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DISTRIBUTION Weather TODAY 7 «JB. umperaiure M. Sunny toby tad tomorrow, fclgi our THEDMLY M. Clew tonight, low in the Ms. 23,825 Sunday, fair, seasonably warm. See weather, page 2. ^ J NORTHERN MONMOUTH'S HOME NEWSPAPER DIAL 7414)010 Issued daily, Monday through Friday. Second Class PostsJI VOL. 87, NO. 25 Paid *X. Red Bask &nd it Additional Mailing Offices. FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1964 7c PER COPY. PAGE ONE Ranger Lands on Moon BULLETIN | from both wide and narrow anglei where a few years hence Apollo Some of the pictures for which With the pictures expected PASADENA, Calif. (AP)—Rang- cameras." the spokesman said. astronauts may land. scientists were waiting were ex- from Ranger, designers of the er 7 made a historic crash land- 'We can not determine quality of At 6:15 a.m., 10 minutes before pected to show objects the size future Apollo moon craft hoped ing on Ihe moon today after all the pictures at this moment but the scheduled impact the spokes- of an automobile. to determine whether American six of its television cameras ap- ge are receiving excellent video astronauts would have to land 1 man said all indications were Atmpspheric conditions prevent parently transmitted the first signals from both systems, ' that the television cameras were telescopes on earth from dis- on a smooth or rugged surface. close up pictures of unknown The Goldstone Station where functioning properly. tinguishing objects less than a The Sea of Clouds, a relatively terrain where astronauts some transmissions are received is on "It appears that all six cam- quarter-mije in diameter. flat plain southwest of the center day may tred. the Mojave desert east of here. eras are functioning properly," The closest pictures made in of the visible side of the moon, It is a facility of the jet propul- he said. the past ranged 37,000 to 43,000 is being considered as a possi- ble landing spot for the Apollo PASADENA, Calif. (AP)-Pic- sion laboratory, which made and miles from the moonr'~ During the 13 minutes and 40 craft in 1969. ture signals from the spacecraft controls Ranger 7. These photographs were taken seconds of picture taking, the 806- Twelve previous U.S. probes Ranger 7 were received at 6:08 by Russia's Lunik HI, which fo- The Spacecraft was launched pound spacecraft would be plung- of the moon have failed — six a.m. today, the Goldstone Track- cused on the dark side of the Tuesday from Cape Kennedy, ing the last 1,100 miles toward its of them in the $200 million Rang- ing Station reported, indicating Fla., to photograph lunar terrain destruction. moon Oct. 7, 1959. first transmission of close up er program. photographs of the moon. The predecessor of Ranger 7, Cameras were turned on at 6:07 Ranger 6, was the best of the a.m. as the vehicle streaked dur- 12 probes. It reached the moon ing its final minutes of life toward Ranger 7's Timetable last February but failed to trans- a crash landing in the Moon's Sea mit any photographs. of Clouds. earth sensors lock on earth's reflected light) No Threat A success with the pictures PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Here is the — 3:45 p.m. would indicate a turn in the tide Jet Propulsion Laboratory's timetable of Yesterday, there was no threat of failures that has seen 12 Ranger's 7's three-day journey to the moon Wednesday — so far of the technical troubles straight lunar investigation mis- (all times Eastern Standard): Start of midcourse maneuver to correct that foiled six previous Ranger trajectory — 5 a.m. sions go awry. Tuesday — shots; Completion of midcourse maneuver — Applause broke out in the news Dr. William H. Pickering, di- Liftoff at Cape Kennedy — 11:50.07 a.m. 6:28 a.m. (Ranger turned 5.6 degrees on one room of the Jet Propulsion Labo- rector of the Jet Propulsion Lab- Ejection of shroud, a covering that pro- axis and 86.8 degrees on another. Mid- ratory here when a spokesman oratory which made and is guid- ' tected the spacecraft during launch — 11:55 course motor fired for 49 seconds, reducing said "preliminary analysis shows ing Ranger 7 on its 228,000 mile a.m. ranger's speed by 67 miles an hour so the that we are receiving pictures voyage, said the insect-shaped E ANGER 71 spacecraft would hit the face rather than the from Ranger 7." Separation of Atlas and Agena rockets — spacecraft has passed the worst 11:55 a.m. backside of the moon.) RANGER TARGET TO LAND—Dotted lines extending from sketch of Ranger 7 space- The first transmissions were of its hurdles and has a four-out- from two wide angle cameras on First Agena bum —11:58 a.m. Thursday — Ranger was in cruise posi- of-five chance of success. tion, its solar panels locked on the sun, its craft