Condition Good Recovery Forces Capsule Steers Await Astronaut Pinpointcourse CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla
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As Carpenter was propelled upward by the ~ The ' Mercury recovery powerful force of his Atlas booster, he reported 'orce assigned to pick up by radio that "My condition is good." Minutes astronaut Malcolm Scott later, Carpenter's Aurora 7 space capsule settled Protest Carpenter from the Atlantic into the planned orbital path more than 100 miles Included 20 ships, more than 70 aircraft, and several small boats above the earth—following the same trail blazed Closing for operations close to shore. three months ago by John H. Glenn, Jr., America's In command was Rear Adm. first orbiting space pioneer. John L. Chew,, commander of the Navy's Destroyer Flotilla Seconds after entering orbit, Carpenter be- Of Road 'our. He was assigned to super- gan exercising the capsule's manual control sys- vise the recovery from a room in MIDDLETOWN — A petition tem so he could watch the Atlas booster rocket the Mercury control center ix with 38 signatures of residents Scott Carpenter as it fell away from his capsule. Cape Canaveral. living in the Holland Rd. area of Unavailable to the force be- the township was presented to CLOSELY MONITORED a. Continental cause of other duties were: JETLINER CRASH KILLS 45 — Aerial vis w of the r*ar section of the USS Noa, the destroyer which The reports from the Aurora 7 were relayed Airlirm jet that apparently broke up over Ceniemlle, I*., and fa in section! kill- night protesting the proposed. Fort Is ifted Lt. Col. John J. Glenn to hundreds of newsmen here by the Mercury con- ;Iosing of the Telegraph Hill exit ing all 45 perjfens afeoardt This tection of the plane fall on a farm near Unionville, Jr. and his Friendship 7 space' >n the Garden State Parkway. trol center on Cape Canaveral, where tense officials craft out of the Atlantic 800 miles Wo., about 24 miles south of CenterWIIe. , IAP Wirephoto) The New Jersey Highway Au- southeast of the Cape last Feb. Selected carefully monitored all phases of the flight and hority plans to close the exit 20 at the end of his three-orbit condition of the 37-year-old Navy lieutenant com- May 30 at 7 a.m. ride. No Toll Charge mander. Joseph Reed, Holland Rd., Capsule Sank ForHQ USS Randolph, . the carrier Just as it did on Glenn's flight, the Atlas per- spokesman for the residents, said WASHINGTON - The Army tires he group wants the exit left which dispatched helicopters to formed with amazing precision. With pinpoint confirmed today that the new pluck Air Force Capt. Virgil I. open and a permanent inter- Electronics Command will be es accuracy it pushed the spacecraft through "a key- (Gus) Grissom to safety last change established there. tablished at Fort Monmouth hole in the sky" at the desired speed and angle. If July 21 after his suborbital ride. The group said it was opposed N. J. His capsule sank when a side it had missed this spot In space 100 miles high and to roads in the area becoming Maj. Gen. Stuart S. Hoff, the hatch blew open pre-maturely. major arteries. chief of research arid develop- 500 miles northeast of the Cape, the Bermuda The exit and entrance to the USS Lake Champlain, the car-ment in the Office of the Chiel tracking station would have ordered Carpenter's eral aid may be expected to sub- Action by the freeholders on rier which sent helicopters to LITTLE SILVER - Freeholder parkway at Telegraph Hill is not Signal Officer, will head the craft back to earth immediately. Director Joseph C. Irwin. last sidize the study: this committee's request for aii a formal one and there is no pick up Cmdr, Alan B. Shepard command. night' told- the Regional. Sewer The committee's engineering will establish a policy for others toll charge. Jr. at the end of the nation's The Register, in ah exclusiv first manned space flight on May 7 CIRCUITS POSSIBLE Stijily.Cojnmittee to find-out how committee, headed by John De- he said, adding "We would lik< ' The Highway Authority had story Monday, reported that i Groat 'of Oceanport, is in the to know what- we are commi 5,1961. •'•-•'• much money it will need to con- planned to build an interchange was almost a certainty that the The control center reported five minutes after process of developing a broad ting ourselves