Kokomo Tribune (Newspaper) - February 12, 1967, Kokomo, Indiana THE KOKOMO TRIBUNE KOKOMO IND SUNDAY FEB 12 1967 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOS NEWSSTAND E Spacecraft Study CAPE KENNEDY pieces of the Apollo 1 spacecraft ore laid out on tables for detailed inspection in a Cape Kennedy building Two men in center inspect a section of one of the couches A Board of Review continues to probs the fire that killed three astronauts Air Force It Cols Virgil I Grissom and ward H White II and Navy It Cmdr Roger B Chaffee The spacecraft which still is in place atop o Saturn 1 rocket is being dismantled piece by piece AP Wirephoto Astronauts Safety Was Not Risked Space Officials Say By EDWIN B HAAKINSON WASHINGTON AP U.S space officials have vigorously denied that they risked the ly of astronauts in an effort to beat the Soviet Union lo the moon or will do so in Uie ture That charge is completely Robert C Seamans Jr deputy National ics and Space Administration director said in testimony made public Saturday by the Senate Space Committee He laid Dr George E Mueller head of manned space office agrees with that view Their testimony about the inferno inside an Apollo space capsule which snuffed out the lives of astronauts Virgil I Grissom Edward II White II ami Roger B on a launch pad Jan 27 included these Three previous fires in lesls of pressured pure oxygen were traced to mishaps in systems Men inside two of these simulated capsules re- covered from burns and the faults were corrected in the space capsules themselves Soviet cosmonauts ride in an atmosphere similar lo that on earth about 21 per cent and the balance nitrogen which is much less dangerous at sea level than pressurized pure It will be a month or longer before the meticulous NASA investigation into causes of Uie Apollo accident can be com- And even then exact cause may never be mined The tragedy may not delay Apollo timetable which aims at landing U.S astronauts on the moon and returning them safely to earth by 1970 or lier It probably would take some six months to install a substitute for the pure oxygen system a atmosphere in the Apollo vehicles but this lias been under and development for several years costs in money and lime of the accident cannot he measured the formal NASA board inquiry has been completed The NASA leaders testified at a closed session Tuesday of Ihc Senate committee which may a separate inquiry later Glonce Inside Editorials Column Column Selected Stock List Hospital Notes Births 2 Deaths 2 Your Horoscope 8 News for Women Sunday TV Sports Builders Classified Peru Today's Chuckle We a t h e r m a n o friend Good morning possibly ind agreed that the could be made public Sen Walter F D- linn asked blunt questions about suggestions that we are taking chances with the lives of our astronauts in an effort to beat the Russians to the moon FIFTEEN CENTS Mao's Army Grabs Control Of Peking Alerted On Frontiers AP News Digest VIETNAM Renewal of formal warfare looms in Vietnam with ending of the Tet truce during which suffered 143 casualties The Johnson administration believes tion of fighting after the Vietnam cease-fire will improve prospects for a more realistic ating offer from Hanoi Mao Tse-tung alerts his front line ers particularly on the Soviet border and knowledges this will delay his purge WASHINGTON Members of the committee looking into Adam Clayton Powell's qualifications for a House seat are considering at least five possible dations Education and Labor Committee ping many Powell appointees to staff Sen Richard B Kussell predicts Congress will put up the 5377 million President Johnson asked in standby funds for start of an sile For Adam Powell Committee Has Five Choices By CARL P WASHINGTON AP icrs of the select coking into Adam Clayton H's qualifications for a House cat are currently considering t least rive possible it was learned rday This emphasises the ion of Chairman r that the committee a broad mandate under group ould well propose something than merely seating or the controversial New Democrat It means also the House may ind with a lalion i n which a two-thirds ole may he lo keep out In another development in the case Saturday it was disclosed that some of men served as his top aides n he was chairman of louse Education and Labor Committee are being dismissed rom their committee jobs Such turnover however is not un- a changes hands Despite the continuing cal overtones in the case and published polls showing of every three Americans favor Powell's expulsion from Con- gress members of the tee are determined to confine their recommendations to the legal aspects of the case Whether the House will be equally legalistic in considering he committee's proposals probably late month is an- other One problem says tee Andrew Jacobs Jr is that we are supposed to he a government of laws but we are still a government of men Rep Clark MacGregor Minn another member said in an interview that in defining the scope of its inquiry the tee thought there might be as