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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1958.
Tense Drama Behind The Scenes
Explorer How 'Explorer' Got Into Orbit
Landon, Feb. 3, Moscow Radio's sstence oor- respondaat maka tonight America's carib satellite did not Ckaso much excitement in Kutaia because “it was expected all along—was in faci, overdite.”
The broadcast, By Borts Belitsky, said: "Whatever may be the connection between lunar activity
and excitability, "this Darlicular
ww
moon
aroused ittle excitement in our hart of the sub-hunar world, and tiny. not beosure it is such a little thing, weighing a mere 10 pounds ellher,
US Satellite Was
'Lost' For
Seven Minutes
Cape Canaveral, Fob. 3.
"Eariber miscarriages notwith-Mombers of the U.S. satellite launching
rianding, Soviet scientists were confident throughout that their 1.8, colleagues had the ability and the means to achieve a suo- lucking." United cessful
Press,
Paris, Feb. 3. .Producer Mike Todd sala
the Russians today
are taking American
efforts ightly.
no longer
missile
team said today that the Explorer satellite had performed better than expected, and may remain in space for six years or more.
Some of the details and drama of what occurred in the blockhouse just before the Explorer went aloft were revealed to reporters by some of the chief actors.
Todd and his actress wife, It was announced that the U.S. satellite was "miss-
Elizabeth Taylor, passed through
Paris today on their way to
Athens ofter an eight-day visit
to
Moscow
ing" for almost seven minutes after launching last Saturday.
Todd said the Russians reted Wethher von Braun, "Father" | trackers at the Jet Propulsion "Very happy" about the success- of the satellite, known is the Laboratory at the Californin ful launching uf the U.S. Army these days as "The Happy Institute of Technology and 'Explorer. He
they Dutchman," was a worried manj elsewhere. "seemed very excited," too 10 minutes ofler his Jupiter-C From Canaveral they got word United Prets,
rocket blasted away from the the launching was a SUCCESS, Floridan coast at 0348 GMT From San Diego and other points on Saturday.
must come confirmation that the He and other scientists pacing satellite was in orbil,
Canaveral re- the Pentagon floor with officials had carefully
Washington, Feb. 2. The U.8. satellite Explorer Is ctreling the earth once every 115.27 minutes in an elliptical orbit extending from 230 to 1,600 miles in altitudes, Jafentit calculators showed today.
pm.
Scared His Rival
A
Manila, Fob. 4.
Chinese pop-corn vendor recently
scared a rival Chinese to
death la Laguna Pro-
To Death!
vince and the police, not having dealt with such a case before, are at a loss as to what to do.
WI Chi, enraged by the cut-throat competition waged by Sy Hong, loaded coffin aboard his jeep, lighted it with candles, then drove li to Sy's store.
He held the cowering Sy by the neck and point- ing to the coffin declared, “That is where I will place your body."
Sy never recovered from the shock and died late last month.
The police are still studying the case. --France- Presse.
Danger Of North Korea Is
Still Too
Big
Washington, Feb. 3.
Army ported. "Jupiter is at launch The Korean Ambassador, Y. C. Yang, said today that his country would not reduce its armed forces by "one single man" until iteived the more modern military equipment it had been promised by the United States.
that at 0534 GMT the ralellite time minus one hour and count- carried aloft by the rocket-it Ing. An air of cautious optimisin Thereafter Canaveral was going into an orbit-prevalls." should be whizzing over Sabused the symbol "X" to denote The figures were released by Diego, California.
the 1.8. Naval Research But the minutes rolled past Laboratory which said scient 112.34 and no word from Cali-. Lata were making more precisa formin trackers, calculations on the man-made moon as additional data flowed in
Calculations released yeater- day Leniatively, had the salel- lile ranging from about 212 milies 1,828 miles above the earth and making a revolution every 115.1 minutes. United Prem
Parla, Feb. 3.
It's history now that the man-made Moon Anally hove successfully over California,
orbiting around the earth.
But only today did the Army disclose details of the "Opera- that Von Sweet-Out" tioni Bram and others went through until the word came: "It's in at San Diego."
HEADQUARTERS
(Von Braun Gold later the satellite apparently had gone a title higher and into a "some- what longer orbit than expect- ed. For that reason it was seven minutes late gelting to San Diego.)
Jaunching me.
STARTLING At X minus 43 minutes came a startling development,
Canaveral reported: "Check- ing a possible fuel leak,"
The
olleials crestfallen
walled
Flmly Canaveral came back: "No leak, That was just_a ltle overdow to be wiped off." Then the messages from the Cape went like this:
X-17 and counting. still going smoothly."
buttoned up."
Things
X-2. Lift of is scheduled for 10 seconds after X-0."
Then it came;
YUGOSLAVS”
TRIAL
FINISHES
Belgrado, Fob. 3.
