North Adams Transcript (Newspaper) - November 17, 1969, North Adams, Massachusetts 1 r NORTH ADAMS ADAMS WiLLIAMSTOWN MASSACHUSETTS YEAR MONDAY NOVEMBER 17 1969 10 CENTS sw SPACE Houston AP America's Apollo 12 explorers swept into the grip of lunar gravity today as the good Yankee Clipper hurtled unerringly toward a Monday night orbit of the moon Their target a shimmering silver crescent loomed larger and larger as home planet shrank in the distance At astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Richard F Gordon Dr and Alan L Bean zipped through a so-called twilight zone in which the gravitational influence of the earth and moon is equal Once across this invisible line lunar hold and Apollo speed accelerated after slowing to about miles an hour on the long outward coast flic ship milts from earth and miles from the moon Tho speed will increase to about miles an hour as the astronauts loop behind the moon's backside tonight At p.m they are to Yankee per's big engine to whip into lunar orbit The spacemen were asleep as they entered Hie lunar sphere ol influence They retired at for a rest period after Conrad and liean inspected the cabin of the lunar landing craft for 45 minutes and reported it in excellent condition A scheduled eight-hour rest period was to 10 hours when the flight allowed an afternoon change to be canceled They will to steer the lander called Intrepid to a pinpoint lunding in a circle on the moon's Ocean of Storms early Wednesday to new era of discovery the exploration of the lunar surface Conrad and carried along a television camera to transmit live color pictures of their transfer through a foot connect ing tunnel into the cabin fragile four-legged vehicle As aiu an moved into the lunar module for the check he watched Inside the lander cabin the astronauts beamed of the control panels the back packs wear on the moon window thai will hdp them land on the moon and dust floating in weightlessness Through one window hey showed the receding about in And through another they pictured moon a sliver of light Because the rarly hour television networks taped the show for later broadcast Conrad and made two earlier unscheduled trips into the landing craft after their launching Friday to search for possible damage from nn electrical surge that momentarily knocked out some systems in the Yankee Clipper The power dropout occurred as the Saturn 5 pushed PLANTS IN LUNAR Dr Charles Manned Space Center examines sorghum and tobacco plants in germ free lunar soil in plant laboratory of lunar Receiving Laboratory in Houston Soil was brought back from moon by Apollo 11 astronauts Wirephoto f U.S Soviet ami envoys get set to HELSINKI Finland AP U.S and peeled to last about three weeks although Soviet envoys met today to begin no timetable has been set preparations for arms limitation talks Smith has left upen the possibility that President Nixon told his delegation he Ulc Sct substantive for a halt to the nuclear arms race issues quickly One of these is whether to and eventually its reversal on missiles You are embarking upon one of the However both the U.S and Soviet finest momentous negotiations ever en- negotiators have indicated they do not trusted to an American Nixon to submit specific arms curb High court lets stand conviction New Apollo 12 into through a driving rainstorm But experts to not believe the problem was associated with the The astronauts reported no troubles as hey approached tantalizing target They were on such a perfect course the mission control center cancelled a course correction engine firing that had teen scheduled Sunday night The only advice they sought from the ground was whether they could eat fisli salad from a can that had teen opened the day before After consulting doctors ana others mission control told The it away There's a minority report that says everybody can cat it except Dick Gordon The trio slept most of Sunday adjusting sleep cycle to prepare for the lunar surface activities most of which are to occur in early morning hours Mission control awakened them at p.m with the blare of il bugle playing reveille Each had logged between eight nnd nine hours sleep lillle conversation between space and the ground as the astronauts rested and prepared for the busy schedule ahead in which they are to spend nearly four days in the vicinity of the moon Mission commander Conrad summed it We've been studying astronomy geography geology a things up not a lot to do on the way out Gordon Everybody's had breakfast brushed their teeth and combed their hair and we're thinking about shaving for you Sounds like you're ready lor busy said mission control all cleaned up and nowhere to go We're going somewhere but we're not sure Conrad said lightly j We replied mission control Dean gazing back at the earth binoculars reported he had a of the southwest United Stales and Conrad and Bean are to lund Intrepid on the moon at for a en cle on the eastern shore of the Ocean of Storms They plan two excursions hours outside to set up a sophisticated set of scientific instruments and to gather lock samples U they achieve the pinpoint landing hope to walk a hundred feet to an un manned Surveyor spacecraft which landed in a crater in They want to bring back parts of the Surveyor for study of effects of long to the lunar environment Coin I on a 7 1 vole lk tha leader insists peace march peaceful Mitchell differs WASHINGTON AP conviction of WASHINGTON AP Tht oUt ot toe a ihc men were cleaning up Sunday said he was said in a special message chief proposals at this time Semenov snid the