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Ames Pqiy Tribune Volume 98 No 288 Ames, Iowa, Wednesday, Juno 9, 1965 TonContt Reveal side by side space walk considered for Gemini 4 mmM WW I WW ff Wlffffff White McDivitt oneday away from home Duo space walk city's future citizens and leaders." Young people in background are waiting for interviews at the office of the Iowa State Employment Service here. (Tribune photo by Rod ONE STEP Mayor Pearle P. DeHart signed a proclamation Tuesday setting June as Youth Opportunity Month here, and urging "all private citizens to join with me in developing every possible work and training opportunity for our Job opportunities si MAN IN SPACE Astronaut Edward White II uses his space gun to maneuver himself upside down during his walk in space. During his and astronaut James McDivitt's 4 day space flight, he successfully maneuver ed with his gun. The 16mm camera used to take the picture is shown in the shadow cast by the sun at the lower right while the chamber door is open on the right and the umbilical cord bag extends out.

(UPI Telephoto) in employing youth Weather Noon, 75 High 75, noon Low, 52, 6 a.m. Barometer 30.13, steady Humidity, 82 per cent 'There she goes," he said tronauts L. Gordon Cooper and Charles (Pete) Conrad. This flight is set for Aug. 9.

Epic For Future But Gemini 5 is an epic for the future. The world today still thrilled to the dramatic film of White's walking and jetting his way around space with the cloudy, moist Dan or earth hanging the background. Tuesday White himself saw the breathtaking movies for the first time. "He didn't jump when the film first came on, said a space agency information officer. "He sort of lifted out of the chair.

"There 1 go again," said White. He said there was alwavs a chance something might go wrong while both of them were it, said Campbell. "The spacecraft might go off course, and neither of them might be able to get back in time to maneuver it onto course." McDivitt would not have ob jected to a spacewalk, said Campbell, "but he said he'd just as soon stay in the cap Navy Airman Harold L. Edging, 27, of St. Louis, said White told him he "personally suspected" that the world's first spacewalker, Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, had "some sort of outside difficulty" in orbit last March 18.

tracks Bussey said the railroad's land ownings total about from 25 30 acres along the line. when he saw on film his glove nying oft into space. Still ahead for the Gemini twins was the task of reliving their 62 orbit experiences to the United States via a news con ference at Houston Thursday or rriday, and to President Johnson at his Texas ranch this weekend then a trip to Chi cago for a ticker tape parade. loo Difficult According to sailor Campbell, McDivitt said space officials "had thought about sending both (outside Gemini 4 tor spacewalks), but found there would be difficulty getting ready to get out, with the bulki ness of the spacesuits and the. of time they had Dodge demned when the railroad was! built will automatically revert to the property owner, he added.

I AMES, BOONE NEVADA: Considerable cloudiness with showers and thunderstorms affecting 30 to 50 per cent of area tonight and Thursday. Lows tonight in upper 50s. High Thursday near 80. Those rats! FINK, Tex. UPI), small town near Oklahoma border is planning a week long celebration for National Be Kind To Finks Week, June 20 26.

Judge James Bates Fink, former justice of the peace at Bug Tussle, will be the main speaker. Fink is hard to find, People are always tearing down the highway markers. ask aid By ROD RIGGS As most employers are aware, there is a great surplus of young people looking for summer work here. Some have been seeking summer employment since late winter, making the rounds first of those businesses which they thought offered the most attrac. tive possibilities; later turned, in desperation to any field in which they believed their services might be of use.

But for many of these young JOHN: and People afr Work Want prairie pathway rejected too dangerous ABOARD USS WASP AT SEA (UPI) Astronauts James Mr. Divitt and Edward White, just one wy nuui a neroes' wel come from their countrvmn might have become the first persons to stroll side by side in space if officials hp.d not decid ed the venture was too dangerous. According to three sailor; who ate with America's newest spacemen, McDivitt said a nl: to let both men walk in space wao i vjnaiuereu prior tO Gemini 4 flight, but later jected. White took the fantastic jet propelled trip into the vniri alone and thus became the star in a tantastic space movie. The sailors report came as this aircraft carrier steamed to wa ra Florida to deliver the as tronauts home to the United Mates ihursdav.

It took McDivitt and Whit only four days to travel nearly ijiuuun miies tnrough space. rast And Slow It is taking them another three days to cover the 1,400 mile stretch from their Arlnnrir Ocean landing spot to their homes in Houston, to be gin a string ot celebrations with the biggest one in McDivitt's home town of Chicago. Machinist's Mate 1 Robert F. Campbell of Brighton, one of the Wasp's three run ners up for "outstanding sailor of the month," lunched Tues day with the space heroes and quoted McDivitt as saying a uuuuie spacewaiK was considered but rejected as too dangerous. A news report from the carrier that "it is quite likely that the' two crew members will' al ternate walks in space" on the next Gemini flight was urisup porcea Dy space agency otric ials.

