 p.m. nonstop for Grand Junction. and departs from here at 5:45 p.m.

on the return trip. A later turn-around leaves from Denver at 8 p.m., arriving at Walker Field at 8:50 p.m. It will depart at 9:40 p.m. with arrival in Denver at 10:54. To make up for the loss of the" morning jet from Salt Lake City, a Convair morning flight has been added, flight 511 to originate in Salt Lake, fly to Grand Junction and then swing south to Albuquerque with intermediate stops.

Promises of the past that full jet service would remain at Walker Field cannot be entirely kept. Frontier spokesmen contend. with 727s needed on longer routes. A count of passenger boardings shows that the 580s have capacity to serve dll but the very heaviest days, Frontier says. Morning boarding for Denver Friday, for example, was 24.

The 580 has a capacity of about 50. The question has been asked on how many days Grand June-t i boardings exceed this number. An answer to come from the Frontier statistical department Monday. other question, of how long this new schedule is to policies that would abandon Asia or reassert hardline politi- cal dominance. He hailed Nixon for encouraging nationalism in Asia" and added: He does not intend to abandon Asia.

We are moving toward what we have always hoped for, true economic and political independence. Marcos said the Philippines, with -material assistance, could handle its own' problems of in-'ternal subversion and nationbuilding. He expressed full support for the program of Asian self-help that Nixon outlined on Guam. The presidents departure was delayed about half an hour by a tropical deluge that struck Manila early Sunday morning, flooding many of the(streets. Now we are moving tp a new period i one of assistance and cooperation; Nl'xqq said.

This new period woild include, he added, a military, presence so far as the U.S. is Concerned so that these nations can have the Independence they fought so hard to get." Nixon called constructive nationalism" the future course In Asia and' elsewhere In the world. EM Cmstatieiii Dsy Hie HYANNIS PORT. Mass. (AP) Sen.

Edward M. Kennedy was reported getting wide public support Saturday after his explanation of a traffic accident in which a young woman died. But there was no indication when Kennedy would decide whether he would remain in the Senate. Thousands of telegrams and hundreds of telephone calls poured Into the senators summer home and into his offices in response to his nationally televised appeal Friday night to the people of Massachusetts to help him decide whether to remain in office. He asked "advice and opinion" but said the final decision would have to be made on my own." All response was not favorable, however, and some persons expressed doubts that the first surge of calls and telegrams came from a cross section of the public.

"I would not want to beat him on this basis," said Republican State Committee Chairman Jo-siah A. Spaulding from his home Saturday. Asked if he thought Republican chances of defeating Kennedy for re-election in 1970 had been improved, Spaulding said, We havent been hurt." Kennedys explanation of the accident failed to answer all questions. There was no explanation from the senator of his taking a turn onto the dirt road where the accident occurred. The road led away from the ferry that Kennedy had told police earlier he was taking Miss Kopechne to.

Kennedy said his cousin, Joseph Gargan, and a family friend and former U.S. attorney for Massachusetts, Paul Mark-'ham, dived repeatedly In another attempt to find Miss Kopechne. Kennedy said that later, Gargan and Markham drove him to Credit Cards For Donations? HOUSTON, Tex. (AP) -It may not be long before credit cards are used In churches to replace the old collection-plate. The National Association of Church Business Administrators, which met in Houston this week, discussed the possibilities of using credit cards for church donations.

The association agreed that the Idea might be the solution to the decreasing collections noted by major denominations. Nixon Says 'Material' Help To Asians Will Continue Future Dedele By GAYLORD KIRKHAM Sentinel Staff Writer CISCO, Utah In many ways Mother Nature never gave this eastern Utah desert town much more than a sidewise glance. Dame Fortune has alternately given it fleeting smiles followed by long-lasting scowls. Cisco residents dont appear to have much hope where nature is concerned, but they are banking on the future of the paving machines. Progress builk it and now threatens its need for existence.

The Rio Grande Railroad maybe it was the Rio Grande Western then built it as a freight deport. Interstate 70 threatens to leave it isolated and almost out of sight of speeding transcontinental traffic that is its phief reason for existence 1 -Two broad lanes, green with weeds that thrive in the gravelly soil, leave U.S. 6 50 some six miles cast of Cisco. They come to an 'abrupt end at the edge of a wash a couple of miles northeast of town. West of there, sprinklers fed by a pipeline running some six or so miles north westward long distance down the then unpaved road, no matter which direction you took.

The business the Capanskys built is still there. One of a half dozen in Cisco, it is now operated by Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Moore. Oh, till they run us off, I guess," she said when asked whether residents would remain when the new highway is opened.

I think Cisco will always be here. I dont worry about it," she said. Shortly after the Capanskys moved to Cisco, the population reached about 200, A lot of livestock was loaded aboard the Rio Grande at Cisco and thousands of head of sheep were shorn of their winter coats there, every spring. But with progress came trucks and now lh livestock moves mainly in big tractor trailer rigs. Cisco once was also a shopping center for the scattered -ranches hidden along -the Colo- MANILA (AP) President Nixon left the Philippines for Indonesia Sunday with the promise that the United States would remain a Pacific power and offer "assistance and cooperation" to its Asian allies.

His host, President Ferdinand E. Marcos, said he had been reassured by Nixon that the United States had no intention to abandon Asia. Evidently referring to the cur-. rent troop withdrawals from Vietnam, Nixon said the aim of the United States in Asia has shifted to furnishing material support instead of manpower "This 'is our goal. This is a goal we can achieve.

This is the goal the Asians want, ho said. Speaking after a final 14 hours of private talks, Nixon and Marcos virtually threw away prepared airport statements to deliver speeches outlining complete accord. Marcos told Nixon: "You have cleared up all the doubts that we had concerning the poli-: cies of the United States in Asia." He Admitted that prior to Nixons visit he 'had fears and doubts that the United States was preparing to embark upon from the Colorado River are settling the dust for construction equipment due on the site in the next few days. The road-builders will extend the broad lanes another six miles westward, connecting them again with U.S. 6 50 at a place called White House or Nash Wash.

When they are finished sometime next spring another contractor with paving equipment will move in and replace the weeds that so contrast with the normal desert flora with black ribbons of asphalt. Then, probably after appropriate ribbon-cutting ceremonies motorists will find another mile and a couple of sharp turns have been clipped off the transcontinental trek. Many motorists bent on reaching their destination- may pass-ufiaware that, tiny Cisco ever existed. But some in Cisco dont think Cisco will ever die. Theres Mrs.

Eppie Capansky who- arrived 'in Cisco with her late 'husband, W. 40 yedrs ago. Cisco In 1925 lookqd to Capansky like a good place to build a garage. The next place with a name on it was a good tado River to the south and been talk or a Grand Canyon -along the- Bookcliffs- to the to-Yellowstone highway, that north. would enable vacationers to William Walker remembers visit both of the famed those days.

He and his wife, (Sea FUTURE, Tagt It) I. A A A.