many as five different possible actions Tiie committee has to con- sider these possibilities solely for purpose of determining See Better Prospect Of Eventual Peace Talks By LEWIS GULICK WASHINGTON AP As Vietnam into its final phase some U.S strategists anticipated Saturday that the prospective renewal of the allied military offensive may well improve the outlook for eventual peace talks Their reasoning goes like Hanoi has been trying to get something for nothing by saying there could be peace tions provided the United Slates halts its bombing of North Full Military Activity Resumes as Truce Ends SAIGON South Vietnam AP war in Vietnam picked up it left off Sunday after a lunar new year truce narked by 163 American alties As he cease-fire ended a U.S spokesman said Full tary activity in Republic of Vietnam was resumed The truce proclaimed by South Vietnam and joined by its allies ended at 7 Saigon p.m uled a Viet Cong dec- lhat the Communists would hold off offensive activity until Wednesday morning Asked if announcement lhat military activity was re- meant new air raids against targets in Communist Vietnam the U.S spokes man said I can't comment on that The truce provided four days of nominal peace in which such world figures as Pope Paul VI and Secretary-General U had sought to have the cease-fire extended into talks aimed at ending the war As the four-day halt in sive neared an end however it had become ingly evident in Saigon that the truce period would end as scheduled despite criticism it might bring in Communist neutralist and oilier centers international opinion The South Vietnamese and U.S Command had reported a oaring total of cease-fire dents they blamed on the Com- and the American side accused North Vietnam of using he truce period to move sive amounts of men and plies south The U.S spokesman said 269 Continued on Page 2 Column 2 But over the last few days President Johnson and tary of State Dean Rusk have made it clear that even if Hanoi says it will start discussions upon a bombing halt that is not enough For a reduction of its air attacks Washington wants a reciprocal cutback in North Vietnam's military activities against South Vietnam And the resuming of the bombings after the cease-fire in the opinion of these strategists will convince Hanoi's leadership that the American government means what it says and will not abandon its air weapon for vague suggestions The current U.S diplomatic probes therefore are directed in particular at finding out what price Hanoi is willing to pay once it understands it cannot halt the air raids by da Washington has informed the North Vietnamese leadership that it is willing to engage in peace talks without any prior conditions Or as an alternative Hanoi has been told each side could an 1 Column 1 LAKE i CENTRAL AIRLINES Weather I Data High 35 Degrees Low 15 Degrees At 6 20 Degrees 79 Per cent Direction W Speed 15 Miles per hour 30.11 Rising p.m Kokomo is in Forecast Area 4 Mostly sunny continued cold Sunday Mostly cloudy day and continued cold Mostly cloudy Sunday night and day light snow probably ning Sunday night and uing Monday Winds westerly 18 Sunday High Sunday low Sunday night near 15 high Monday in 20s Precipitation probability day and Sunday Sunny continued Sunday Increasing Sunday night mostly cloudy Monday Chance of light late Sunday night continuing Monday Winds northeast Sunday High Sunday near 30 low Sunday night h i g Monday in probability Sunday 40 Sunday night 20s percentages scope of the said We do no now what we are going to rec The five possibilities listed by U from taking the oath of 2 administering him le ami then expelling im 3 seating Powell 4 Bating but censuring im 5 giving him the oath bul squiring performance of cei ain acts by him before he can seated The second possibility ng him would require a two- lirds vote while the others ould he taken by a majority ut House has the doctrine that ex- is limited So the conduct members during their cur int term of office and cannot e applied for past ons Powell's attorneys last week to permit him to relating to his legal roubles stemming from a New ork court judgment or con- erning charges he misused travel funds They contended lhat littee should limit itself to that of the Constitution le 1 Section 2 representatives to be 25 citizen for seven years anc on Pogo 1 Column 1 TOKYO AP Japanese dispatches reported the Red Chinese army look control of Peking Saturday while orders in lie name of Mao tung alerted military commands on the frontiers o for noves against China by forces of imperialism and revisionism Chinese terms for the United Stales and the Soviet Union A dispatch from he based correspondent of the yo newspaper Keizai asid lie Public Security Ministry and the People's Liberation Army garrison command issued decree revealing the com- mand lias taken duties of he police and set up a control committee Hed Guards orders in Mao's name around Peking Japanese dispatch said The emphasis in the orders vas on the der in the west and