Dr. George Mueller, chief of the U.S. manned Spaceflight programs, said earlier this week that no "extra vehicular spacewalk or otherwise, was planned for the seven day voyage of Gemini 5 as men. In Washington todav Secre tary of State Dean Rusk said the United States "is not going to be chased out" of Viet Nam and warned that some sharp engagements can be expected netween tne Viet Cone and our people." He declined to say whether the new combat sup port policy given American troops would expand the war. Jhe two American military advisers were killed in a clash at the South Vietnamese armv training center, of Gia Bay 50 miies nortneast of Saigon.

Their deaths brought to 404 the numoer killed in combat with Viet Cong since 1961. U.S. B58 bomber was shot down by ground fire during the action out the pilot and naviga tor bailed out and were rescued uninjured. In other air action U.S. Air Force and Navv icts carried out widespread raids over North Viet Nam, hitting the port of Vinh for the third consecutive day.

Reds Attack Base The battle was joined when a large force of Viet Com? at racKea me oase just after mid night. KocKet ftrine heliconters drove off the attackers and South Vietnamese reinforce ments moved up by heliconters made no contact with the guer rillas. Government forces at th camp lost an estimated 35 killed and wounded and th guerrillas two known dead. The second battle broke out 95 miles southwest of Saigon. In this action near the village or can ino government sol diers were reported killed and 95 wounded.

The action bsgan Tuesday with the arrival of Vietnamese troops by helicopter and was continuing today. Crews of the armed heliconters estimated they killed 150 guerrillas in an air assault. Government troops accounted for another 15 dead and 40 captured. Two Viet battles claim 460 casualties Jim; tunity Month" and asking aid in finding jobs for the young people. More than two million Young Americans leaving school this month are seeking some kind of work, Henderson said.

At the Ames office, appli tions are on hand from 300 youngsters, and more are com ing every day, he said. About 25 were registered Monday and a larger number Tuesday. The of fice remained crowded today with teenagers ruing applications for some sort of summer work. "The only kind of work we have available right now is baby sitting and housework," Henderson said. There are no laboring jobs listed at all, he added.

Work openings for which applicants are available, he said, are construction work, yard mowing and other yard work, and "any business which can use anyone in any capacity from clerking to cleanup." While some of the young people have only limited experience, Henderson said, "the older kids have more." 'Can Learn Something' "We'd like to find them jobs where they can learn something," he said, a sentiment echoed in the mayor's procla mation: "The early work experience and training that young people acquire during their formative years at summer jobs help to shape an their tuture habits, (The Tribune last week began offering a free "Teen Tasks" want ad column in which young people could offer their work services.) Iowa 4 boys 'S, girls meet here "Citizen Focus on the World" is the theme of the fourth annual joint State 4 Conference which convened today at Iowa State University. About 1,300 4 Club members and their leaders, representing every county in Iowa, will meet for a series of assemblies featuring speakers, panels and group discussions designed to help them become aware of life in other countries and how it affects Americans. "The world has become so small since travel and communication have advanced that 4 members need to learn about other countries and thus increase their understanding of other psople," said C. J. Gauger, state 4 leader.

On the opening day, delegates learned about "Our Contributions to Others in Latin America, In the Middle East, In Africa, in Asia." Career exploration sessions in agriculture, home economics, sciences and humanities, engineering, veterinary medicine and short time occupational training will be conducted Friday. Election of state 4 officers will be held during the annual meeting Thursday. A boy and a girl will be selected for the offices of president, vice presi dnt, secretary and historian. people, ages 16 to 21, no job openings materialized. Tom Henderson, manager of the Iowa State Employment Services Ames office, estimates the number of job seekers in this age bracket at some 1,000 people here.

He issued a plea today for potential employers to notify the ISES office of work which might be available. Mayor Pearle P. DeHart Tuesday signed a proclamation setting June as "Youth Oppor and Another. consideration is maintaining small classes. Although Iowa State had a record enrollment last year, recitation classes averaged 28 students and laboratory periods, 17 students.

Classes in English, chemistry and mathematics complicate scheduling; one freshman English class was offered in 91 sec tions to accommodate some 2,300 students. Pace's job isn't going to be easier in the foreseeable future. More than 3,000 additional students are expected within three years, pushing enrollment to nearly 16,000. Pace believes computer scheduling oi classes eventual ly will become common, pro viaing maximum emciencv in the use of classroom space ana allowing more choice in arranging a schedule because of the computer's ability to produce virtually limitless combinations. For all the complexity of class schedules, the task oc cupies only about 15 per cent ot his time.

