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! YURI'S GREAT
DAY
TT in Yuri Gagarin's great
ago Russia demonstrated the selontific fact that she could put a spaceship cup- able of carrying a man inte orbit and bring it back. That was the triumph of science and the state, But today the man who answer- ed "Yes" in greater than the
Attempt on Major Yuri Gagarin
flight to
moon soon
From ROSS MARK
Moscow, Apr. 12.
state which ked him Moscow went wild today in a huge trium-
"Are you ready?"
The achievement of being!
hurled into the great un-
known will rank as
the
most spectacular pioneer-.
ing effort of mankind.
It
Was greater than the
phant parade for 27-year-old Yuri
Alexievich
Gagarin, the
ex-plastic
moulder who pioneered man's flight
into space.
Brothers with their As his mother prayed in a church outside Moscow
Wright.
greater than
Stevenson with his locomo- tive, greater than Nicolas Cugnot with his first steam car in 1770, greater than Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Captain Cook.
Captain Scott, Amundsen or Hillary who each in his time came face to face with the me element of tense, body- emptying, fate-tempting un- certainty, and conquered it.
JAGARIN'S experience in that respect at least wELA not new. Bundreds who have yone before him on some terrestial epic which lives today in history, have done SU knowing less of their un- known
the first
"than "cosmonaut." This is not tu belittle his achievement In any way and we are sure that a
man of Gayurin':
and dedicated courage
of mission would acknowledge that though he ny ranit as the first among equals, selence had blazed as smooth a highway into the sky as any astronaut could wish. Risks there were and possibly tragedies too before Gaganin's first flight, but this is true of every new pioneering ven-
ture.
Forty years from now, it may all seem as remote and per- laps us faintly amusing as the old fashioned plane and ear do to us today. Where mankind goes from here in the space age, of which this is the Year One, and how be utilises and applies his knowledge is for the future. Space travel and flights to our own or other solar ayatema are headlines for another day.
KATHETHER
they will in the long run make the world a better place of mana noblor, kinder and more decent being is very doubtful. For while the
the young man who hated heights hurtled around the earth 200 miles high at 18,000 mph.
I wouldn't have swapped my day in Moscow for anyone,
It
was liko sitting at the ringside of history us a new age of man's adventure was rung up.
Gargarin was dressed in a sky blue plat's uniform. He wore a specici helmet with peak.
After blasi off he signalled Jaunching team, "I see earth below me and it is covered with smoke." A few minutes later he was listening to teams on earth with a background of music from Moscow, Including his favourite tune-The Waves of Love." Now he was weightless as the big ship moved into orbit around the earth.
He was travelling 200 klonieices high at eight kilometres per second.
Hla volee came through loud and clear, "Everything's okay."
A doctor stood by the landing point in a helicopter in case he was needed, but it was a perfect landing, Yuri didn't ever appear dizzy as he leaped from the cabin.
He grabbed another astronaut who met him in auch an embrace that he gasped.
him.
Other members of the astronaut team embraced and kissed
This is how he described man's first sight of the heavens, "The sky is quite block. Earth is as blue as a pigeon. It's all magnificent,"
Now the Russians are already planning new manned ventures into space. Very soon the Soviets will attempt to land on the moon. At midday today I joined a spontaneous, deliriously happy group parading along Moscow's main street chanting "Yuri Velinki" meaning George the Great.
Chanting adulation
Before the day was out thousands were chapling their adulation to "George the Great king of the untamed comRIOS." Tonight Moscow loudspeakers were blaring out news of the the Soviet feat to happy eclebrators repeatedly rereading Mr Khrushchev's message to Yuri
For the first time in memory there was a special edition of Pravda tonight. It was a four-pager with a huge photograph of Gagarin and tonight Izvestia devoled its six pages exclusively to the news,
Tonight in the Red Square. to the strumming of balalaikas I danced for 15 minutes with 3,000 happy young Rus- stane who sang "Moscow Nights,"
As a Red Army colonel walked across the square he was caught and tossed in the air three times by air cadets. He told
If the air force keeps doing things like this I don't mind
how many times they throw me.
