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Prate FP SPORTS IfTN THE WORLD'S NEWSPAPER GREATEST A'-'L Founded June 10, 1847 Th American Paper for Amsrlcani 1961 BY CHICAGO TKIBUNB SQUARE. CHICAGO 1111. ILLINOIS VOLUME CXX XO. 10S SATURDAY, 31 AY 19C1 THIS PAPER CONSISTS OF riVB SECTIONS SECTION ONE PRICE TEN CENTS What a Beautiful View Pilot AMERICAN ASTRONAUT SHEPARD TO GET HERO'S WELCOME PIONEER ON ARRIVAL IN CAPITAL MONDAY NIXON VOWS 'AID TO HILT' IN RED CRISIS But Says He Must Offer Criticism Normal Man All of Way, Doctor Check Shows TWO PICTURE PAGES The Tribune today publishes two full pages of pictures of Astronaut Alan Shepard's flight thru space. They are on page 8 and the back page.

J' i 9 TRIBUNE LOG OF FLIGHT AS RELAYED BY RADIO MONITOR Chicago Tribune Press Service Cape Canaveral, May 5 Watchers at the Cape Canaveral site, 8,800 feet from the launching pad, were given a running account of the United Stai.es' first astronaut flight as it was reported over voice radio by Comdr. Alan B. Shepard to the nearby Mercury control center. Lt. Col.

John Powers, Mercury information officer, issued a running commentary as he monitored the information coming into the center. Here is how it went: 9:35 A minute after Freedom 7 Shepard's capsule started climbing out of sight into the blazing blue sky "Freedom 7 reports AOK' all O. The pilot is being heard. He reports 3'2 3.5 times the force of gravity in the cabin. Fuel system going good All systems go, go." Jets Chase After Tt 9:36 "Power jettison on.

Periscope coming out." 9:37 As F-16 jet chase planes roared over the cape, following Freedom ,7 Assuming orbital attitude hand control. Switching to main control pitch trajectory AOK. Medical monitor reports pilot condition excellent. Manual control roll attitude O. 9:38 "What a beautiful view." That is a direct quote from.

Comdr. Shepard. He reports three- to four-tenths cloud cover over the east coast obscured to Cape Hatteras 582 miles to the north. Mission very smooth. Test Pilot at Work 9:39 "Retro rocket 1 fired 2 fired 3 fired to slow speed of yehicle.

Retro packet jettisoned. Excellent voice communication with the pilot who was then weightless." 9 :40 Building up G's as vehicle comes back into the atmosphere. Shepard still talk- Continued on page 9. col. 2 THE WEATHER SATURDAY.

MA 6. 1961 CHICAGO AND VICINITY: Mostly cloudy today with occasional showers or thunder-showers; turning warmer in afternoon: high, in the" upper 60s: partly cloudy and mild at night; low, near 50; east to southeast winds 15 to 25 m. p. h. Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy with little temperature change.

NORTHERN ILLINOIS: Mostly cloudy today with showers and thundershowers; showers probably ending at night; high, near 70 east and south and In the 60s northwest; low, 48 to 55. Tomorrow: Partly cloudy, little change In temperature. WEATHERMAN'S RECORD His forecast for yesterday was: Cloudy with some showers; high, near 60; low, In upper 40s. TEMPERATURES IX CHICAGO 8 a. 7 a.

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ALAN B. SHEPARD JR. Just Like a Woman! TORNADO KILLS Knew He'd Make ItU, INJURES 40 Leaves Capsule Unaided and Hails Buddies THE WHOLE STORY Other stories on the flight of the first American astronaut into space are on pages 4, 5, 7, 9, and 10. BY PHILIP DODD tCbicagn Tribune Press Bervicel Cape Canaveral, May 5 "All systems go go." With those words Comdr. Alan B.

Shepard Jr. roared into space today to become America's first astronaut in the world's first pilot controled space ship. Shepard's journey lasted only 15 minutes. At 9:34 a. m.

