Steubenville Herald Star (Newspaper) - July 21, 1969, Steubenville, Ohio W E A T H fiRs Generally lows in mid 60s to Continued highs 8085 TEMPERATURES Today 11 70 Sunday 75 Sunday 38 STEUBENVILLE HOME Complete Hews Coverage of Mingo Junction and the TriState Area PHONE 2825311 JULY 1969 24 PAGES Single Copy Edition Weekly by Carrier Dally ASTROS SET TO LEAVE MOON World Held In Suspense By 2 Americans Aldrin Confident V Eagle To Perform Flawlessly SPACE Houston AP Two who strode the moons surface for the first time and raised their nations banner above hold the world in suspense again to day with a perilous blastoff for the long journey A successful liftoff and ren with their orbiting com mand ship would climax an epic expedition in which Neil Armstrong and Edwin Alarm fulfilled a dream of men There is only one liftoff engine on the landing craft they call must or the as would be stranded with only 15 hours of oxygen left and no hope of Scheduled For They are confident it will per form flawlessly as have millions of other parts of Apollo 11 hard ware during the incredible jour ney that carried mans quest for the unknown to his first landing on another celestial The launching from the moon was scheduled for A successful liftoff would shoot them into lunar orbit to chase down Michael or biting some 65 miles overhead in the Apollo 11 command Once linked plan to fire themselves back toward earth early ending a space odyssey in which they etched their names beside those of great Co da Gama and Seen By 500 Million Through the magic of televi an estimated 500 million people around the world had a ringside seat to mans greatest It was Armstrong climbed through the LM hatch and started back ing down a On the second rung from the bot he opened a exposing a television The picture was black and white and somewhat but it recorded Among there was elation that the crew had landed in an area with a variety of a treasure that held at least thf hope of a rich payoff in the search to learn more about moon and First Words Noted As Armstrong planted his size 9A left boot on the powdery sur face at he spoke words that will be re membered for all time Thats one small step for a giant leap for The camera trained on Aldrin as he stepped on the far shore 20 minutes later and exclaimed Beautiful Magnifi cent There were other memorable utterances during the day of high There were Armstrongs words when Eagle separated from the command ship to start the dangerous descent The Eagle is Eagle Has Landed There were words from the moons surface after touchdown at Houston Tranquillity base The Ea gle has Or when a deeply reli relayed this mes sage to the world shortly after the landing This is the LM pi Id like to take this oppor to ask every person lis wherever they may to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his or her own They planted an American flag and saluted but made it plain they came to the moon as ambassadors for all Plague Unveiled They unveiled a stainless steel plaque bearing these words Here men from planet earth first set foot upon the We came in peace for aJl They left on the moon a disc or which messages from the leaders of 76 nations had been They will return to earth with them the flags of 136 including And they left behind mementos for three Americans and two Rus sians who died for the cause of space The theme was carried through when President Nixon placed an extraordinary radio call to Armstrong and Aldrin as they strolled the Hear Nixons Words As they flanked the American Nixon I cant tell you how proud we all are of what you have done for every This has to be the proudest day our For people all over the world I am sure that they too join with Americans in recognizing what an immense feat this Be cause of what you have done the heavens have become part of mans For one priceless moment in the whole history of the President all of the people on this earth are truly One in their pride in what you have one in our prayers that you will return safely to 2 Appear On Romp Although at times it appeared they were on a romp in the Armstrong and Aldrin carried out a true exploration of the Several times they tested their ability to move about in the gravity field of the loping like and bouncing like Its not difficult at all mov ing about in commander Armstrong report as he flashed before the camera like a graceful Collins Unable To Watch The camera was mounted 40 or 50 feet away from the LM so that earthlings could watch Astros Depend on One Engine to Reach Ship SPACE Houston AP Their bold exploration of the moon astro Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin now depend upon one engine to lift them to the safety of their mother ship for the voyage For at least six critical min this engine must fire to boost them to the ship circling overhead with Michael Theres no way to on the whether this ascent engine will work as its sup posed The which cost must carry the two men straight up for 14 then tip over to an an