Extra pollen were on duty tonight to control the crowds bul everything appears to be well ordered. However, there scems that there will be no end to the joy.
Moscow for some days has been full of rumours of the launching of an naironauf. Soms very strong reports said that one went into orbit on Friday and had suffered during fight I was told by usually reliable Communist sources that he was under care of top spac scientists and phralolana.
There is speculation among Western scientists here that Gagarin might in fact be the second Russian to complete a rocket
night.
It will be difficult to ever know unless there is an official
humble earthbound beings announcement-Express Service.
of this world can only stare
in bewildered amazement
while Aclenco and
ito
specimena of near physical-
Reaction to the Soviet space fight today included the following:
VATICAN CITY: The Vatican City newspaper Observatore Romano said the tight was a memorable moment in history which did not disturb Catholle bellets, but rather comforted them.
Mr Raimondo Manzini, the newspaper's director, In Atate- ment to be published late today, said scientific progress reflected "the superior image of man on a spiritual creature endowed with liberty and reason, capable of a growing mastery of the exterior world, according to the divine commandment,"
This is a portrait of the Soviet pilot Major Yuri Alexievich Gagarin
who returned to earth after flight into space yesterday.—AP. wirophoto.
U.S. SHOULD
JOIN C'WEALTH
London, Apr. 12.
Mr Donald McLachlan, editor of the Sunday Telegraph, a Conservative newspaper, said here to. day: "The biggest single political step the United States could take over the next 10 years would be to Join the Commonwealth.
"It is no longer the British
It la
a com- monwealth of independent no- Vons with a special relationship in one another. So far as I see the partnership of the Com monwealth involves no abroga- tion of sovereignty except in this country."
ly perfect humanity blaze
Commonwealth, trails in a dark fascinating And uncertain vold, We must not allow this to blind us to the greatest tank before us: to build a better, happier and more prosper- oua world for the three thousand -million who will live and die with their feet planted firmly on the ground.
Notwithstanding this, it la fair to any today that most who have read the story of the first real space flight will have been moved and oxhilarated by the achlovo- ment - whether we see it in the simple terms of an amazing human drama, or an one of the most brilliant and extraordinary feats of Acience. And whatever now nonuation lo before us, tlils agå will always regard the Intrepid young Russian
as the first and greatest space adventurer of them all;
Tremendous
Mr McLachlan told the American Chamber
of Com- merce in London that If the
gala
No change in U.S. policy towards China
Washington, Apr. 12.
President Kennedy rejected today any change in the U.S. stand against China's admission to the United Nations "under present condi- tions."
to
Said the German-Polish
He lold his news conferengs; arms ald to tho, pro-Western "I want to take this opportunity | Government forces.
emphasise that the United States supports Fonnosa and the Formosa Government in is in the United membership Nalforis."
border should be fixed
In a general German peace rel- Uement.
Q. Announced the formation
of an advisory group to
He denied a London report that he had agreed with the assist in "bringing about the Brillsh Prime Minister, Mr much norded change in our Harold Macuillan to abandon foreign aid progranung
the long-standing US, polley ut putting through a resolution in The United Nations cholving the China mrinbership bouc cacts year.
Mr Kennedy also:
United States were to join the
Declared tho United Commonwealth it would
States armed forces will outstanding advantages.
not invode Cuba, and he is First, Mr McLachlan said it opposed to the mounting of an would be fobing an üzvelation offensive against Cuba by anti- forger than the United States Castro Cubans from the United itself, adding think the States.
NEW DELIIK: Mr Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister,,said he was sending AMCETAKO of congratulations to Mir Khrushchev, Mr V. K. Krishna Menda, the Defence Minister. described the flight as a "tremendous achievement," KARACHI: Dr. H. Uameno, Chairman of the Pakistan Atomie Energy Commission, described the flight as a "monumentol achievement." People gathered at radio booths to hear the news, JOHANNESBURG; Morning newspapers in Johannesburg and Bloemfontein brought out special, editlona. The Johannesburg Star said: "The triumph is one in which mankind as a whole con take fully justified pride."
"Ive you heard?" was the question on everyone's | embarrassing action llos as the news of the fight spread through Britain at breakfast United States." time today.
by tho
witch
we announced in March."