More time con suming are his other "space" auties maintaining a com plete space inventory and analysis, providing statistical reports on space use, assisting departments in finding needed space, reallocating space as it becomes available for new uses, and supervising the de sign and renovation of ISU spaceman on Fort By JERRY KNIGHT If the vision of a prominent! Ames naturalist is realized a "prairie pathway" may one day link Ames and Kelley. As visualized by Arnold Hau gen, 3117 Lincoln Way, the recently abandoned right of way of the Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railway would be converted into a hiking, cycling and horseback riding path. winding through dense woods, across a tiny stream on a tall trestle and then over two miles of open prairie, the trail would be "a natural escape route from the city" Haugen said. An Ideal Pathway Free from asphalt and concrete and traffic and noise, it "would be a jim dandy for scout hikes, trail rides and bicycling," the naturalist added. Haugen, who heads Iowa State University's fish and wildlife program and is vice chairman of the Governor's Commission on Outdoor Recreation, said the abandoned right of way offers an unusual opportunity to acquire a prime natural recreation area.

liopcruuy, ne saio, tne land could be nonaled to the county conservation board or the Iowa Conservation Commission. Haugen urged civic and recreation groups land could be donated to the plan and promote development ot the trail. If the railroad removes the rails and ties as planned, the only further work needed would be an occasional mowing and perhaps the construction of a few shelter houses along the four mile trail, Haugen said. He compared the proposal to a similar prairie pathway which runs 45 miles from Chicago to Aurora, on an abandoned rail line and to the Chesapeake ana unio towpath near Wash ington, D.C. which leads along an abandoned canal.

Tell Roads Plans J. C. Bussey, vice president of the Fort Dodge, Des Moines and southern, said the railroad will remove the rails and ties and offer the land for sale to the abutting land owners. Usually the farmers buy the property he said, because it allows them to complete an odd sized field. Any of the land which might have been con SAIGON (UPI) Two U.S.

military advisers were Killed and a third wounded today in one of two major battles which claimed more than 460 casualties on both sides. While fighting raged on the ground and American planes bombed targets in North Vict I Nam, Saigon itself was plagued with a political crisis that! threatened to topple the govern ment. Premier Phan Huy Quat! asked the military to mediate in his two way dispute with Chief of State Phan Khac Suu and dissident Roman Catholics. Rusk Issues Warning With the United States embarking on a new policy of permitting American infantrymen to enter into combat in South Viet Nam, a U.S. military spokesman announced that 2,500 American combat engi neers had landed to boost S.

military strength here to 53,500 Contract for Hickory Grove construction The Story County Conservation Board has awarded the contract for construction of the spillway at Hickory Grove Lake to Public Development Montour. The firm submitted a low bid of $34,058 for clearing and grubbing 11 acres of land and constructing the intake structure, outlet pipe and collars and stilling basin that make up the spillway. There were two bids. The work will begin in July and will probably be completed this fall. Construction of the spillway will be another step toward completion of Hickory Grove Park southeast of Nevada, which will include a lake, camping, fishing, picnicking and rec reation areas.

An unsung hero on any college campus is the "space man" the administrator who year by year fits increasing numbers of students into available classroom space. At Iowa State University the space man is John W. Pace of the admissions and records staff. Hie office and student classification offices, take number of classes accommodating number of students and allocates space for them in number of No matter how well he distributes classes among classrooms, he can be certain few students will willingly enroll in classes scheduled early in the morning or late in the afternoon. Peak hour at Iowa State is 10 a.m.

Monday, when about 4,000 students are attending 150 classes. In all, Pace scheduled nearly 9,000 class hours per week. Departments are asked to distribute classes as evenly as possible through the week to reduce the peaks. They may request a specific room for a specific course, and when more than one department asks for the room at the same time, the nod usually goes to the department with offices closest to the classroom. Planning of next September's schedule began last November when Pace was notified of courses to be offered in 1965 66.

The classroom schedule will be completed by Aug. 1. WOODED WALK The Fort Dodge, Des Moines and south em Railway's abondoned tracks from Ames to Kelley would become a "prairie pathway" under a proposal made by Dr. Arnold Haugen. From Mortensen Road the tracks run south by the Ames Golf and Country Club then turn southwest where they cross a spindly old trestle before curving into the woods shown here.

A mile further along, the tracks swing across open ground toward Kelley. (Tribune photo by Jerry Knight).