gle of 52 degrees to place them In an eggshaped orbit ranging from 11 to 52 miles above the Could Use Rockets It is programmed to fire for 7 18 If it failed after six the astronauts could use small thruster rockets to push on up Into their But if it failed before six min utes the little rockets couldnt finish the The as would go into a tory like a ballistic missile and crash on The ascent engine is at the base of the lunar crafts cabin upper part of the LM or lunar The bot tom section of the LM is com posed of the braking rocket and their entire period 14 minutes for Armstrong and one 44 minutes for One of those who could not watch on television was flying the lonely vigil awaiting the return of his com He checked with mis sion control occasionally for a progress report on the surface but he generally was a forgotten man to the Armstrong and Aldrin gave vivid descriptions of their wild and wondrous world and collect ed two boxes of rock and soil samples which they will return to earth for Instruments Deployed The also deployed two scientific instruments on the moon to relay data long aft er they They were a seis to measure moon quakes and other disturbances Turn to APOLLO Page 3 Moore Calls Special Session Lawmakers Given 2 0Bitl Agenda landing To depart the Armstrong and Aldrin will separate the upper and low er stages by detonating sive bolts and use the lower stage as a launching Can Come Lower orbiting 69 miles can come lower in an at tempt to rescue if the ascent en gine puts tho men into an orbit lower than But there are high mountains on the some estimated at to so he would have difficulty coming down lower than about eight miles or In two previous Apollo the ascent engine worked in On those the astronauts were in orbit al And the engine has been tested repeatedly on in under conditions simu lating the lunar Since the moons gravity is only that of the the astronauts do not need a tre powerful rocket for the upper re maining portion of their LM will weigh only At takeoff last Wednesday from the fuel tanks and weighed 61 million The moon has no air to push as the LM and no wind to affect the Should the engine fail to the astronauts have only enough oxygen to remain alive about one CHARLESTON AP Ad ministration bills to grant indus tries tax relief for new plant in vestment in West Virginia and authorize million in bond issue funds for public school construction were introduced in the legislature These were among 20 bills in in both houses as the lawmakers began an nary session called by Arch Moore The bills cov ered most of the 19 subjects on Cubans Cheer Soviet Naval Task Force HAVANA AP Thousands of Cubans lined Havanas water front Sunday to cheer the arriv al of the first Soviet naval force to visit Latin It took the task force almost two hours to steam into the harbor and to Cuban navy headquarters for welcom ing but the crowd waited patiently under the glar ing A band on board the first a rocket played the Cu ban anthem as the squadron passed Morro Castle at the har bors Cannon from La Cabana Fortress boomed a 21 gun salute as the ships moved slowly down the Sailors Shout Hurrahs Following the cruiser in single file were two two the submarine mother ship and the tank er Soviet sailors in whites manned the rails and shouted hurrahs in as the Cu bans waved from the Authorities had blocked off five miles if the bayfront for the and Soviet flags on display throughout the Miniature Soviet and Cuban Turn to Page 3 in todays Amusements 11 Ann Landers 9 Bridge News 11 Comics 23 Crossword Puzzle 19 Deaths 2 Editorial Page 6 Heloise 11 Health News 17 Horoscope 9 Sports Television 11 Womens the session agenda laid out by Bills Listed The administration package also included bills to from million to million the total of road bonds approved by the legisla ture for sale under the million authorization voted in the 1968 the State Building Commissions revenue bond is sue power by intend ed to provide million for mental hospital million to build a state museum and an additional million for state broadening of slate government civil service by repealing present provisions which exclude State Road Com mission maintenance employes and state liquor store managers and clerks from Enlarge Commission the Public Service Commission from three to five change its name to Public Utilities ex tend its authority and raise commissioners salaries from to a The State Constitution re stricts a special session to sub on an agenda proclaimed by the this does not mean the session may act only on administration Legislators Turn to Page 3 Youth Hurt Fatally In Auto Accident FOLLANSBEE A Wells burg youth was injured fatally and two others were admitted to Ohio Valley Steu following a ac cident at Sunday on Route a half mile south of the Market Street Dead on arrival at the hos pital was Charles of 516 Charles Wells the driver of one Death was attributed to a fractured Admitted to the hospital and listed in good condition today is Warren of RD