U.S negotiator Gerard C the Helsinki round is designed to lay down opening of the talks first proposed bv he basis for further negotiations of the talks first proposed by President Lyndon B Johnson three years Nixon curb on race would help both the United and the Soviet Union without damaging their legitimate defense needs fellow citizens in the United Slates and 1 believe all people throughout he world profoundly hope will he a sustained effort not only to limit the buildup of strategic but to reverse it We seek no unilateral advantage Nor do we seek could be to the interests of lies Nixon said it is possible that both powers carry out their defense responsibilities under a mutually acceptable limitation reduction of our strategic arsenals Chief Soviet negotiator Vladimir S and Ahli foreign of the lufet Finnish government joined in voicing support for talks The selling was a mansion in downtown Helsinki where the Russian governors general lived when Finland was part of the empire Now it is used for government entertainment After the under television lights in a yellow room diplomats were lo have a short private session in an adjacent blue room adorned with mirrors and classical The serious business begins Tuesday when the Soviet and the U.S team of four negotiators plus advisers and interpreters hold first secret meeting in a guarded room at the American Embassy On grounds that secrecy shows their seriousness about lo make progress in the negotiations both delegations have been Idling newsmen no word will be pul about substance of he talks while are under way The edict on the American side was reportedly reinforced by instructions from Nixon The Soviets are minded anyway A proposal by the neutral Finns for a joint press briefing before conference was discouraged by the Americans and turned down flatly by Soviets diplomatic sources said The strategic arms limitation referred to generally by officials as starling off at Helsinki in what is officially billed as a preliminary round aimed at staking out procedures and lo be discussed full-scale negotiations later v The preliminaries arc generally office in he Defense holding Juslice William 0 Douglas alone he four and then allacK on the s peace Imv The court majority consisting of all the other justices said in explaining their action only that the appeal had been dismissed for want of jurisdiction means he majority felt the issue was that the court could properly consider The four students Dan Sheridan O'Leary III William Murrell Lewis and Hobert A Wrack were arrested by campus police in for refusing to leave doorway of a university office it statement similar in some respects to Nixon's He declared that Moscow is looking for a of strategic arms which would be not prejudicial lo either the Soviet Union or the He voiced hope for achievements from the which would mil only in the mutual interests of Ibe Soviet and American peoples but also other countries of the world The Finnish foreign minister said that by beginning the discussions the two great powers which are in control of the major part of he nuclear arsenal of the world have in part acknowledged supreme responsibility for he maintenance of in- peace and security Miss Teenage America 1969 is Texas girl biggest demonstration m history have gone home leaving behind a dispute whelher he mass protest t the Vietnam war was peaceful is hev lud promised or violent ib he I do riot believe that overall the gathering here can be characterized as Gen John N said Sunday of lie massive gathering that brought at least a war protesters to Washington He accused organizing New Mobilization Committee of failing to heed Justice Department potential violence That's a New project director Iton Young retorted when told of Mitchell's Yesterday sands of people were gassed in Washington pleased that the majority of par the law planned were marred by such extensive damage and street confrontations hat I do not believe characterized as he said The department had hesitated for weeks m granting a parade permit for the mam march clown Pennsylvania Avenue In reports it said told of Im- pending violence by militant groups that endangered J Sato in capital to folk with Nixon They were fined on conviction and Kentucky courts dismissed their claims hat was and ambiguous Appealing la Supreme Court the four their protest rights protected by the First Amendment o the Constitution cannot be restricted except by a law that defines with precision the kind of conduct that is illegal is a common law in Kentucky The was repealed by state legislature year but the common law Its definition of breach of the peace is determined by court cession of cases rulings in a Says Agnew TV questions need debate FORT Tex Deborah Susan lias Her week of aS Miss after re- the title here Saturday night Deborah 17 said her first reaction when announced ns the winner What will my life be like from this moment She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs S E of Odessa Tex and is a senior at Odessa Permian High School She said she plans four-year scholarship she won at a Southwest Conference school Named first runner-up the nationally televised was Nancy Ind second up was Christiana of sonville Ha and third was Syliva of Colorado Springs Colo For her talent Miss played her own arrangement of Grieg's Concerto and a number she calls Sunny's Concerto That was the easiest part of the com- said Miss Pa I Inn I've played under so many limes before and audience was so warm Miss parents and her brother Mike and sister Cathy were on hand at Tarrant