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An Bowling Green, Ohio Independent Student April 15 1970 Voice THe BG news Volume 54 Number 87 Engine burn successful; Apollo heading home SPACE CENTER, Houston (API- Swigert Jr. to earth 10 hours earlier than EST, they were on a return course of supplies from the small moon landing dimly lit to conserve power. rocket firing last night left some Three American astronauts gave their planned. their abbreviated journey, heading for a craft, Aquarius, still attached to their "1 didn't know there was any up- propellant in the descent engine should it stricken spaceship a burst of rocket Ijttle more than one-and one-hall splashdown in the Pacific Ocean about command ship. stairs." Mission Control said. be needed later to align the ship as it power last night to hurry them home hours before the rocket firing, they 300 miles south-southeast of Samoa on The command ship Odyssey was In in unexplained comment from nears the earth's atmosphere. before their vital and already short emerged from their only pass behind the Friday at about 12:18 p.m EST. essentially dead, its batteries waiting for space, one of the astronauts was heard to Officials said the astronauts had supplies of water, oxygen and electricity moon, their only close-up view of the Even the 10-hour saving is an ad- use during re-entry and a 15-hour supply say over the radio channel to Houston enough oxygen, water and power, but run out. surface they had hoped to explore. For vantage to the weary, cover-all-clad of oxygen stored in tanks. "I'm afraid this Is going to be the last just "barely" enough to survive the The rocket burst, borrowed from the almost 40 minutes, blocked from earth astronauts. It saves 10 hours usage of "Jimmy and Jack are in the upstairs moon mission (or a long time." problems that started with an eruption in prime engine of the little moon lander, by the lunar surface, they were out of water, oxygen and electricity bedroom taking a nap," Haise reported The moon lander's engine is the only pressurized fuel tanks Monday night. will bring Apollo 13 crewmen James A. contact. They are being kept alive with limited yesterday afternoon from Aquarius, power plant available to them. The The crippled craft, officials said, has LoveU Jr., Fred W. Haise Jr. and Jack L When they came out at 7:46 p.m. a water supply that will last about 12 hours longer than it will take to get the men home It has electrical power to last about28 hours longer and oxygen to last Off-campus move about 50 hours longer than the homeward voyage. Water, as much as oxygen, was the key survival. And water was in the shortest supply. It is the prime coolant In the spacecraft. It alone keeps the cabin may be blocked air temperature livable. It alone cools the closely packed electronic systems that would otherwise overheat and break By Wayne Thomas this happened the fraternity would no HoUy Hutton longer be represented on inter-fraternity down. Staff Reporters council, will no longer be recognized by To conserve water the astronauts were ordered to cut off as manv of the the University and will not be permitted The University could legally block to function or exist on campus. electricial systems as possible To con- serve oxygen they were told to move the off-campus move of Beta rheta Pi "It's going to become an interesting fraternity if so desired, Dr. Edward H. legal question," said Bowling Green's around as little as possible to keep Ward, assistant to the vice-president of mayor F. Gus Skibbie , who declined to breathing at a lower rate. make any further comment until he spoke The astronauts must keep their student affairs said yesterday. command ship docked to Aquarius until Ward added, however, that the with city solicitor C. Richard Marsh, who only minutes before plunging into the University may be willing to allow the is out of town until Thursday. Most houses contacted yesterday earth's atmosphere on Friday. Then move to Valentine Apartments on an they'll jettison the small craft ami ride to experimental basis. were content to remain on campus for a year and see what happens with the Beta earth breathing only the oxygen left In Because fraternity members plan to the cabin of the command ship. sign individual leases, there has been Theta Pi move. Dave Harvath, president of Sigma Odyssey, a sister ship to the com- some question as to the extent of mand modules which four times University control over Beta Theta Pi if Chi said he felt the move was "a necessary thing" and that "something previously have carried man to moon the move becomes reality. orbit and back was disabled suddenly had to come about sooner or later." "I would tend to agree that the and without warning Monday night. students will not be under University He believed that the rest of the Astronauts LoveU, Haise and Swigert jurisdiction," said Ward. houses should stay on campus for at least one year until the results of the move can had just completed a routine telecast John Lepp, assistant to President from space when power suddenly William T. Jerome, said that the Board of be analyzed. He implied that Timothy dropped gas began venting un- Smith, assistant dean of students and Trustees will decide on the issue at its controllably into space and the ship next meeting to be held May 1. advisor to the Inter-fraternity Council, gyrated. According to Lepp, the problem lies advised all fraternities to wait for at least "Hey, we've got a problem here," one year. with the Greek Village plans, which Attoclolad Pr»«i Wlr»pholo said LoveU, and the most perilous hours would be disrupted if houses started Tom Glennon, senior representative JOHN SWIGERT, right, the. backup crewman who crisis with Tom Mattlngly. the man he replaced. Mat- in the American space program had moving off-campus on their own. This to IFC from Sigma Nu, stated "We're stepped in as the command module pilot on the Apollo 13 Ungly was unable to make the flight because of his ex- begun. would go against the resolution which has really In no hurry to try this." mission, prepares for the flight which has now resulted in posure to German measles. The Apollo 13 commander, a veteran been made that any fraternity moving of three previous space-flights, said the off would have to move into the Greek spacecraft experienced a "bang," Village. Cites negligence, apathy followed by caution and warning lights. He said that the Greek Village is He said gas was venting into space and having trouble getting off the ground due oxygen readings on one tank fell steadily to finiancial difficulties. He stated that to zero. the board must decide if Beta Theta Pi's The precise cause of the problem move violates this resolution. remained a mystery. Theories ranged When asked if the fraternity can from a collision with a meteor to an legally rent these apartments as a group, Thatch won't run again explosion of undetermined origin. safety service director Walter L. Zink Whether the cause ever could be known stated "I don't know," and said that any By Jim Marino Thatch, expressing dismay at with certainty remained In doubt since action would depend upon reactions of Council, in general, doing nothing," GETTING a student on the Board of News Editor Council's apparent failure this year to Thatch said. Trustees with the power to suggest the service module where it occurred people living in the area of the apart- will have to be left In space. ments. "We would probably get a lot of operate successfully because of an "This present system of governance agenda items and to voice student views. In a surprise announcement When alerted by LoveU, Mission repercussions from the people in that "overly-structured, bureaucratic cannot survive" he stated. The student does not have a vote, yesterday, Student Body President Greg system," said he would continue next Thatch hoped before he left office Control immediately began reading area," he said. however, Thatch explained. Thatch said he will not seek re-election to year to work on student needs outside Council would take a definitive stand STRAIGHTENING out a rapport instructions to the spacecraft and within Zink also said he didn't know if any minutes flight controllers made the action will be taken to prevent the office May S. Student Council supporting a University Community problem with landlords in relation to off- "We've had our share of successes Council, where students and faculty campus student housing. chilling annoncement: fraternity from moving in. The command ship had only 15 Tim Smith, assistant dean of this year," Thatch said, "but until we all together would propose and pass ESTABLISHING new and more come to realize that we can best work as legislation.