Sinkiang Province where Heel China has Is nuclear testing ground at Lop Nor Japanese account It added here is also some concern in Peking for areas facing the Chinese island of For- mosa The orders noted a sharp in- crease in aircraft and troop movements along the Soviet Sinkiang border but did not say whether they were Chinese or Russian A Peking dispatch of the Kyo do news service said the posted orders quoted llao as military commanders and Com party leaders they need not pursue his purge of internal foes simultaneously with the alert He also acknowledged that this turn of events would delay the purge Kyodo said said lie orders were contained in mimeographed bul letins in the Chinese cap- ital ns IM.OOO persons demon outside the Soviet Em bassy Earlier Premier Choi and Foreign Vi assailed the Soviet leadership in a mass rally Chou and Chen as well a officials al the rally wore military uniforms other Japa nese dispatches said A dispatch said the Red Guard bulletins quoted Mao a placing specific emphasis o Sinkiang Province which ders on Soviet central Asia led by Gen Wang political and military commander of the province were reported by Moscow radio on Feb 3 to be entrenched in he mountains and engaged ii guerrilla warfare in Sinkiang Kyodo said Mao's alert was made to Gen Yell deputy chairman of the Defense Council and sent to K military district commanders Continued on 1 Column 3 Senator Predicts AP Son Richard B Russell pre- that Congress will put up he million President on asked in standby funds lo tart installing an antimissile Russell who heads the Senate Armed Services Committee aid in an interview Congress Antimissile System Funds Coming Soon Marchers Shout Down Ronald Reagan SACRAMENTO Calif AP A crowd of nearly dents and teachers shouted down Gov Ronald Reagan at his surprise ance at their on the Cap- tol The Republican governor just finished saying I tell you now that I am going to represent the people ot this state Immediately the crowd burs into a swelling chant We av the people He was booed earlier when h opened his five-minute talk There is nothing 1 could say that would create an open mine in some of you He also said Never wil permit a regent of the ty to actively participate in a political campaign in my be- referring to alleged interference in high cation The march was the second during the week io protest agan's plans lor budget cuts anc tuition for state higher educa Preceding the march a state college faculty union leader pre dieted Hie schools won't open next fall if Reagan's higher education budget cuts and tui tion plan go through Plan Budget Protest BLOOMINGTON Ind University students formed a committee Friday to a mass letter writing campaign to Indiana legislator in protest of the lawmakers re during budget requests Campus newspapers at all fou state universities have similar letter writing cam in a box because Johnson iade spending of the proposed contingent on with the Soviet Union or an agreement under which either country would go into lis highly expensive field 1 don't know anything that can do but provide the loney and hope that it won't ave lo lie Hussell said He said that if the Russians rove obstinate about expanding lie skeleton system they are around Moscow be a long-term American rogram which would require in outlay of about 540 billion the next ID years We could do it of course but hope we don't have said Sen William Proxmire Vis head of the Committee said he believes the Russians are changing their tune since son's announcement that he wants an agreement to nate outlays I think that Secretary of Defense Robert S is finally getting through to them that if you spend or or lor defense in an antimissile system you can by spending about Si billion in he sard Everybody I've talked to is convinced including the ones on other side in this argument hat we can get through any dnd of antimissile system that they construct Proxmire said he thinks it is important lo try to get some kind of agreement with the viets previously opposed he antimissile program but supported Congress decision last year o provide unasked funds for preliminary purchase of component parts He he believes any would be designed to protect the missile sites The Joint Chiefs of Staff recommended defense systems for the 50 largest American cities at a cost of some lion lo billion But those in Congress familiar with the gram say such a program will bo a long lime in materializing if it ever is undertaken remarks were taped for the television gram Youth Wants to Know Crash Three persons were injured Saturday night as a car and a truck crashed headon on Center Road just east of S 31 All were taken to Howard Community tal Driver of the truck Clarence Bradley 50 4600 Orleans Dr sustained a broken hip the driver of auto Dennis L Massie 23 5325 Flint Ct receive a bump on the head and wife Eleanora 23 sustained fractures of both legs Investigating officers sold pickup truck westbound on Center Road skidded 36 feet into Massie's lane Photo by Glen Banner
