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Show iriiXrrirrni rnymrywriiiii-i- r nt fniw qi tiiiBi,wiririra'itTiigaiiiMi'iiiii'iiriii,ji "9q iMtUHOBA Aldrin Best Pick For First Man On The Moon J. By WILLIAM CROMIE space-watche- X'J x r . & S ' v f'jr X ' si r' a? rs Institute of Technology while hospitalized wi h hepatitis. Aldrin went on to win a doctor of science degree In astronautics. He wrote his thesis on rendezvous in earth and lunar orbit.iHis research dealt with the method that NASA adopted for reaching the moon. "It is personally gratifying, he says, "to see the efforts of my work result in acceptance of essentially my flight plan for the Gemini 6 and lunar landing On Gemini 6, the U.S. accomplished Its first manned rendezvous in ::HV J 4 . V , - V if yt - f space-walkin- pws. Vv vs. .rs::n, ' ' , V Lfi : air.- - SfuL i 4'' z M ju t-- l exit first. From what the space agency has revealed about the mission, this seems logical Computers will guide the lundr landing module to within a few hundred feet of the moons surface, but at this point Armstrong will take over and fly the craft by hand.. While he is doing so, Aldrin will be operating the computer and monitoring the various systems which make the vehicle work. Once on the moon, one man will begin . making immediate preparations to blast off again, while the other will go out and .check the lunar module. Since he has the prime responsibility of getting the craft off the moon and will do any manual flying required, the commander would ' S v III. ' , : 1 4 7 V xv.x 1 OiSt'ij.'.'V : fi - - Aldrin was born in Glen Ridge, N.J., on Jan. 20, 1930. His father was also an Air Force colonel with a Ph.D. After graduating from West Point, Buzz went into the Air Force. He flew 66 combat missions to Korea, shot down two MIGs and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Does twice. After being rejected for the second group of astronauts, he was selected for that elite corps In October, 1963. In November, 1966, Aldrin and James Lovell, who orbited the muon on Apollo 8, circled the earth for four days in the last flight Gemini series. of to !n 1054, Buzz married Joan Archer of N.J. Mrs. Aldrin received a degree in dramatic literature from Columbia University and is still active to amateur theater groups. The Aldrlns have three children: James Michael (Mike), 13 ; Andrew (Andy), 10, and Jan- ;sC. " , bar. positive." appear to be the best choice to stay aboard. One might tldnk that Armstrong would be given the privilege of stepping out first because of his rank. But NASA and Armstrong repeatedly stress that each flight is a team effort. What better way to show the world that all this talk about teamwork and democracy is meaningful than by allowing the second in command to take one of historys most momentous steps? Aldrin is also better qualified for the task physically and by experience. He g holds the record for and g having spent a total of 5 hours and 37 minutes outside a spacecraft on the Gemini 12 mission. Aldrin is space-walkin- space-standin- to superb physical condition and keeps that way by running, scuba diving, swim- - g exercisming and doing es. Armstrong, on the other hand, is Indifferent about rigid exercise programs and staying in top physical condition. As Aldrin points out, The first thing you do on the lunar surface Is assure yourself that you can control your movements. You want to see how fast jrou can move and if you have unexpected responses when you try to walk or work. Aldrin ran into a similar situation to On three flights prior to Gemini 12, astronauts failed to complete their space walks when the activity turned out to be much more tiring than anyone predicted. Before bis flight, Aldrin devised exercises to Strengthen selected musles he judged he would need. When floating around wsightlessly, he realized that I would have to atop muscle-buildin- space-walkin- This is how Aldrin looked durtag his record spacewalk in 1966. and move die whole mesa of my body through the leverage to the wrist. So, to preparation, ha hung a weight on a piece of broomstick with four feet of sash cord, then used his wrists to wind it up. If you think thats easy, try it. Even while sitting at homa studying or reading a newspaper, he would use one hand to squeeze a scissors-lik- e spring gripper. Aldrin has thus developed excellent control of his body. Like few other men, he has a firm idea of how each muscle can be used in a certain task. This is excellent preparation for being the first man to try walking and working on the moon. But the chunky colonel has not emphasized brawn at the expense of brains. He graduated third to his class at West Point and completed most of his first THEY'RE YOUR SCHOOLS By LAVORK. CHAFFIN Deseret News Education Editor Support Arabs By DREW PEARSON and JACK ANDERSON - WASHINGTON Despite denials, .there are Indications that American oil companies doing business to Arab lands ' have contributed