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' 'CAPE C'}lAN'iff . MAL, Fla. _lefi—
Astronaut -John H. -Glenn Jr.
soared triumphantly amouriol the
. world - three Limes yes - Lei:lo --and
President 'Kennedy- said itte would
•tender &•grateful Nation's thanks
here Friday.- - : '
The-40 - Sear old -Marine lieuten.
ant- colonel's. flight ended .at - 2:43
t e
P.m:Eastern . Standard e. in.the
Atlantic Ocean near G - d -Mirk
Island in :the Bahamas about,7o6
miles' southeas t
.of he .
To. circle ,the:globe time
and travel more than il,OOO miles
In the.process : required only four
hoitra and -56 minutes. i
• ,
, • •
. GLENN AHD HIS cap,mil e were
. plucked from the tepid seas by
• the destroyer, •lISS - N at 3:81 1
p.m.' and Glenn repo ed, "My,
.condition is excellent." .1
Finally
,Glenn transf to the
-"carrier Randolph • and ' then pro-1
cceded •to Grand Turk for ex-.
• aminatiarl by a special-team of
doctors and scientists. Il will re-,
main there 48 hours. I •• -
•- , Glenn's, first - comment as his
VOL. 62. NO? 83 UNII/ERSITY PARK; PA.. .WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEB. 21. 1962 FIVE CENTS
Budget
The University's. aiapropria
tion was passe) by
. „a
unanimous Ote in the State
Senate yesterday after two
amendments were added.
The original bill, ' as it came
-to the Senate - after approval by
the House, allocated $2O million in
.state fun& to the University.
The first amendmerit to the $2O
million, bill was made) by Sen.
Jo - tHays i _ p-Centre. - Iti proposed
that the University be given eight
per cent of ell state tax income
which exceeds the estimated
amount of; revenue for the fiscal
year. ending July 1, 1962:
HAYS SAID THAT resent, al preisent,
the state leveitues total ts.million
incire than had been atitmted for
this -year..-It this figure' v doo not
bemuse; the UniversitY" ouldget
- an additkund $400,000.. ' •
. • - ,
Hayi' •• amendment, proved
Monday, gives the remaining - 92
per cent:of tax' excess to public
schools.- ; 4
Republican Sen.'llarold E. Flack
yesterday offered the, second
amendment to the bill, Flack's
amendment adds •szakooo to the
Universityl - appropriatiOn to be
nsed for .a sewage resealch proi
ect. The Senate approVed .this
amendment 'a 1
Hays said• ahat no means to
finance this $200,000 increase was
offered on the floor of the Senate.
,
THE. REVISED BILL drilr - re-
1
turn .to the oui I
House Monday for
i t.
considerqtion. A tiro-thir vote is
required 'for approval.' •
"I aminclined to s .thin that the
House will not concur ith the
$200,000 addition,"
_Hays said, "but
I have -been told by leaders Of
the House that they will support
.my ,eight per cent amendlnent."
• If the House approves'pe Uni
, versity's 'appropriation as cfmend
' ed by the Senate; the bill will be
sent . to- Gov. David L.. Lawrence
-for approval. or veto.
If -the bill is not approved by
the, House, it will be referred to
a ;conference. - committee '.- coin
pcised of three senators and three
representatiVes,= Hays said.'
1 :11' WOULb BE the , duty of
this conunittec to iron. out all
All; o 1 John Glen's.
spece_ flight which appear In
Actliars.i ate AsKodistad-
Press' W.U'ke. They - wet*
ilea;-te '.Ttie Daily_ collegian
"one* ,the: Conatery.icf the
••• - • Shin-Gazette. -
All
psule Friendship .7 . descended
was sent in a radio message to
Project Mercury' • 'control here:
"1303 r, that Was a real fireball of
aside." " •
;The decision to make the thlrd
/bit, after •some minor , technical
difficulties had developed on the
first two, was Glenn's.
When asked if he wanted to-try
for three, Glenn replied,."Affirm
ative,
_l'm ready to go.",
:lEven so, he landed some 45 to
miles short , of the . - ttlanned
.g area after firing his
.raking rockets at 2:20 p.m. The
reverse rockets gave him such a
jolt, he cried: "/ feel like I'm
heading, back towards Hawaii."
