Independent Record (Newspaper) - June 4, 1965, Helena, Montana U.S Astronauts Whirl Into Second Day of Orbit By Howard Benedict Houston Tex Astro- James McDivitt ward White whirled into the ond day ot marathon space mission their spirits high and light plan back on schedule after some hectic early hours during which White strolled in space The Mission Control Center said everything appeared able for the Gemini 4 spacecraft to complete its full mission If there are no bitches ica's longest manned space flight will end at p.m EST Monday with a parachute down in the Atlantic Ocean 400 miles southwest of Bermuda During a pass over the Houston Control Center today White told capsule communicator Virgil Grissom a few more details about his excursion into space during orbit No 3 day While described as vivid blue the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean He said he clearly saw Houston and ton Bay as he floated on the end of a golden lifeline more than 100 miles above the He said ho even saw Clear Lake about 3 miles long and miles wide near the Houston homes of both astronauts While said the ering unit he used made it much easier to move about outside the capsule When he wasn't using it he said lie had difficulty ting around White also said he had walked on the equipment section of Gemini 4 during his excursion It looked like I was right on top of ho said It's kinda hard to get traction John Hodge the overnight flight director told newsmen day that during the night and White managed to get back on the original flight plan The plan had been disrupted during the first three orbits when made a futile at- tempt lo catch and rendezvous with another satellite the burned out third stage of the Titan 2 rocket that boosted them into orbit After expending about 40 per cent of his fuel the effort The chase con- to a delay in space excursion I lodge said that throughout the night Ihc Gemini 4 was lowed to drift on its pain without any expenditure of fuel Hodge said two maneuvers would be dropped from flight and there would be some curtailment of ic experiments that require spacecraft maneuvering He said McDivitt and White were getting used lo sleeping in space after initial tossing and turning periods Each slept well on their second four-hour ber period he reported Now thai we're back on a regular Hodge said we'll be able lo start working out compatible work sleep anil eat cycles for future tion flights This is one of the major goals of he flight along with ing of medical data to mine how well the astronauts withstand long exposure lo weightless world of space Gemini 4 began its second hour period at EST today Al p.m it will pass Gordon Cooper's U.S record of 34 hours and 20 minutes established in May Russian cosmonaut kovsky holds record of 119 hours 6 minutes White look over the controls of Gemini 4 shortly after EST to let command pilot James relax in his ond sleep period Mission control informed the their capsule was re- about the earth in an Continued on Cage 11 Helena Montana Friday June 4 1965 14 Pages Price Ten Cents GOP Gathers in City Hears Party Leaders GRADUATION crowd of at- tended commencement exercises at Helena High nasium Thursday night The largest class in the school's history was graduated Staff photo by Norm Clarke More Than Attend Helena High U.S Marines Say Goodby To DR Area By Norm Clarke A crowd of more Ihan attended commencement cises at Helena High gymnasium Thursday in which the largest class in history was graduated The Class of 1905 numbering The first address of the ning was given by Victor ling out your blueprint A cent return will come lo anyone who will follow Use the blueprint of success and the Susan Eagle a will bc for Jack Holt a parent followed with mula for success was 1C limes A remarks Eagle said We j times II plus 1 or knowledge 402 graduates represented t0 10 best with altitude limes skill times habits plus personality equals of more Ihan the size of the class graduated in 1355 when the new Helena High building was constructed C R Anderson superintendent of schools said Governor Attends Among thousands in at- tendance for the ceremonies were Gov Tim Babcock and his wife who watched their youngest daughter Maria Kay receive her diploma Following the processional played by he Helena Senior High Symphonic Band the Rev Martin A Baumann pastor of the First Lutheran Church de- livered Invocation An brass pre- sented the music selection March Valliant Members of the group were Don Holmquist Carolyn Hyer Joan Hate Dan Nelson Jerry