heavily to support Pal- estinian guerrillas. ' - In moat cases, the contributions have ,been routed through Individual employes t.who allegedly have been reimbursed , from corporate funds. This has been defied by the oil companies, which Insist that the contributions from their employees are strictly personal. ; it is known that private individuals and business firms alike are under pressure to Arab countries, particularly JfeudJ Arabia and Kuwait, to contribute to the war funds of A1 Fatah, the largest guerrilla group. Al Fatahs chief supply Mne runs up tha main highway from Saudi Arabia into Jordan, and the guerrilla supplies Are actually convoyed by Saudi Arabian Despita what you may have heard while tba Legislature was to session end what you may yet hear during teacher a a 1 ary nagotia- tions, Utah does have good schools and toe people of the state are dedicated to quality education. And although teacher salaries art lower wall-reare- cult budgeting to provide food, clothing, Mr. (Rafik place to teach. In tha weeks Immediately ahead, while they are bargaining for higher salaries, teacher associations are likely to tell you how poor Utah schools are and how inadequately teachers are rewarded. That is the dark side of the story. There also is a bright side. for Aramco', the giant recreation and entertainment Despite the struggle involved, very few Utah children are impoverished or Underprivileged. They come to good homes by invitation, they are loved and toey are reared with high ideals and aspirations. Its widely recognized that Utah produces men and women of real achievement to business, education. science and other fields entirely out of proportion to its population; Considering Its population, Utah perhaps exports more able and highly educated young people than does any other state. This is a joint achievement Utah youth do not receive all their education at school Nor do they obtain all their Ugh .qualities of purpose and character at homa or at church. Utah youth are a product of their homes, the culture in which they are reared, their churches and their schools. Although these youth grow up strong-minde-d and able, they are not destructive protesters. They are teachable, and tractable. With few exceptions, toe schools they fill are orderly and hardworking. For thll reason tha atmosphere for teaching la much better in Utah than to many localities zeros toe nation. The dedication to education The American wives of Aramco executives and employes have also organized womens exchange which sells donated clothing. Ten per cent of the gross goes to the Palestinians. ' "Whether the money is used to buy milk for kids or rifles for guerrillas, we admitted the Aramco dont know, spokesman. - One way or another, however, It is learned that the Palestinian guerrillas have drained millions from oil revenues. Representatives of all the rival commando outfits have swarmed around oil sources like files around honey. Some have threatened to overthrow the princes and sheiks who rule the small states on the Persian Gulf, unless they are given a share o! tha oil taken "to fight the Israelis. v.. Similar pressure, it la known, haa been brought to bear on the American oil companies operating in these states. The Getty Oil Company, which has developed a rich field to the neutral zone between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, has made contributions, supposedly to the bug survivors of Palestinian martyrs." Insiders claim that the survivors Include more active guerrillas than widows and ... orphans. - manl-- home-comin- recital evening. Utahs moat noted tenor Is no stranger to Utah audience? because of his appearances to the University Summer Festival opens for several summers a half decade ago. Glade Mr. Peterson has been a pernia- nent member of the Zurich Opera Company for toe past six seasons, and, for some unexplainable reason he had never been presented to a formal recital here at home. Thanks to tha efforts of toe combined Salt Lake Qvlc Music Association and toe University Artist Series, this Impoverishment haa now been overcome. And it is an effort tost needs to be made by several Utah communities every season when Glade k to toe United States. I am aura that everyone sensed both the excitement as well as a certain tension throughout toe recital Perhaps no performance is as difficult for any artist after one has tha homecoming one Oti&GfTUOZB WHEN YoJ PIPNT Feel Lite PBCOMMENPING JW POLICY? position of education to the states priori- ty of values k further affirmed by the fact that while Utah raria third in expenditures for education, It ranks 17th to expenditures for welfare, 42nd tor health and hospitals, 35th for police protection, 36th for fire protection and 21st for highways. But statistics, expecially those which deal with expenditures, do not tell the story. If life to Utah were measured only by money, no group would compare favorably with Ilka groups in other