Weirton Daily Times (Newspaper) - July 21, 1969, Weirton, West Virginia M V I The Acknowledged Leader in Hancock County in Advertising and Circulation munity 41 333 16 PAGES WEST VIRGINIA JULY At Newsstands 10 cents Per Copy Home Delivery 50 cents Per Week Excited President Talks WASHINGTON UPI Pres ident Nixon was obviously jubilant and excited as he talked by telephone from the White House with Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin shortly after they became the first men to set foot on the I just cant tell you how proud we all are of what you have He For every this has to be the proudest day of our lives and for people all over the I am sure they too join with Americans in recognizing what an immense feat this in a more somber the Chief Executive told the astronauts their achievement made the heavens a part of mans world and brought all mankind closer As you talk to us from the Sea of it inspires Charge din Auto Death Marthas Vine UPI Edward was charged today with leaving the scene of an auto accident in which an attractive blonde secretary was Kennedy was not present at the Dukes County Courthouse when Police Chief Dominic Arena filed the Arena said a lawyer for Kennedy had for a hearing to be held July Arena filed a complaint alleging the senator with leaving the scene of an accident after having done bodily Attorney Richard McCarron represented Kenne Some 200 and spectators swarmed around Arena on the steps of the Families with barefoot children filtered be tween newsmen taking notes and photographers jockeying under an overcast sky for pictures of the police Miss Mary Jo of and a former secretary to Kennedys Robert Kenne was killed when a car driven by Edward Kennedy plunged off a narrow wooden bridge between midnight Fri day and 1 Saturday into 10feet of water in a tidal pond on Chappaquiddick Island which lies just offshore of Marthas Kennedy said he was unfamiliar with the road and turned right instead of bearing hard Upon reaching the end of the unlighted dirt road Kennedy came upon the bridge and the car went off the Kennedy said he dove to save the young but was He didnt remember how he got out of the At Arena announced he had asked State Police George Killen to speak with Joseph a cousin of the to determine if Kennedy was at party before the mishap if who else Gargan hosted a party in his cottage for several persons who worked on the 1968 presidential campaign of Kennedys late Robert Kenne I may very well be tampering with my own the chief standing in front of the white gled building housing all town offices and the police depart The senators whereab outs in this case will be his Turn To Kennedy Page 2 us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and tranquility to Nixon For one priceless moment in the whole history of all the people on this earth are truly one in their pride in what you have done and one in their prayers that you will return safely to replying in a voice tinged with thanked the President and said it was a great honor and privilege to be here representing not only the United States but men of peace of all The conversation which Nixon said certainly has to be the most historic telephone call ever clearly delighted him after a day filled with tension and The President spent most of Sunday alone watching the Apollo 11 mission on a portable color set In his hideaway office at the Execu tive Office Building across the street from the White He told his press Ronald that the last 22 seconds of descent to the moon were the longest I have ever lived Soon after he talked with the Niton telephoned former President Lyndon Johnson at his ranch in The President wanted to share this great moment with his Ziegler Nixon began the momentous day by leading the nation in prayer for a successful moon landing and safe return of the A congregation of more than 300 administration officials and congressmen at tended the worship service at the White Highlight of the service was a reading of 10 verses from the Book of Genesis by Frank com mander of the first manned orbital mission around the who read the same biblical passage last Christmas Eve as Apollo 8 circled the remained at the White House throughout the day to assist the President in communications with Apollo headquarters in Corporations Taxed Higher UPI A legislative interim commit tee studying taxes was told Sun day that West Virginia corpora tions pay higher taxes than similar firms in nearby states but are successful in passing along the higher tax rate in prices charged the Lewis Bell of West Vir ginia Bureau for Business Research presented highlights of the study which showed that West Virginia firms in the fabricated lumber and coal mining business pay high er taxes here than they would if located in Ohio Kentucky or Vir At the same the study showed Mountain State firms were successful in passing along the higher tax rate in prices charged consum therefore reducing their total tax The prepared by Stan ley Kloc of the cen tered on a model corporation in each industry doing business here and in the nearby Bell told the lawmakers that some stability is needed in West tax structure for corporations because a changing tax rate creates the image of an unfavorable tax The report Sunday was just one part of a more thorough study of taxes to determine if the states tax burden on indus try is unduly WALK AMERICAN FLAG RAISED astronauts Ed Aldrin and Neil Armstrong stand on the surface of the moon after deploying an American flag and Aldrin RIGHT salutes the The two became the first men ever to set foot on the moon in an historic landing UPI TELEPHOTO Speculation On Luna 15 MOSCOW UPI The myster ious Luna 15 moonshot re mained in orbit passing over the Sea of Tranquillity Apollo 11 landing site in a path that carried it as close as miles from the surface of the The Bank Observatory in London said Luna 15 was on its 50th orbit as of 8 There still was no official Russian explanation of the lunar mission except that it was carrying out scientific studies of the immediate vicinity of the There was some speculation Luna 15 also might be spying on the American There were many wild theories including one that Luna 15 might be standing by as a rescue But the fact astronaut Frank Borman felt compelled to ask Russian scientists for assurances Luna 15 would not endanger Apollo 11 appeared to rule this The Soviet news agency Tass said Lunas latest orbit carried it as close as miles from the moons surface and over the Sea of Tranquillity where Apollo 11 Scientific sources still thought unmanned craft was designed to scoop up some moon soil and return to It was too late now to do that before the if indeed that had been its Luna 15 was launched July 13 and swung into moon orbit last There was specula tion the Soviets already might have tried to land the craft and Western scientists in Moscow said earth monitoring stations would not have known if that was the The Soviets were not saying