Two Ridge Win driver of the other and a in his Barbara of 308 Lee Ruthem told Brooke County deputies he was travel in south when the Royal traveling north at a high rate of speed crossed the cen ter line and slid broadside into his an employe of Turn to Page 3 AFTER SON LANDS ON Framed by the Am erican and Ohio flags and wearing a big and Stephen Armstrong come out of their home at to talk with newsmen after their son astronout Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldren touched down safely on the lunar surface UPI City of Suez Shelled by Israeli Guns By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The city of Suez on the south ern end of Egypts Suez Canal came under Israeli artillery fire Egyptian officials report The shelling followed air and ground battles along the 10 mile waterway Sunday in the fiercest fighting since the war of June Buildings and streets are being one official The Egyptians gave no idea when the shelling started or how heavy it Island Attacked Sundays action began before dawn with an Israeli commando attack on Green an Egyptian fortress in the Gulf of Israeli jets followed up 12 hours hitting Egyptian po sitions across the canal for the first time since the 1967 The Egyptians claimed they shot down 19 Israeli one during the Green Island raid and the rest in dogfights along the The Israelis admitted Turn to Page 3 First Words Come As Surprise Armstrong 9s Parents Think Astro Great Ohio AP Great Great Great Thais Ihe way the proud parents of Neil Armstrong felt about their sons historic steps on the We could tell he was pleased and Viola said early this It was the same old Stephen Armstrong The Armstrongs said Neils first words as he touched Ihe one small step for a leap for as a surprise to Parents Thrilled We had no idea what he would I think it was Armstrong rht parents said they were thrilled that President Nixon talked with Neil and fellow Apollo 11 Astronaut Edwin Al drin It was timely for the President to call when they were on the the senior Armstrong About nine personal friends joined the Armstrongs and Neils Wil liam in watching the lunar There he Arm strong said as her son first ap Turn to Page 3 Kennedy Faces Charge In Fatal Auto AP Police today filed a formal com plaint charging Edward M Kennedy with leaving the scene of an accident The complaint stems from a weekend wreck on dick adjacent to Mar thas Vineyard on which this small resort town is A young woman was killed and Kennedy though appar ently not The complaint was filed by Police Chief Domenic Arena with the District Court Clerk Thomas Asks For Hearing Arena said that an Richard had informed the clerk he is representing Mc Carran asked for a to which Kennedy is entitled be fore any summons is Teller set July 28 for the hear which will be held in the Edgartown A crowd of several hundred persons mostly filled the street outside the red courthouse as Arena crossed the street from his headquarters in the Town Hall to visit the Arena said Sunday he is firmly convinced there was no negligence involved in the ac Violations Seen But the matter of the time period after the Arena There in my a violation concerning going from the leaving the The mishap occurred between 11 Friday and 1 Sat as Kennedy was driving Mary Jo of Wash to a landing to catch the ferry back to the The car skidded off a narrow bridge and landed bottomup in eight feet of Kennedy es caped with what a physician said was a mild Miss former secre tary to the late Robert Turn to Page 3 Apollo 11 Seen As Peace Symbol By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The moon is the only place in thf uni verse where there is both humans and said a man in a Miami Other Americans viewed Apollo 11 as a symbol of peace and I think its an entirely new era in civil Probably an ultimate change in the way of And every scientific advance is ultimately for said Judge Alvin Wil liams of Mount President speaking by phone from the White told astro naut Neil Armstrong and Edwin Ald rin For one priceless in the whole history of man all of the people on his earth are truly THE PRESIDENT said the mis sion inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and tranquility to Leafy of re It was even mure exciting than that day in July 1918 when the first air plane flew over Charles of When my grandmother was young they were just learning how to Now I won der whats going to happen by the lime Im her FREDERICK an employe of the Smithsonian in found Apollo a tremendous sharing with everyone in the world this event which could open the next stage in the evolution of Dean of stood in he Smithsonian beneath the Spirit of the tiny airplane in which Charles Lindbergh flew alone across the Atlantic in and Its quite a night Not everyone looked at the bright side of the moon Nellie Lawrence of Atlanta Man aint supposed to be Ive been to shopping centers and everybody is scared because God intend the moon lana God didnt intend man to set foot on the heavenly Turn to Page 3
