ium Activities Are Underway SEE STORY BELOW Rainy, Windy Bainy, windy and cool today. THEBMLY FINAL Cloudy and colder tonight. Cloudy, quite cool tomorrow. / Middletown-Bayshore f EDITION (See Details, Page 2), Monmouth County's Home Newspaper for 92 Years VOL. 93, NO. 99 RED BANK, N. J., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1969 28 PAGES 10 CENTS Apollo 12 Launch Is on Schedule CAPE KENNEDY, Fla, landing in the moon's Ocean parture of the mammoth Apollo 12's goal is to make (AP) — America's Apollo 12 of Storms to conduct the first rocket. a pinpoint landing in the astronauts climbed into the detailed exploration of the lu- President and Mrs. Nixon moon's Ocean of Storms and spaceship they call Yankee nar surface. and Vice President and Mrs. a start on a new age of ex- Clipper today, ready for The astronauts had slept Spiro T.' Agnew were sched- ploration. man's second moon landing eight hours. They underwent uled to fly here shortly be- Perfection of the pinpoint expedition, a boyage of scien- • a brief medical examination fore the launching. No Ameri- "landing is a major goal of tific discovery. and sat down to the tradi- can president had viewed a Apollo 12 — to demonstrate' Charles Conrad Jr.,- 39, tional launch day breakfast manned launching from Cape future crews can touch down Richard F. Gordon Jr., 40 and of steak, eggs, toast, coffee Kennedy. with confidence. and orange juice. Alan L. Bean, 37, secured The President phoned from' All three men are Navy themselves in their spaceship Throughout the night, the the White House last night and commanders and they select- cabin atop a mammoth Sat- launch crew was busy pump- in a six-minute conversation ed sea-faring names for their urn 5 rocket at 8:46 a.m. EST. ing more than half' a billion wished the astronauts, good two spaceships: Yankee Clip- The countdown was right on gallons of liquid hydrogen and luck and said he was praying per for the command ship and time, aiming for blast off at liquid oxygen into the fuel for their success. Intrepid for the lunar lander. 11:22 a.m. tanks of the Saturn 5. Although the weather was not expected to be perfect, '.'We think the names are Intermittent rain fell on the If delays develop because fitting as we sail this .new . launch area during the morn- of mechanical or other prob- the forecast was for satisfac- tory conditions, with partly ocean of; space," Gordon ex- ing, but weather experts said lems, the great 363-foot-tall plained. • . conditions were satisfactory rocket can be launched as late cloudy skies, winds up to 22 for launching. as 3:50 p.m. miles an hour and tempera- After "an 83-hour outward Hundreds of thousands of If the shot cannot get off ture about 60. trip, across trackless space, persons jammed vantage today, it will have to be post- Even though Apollo 11, the trio is to zip into orbit points in the Cape Kennedy poned one month, because the man's first moon landing in •' around the moon Monday area to view the fiery depar- planned landing site in the July, was successful,. space night. ture of the great rocket that Ocean of Storms does not agency officials emphasized Conrad and Bean are to sep- was to hurl Apollo 12 a quar- move into position as a tar- that flying to the moon is not arate Intrepid and ride it to a ter of a million miles across get again until Dec. 14. easy and that danger lies all touchdown on the eastern the vast, unyielding ocean of The moon's location and de- along the translunar trail.' "shore". of the Ocean of space. sired lighting conditions in the "This is still a risky busi- Storms at 1:53 a.m. Wednes- Apollo 12 is to fire into lu- landing site dictate the launch ness," said the Apollo pro- day. They plan to stay on the nar orbit Monday night. On period. gram manager, Rocco A. Pe- surface 31V4' hours, 10 hours Wednesday, Conrad and Bean Hundreds of. thousands had trone. "The simplest mistake longer than Apollo 11 astro- are to attempt a pinpoint come to watch the blazing de- • can mean disaster." (See Apollo 12, Pg. 2, Col. 3) Apollo 11 Was a Start By PAUL RECER Kocks were brought to earth by Apollo 11, but years, even if man never again goes back to the SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) — Apollo 11 this was a bonus to the prime objectives of landing moon. A small atomic generator will power trans- broke the ice. Apollo 12 tests the water. and returning. The samples were gathered at ran- mission of the data back to earth long after Conrad Apollo 11 In July proved that man can land dom because of the press of time. and Bean have left; on the moon and rgturn safely. Apollo 12 