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Page 12THE POST. Frederick. MarylandSaturday. August 13, i960Local Airman Pilot Of PlaneThat Spotted Ejected Capsulewas engaged in this phase of work with the Air Force, but “was thrilled*’ that her son has beet specially cited.A brother. David Shinnick, is I an electronics technician with Aerojet-General, Atlantic division, with facilities near the airport. Aerojet-General Corporation recently announced establishment of a spacecraft division at its Azusa California plant to strengthen its position in the complete space vehicles field.$650 Damage ResultsAt Intersection CrashDamage was estimated at $650 in an accident which happened about midnight at the intersection of Motters Station Road and U.S. 1 Sat St. Anthony’s Thursday.One woman was taken to the Annie M. Warner Hospital in Gettysburg for injuries received in the collisionA local airman was the pilot Miss Joyce Lundbeek. 24. Ken-of a plane which first spotted the sington. was treated for a crack-capsule released from an orbit- ^ r!^ an{* aP ankle injury. She• 1 . i.■ v _________j was released from the hospital fol-ing satellite which was recovered i. . trpatmcnt Ksuccessfully Thursday after it had J qtJ; PnU/^ caiidescended into the Pacific OceanCapt. Lawrence ShinnickState Police said the accident happened as a farm tractor driven by Marshall Sharrer Jr., 17,330 miles northwest of Honolulu.He is identified by the Associat- f R kv Rjd uas ; ed Press as Capt Lawrence Shin-; Rm„e ,-5 (rom Mottcrs Sutio* nick. 3lt; pilot ■ a C119 Fljing road and was by tbe carboxcar. Capt- Shinnick is the son ,raveling north being operated by of Mrs. Bessie Shinnick of East' M,ss LundbeckiS Police said Miss Lundbeek was It is the first known successful apparentjy traveling at an exces-frnT7 ifIt f speed and was charg-1 J. k nl 1- 7 i * h ed with operating at a speed too planned by the Air Force to catch b ‘X r ,lamts Powersthe capsule in space, officials ap- h ;nv's(igat£ the accident. parentl y were not complaining of Af(er theScol|ision, the ,ractorthe rescue from the ocean.remained in the roadway whileAccording to a story by the h , about 100 feet offAssociated Press from Hickam , he road int0 a wooded arca Air Force Base. Hawaii. the Air, Da , th tractorForce team trying for one of the ' ,h , ft rear wh , while |he dam.most specta- car catches ever |0 (he lm chevr0,et was t0attempted, missed by a hair on ,h f , f th vehic|eThursday, said Bng. Gen. Rob- The ,ractor damage was« r u j estimated at $300 while the dam-But there was no error chalked agc t0 the car was to^ « . , ., , , be around $350.The 300-pound lnstrument-load- sharrer was not injured, policeed capsule, released from the Dis*, sai(jcoverer XIII satellite, was sup-i i_posed to land in an area 50 miles jwide and 200 miles long ONE HAND MAIL BOXESBut the capsule, released after^ WASHINGTON (AP) — By the 17 trips around the earth, landed ; end of the year, you may be able about 50 miles north of its target.; to stick a letter in the cornersome 330 miles northwest of Hono-1 mail box with one hand whileIuIil _ 1 holding _ a bag of groceries with“It was just a hair too far away the other. Ifor us to snatch it out of the air,’* I an experiment, the Post Of- ; said Greer, assistant chief of staff j fice Department plans to dis-for guided missiles, who had flown tribute this year a few new mail here for the mission. 1 boxes that can he operated withCapt. Shinnick was the pilot of one hand. If the public likes them the C-119 flying boxcar which was the boxes may go into general 1 first to spot the capsule and its ; use.orange and white parachute. i The new boxes will have slots “We did not see the capsule on three sides.coming down.’’ Shinnick said. The weather was not too good.Most boxes now in use have a slide which you have to pull openBut we heard the beacon signal j with one hand while dropping in and it got louder as the capsule! our loiter with the other, descended.” i ——----------------A winch operator in the tail of1 Thcre are approximately 3.175Shinnick’s plane spotted the oi- f(MH^ stoM'hains in the U. S.. with ange and white chute. a rha,n bcinR any organizationI see something in the water. , dh tw-o or more outlets, shouted Staff Sgt, Herman E. Cal-ing, “That looks like it.”Gen. Greer, who conducted the Air Force news conference here after the recovery', was delighted ivith the flier’s accomplishment.“The air snatch program is good and before long we’ll be bringing them back that way.” he added.Capt. Shinnick graduated from Frederick High School in 1940 and then spent a year at Frost-iuirg Stale Teachers College. He mhsled in the Air Force during he summer prior to the Decern-er ’41 attack on Pearl Harbor.He is married to the former ifabel Palmer of this city. They ive at Hickam base with their our children, Terry. 16: Jack. »; Laura, 5, and Frank, 2‘a.Mrs. Shinnick spent the first two reeks in July in Honolulu with ler son and his family. She said ’’riday morning that she knew heNOTICEClosedFor VacationDuring* the Week of Aug. 15OPEN AGAIN ON Aug. 22WOODBINEAUTO WRECKERS1 Milt North Of 4A On HI. $4 Phone Sykesvtlle 585 Woodbine, Md.
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