Watne and Melvin King Selective Service Dps Draft Call Highest Since 61 Washington The De Tense Department issued today ils monthly draft cal since Ihc Berlin crisis late in 1001 H asked Selective Service to induct men in July for Army This is slightly above June call of The call in November 1961 the Berlin crisis year was for men Drall quotas have been on upgrade in large part because enlistments have fallen off we have Holt speaking in the lighter asked the students to map I Continued on 8 Helena Girl Injured Student Nurse Is Killed In Billings Car Crash Billings if A student Hirse from Miles City was killed Thursday night in a crash at a west side Billings residential intersection during a heavy rain The victim was Janice man 21 Right other persons seven of them student nurses with Miss Hartman at St Vincent's tal were injured but none Police identified the drivers of the two cars involved as Janet Louise Sauber 20 of Billings and Mrs John Johnston of ings Among those hospitalized Barbara McDonald 20 Geyser Schuster 21 lings Shari Smart 21 Helena and Susan Allen 22 Sacramento Calif Miss Smart and the accident victim were thrown from the car in the collision She suffered a cut arm Judith daughter of Mr and Mrs J R 1735 Missoula are to be gradu ated from SI Vincent's School ol Nursing Sunday School officials not made any on change of plans for the bacca laureate set for Saturday and Ihc commencement exercises The brought stale traffic toll lo 88 compared with 101 one year ago Astronauts Speak With Their Wives Houslon Texas Mrs James A McDivill Edward II While II lold husbands lo lie good and lo have a good today in line space conversation be- After being treated in hospital and their wives she called her parents Mr and Mrs Fred J Smart of 924 Miss Smarl said student nurses were returning from a graduation class dinner and were only a block away from their residence hall when the accident occurred sounded bright a little The woman happy and scions as their voices traveled more than 100 miles into space to the Gemini 4 The wives were at Mission Control Center here and their husbands were crossing California Santo Domingo Dominican Re- public The U.S Marines aid goodby lo Santo day as President Johnson ordered he rest of Helicopters were airlifting the leathernecks to the Boxer offshore There was no indication cr Ihc carrier and her escort vould sail for oilier waters once he Marines were aboard Johnson announced in Chicago Thursday night thai Brazilian Gen Hugo Alvim com ol the Force in Dominican Republic liad advised him Thai condition in the Dominican Republic permit further of ou military personnel I have accordingly withdrawal of all units of the United Slates Mr rine Corps totaling approximate ly Ihc President salt Departure of Ihc Marine leaves U.S serving with can troops in the Inter-America Force Peace of the of American Stales con- talks with rebel and leaders At UN headquarters in New York Soviet Delegate Nikolai T asked he Security i Council lo gel Force out of the Dominican Re- public and lo investigate rebel charges that Ihc junta has ex- hundreds of rebel U.S Delegate Charles W Yost replied lhat the council was not the place to discuss charges of violation of human rights He said Ihc Inter-American Korea was helping the Dominicans and did not violate the UN Charier Pickets Galher At Houston Space Center Houston Texas fl5 Some vo dozen white and Negro demonstrated at the main ate of the Manned Spacecraft enler today calling attention to hat one picket characterized as ie cruel contrast between the 4 project and city's chool integration policies A printed though unsigned ress release handed out at the ate by demonstrators referred o Houston as the world's largest school system The pickets emphasized thai ie protest was not the shot or the space Irani Security officers at the gate of lie center hat is controlling the Gemini ghl watched the group but did lot interfere The Kev Leigh Fair assistant of New Pleasant Grove church Houston led the group away about 11 but said We'll be hack John K Bell By Thomas E Mooney Montana Republicans meeting in Helena in special con- vention this afternoon heard their two top elective officials ead for party unity and harmony in the years ahead Gov Tim Bobcock delivering what he a state of -ie party message struck out at those who are ans by degrees only and emphasized lhat only through arty unity will the GOP win in the 1966 and future ons He also devoted a major lore of his talk to what have become two f his major The 965 