what the mission In the final Moscow television news cast Sunday Lunas change in orbit eight hours earlier took precedence in both position and wordage over Sir Bernard director of the Jodrell Bank Observato ry in said it was possible Luna 15 could include a close reconnaissance of the American landing He said also possible Luna could be communicating with a Soviet already Turn To Speculation Page 2 FIRST ON MOON Neil the first man to set foot on the starts to put his left foot down from the ladder on theLEM as he became the first human to set foot on the The dark streak running horizontally across the picture was caused by an interruption of television ground data at the Goldstone Tracking station in California where the photographs of the television signal from the moon was UPI TELEPHOTO State Legislature Hears Agenda Today UPI The West Virginia Legislature convened here in extraordinary session on a national and state holiday to consider 19 items Arch Moore consid ers of an urgent The governor was expected to give details of his legislative program during a ad dress to a joint session of the House of Delegates and the Sen A total of 19 items were in cluded in the call that brought the lawmakers back to Charles ton as Moore promised would happen when he addressed the 59th Session in early The session conies less than a week after Moore received a report from a special task force that studied streamlining state If the majority of the groups 788 tions are implemented it could mean a vast restructuring state To mark the significance of the one item in the call urged the lawmakers to author a concurrent resolution recog and commending the Apollo 11 Much of the legislative pro related to fi The lawmakers were to create a school build ing authority with bonding pow er to give industries a tax break if they decide to locate here on plan expansion proj ects approve additional spend ing of road bonds and monies to expand At least two of the items this time relate to legislation passed by the 59th session but vetoed by Moore because the programs at that time did not conform Turn To State Page 2 Reality Rivals Science Fiction Mans Dream Is Realized When Astros Take First Stroll On Lunar Surface SPACE Houston two moon pioneers completed mans first exploration of the lunar surface today and sealed themselves back in their spaceship Eagle for the hazardous Voyage home to But no matter what lay Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin already belong to history as the first to set foot on the surface of the In doing so they made a great leap for mankind toward new conquests of the They collected about 80 pounds of lunar stones and dirt for study by scientists on With millions the world over watching the black and white television pictures they beamed Armstrong and Aldrin planted the American flag and explored the alien surface of ridges and dust that turned their blue space boots cocoa They were deliberate and encountered no difficulty during their time outside Eagle 2 hours and 11 minutes for Armstrong and 29 minutes less than that for They still had to blast off from the moon in the lunar rendezvous with Mi chael Collins circling the moon in the Apollo 11 and fly home to a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean Thursday Firing Scheduled The firing of the Eagles ascent engine to get them off the moon was scheduled for But with half the mission still there was no doubt about the place history would assign Thomas head of the National Aeronautics and Space said the flight proved the possibility of travel between the earth and other The heavens have become part of mans President Nixon told the astronauts from the White nearly a quar termillion miles Changing distance between earth and The flight captured not only the imagination of the Ameri space program lead ing to it cost roughly for every woman and child but people around the The Soviet Communist party newspaper Pravda The courageous cosmonauts have landed on the But it gave bigger headlines to its Luna 15 which remained in lunar American GIs in Vietnam clustered around radios to listen to accounts of the landing and moon So did Boy Scouts attending their jamboree in Farragut State In Armstrongs hometown of Armstrong and Aldrin are former scouts Jacob Zint remembered how Armstrong got his first close look at the moon years ago through Zints homemade tele scope on top of his Its when I think of all those times Neil and I talked of what it would be like up Zint And now hes his dream has come said he was surprised tt the emotion in Armstrongs when he stepped onto the That was more emotion thin Fve ever heard him express Even when he talked about things he was excited space always had a calm Television clearly showed a 38yearold civi lian from the same part of Ohio as backing down a ladder on the lunar stepping on the landing and planting his left foot on the History Marks Time History will mark the time as That was three and a half days after their blastoff from Cape 6 hours 39 minutes after the Eagle settled on the moon and eight years and two months after John Kennedy commited the nation to try for such a landing in this Thats one small step for giant leap for man Armstrong said as he left a 13by6 inch footprint showing the zigzag sole of his Twenty minutes later an Air Force colonel sometimes known as Rendezvous for his work on orbital joined On television the two men appeared as but clear when they were in the shade of the When the sun shone off their white space suits the picture After reentering Eagle early today and before eating and bedding down for several hours Armstrong and Aldrin threw out 1 million dollars worth of special equipment that they will leave behind on the Crew Donald Deke chief of the then told the Eagle I would like to say from all of us down here in Houston and all of us in all countries in the entire world that we think you have done a magnificent job up Thank you very Armstrong Its been a long added Get some rest and get at it Slayton The time was 4 A wakeup call from the ground for the Eagle pilots was due about with Collins being awakened an hour before The events that made the 20th day of July in the year 1969 so historic came at an almost dizzying It was EDT when Armstrong and Aldrin riding their lunar lander cut them selves loose from the command ship Columbia with only Collins left Eagle Has Wings Eagle has radioed While Columbia remained in a 69mile high Eagle began the deliberate drop toward the lunar At Armstrong fired Eagles big descent Three hundred miles away from the landing site on the southwest edge of the Sea of Armstrong and Aldrin began their final ap In the final minutes before Armstrong took control of Eagle from the automatic guidance system and Turn To Moon Walk Page 2 Weather Mostly cloudy through Tuesday with scattered afternoon showers or thunderstorms both Highest today and Tuesday 86 to Lowest tonight 70 to Wednesday partly cloudy ami less
