Show I Astronauts Announce Three Day Space Voyage Three Vernal Junior high School Astros will blast off in a model space ship next week for n a three day mock space voyage Terry Johnson Michael Her Iler- Herrington rington and Burt Merkley nil all science research class students will blast off In the class designed and built model Gemini I 9 space craft Wednes day May 22 in an attempt to break the hour 72 record fur for fura fora a mock space venture set earl carl ier by Point Pleasant Beach New Jersey students MUCH EFFORT has been made by the class to this space venture as realistic ns as possible said class instructor and project t advisor Clark Ov Ov- Ov Oviatt iatt Vernal Junior high sC science teacher Materials 1 and labor for the craft Were donated by local bus mess iness and and industrial firms with major construction direct ed cd by Marcel 1 Gray Ray Bay Her Iler- rington Amos Merkley and Mr Oviatt The trio of pilots will be suited In space suits donated by bythe bythe the Vernal Civil Ail Mr Patrol and will live on n a space diet plan plan- planned ned and prepared by class class- classmates mates Lorna Hodgkinson and Vicki Voyles The girls are helped by advisors Mrs Amos Merkley Mrs Ralph Hodgkin Hodgkin- Hodgkinson son sou and Uintah County Nurse Mrs Frank Walker TH THE ASTROS will enter th the capsule at on May fay 22 and blast off The hatches will remain open from 9 pan am to 4 pm to allow visits by 1600 local elementary students A program honoring project donors and workers will be held at 4 pm that day at the Launch site Mr Oviatt re re- re reported ported After the program the crafts craft's hatches will be sealed until May 25 or until the re re- re record cord Is bl broken ke A communications center will willbe willbe be set u up in a special room in inthe Inthe the junior high school where visitors can talk to the student a astronauts daily from 4 pm to 9 pm i H III i I rt I r 11 I 1 lt t r-t I e A i s i 1 j j fj 1 w It if 1 i I Ii t i N Nr y lva l it p J I I r w ki 1 I rr MJ 1 e l r 6 r 4 T 4 I t e r P Of I 11 7 t J t J tit 01 V I f 4 I 1 V vr r j J SHIP BUilDERS Ray Herrington left left Amos Merkley Clark Oviatt and Gray are are proud of the completed model of ofa a USAF GemInI 9 spaceship Clark Ovi Ovi- Ovi Oviatt att science clence instructor for the Vernal Junior High science research class initiated the pro The three three parents md and m my other pa parents rents end and business firms rolled up their sleeves sleeve's and helped Staff taff photo |