Chicago time, he roared off pad 5 at the Atlantic missile range here and at 9:49 his 3,000 pound space ship splashed in the ocean 302 miles away. Kennedy on Phone Within 11 minutes, Shepard was fished out of the water by a helicopter and flown to the aircraft carrier Lake Cham-plain. Aboard the carrier, an important telephone call was awaiting the navy flyer-turned-astronaut President Kennedy was on the line, with congratulations. A hero's welcome awaits the spaceman in the nation's capital Monday, when he is scheduled to be received at the White House by the President. New York City offered him a ticker tape parade, at his convenience.

Controls Ship's Return Shepard survived his ride, which took him to an altitude of 115 miles and reached a speed of 5,100 miles an hour, in good physical shape. Despite the stresses of the flight, he controlled the space capsule's re-entry into the earth's atmosphere thru use of retro rockets slowing the capsule to permit a parachute landing on the ocean. Sensors strapped to the astronaut's body relayed back to earthbound watchers every detail of his physical condition while in flight heart rate, respiration, blood pressure, and others. Monitors in the control center at Cape Canaveral indicated everything was normal. Gets Out Unaided Shepard's actions at the end of his ride were those of a normal aviator.

He climbed out of his space capsule unaided, was lifted into the copter, stepped out of it on the Cham-plain under his own power, and walked across the deck, hampered only by his pressure suit Shepard spent about 2 hours aboard the Lake Champlain, trading his silver space suit for aviator's khaki garb. He underwent a medical check. An GIs May Go to Viet Nam Kennedy BY LAURENCE BURI Chicago Tribune press Service I Washington, May 5 President Kennedy said today he is considering sending American troops into South Viet Nam if he deems this action necessary to prevent a communist takeover there. The President told a press conference that no decision has been made yet, but that Red guerrilla raids and terrorist tactics against the pro-western Viet Nam government are of increasing concern. Johnson to Consult He said Vice President Johnson will consult with South Viet Nam leaders on a survey trip to Asia, which will start early next week.

One of Johnson's assignments, the President said, is to consult with the Vietnamese as to what further steps could most usefully be taken." The chief executive said that his administration, in meetings of the National Security council and elsewhere, has taken up the problems which are faced in Viet Nam by the guerrillas and the barrage which the present government is being subjected to." The problem of American 1 troops and the matter of what we are going to do to assist Viet Nam obtain its independence is a matter still under consideration," he said. Rush More Aid Secretary of State Dean Rusk said yesterday the administration is rushing additional military aid, short of troop intervention, to South Viet Nam. Such shipments, officials said, are being doubled to an annual rate of about 81 million dollars. Rusk said communist forces, infiltrating South Viet Nam from neighboring North Viet Nam, have grown from 3,000 to 12,000 in the last two years. Last year, Rusk said, more than 3,000 South Vietnamese military and civilian personnel were slain by Red guerrillas, who have been getting equipment from Russia.

The 1954- Geneva conference, which ended the Indo-China war, partitioned Viet Nam into the anti-communist southern state and the communist northern one. The Red drive in South Viet Nam has paralleled the more spectacular communist rebel offensive in neighboring Laos, where a cease-fire is being negotiated. 1 Hopes Truce Effective The President told reporters he hopes the three-nation control commission charged with enforcing a Laotian cease-fire will be as effective as possible." He said the United States has cooperated in every way to make it effective." The commission is composed of India as chairman, Canada, and Poland. The President was asked how America can, thru nonmilitary means, meet the communist threat aimed at much of southeast Asia. He replied that apart from outright military, guarantees to free nations there, the United States can give economic and defense support help.