starts On Apollo .12; astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. Even the technique Apollo 12 will use to land systematic exploration and lays the foundation and Alan L. Bean will select rocks with the on the moon is vital to the future of lunar explora- for bolder exploration to follow. critical eyes of gourmets choosing steaks. Dozens tion. Nearly every waking minute of the Apollo 12 of rocks will be photographed from our sides be- The Apollo 11 landing was comparatively hap- cr.ew's time on and around the moon is devoted fore they are picked; up,-each to be carefully de- hazard. There was no need to land precisely—just to' enhancing the scientific exploration. The accu- scribed and packaged. to land was good enough. POISED AND READY TO GO — The Apollo 12 spacecraft sits atop the 'towering racy of the landing, the amount and quality of On Apollo 1^, the astronauts will try a pre- The spacemen also will do a more thorough Saturn V rocket on the pad at Cape Kennedy, Fla., early this morning after.the ser- work done on the' surface, and the scientific value cise, pinpoint landing. If they successfully prove' of the moon samples collected, all are vital to evaluation of man's ability to work on the noon. the techniques, future missions will be able to •viee gantry was rolled back in preparation.for today's launch. Although rain was future lunar exploration.. They'll walk farther, stay outside the landing craft land in scientifically important, but hazardous, falling, the schedule for the liftoff at 11:22 a.m. held. (AP Wirephoto) Apollo 12's major goals are: longer and do more tasks. Science considers this areas, such as inside a crater, beside a particular —Collecting more lunar rocks for study. evaluation second in importance only to the return . ridge or in a mountainous valley; —Study man's ability to work on the moon.. of the rocks. TO VISIT SPACECRAFT —Set up equipment for long-term testing. PRIORITY LISTED As a bonus, the pinpoint landing also will —Attempt a pinpoint landing. The third priority goal is deployment of an enable Conrad and Bean to walk to a robot space- —Photograph future landing sites. array of experiments designed to give data about craft which has been on the moon for more than Rail Station Relocation The prime objective is to gather carefully •the moon's surface, subsurface and atmosphere. two years. • chosen moon rocks and return them to earth for These experiments will provide months of constant This spacecraft, the Surveyor 3; will be the analysis. data that can keep scientists busy studying for (See Apollo 11 Pg. 2; Col. 5) Part of Future Plans • ' ' - By DORIS KULMAN Moray Epstein, administra- Township and Earle intersect TRENTON — When electri- tive coordinator with the —• right by the Central's fication comes to the New state Division' of Public freight trackage. York and Long Branch Rail- Transportation, said yester- A little more than one day he couldn't pinpoint the • Moratorium Is Underway road — by 1974 state Trans- year ago, Robert Day;•di- portation Department offi- exact site, but that it would rector of the Division of Pub- By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Alaska, told the rally that included Pete Seeger, Tony( ing temperatures amid snow dp not want peace as slaves." cials insist - the Red Bank encompass' approximately ' lic Transportation, told rep- Church services, vigils and Nixon's Vietnam peace plans Randall, Mitch Miller, Shir- flurries. The Young Americans- for passenger station will be re- seven acres and provide resentatives of the nine rallies today marked the were "a blueprint to prolong ley MacLaine, Peter, Paul Across town, the Yourig Freedom at Ohio State Uni- located to the Central Rail- space for 204 freight cars. Monmouth County communi- course of the second Vietnam even to perpetuate" the war. Americans for Freedom versity circulated a "Tell It Moratorium as the nation- In New York City, 2,000 at- and Mary, and Leonard Bern- sponsored a march to St. to Hanoi" petition on cam- • road of Now Jersey freight Mr. Epstein said he didn't ties which comprise the Mu- 1 yards between Chestnut St. know whether the proposed nicipal Public Service Coor- wide Vietnam protest demon- tended a rally in Times stein. "Louis University that drew pus to counter calls by the > and W. Bergen Place in that site is railroad property or dinating Committee that Red strations headed toward a Square where pediatrician Widow Speaks 200 persons. At a subsequent University's Student Mobiliza- borough. will have to be acquired. Bank's passenger station weekend climax. and war critic, Dr.