indicates approximate area of moon's surface where landing is expected to take the spacecraft made from an alti Second Agena burn (injection into lunar - high-gain directional antenna facing the Upped Odds place. Ranger 7 is streaking so accurately toward the moon that no last minute ma- tude of about 1,300 miles. trajectory) — 12:20 p.m. earth. He upped the odds from 50-50 neuver will be required to make sure its cameras are aimed properly. Officials at Pasa- Three minutes later the spokes Ranger-Agena separation — 12:22 p.m. man said signals were being re The expected, approximate schedule of Wednesday after a minor tra- dena, Calif., have narrowed the impact area to a zone 30 by 120 miles in the Sea of ceived from four narrow-angle Solar panels deployed — 12:51 p.m. climactic events today: jectory adjustment 100,000 miles Clouds. Area is just southwest of the center of the moon's lighted side. Spacecraft cameras, started when the space- Sun acquisition (panel sensors lock on 8:10 a.m. — TV system warm-up; 80" out in space aimed Ranger 7 has tiny jets that can change its attitude in' space to aim the cameras. craft had plunged- down to about sun, ranger transfers from battery power to seconds later full TV power occurs and pic- at a 5O-by-30O-mile area 1B the 900 miles above the lunar surface. solar power) — 1:05 p.m. ture^taking starts, Sea of Clouds, just southwest of (AP Wirephoto) "We are receiving pictures Earth acquisition (high-gain antenna's 8:25 a.m. — Impact. the center of the moon. Report Kennedy, Shriver Out of Running Mate Consideration Humphrey, McCarthy High on Johnson's List • '' "^™ ' • ^^ ^^ . : ^* ^ i • • ur-*t n limn Him if! W"i[ ii mnifii n I'IUHIII'1"IIIH»I WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- win elective office without lean- dent Johnson's sweeping knock- ing on any Kennedy. out of Ally. Gen. Robert F. Ken- The feeling was that to elimi- nedy and others from the lineup nate any emotional surge for °Lv'ce presidential possibilities the attorney general, the Presi- focuseS 'SpecuTation today on dent was willing to eliminate a Minnesota's Sens. Hubert H. whole lineup ol possib!e'*ca"ridi Humphrey and Eugene J. Mc- dates he never really had con- Carthy as his probable choice sidered., for a running mate. Among'those who hit the dust, In an unprecedented action only ShriveY, a Roman Catholic Thursday the President elimi- and a brother-in-law of the late nated nearly all the major pos- President Kennedy, and McNa- sibilities for the No. 2 spot — in- mara had received the sort of cluding Kennedy, Peace Corps presidential praise that pointed Director Sargent Shriver and toward them as potential candi- Secretary of Defense Robert S. dates." McNamara. U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stev- Political Image ensonj a two-time loser as Dem- The consensus among many ocratic standard bearer, was knowledgeable Democrats was among those knocked out of that Johnson, calculating that consideration for second spot on he has established his own polit- Ihe ticket to be chosen at the Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey Robert F. Kennedy Sargent Shriver Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy ical image strongly, wants to (See HUMPHREY, Page 3) John Birch Backer Hits 'Smear Stuff Long Branch Probe By WILLIAM HENDERSON MONMOUTH BEACH - Are Five Testify PRESIDENTIAL ANNOUNCEMENT — President John- the reports that the John Birch son, talking last night to newsmen in ihe White House i^ announces he hat eliminated six men as vice presidential armed with guns true? The answer came from George possibilities. He said he would.name his choice in due F, Talarico, 42, who is doubling InInquiry time. The President said he would not recommend any in brass here as a vacationist from Nutley and a recruiter for member of the cabinet, or anyone who meets regular- the society. ly with the cabinet, for second place on the Democratic 'That talk is the usual smear ticket.- (AP Wirephoto) stuff," he told this reporter in an interview. On Contracts "Do you think I would be telling you about our operations and FREEHOLD — Five Long Branch officials testified for Sea Bright Incident what we are trying to accomplish more than three hours yesterday as the county Grand Jury if worked behind closed doors," wound up taking evidence in an extended probe of two 1963 he added. city public works contracts. Talarico's quiet moves to bring County Prosecutor Vincent P. Keuper said outcome of the new local members into the John inquiry, which was triggered by a report of a special study 15 Youths Birch Society were not revealed committee of the new City Council last summer, will be made until he placed g tiny ad in Ihe known at the panel's final meeting Sept.