"But in the final analysis," he said, "they have to and we cannot do it for them they have to organize the political and social life of the country in such a way that they maintain the support of their people. "There is a limit beyond which our efforts cannot go. 1 think that I have described what our effort can do. In the final analysis then, the responsibility rests with the people involved to maintain the support of the people, to identify their government with the people." I' Batters Two Towns in Oklahoma Hills Poteau, May 5 UP) A tornado tore thru two tiny communities near here, killing at least 14 persons and injuring at least 40. Ten were reported dead at Howe and four at Reichcrt.

It was feared the death toll would go higher as rescue workers dug into the debris. There was a report a light plane attempting to avoid the massive, storm cloud crashed after a wing tore off. The highway patrol said a woman who lived in the area reported she saw the plane go down west of Heavener near Sum-merfield. Two Are Babies It was a grim anniversary for this rolling, wooded area about 200 miles southeast of Oklahoma City. A year ago 12 were killed when a twister destroyed most" of the downtown area of Wilburton.

Tornadoes had plagued Oklahoma for two days, but until tonight there had been only one fatality from the scores of funnels sighted. Two of the dead were babies. The dead at Howe were identified tentatively as Burl Brea- KANSAS i OKLAHOMA MSi i OKUNOMlOTr POTEiUVS AM. REICHERT TEXAS shears, 25, and his 3 month old son; Mrs. Lottie Hern, 50; Mrs.

Jennis Morris, 70; Kirk Christian, 80; Mrs. W. P. Was-son, 75; Cora Lee Spatz, 80; Mr. and Mrs.

Jim Cummings; and Timothy Peters, 11. Other Twister Reports Mrs. Wiley Lloyd; her 14 month old son, Charles Brown, 80, and Alvin Brown, 12, were Continued on page 2, col. 7 BY GEORGE TAGGE Richard M. Nixon won ap plause in two rousing appear-j ances here yesterday by i pledging support to the hilt to President Kennedy in any showdown with communism, but making it plain that, meanwhile, he considers it his duty as an American to offer con- structive criticism.

I The 1960 Republican nominee for President made his first major speeches since the last campaign before two overflow crowds. The main event was a rally last night in McCormick Place, sponsorec by the newly formed Republican Citizens League of Illinois. Five thousand persons were seated in the big theater of the lake front exposition hall and 700 crowded its little theater. Applauded Frequently Nixon was frequently interrupted by applause at McCormick Place, as he had been at the luncheon of the Executives' club in the Conrad Hilton hotel. The audience o.

2,400 at the luncheon made it one of the three largest in the half-century history of the executives' organization. Nixon's evening speech, carried as a public by WGN-TV as was the Chicago speech of President Kennedy a week ago, was a shorter version of his speech to the club. Nixon was in top form. He hailed the flight of an American astronaut as a credit to the American people" rather than an honor to the Eisenhower administration, under which the feat was planned, or the Kennedy regime, in which it took place. Hurls Quote at Kennedy For both of his mass audiences, he quoted the most famous portion of President Kennedy's inaugural address: Ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country." In contrast, Nixon said, the Democratic administration has sent program after program to Congress calling for the government to do more for the people.

"The American people are ready," he added. Now is the time for the President to tell them what they can do for their country." Repeats Fears Nixon saicT he wjll continue his 1960 statements that jnany Kennedy domestic plans would weaken American freedom. Ho included the programs for agriculture, medical care for the aged, teacher salary subsidies, and some housing provisions. As to foreign affairs, the easiest course, and perhaps the most popular, would be not to oppose Democratic policies, he said. However, he added, this wouldn't be in the interest of America.

once a decision is made and the nation's prestige is committed, is one thing," Nixon explained. The situation is entirely different in the period when policies are developing and before a final decision is made." The Cuban fiasco and the crisis in Laos haven't found Republican leaders resorting to the disgraceful tactics used by some Democrats after the U-2 spy plane incident last year, he said. And he-added that use of the U-2 system to get visual infor- Cape Canaveral, May 5 () The physician who kept a moment by moment check on astronaut Alan B. Shepard's body reaction during his space flight today said Shepard performed as a perfectly normal man." Dr. Stanley C.