Mr Yang told the Commu- nists in North Korea "have three times the fire power of the Republic of Korea and United Nations Forces com bined" and it would be very dangerous to make any cut in the 800,000-man South Korean military establishment at this time.
an
He spoke 31 a. luncheon meeting of the "Amvels,” organisation of veterans of military service.
with
"X-10 and the blockhouse is The trial of three Yugoslave for attempts to overthrow the regime ended here to- Mr Yang also urged the US. day after closing staro-to avoid talking about a pos
sible. summit conference monts by the prosecutor, Soviet leaders until the West two of the defendants and achieved #absolute defence their attorneys.
superiority" OVER the Soviet The verdict will be announced Urilon. tomorrow.
at?"
*Firlas command and lif
"Lift off started. It's going
still going.....still going." At that point the oom. munications operator could noi restrala kimseif, On bla own he punched out: "Looks
rud."
ро
A leading French space scientist expressed confidence today that the Russians will shortly divulge all the scientific information gleaned by the whirling Sputniks.
Alexander Ananov, Russian- born founder of the International The drama was played out in Astronautical Association, added the Communications Room at that the successful launching of the Defence Department here Braun and others the American sutellife greatly where Von
with increased the chances of closer kept in touch
develop- East-West collaboration in spacements both AL the Cape
Six minutes and 43 seconds Canaveral, Florida, Missile Test science.
"The launching of the Ameri-Centre and the Army
Ballistic after the launching Canaveral can 'Explorer has settled the Missile Agency at Huntsville, reported the accond stare of prestige isque," Ananov said. Alabano.
the rocket had fired: “Okay." They "Future progress is likely to be
and sent
received achieved on o
SWITCH more technical messages sinultaneously over a ground and less on o
drama awitched to the basis of tele-communicatione device like
teletype. sporting competition."-United a
By phone they California tracking stations and
Ballistic Press,
Mitsuo conversations with the Army on
Agency which was hooked into the communications system,
Some of those in the room wanted to announce the succes- ful launching of the racket. But Von Braun wanted to be SUTE all stages had fired.
Finally the confirmation came and Ven Braun moved to a room where telephones were open to California.
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Dr W, Pickering, Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratories, said he wanted three "Axes" from his California people be fore he would declare the satellite in orbit.
Pickering to the Laboratory: "Have you picked up anything you!"
Laboratory Assistant: "Heard a falat signal.”
Van Braun (in an aside): "Aw, that was probably
electile razÇAT","
"NOTHING"
his
At X plus 105 minutes Pleker |
ing told the Laboratory; "You
Dught to be getting it."
At X plus 108 minutes (the tirno fured
rod for the satellite to
be over San Diego) the Labora-
Bodgan Kreklich, lender of the former Social Democratic
me by force and demanded that they be acquitted,
NO CUT
Student Was Cheeky, Murdered
Sunday School Teacher Guilty
Leicestor, Fob. 3. former Sunday school teacher, found guilty hero today of murdering an eight-year-old boy, was alleged to have said: "He had been chocky to me at and 1 Sunday school thought it would tooch him a lesson.”
Roy Riddington, 23-year-old clerk.
was found guilty but insane on a charge of murdering Keltner Priestley.
Two doctors gave evidence that Hiddington suffered from schizophrenia.
Why Britain Doesn't Have A Satellite: Hailsham
Edinburgh, Feb. 3. Lord Hailsham, British Conservative Party Chafr-'
man, estimated here tonight that a British satellite would have cost between 2500 and £1,000 million.
He told a party meeting: "I Is true that we have ex Sputnik, and no Jupiter.
"It is also true that we could have bought one, as the Rus sians have bought theirs, as all such things are bought, at a certain price in human misery and deprivation and as, but for the immense industrial capacity would have bought theirs. of their country, the Americans
"It would have coat, i sup- pose, not much more than £500 million possibly as £1,000 million.
PEACEFUL
much 剔除
POLICEMAN DESERTED POST: FIVE
KILLED
Bogota, Feb. 3.
A policeman" who desertod his post to get drunk sot off a chain of events which resulted in five par sons killed and two others wounded in the town of Tulus, it was today.
The drunken
dfsclosed
"But these are sums which
policeman, we spend annually in provision for old age or education, or the whose name was not reported, relief of sickness or poverty, fired on troops at the wind-up possibly not 90 much as we of a political demonstration and have spent on the peaceful was shot dead by their Bre. development of atomie energy. The crowd, unaware of re
sons for the troops action, nie "We could have got it and at tacked them and soldiers opened Riddington was said by the the end we would have bought | fre
anew, an official coni- prosecuting counsel to have for Cur money a piece of munique said. pushed the boy into a canal, spectacular military mechanism, In all five persons. ong of causing his death by drowning. for the Sputnik, Ико the them a soldier, were killed and
Jupiter, 15 only
inter-two other soldiers were wound- denied it when first continental
in misslined
Не
questioned by pollee, but later turned inside out."--Reuter,
ballistic
said “If I tell you the truth will it help mo?" He had been
checity to mo at Sunday school and i thought I would teach
him a lesson.