County Convention Center to see her accept official Miss Teenage America The first family's Total said Mrs Pal ton which the Defense Intelligence was holding recruiting interviews W lills government Yesterday hundreds of people were killed in Vietnam by tin's government Yesterday villages were destroyed in Vietnam by this government Eight hundred cause and left ibis city with only 130 arrests and very few injuries i Police Chief Jerry had estimated turned out Saturday lie said estimate was modest Herbert G who for President Nixon said although the demonstration again proves that his is a country which allows people to express themselves I don't think there's a value in trying to form policy for the United Slates government or any government from crowds on the street Nixon himself had nothing to say publicly about the demonstration He went to a football game Sunday after having spent rally day in Hie White con- ducting official business and watching a televised football match Mitchell contending he gathering had not been peaceful pointed to hyo clashes between police and a militant fringe group of the antiwar protesters Near South Vietnamese Embassy Friday night and at the Justice Department Saturday after the rally police used tear gas to rout several thousand militants A total of about 130 persons were arrested in the wo only wo in connection with he main inarch and rally Most were charged with disorderly con- duct and released on posting collateral No serious injuries reported and damage appeared limited lo several broken windows Mitchell in a statement delivered o news offices us the last stragglers were New conflict of interest question rises WS ANGELES AP Hobert II of health education and welfare says federal medical research grants may be robbing the nation of general practitioners sorely needed lo fill minimum health requirements So long as our support programs take the form largely of research Finch sa'id we practically force a bias ward the lab rather than the general consulting room toward the clean lest lute than dirty work of treating sick WASHINGTON AP Japan's Prime Minister Eisaku Sato arrived in Washington today for talks with President Nixon on the return of Okinawa to Japan He expressed confidence the visit will prove fruitful As he left Japan an estimated leftist students and workers demonstrated against his trip Sato arranged to spend the day at the Japanese Embassy preparing for the formal start of talks with Nixon on As lie he issued a statement expressing hope the talks would lay a firm foundation lor continuing relations of mutual trust two leaders Some not and guarded the roads to Tokyo's international airport Another men were deployed throughout the terminal building Police reported no incidents at the Hut at Kamala site of a railway stalion 1 miles from the airport riot police fired tear gas and battled briefly with an estimated students trying lo reach the airport Police arrested of the students including eight girls Sunday night of radicals had hurled gasoline bombs and battled police in riots near the airport and other sections of Tokyo Police arrested of those leftists 1 Sato Foreign Minister Aichi and officials took helicopters to the airport to escape the demonstrators Japanese Foreign Ministry officials said Sato and Nixon would deal chiefly with the storage of nuclear weapons at U S bases on Okinawa and with use of the base by bombers after the island is returned to pan j The United States reportedly has already agreed to return Okinawa and the other islands ol the Ryukyu archipelago by But the U.S government considers its bases on the island to its defense plans for Vietnam and other Asian nations Japanese officials said Sato would ask Nixon to remove all nuclear weapons and from Okinawa and put the bases on the island on the same status as U.S bases in Japan This would require the United States to consult the Japanese government before launching any combat strikes from them WASHINGTON AP Vice President Spiro T Agnew's criticism of network television news coverage raises a legitimate but one that should be debated within the industry says a spokesman for President Nixon Dul should the industry to scrutinize itself said Herbert G Klein you do invite the government lo come in I'd like not lo see lhat happen Klein a former newspaper editor and now Nixon's director of communications appeared on CHS gram Face the Nation Meanwhile a lop Republican leader was interviewed on Issues and Answers Sen Hugh Scott said Des Moines Iowa speech last Thursday brought out issue that lo a degree television isn't always objective And your role o Scoll old his I think he has asked everybody in the country lo look al and compare it wilh the press and say lo television Hint we hope you will give us the straight news but when you're editorializing say so FR McAULIFF Fr 66 heart victim Vermont crash kills Mrs Jarvis The Weather Partly cloudy high in lie low Tuesday breezy wilh increasing cloudiness High in mid Two area residents Kev William H McAuliff of St Mary of the Assumption Church and Mrs Richard II Jarvis 43 of Clarksburg died afternoon Fr McAuliff died of a heart as he was preparing for 5.30 p.m Mass He a priest for 38 years Mrs Jarvis was killed shortly before 6 p.m when her car left Route 100 south of Wilmington Vt tind plunged into a stream landing upside down She was driving a car a short distance behind ktr husband who witnessed the through his rear view mirror The account of the Jarvis accident pears on page 11 and her obituary on page 10 Fr McAuliff obituary Is ft I