He has not rezolved any Indi- callon that the Russians plan to releano Francis
Gary PoweTI, the imprisoned U-2 pilot-UPI.
Invitation
Koreas
to
Ilussians would And it a most Laos position
United Nations, Apr. 12. Thu General Asicinbly's main Sald he hopes Rusia Follical Committed today ap- will reply in a few days proved an invitation to the Ra maintain to the proposal for a ceasefire in
Secondly It would
ceptance" in the British Cabinet of the far-reaching implica- | Asian coloured club... Lloren
to
to Communist North
The official British reaction to the fight was that it was "a magnificent achievement," but pae London evening nows the balance of power in what Laos to be followest by a 14 public of (South) Koren paper sald thai bobins the admiéation "there. Le "eneful no=|was becoming large Afro-nation international conference, participate in its Korean debate,
Ho indicated no concern about coupled with a similar invita It the United States was go- the continued Sovint none slip- N tion Ing, to help those countries, ments to Lans, saying there was Korea conditioned upon that
she do it betterį no evidence of a substantial fa- regime's' acknowledgmint them wilkka, the confines of an crease in the Soviet Brma Jitt UN mulhority and competence. organisation established for that) and - noting. that the United The vote was 50 to 14 with 23 purpose, he askesi--Router. 20 States ·alm is continuing-itë "abstentiora,—÷UPI:!-
NEW YORK: In the United Nations, Mr Stevenson repeated
his congratulations on the Soviet space achievement during s detrate in the main political committee.
The Soviet delegate, Mr. Valerian. Zorin, -expressed his "pro- found gratitude for the heartfelt” U.S. congratulations –Tuler,
where could
Dif
Munro-Smith
case returned to magistrate
The Full Court this morning directed a magis- trate, Mr I. T. Morris, to arrive at a fresh decision in a case of dangerous driving brought against Bruce Munro-Smith,
This was the Full Court's erroneous, view of the law," be decision on an appeal by tho { added. Crown against the magistrate's Judgment of acquitting Munro Smith of a dangerous driving charge in the lower cauris January.
The Full Court also over- ruled the magistrate's verdict of an acquittal and said that t would be for "the magistrate to arrive at a fresh decision, In their judgment this morn- whether it be a conviction or an ing, the Full Court stated that acquittal, on the basis of the the magistrate appeared to facts as he dinds them and on have based his decision on the the law as we have stated it." Onding that the respondent was truthful in maintaining he was unaware that the boy, was killed in a collision tween the respondent's car and the boy's bleycle, was being dragged along under the, caz.
"Clearly in 10 doing the magistrate was applying a sub- jective test," they continued.
Two questions
who he-
от
Acquitted
Munro-Smith Was acquitted
the
driving charge but dued a total of $7007
dangerous tor driving a car with defective bralces and driving without a valid licence.
This was sequel to a collision with a boy and his bicycle in Johnston-road, Wanchai.
The Full Court comprised ef **The questions which ho the Chief Justice, Sir Michora should have put th ́himself whcy) Hegon, and Mr 'Justices' C. W. whether, โป The prevailing Reece and R. H. Mills-Owens, circumstances, *
reasonable i
driver, proceeding with due care and attention,
(a) would have driven on, for the purpose of parking ut otherwise without flzat USDCT-- taining the conséquences of the impact of which he was nwire and
(b) would noL when moving over
disjanse of
250 feet, have been aware of
ho
the presence of the boy or
and the boy
bleycle under the car. "If the accused fell short of that standard in respect of either (a) or (b) then he could properly be found guilty of
Battles in Paris
Paris, Apr. 12. Police and Algerians fought
three gun battles in Paris 10-
night and several people--in- cluding three police were in- Jured.
In castern Perla Algerian ex- tremists fred on and threw a grenade at a police car injuring three officers and a number of dangerous or careless driving, bystanders. The assailants es- the case may be," the Full Court
maintained,
caped.
Police opened fire on Algerian extremists in two other Incidents the but there were no casualties and
"In the present case, there- fore, it is apparent that
magistrate proceeded up on an the Algerians escaped.-Reuter.
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