to." A Navy spokesman at Norfolk duct a feasibility study before at Red Hill Rd. The plans have command would be located here blastoff that Aurora 7 was in successful orbit and outline of specifications to-be Va., said the three ships were The high-level organization is asking the county for help In Mr. Irwin said that after fi& been shelved. could remain aloft for seven circuits of the globe used as. a basis for obtaining ures are available, (lie cost ol not excluded purposely. an outgrowth of the Army's re- paying for it. The committee agreed to send v preliminary prices from engi- the study, may prove to be th< a letter to the authority asking The recovery fleet is chosen cent reorganization. if necessary. But the mission was planned for only . A,t a meeting .of the committee neering firms.' responsibility of the. municipal it to reconsider its decision to from ships which have no other No date has been set for com three orbits, the same as GJerin's. Seven orbits operations scheduled at the mo- held here, Mr. Irwin .and Charles County-Wide Need ties involved. c • , close the Telegraph Hill exit and plete implementation of the Arm would entail returning the astronaut's capsule to M. Pike; (director of the county Mr. Irwin, who said the coun- entrance. ment or are operating in the re reorganization at Fort Monmout Mr. Pike quashed any h'opefo earth somewhere in the Pacific, and would in- Planning. Board, were invited to ty has a "deft, dire and direct county sponsorship of the j>roj In "answer to a question from covery area and can be detached although it' is expected to comi temporarily for the assignment •bed 'light on" the committee's Interest" in the proposed proj- ect with respect to a, requesi Patrick McGann, Lincroft attor- sometime in August. volve the deployment of great numbers of recov- he said. The Electronics/Command wil finance dilemma. ect, pointed out that the need for federal aid under section 70! ney, Mayor John T. Lawley said ery vessels. come under the jurisdiction ol To date there has been no In- for sewers in the near future is of the Housing and Home Fi (See PROTEST, Page 2) (See RECOVERY, Page 2) the Army's Materiel Command, If the three-orbit mission was completed, flight dication that county, state or fed- county-wide. nance Act. headed by Lt. Gen. Frank S. The bill, he said, does not pro- Besson, Jr. EVERYTHING 'GO' vide funds for feasibility stud- Rumson Building Plan The decision to place the Elec- time would be about four hours and 50 minutes. ies. Under section 702 of the tronics Command here seem same measure, funds may b< Want Pay Increase If all went well, the capsule would parachute Into certain to mean an increase in loaned for an engineering study employment at Fort Monmouth. the Atlantic Ocean near Grand Turk Island, 800 They must be repaid if and whe t will also give the Signal Corp miles southeast of Cape Canaveral about 12:35 To Pick Architect the study progresses to reality installation new importance in Proposal on Ballot p.m. (EST). 8 Municipalities ;he Army* establishment. Councilman Michael J. Raffer- New Duties Despite the extreme stresses of rocket accel- MIDDLETOWN - The Town- on a petition asking that the ty of Little Silver, chairman Instead of reporting directly tc eration, Carpenter calmly reported on conditions For New School ship Committee last night held question be placed on the ballot. :he chief signal officer, the Elec the committee, reported thai for study a request by Patrol- Mr, Wise said members of the tronics Command will be undei in the capsule. He said forces about 8 times the eight municipalities have for- RUMSON An architect to Mr. Hockey said the proposed men's Benevolent Association PBA preferred either of the first Material Command. Under th( pull of gravity pressed him against his contour mally adopted resolutions draw up tentative plans for a school could house two kinder- 124, representing the local police two steps. reorganization, the chief signa membership, promising to con couch—in effect increasing the weight of his lean, new school in this borough will garten units and an anticipated department, asking that a pay The committee said it would officer will take on new duties tribute $600 apiece toward be named at the June meeting of four classes each of first and raise proposal be put on the bal-announce a decision next month.