ISALUTING THE , spaiernaster,
President Kennedy hailed him as
the• kind of man :of • whom the
country could be proud.
the,
have a long way to go in
the space race -and we started
late," Kennedy 'said. "This is the
new ocean and I believe the
United States must sail on it and
be in a position second to none."
FOR A :minim PENN STAIR
OK's
Bill
differences and report the result
to .both the House. and the Seri
ate," he explained.
Three additional ' amendments
to the University's allocation bill
were proposed by. Flack yester
day. All were defeated.
In the first amendment, Flack
proposed that $2.3 million be adds
ed to the University's appropria
tion.
"As I recall, Flack's second pro
poised amendment added $200,000
in funds for a coal research proj 7 *
ect at the University," flays said;
THE TRIED amendment offered
by Flack called_ for an additional
$100 ! 000 to be given to the Uni
versity for an air pollution study,
Hays said.
All of Plack's amendments
failed to get the majority approval
required to add an amendment to
a bill.' •
Both the Senate and - the House
adjourned - until ' Monday after
yesterday's sessions.
ilittapy- Volley Overjoyed
= *. - Plop. 4'sl:Qiebital ' Flight
By MEL APLRUND
"Elated, happy surprised, great."
These were the words used yes-,
terday by students, faculty and
townsiolks to describe their re-1
atcion to the, launching - into space
at 9:47 a.m, of America's firs
orbiting astronaut, Col. John H.
Glenn,: Jr.
"I was attending a rehearsal of
the University Chapel Choir when
the blast-off occurred," Sandra.
Laßoon, junioein liberal arts from,
Arlington, Va., said.
'Mr. Beach was conducting but ,
he stopped just before the actual
launching so" we could hear the
news over the radio. I felt pride
in our achievement •mixed with
fear of the unexpected. I had some
special Interest in the flight since
Glenn lives in my home Wm."
"I WAS GLAD WE finally did
it, but my fingers were crossed
R. [ throughout 'the entire flight." Dr.
B. Waters, professor of trans-
Iportation, said.
"Idy~ interest in the launching
wasn't flilYtilliSbed by th e fact that
I heard it by radio in the X-ray
I room at ' the hospital," Waters
added. - • - •
"Ematkmally I was excited.
the •
•
Glenn began bia climb Into the
blue-black-4e space. at- 9.-.47
Except ! for some-minor troubles
withi his attitude control jets, the
little gas ; : that tstablk4h
his 'relationship 'to_ the horizon,
the entire operation was a miracle
of precision -rocketry. •
HIS PTEIST TRIP -around 'the
earth and, , into Wednesday„ Feb.
21, and back- again at mid-Pacific
to = Feb.. 2O -reviled ; only 88.29
lie 'hurtled over Perth Aus
tralia, the city was lit by millions
of lights, turneit un by the resi
dents, as a geMre Of good will
and good luckzlle toid.the ground
tracking Motion to' "thank every
one for turning theca on."
As for his•prolonged weightless
ness, Glenn said during the flight
that he :was having no trouble at
.
.ON WS FIRST ORBIT and even
before he passed Africa, Glenn
elected td try eating from his
Tolirgiatt
Timetable
ft THE ,ASSOCIATED PRESS
1:03 *Sit. - Lt. Col John H.
Glenn Jr. enters spaceship.
0:47-Ibecker lifts off.
11:50--Escape tower falls away.
11:59—s orbit.
10:18—Glann tans Zarsibar
station off oast Africa: "The
horizon is' a. brilliant blue."
10:40-4duchea. Australia.
11:21-Completes first orbit.
11:37-Informs Canary Island
station he's in great shape.
11:51-;-Talks to Zanzibar for
second time.
12:45 p.irL-As ha nears end of
second ,orbit he says "I am
'go' for the third."
12:50-Finishes second orbit,
, 2:20 p..in-Retro rockets lind
near end of third orbit in
vicinity of United States
western coast.
2:28 p.m. —Passed over Cape
. Canaveral again.
2:43 p.m. Space ship hit
water 'six miles from-waiting
destroyer Xfoa.
3:04 pm.— Spaietraft lifted
and deposited on destroyer
deck.
3:20 pin.-Ifoa radioed Glenn
out of spacecraft and "ludo
and hearty .