Montana Legislature in both houses by and Sen Lee alf who comes up for re- lection next year Congressman Batlin stressed lie necessity of working Three Bank Employes Die in Holdup Big Springs Neb Three persons were shot lo death and a fourth wounded in a holdup at the Farmers State Bank of Big Springs Ibis afternoon Sheriff Harry Shaw said the dead all bank employes included two men and a woman A male employe was wounded he said Shaw said he didn't know im- mediately how many persons were involved in the holdup nor id be know how much money Big Springs is a town of 500 in Nebraska about 10 miles rom Julesburg Colo The bank currently lists in deposits John Bell New Attorney For State UCC John F Bell 46 a former A Force legal officer was ed attorney for Montana Ui employment Compensation Coin mission today The appointment was made 1 UCC Chairman Edgar II Bell succeeds Edward C Schro ter who died Jan 31 Bell is his new work June 14 Dell was lieutenant colonel the Air Force lie received a law I degree from Montana Slate in 1951 j lie maintained a legal dence in Missoula said A native of Minneapolis Bell at- tended public schools in Miss Smart and another Helena in 18th Chit Chat From Astronauts Houston Texas While Gemini 4 was circling the earth today in the second day of its four-day mission Edward If White was chatting with cap- sule communicator Virgil Gus Grissom While some moments of his space stroll Thursday and was brought up to dale on doings He had laken con- of spaceship while com- mand James slept The following conversation as the passed narvon in Australia ly before 7 EST Corked Off hooks like Jim's corked off well He hasn't stirred now lie last hour and a half Okay I have a news release here for him about Mike's baseball team Do you want to take il and pass il on to Yes pass up Gels Baseball Score Okay The Hawks won their League They heal the Falcons The Hawks got three runs off two hits The Falcons got two runs on hits Roger Understand The Hawks won Roger Iley uh here's headline of the ton Post foday you might pass on also Thought it was good Big headlines Aw Ed please gel back In Ihc space ship II was lough to conic in and a little lough lo get back into It was sure lough to gel Into I'll bel I have you Postmasters to Meet Livingston Montana postmasters will galher in ingston Monday for heir annual slale About 150 of tana's 400 postmasters are ex- lo allend three-day meeting State National Weather Forecast Helena and Fair tonight and Saturday Cooler tonight low 38 warmer Jelling Message Through Were you all reading We never knew whether were reading us or not Yeah Your box was keyed all the time We couldn't get in We'd Iry lo lell you your lime was up and get back and we never could get through lo yon al all lure al 2 p.m was National H L n 77 15 Calgary II I 81 55 45 Chicago 58 52 72 12 Denver BO 1 Cut Bank 67 10 Las Vegas 8.1 50 09 51 New Orleans 6 Oh Is Hill rin Dillon 77 15 Los 68 un is inai J m ri 12 01 glad you Grissom Yeah I could loll lhat Grissom asks for a technical reading hen Have you had anything lo cat Great 73 41 N York City 70 Havre W ffO Helena 11 10 Ore 10 41 72 10 Bl Louts 85 6 12 80 1 77 45 San Fran 5 81 48 Seattle 73 4 Miles City 1 i -11 18 75 I'm in middle of w in 42 wnnh 73 and I'm gonna fix a chicken salad and finish it off Continued on Page 11 Stale Bel 03 Cut Great Foils trace Havre 01 05 01 Miles City 01 Airmen Die In Crash Of Tanker Plane Koswell Five irmen were killed in Ihc crash if an Air Force anker because if we don't we lie doing what wants us lo n the status of a minority party Batlin devoted a considerable of his talk to pointing to hings being pushed by the administration which lie said vere many limes in direct con- lict and not in the best interest if Montanans licet al Civic Both Babcock and Battin spoke at the opening session of the two day convention held in the Civil Center Also on program was Raymond V Humphreys ot Wash director of educa lion and training for the lican National Committee Principal business of the coi is lo rewrite party rules mi regulations a move made by changes in ion laws voted by the 19B5 The Assembly shortened he lime between the primary and jeneral elections ot the future unking necessary various in party rules of The sessions are lo be climaxed jy a banquet in the Civic Center Saturday al 7 o'clock and Batlin also will on banquet program in addition to U.S Hep Gerald Ford of Michigan Ihc House minority leader in present Congress Babcock today pleaded for the thai produces for our parly and