"Something came over In and I pushed him into the water. The back of his hoad was sticking out of the water when I left"
The judge, Mr. Justice Paull, sentenced him to be detained "during Her Majesty's pleasure" (indefinito dotonlion)-Chias Mall Special.
Another Big Soviet Discovery?
Radio
London, Feb. 3.
Moscow announced tonight that Soviet scion- Party, and Alexander Pavlo- "The Communists are not
tists have discovered the vitch, attorney, denied charges going to relax
tensions," Mr
force which balds together of unconstitutional activity Yang said. "They are trying to molecules
basic -the aimed at overthrowing the full us to sleep while they go
building blocks of mattor. on building up hours a day." The US for acne time bas
The discovery, if proven true, been urging South Korea to cut discloson оло of the
missing about four divisions from its links in man's knowledge of the military forces, promising to world around him a mystery of give the remaining units enough | grenter modern firepower to mako up even for the reduction,
flarion.
said:
A similar demand was made on behalf of the third defendant Professor Juyovitch, by his attorney.
Professor Juyovitch refused
than to reply to the speach of the prosecutor on the ground that Mr Yang, in a United Press he had been defamed,
Tass news agency dispatch interview inst week, predicted Krekitch and Pavlovitch, if that the U.S. and Korea would found guilty, may be sentenced eventually
"Soviet scientists have proved agree on cut of theoretically and experimentally the source of molécular that his force is reciprocal emission and
to from five years in prison about 80,000 men.
to the maximum of a death
catd Juyovitch may bo Penalty,
today
that
Presse.
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SUNG WONG TOI ROAD, KOWLOON. (Adjacent to Kai Tak Airport)
eventual significance atomic fusion or
Now
open and continuing until
Sunday, 8th February,
sentenced to from six months remarles had been interpreted by absorption of electromagnetic
to 20 years-France-Presse.
NOSTALGIC true
THIEVES CAUGHT
Lisbon, Feb. 8. Police in the town of Olhao reported today that nos- talgic thieves broke out of the town gaol nightly
that
some to mern, that he was waves by two molecules." abandoning his insistence on
The
dispatch noted the modern equipment.
Russian physicist Peter Lebedov This Was "absolutely not first theorised this possibility in ho said. Mr Yang 1804. It sald proof had now declared that he stood firmly in
been given by a trio of Soviet line
with
his government'♥
scientists--Dra Eugene Lifschitz, Holiion that no cut at all could Boris Deryagni and Irinia Le made "until we sto and
Abrikosova-United Press, evaluate the moro modern equipment" promised United Press
Discharged
Accra, Feb. 3. One of 10 men charged with
to rob local inhabitanta conspiracy and preparing armed and then returned to atack against people in Ghana before it celebrated inde- their cells. The police, alarmed by the pendence on March 8 last year was discharged in the Assize number of complaints from
court here today--Reuter
A
tory reported: "Nothing yet." victims, opened an inquiry The same report came at X|which led to set a trap round plus 107 minutes.
the goot this week-end. Von Braun: "It must have The caught two Inmates gone farther than we planned."who were relumming from
Pickering to his Laboratory foray. Two others, well-known ruan: "Frank, why In the hell escape artists, got away. haven't you got something?" Authorities said they suspect plus 113 minutes a prison guard of complicity Plekering his car still to the because his window phone, hold up his linger for open nightly, presumably exclaimed: "I've got one" (x).-France-Presse, those la the room and gleefully allow the prisoners to get out
A
Then into the phono: "Give me
another th
was lett
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mark two fixes on pad of paper. Still he insisted "Give me an- other one." Then, just as the Naval Research Laboratory gave hhn all another "n" Picker Ing jubfiantly exclábned:
Diego."
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A HIPPO
Livingstond, Feb. 3. Travelling on a motor-acO©Lar Livingstono recently between
crashed into a
With that they Informed the and Victoria Falls, Ms E. White House which had a tele- Kostopoulos had a lucky menye phone line open to Press Secre- from death. tary Jones - C. Hagerty at His scooter Augusta, Georgia, where. Freal- hippopotamus, much the weekend. dent. Eisenhower was spanding piekły wrecked,
He was thrown clear and Shortly afterward the Pro suffered only slight injuriok, The sident -announced that the free hippopotamus, scrambled into world's « fruk -- modlilto - was · [n] tha": "biah, apparently":› mork | orbit around the earth
Press
Miami, Feb. 3. An airline pilot fled a fight log today that indicated he may have seen, either the
Arst or accond stage of the sutello- bearing Jupiter-C__rocket fall Into the ocean on Friday night.
The report was filled by Cap- tals C. E. Francis who was flying an Eastern Airlines planu on a passenger flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to New York,
United Press.
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