An times are Eastern Standard
Physically-I was tense. My hands
were sweaty and my stomach
jumpy as I watched• iron . ' my
(home yesterday morning, - Mrs.
Thelma Davis, secretary to the .
Pennsylvania School Study Coun
cil, said.
AND SO IT went all around
!campus. Tales of people concerned
:about one man and one mission.
!The cone4rn shown here was pri
vete, although many first learned
tot our successful firing of a man
!into space whore privacy was
hard to find• in classrooms or
Sin television lounges.
However, some mtmaged to find
a quiet spot in which to watch and
contemplate the meaning of this
achievement.
1 Richard Ekrwnham, a commu-'
nity development adviser from
!Media, said this launching would
!regain for the U.S. the initiative
•
l in space exploration.
ELAUIE =rnm, junior in
business administration from
Hazleton! said the uncommited
nations Of the world would take
heart- from our; ;achlevement.
"I .don't believe most of the
people of the world believe •
squmie bottle rations 3,000
calories of baby food.
,
Doting the prelaunch count
clotift a hold was announced after
a defective bolt in the hatch, had
been discovered. It was repaired
in a few minutes.
Then came another hold. A
faulty ivalve had turned up in the
liquid nxygen fueling system, That
was qhickly repaired, too.
Two minutes after he beKan
climbing toward the stars, Glenn
reported alt systems were "go."
He reported the big booster en
gine cutoff two minutes after lift
off and that he was being pressed
against his special fibreglass and
foam rubber couch by the forte
of gravity.-
ON j LIFTOFF. the -so-called
gravity forces made his body
weigh eight times its normal 168
pounds. .
Only seconds less than three
minutes after he' was pushed in a
low ate toward Africa, Glenn re
ported . the escape tower had
separated and he appeared to have
a good trajectory.
About five minutes after launch
the big Atlas booster fell away
and the spacecraft was swinging
free into orbit. Glenn swung his
capsule around so that his brak
ing rockets and heat shield were
facing forward and he was riding
backwards.
DURING THE FLIGHT he sped
information back in a special
word code,:took his blood pros.
sure, did deep b reathing . exer
cises, discovered his clock was• a
second fast and corrected it.
At one point on his first orbit,
he discovered his attitude control
jets were yawing the craft 20 de
greeeoLf course. At 11:30 a.m. he
announced that he was taking
over control of the ship and would
"fly by wire."
This means he delivers hand
signals for the control jets to a
llttle black box packed with elec/
tronic gear. enabling him` t o 9 con
trol the escape of gas from the
nozzles MINN- precisely than he
cOuldi by hand.
THEN, CAME THE critical mo
ment when Glenn received orders
to fire his braking rockets. These
slow the craft by 350 miles an
!tour :so that the pull of gravity
can take over. •
He had been advised not to drop
his braking rocket package until
he wus over Texas. This further
siowtid his speed.
I As he began the long bullet-like
fall ta earth. a six-foot parachute
blossomed at 21,000 feet to slow
his descent. At 10,000 feet, an air
mssure-operated device popped
out a big, 83-foot diameter red
and white 'chute, which began
dropping him to the sea it 18-feet
per second. -
At 2:45 pin., the destroyer, Noa
undei the code name "Steelhead,"
reported the capsule had landed
two minutes earlier.
all the Soviet boasts," Larry
Snook, a pharmacist at Rea and
Derrick, said. 'But we .back up
our claims of space achievement
with facts. We conduct our testa
'openly, for all to see."
Robert Elmer, freshman in
agriculture from Lancaster, said
the !scientific achievement would
boost Western morale and should
sway. the neutral nations toward
the U.S.
GLENN'S FEAT proves that the
democratic ideal can produce men
capable of matching the Commu
nists!' Kenneth Shuey, manager
of a loan company, said..
"Cidlege Avenue was deserted,"
Laurence Perez, assistant dean r
the College of Engineering a
Architecture, said.
Ncit everybody knew of
launching at once however. At
classes continued uninterrup
while other people slept or earl.'
on Omit daily business.
- IT WAS ABOUT 10:45 w:
got the news." Justice of•
Peacie William P. Bell said
reporter from the Centre
Tunes came in to get news
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