de- clared lhat while we will vive as a Republican Party lowing defeats of we're going to require some blood transfusions it we arc again lo be- come buoyant and vigorous enough to being winning tions The ingredient for he said it unity It there is one thing which wo must do as a party lhat is slop among Continued on Page 11 sola was graduated from Schattuck Military Academy at Minn He look a course al College al SI Paul and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army in 1940 Senate Okays Plan to Urge LBJ to Up VA Hospital Capacity Avert Closings Senate completed congressional action 1 today on a resolution urging ident Johnson to increase of veterans from to beds Approval was by voice vote Thursday Walker Air Force Base j mission as a major Names of Ihc dead were pending of f kin The tanker was on a routine mission and approaching a er AFB runway when the occurred base spokesmen sakl White House Getting Fence Washington A new fence is going up in ront of the While House It will be only to serve until the existing black ron picket fence is replaced White House press jeorge 15 Reedy said today Only the portion directly in He transferred lo the is an effort to Air Corps in 1942 and served die threatened closing a chief photographic intelligence n veterans hospitals to avoid officer for the Air Force in i going over Ihc VA's authorized the European Theater until June bed limit as new 1944 when his plane was inlo operation the Senate down during invasion lnd Public Welfare Com- France He was captured by said in a report endorsing Germans and placed in the measure In April 1945 he and five The limitations arc set by ex- crs made a successful escape to order and never were set Allied lines Congress said After his discharge Bell en- The resolution expressed the rolled at Montana sense of Congress thai 111 sity afler one quarter should bc increased near a regular Air Force com- Sen Clifton P Anderson D- in a Senate speech said VA informed him new could not be built until the old ones are under the 000 limitation set by President Dwight D Eisenhower in 1959 Anderson said Ihc VA has a waiting list of veterans de- siring lo enter hospitals He said he and Sens Mike Mansfield and Lee Metealf and Joseph M Montoya agreed H did not make much sense lo close out those facilities long before new hospitals in discussion stage were to bc constructed He said he is aware the VA in- tends lo build new and better facilities at more convenient tions but this is no guarantee they will be buill year or within Ihc next 5 to 10 weeks In the meantime said agency has had lo con- tract for bed space in other Heavy Ground Fighting U.S Marines on Offense In Viet Cong Skirmishes Saigon South Viet Nam U.S Marines killed 19 Viet front of the While House on Ihc along Pennsylvania nue is being replaced al lime needy said Arrive in Moscow Moscow A delegation from Communist North Viel Nam arrived for talks with leaders An official announcement of heir arrival gave no indication of the reason for Ihc trip or how long would slay Premier Phan Huy Quat more Communist by Phan Khac Sun chief j bushes one a action by Jong and wounded 11 in of f hvo min Reds to an earlier ambush today in the Jai area a spokesman announced Ie said two Marines were killed and 19 wounded The Leathernecks took the of- in a day of scattered fighting across South Viel Nam in which the Viet strove lo maintain the casualties for today and Thursday rose lo al least 239 killed wounded and missing Political Crisis Solved In Saigon the National Council apparently re- solved a political crisis ing for two weeks The her council upheld a right of A spokesman said was near Lao Thien about 150 miles now supporting Quat U.S Ambassador Maxwell D Taylor who postponed a ed Irip lo Washington lasl end lo keep watch on Ihc crisis may now head to the United States in Ihc few days of Troops A ranking U.S military man speaking of the makeup of enemy forces said there arc so many of North Viet Nam's lar troops fighting now in South Viet Nam il is becoming demic they arc here as regular Vietnamese units Vietnamese were caught northeast of Saigon Casualties in the first ambush of a convoy Thursday totaled 15 government troops killed 15 wounded and 15 ing Two armored cars svero de- two trucks damaged and Iwo machine guns lost nist losses were riot known A relief force sent in a few hours later was hit about seven miles of the first lion The government losses in engagement were nine killed and 14 wounded Planes and ar- fire finally Ihc guerrillas