White said that during the long period of more than four hours during which Shepard was in the capsule before lift off, he was probably the most calm of anybody the ground and support crew involved in the project. White kept tabs on Shepard's heart, respiration, and body temperatures by means of radio signals sent from sensors attached to Shepard's body. Belted 11 Times Gravity He said Shepard "followed the script as laid out," that he called out the sequence of events in a clear and loud voice, with the only strain during the great stress of gravity forces coming at reentry into the atmosphere. During reentry, Shepard experienced 11 times the force of gravity, White said. The doctor reported that Shepard's heart beat was normal and that his pulse during most of the flight was 105.

The only time that Shepard's pulse picked up to 120 was during great stresses of launch and reentry. White spoke in the control center where the men who had monitored the mission step by step reported across the board that the astronaut, the capsule, the rocket, the recovery forces, did a virtually perfect job. He Just Got Tired Astronaut Donald K. Slayton, who was in voice communication with Shepard thruout the long wait in the capsule, said the astronaut uttered no complaint" and was fine. During the flight, he said, Shepard performed all maneuvers strictly by the book.

"He just got tired of sitting there that long," Slayton said. Mort Schler, who kept a check of the environmental control system, said that the temperature in the astronaut's pressure suit at 75 degrees thruout the flight except when it rose to a peak of 77 during the reentry, when the friction forces created terrific heat on the capsule. The capsule's internal temperature was mostly around 95 except during reentry when it rose to 102, Schler said. He reported that cabin and suit pressure was at pounds per square inch most of the flight, another performance close to expectations. Operated as Expected Don Arabian, who kept watch over the capsule's systems including fuel supply, electric power and attitude control reported that all systems were satisfactory and operated as could be expected.

Joachim Kuttner, who observed the rocket's performance, said the booster cutoff Continued on page 9, col. 7 'tk I- If 1 I i 4 I "No tears now," is the joyful comment of Mrs. Alan B. Shepard at Virginia Beach, after learning of husband's successful flight. AP Wirepnotol John Matthews, and her daughter, Jean Matthews.

A niece, Alice Williams, who celebrated her 10th birthday today, and one Shepard daughter, Julia, stayed home from school to see the history making blastoff. Another daughter, Laura, 13, also watched it on TV in St. Louis, where she is attending Principia school." Mrs. Shepard told reporters she had talked to Alan at 9 o'clock last night Alan said everything was in good shape, and he sounded fine, she said. Delay Explained to Her When the countdown was delayed, Col Powers kept her from worrying by explaining the mechanical reason for it by telephone.

"I knew, I knew from the minute the rocket went up that Continued on page 9, col. 6) Virginia Beach, May 5 (iP Mrs. Louise Shepard, who watched on television her husband Alan's filght into space, emerged today from the privacy of her curtained house triumphant and happy. Altho she had not spoken with her astronaut husband, she had been told by John Powers at Cape Canaveral that everything went all right with his rocket trip to space and back. Parents with Her It was just wonderful, wonderful, wonderful," she told the mob of cameramen, reporters, and curious neighbors gathered around her porch.

She had been watching the rocket blast on television with a transistor radio in her lap. With her were her parents, the R. P. Brewers of Kehnett Square, a friend, Mrs. array doctor, Capt Jerry Strong, told reporters that there is nothing we can determine that is in any way abnormal." He added that the astronaut was in "excellent physical condition." The examination included recording on tape Shepard's first general comments about the trip.

Flown to Bahamas After the examination, Shepard borrowed some clothes-there wasn't room in the Mercury capsule for a change of clothing and boarded a two engine rum arm transport to Continued oa page 9, col. 1 Hick, Estimated. THE MOOM Pn Pa, Ut On. Wr ed na Sanrfee, 5:4 1. Kuniet.

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