states. Not only teachers, but all of us, would be on the short end of toe pay check. When all pertinent factors are entered on the ledger sheet, Including climate, geography, culture and above all people, Utah k a very good place to live and a great state for education. per-capi- ta per-capi- ta A New Attitude Glade Peterson, admirably supported by a virtual capacity Kingsbury Hall aug dience, gave a memorable gala ll per-capi- MUSICAL WHIRL of its very personal deep understanding expression. Deseret News Music Editor Thursday fast la the statistics which often are quoted to prove an opposite point. , It's a tribute to education foat in a a state where personal Income ranks 36th in the nation, for all education ranks expenditures third and toe average salary for classroom teaches ranks 29th. The relative YOUR HEALTH established a fins reputation elsewhere and thk reputation k well known at home. Excitingly Impressive was the dignity of Handel's stately "Art Thou Troubled and the virile conviction of "Thanks Be to Thee." With his usual masterly ear for balance. coupled with an uncannily well calculated sense of climax, Glade brought vivid life to Scarpla'a "E Lucevaa Stelie from Act in of "Toaca." Gladea tenseness caused a feeling of breathing restraint (Utah's altitude also k played its part, undoubtedly) ao that he was not as free as he Is generally Three choice modern aongs, "Sure On even as he disclosed a year ago or less when he sang Informally for a group of This Shining Night, by Barber, Pagto-sky- s gay "Tha Pastures, and toe noshis friends at the home of Mrs. Tracy Wootton. This restraint last night caused talgic sincerity of Malottes "Homing Heart were set off superbly. him, for example, to take Josea high note In "La fleur que tu mavais (Bizets Tostis "Aprils was a wonderfully "Carmen) falsetto. He also had trouble , conceived day break burst of beauty and with a falsetto not to Gasaldons otherartistry. Glade closed his recital with wise soaring beautiful "Muslca Proi-bita"Danny Boy, and "0 Sole Mio to which his voice ripely flowed through toe vocal But these two problem notes aside, lines, and his care (always a part of his Glade disclosed himself a fine vocal techartistry throughout the entire program) enhanced nician with a tone, and a over diction and sense of musical line. He the pointedness of his interpretations. To repeat, Glades gala homecoming brought forth warmth and vividness seldom touched to toe leider of Schuberts recital was a memorable occasion, and if "An die Leier and "Sylvia, and Richit wasnt quite as perfect as Glade k caard Strauss "Traum durch die Dam- - pable of doing because of toe understandable tense excitement, it was, nonemerung and "Zueignung. wonderful recital One can His final tone in the first Strauss was theless, a will hear many more of his. we that hope a diamond that floated; and toe aecond As Glades assisting artist, Lowell Strauss number spanned toe soaring Farr accompanied compliantly and promelislmai of toe dramatic line with astoe and gave tonishing artistry imagery vided a meaningful underlining to the of the text a. significance that showed a beauty of every number. Utahs own Lowell, now one of New York's leading accompanists, gave a performance of Integrity and thoughtfulness and sent us Brlckman by glowing out into tha beautiful spring night ." word-meanin- g finely-chiselle- d ' Utah Symphony Saturday (12) : Orchestra, MauricT Abravanel, conductor. University Civic Chorale, prepared Newell Dr. by Weight Berlioz "Requiem." Tabernacle. 8:30 p.m. . . . LaMar Peterson will present his student, Joyce Quanstrom, in a piano and organ recital. Firet Church of the Nazarene. 4 Jazz Festival. p.m. , . . Salt Palace. 4 and 8 p.m. . . . Annual Choral Festival sponsored by the Utah Federation of Music Clubs and the Institute of Fine Art. Dr. Ralph Woodward, guest conductor. Provo Tabernacle. S p.m. . yAa mid-Ma- A Burst Of Beauty And Artistry By HAROLD LUNDSTROM the small socitty tfekt k de- veloped the Saudi oil fields, acknowl-.edge- d to this column that the company has contributed abundantly to Palestinian refugees. The company has shipped .more than 100 tons of clothing by truck and plane to refugee camps to Jordan, the Gaza Strip, and elsewhere. i , 11. With the successful completion of Apol-k- ) 9, NASA raised the possibility of eliminating Apollo 10 and sending Armstrong, Aldrin and Michael Collins to toe moons surface as the next mission. The Apollo 10 flight plan calls for a lunar module to descend to within 50,000 feet of toe But the moons surface to astronauts doubt they could be ready for such a change. Asked If he thought he would be ready to land on toe moon to July, Aldrin says, "Its going to be tight. Armstrong admits flatly, "We may not be able to get ready in time for a July launch. Weve got about 900 hours of Identified training requirements, plus all thou you cant identify, and, of course the uncertainties of change. If things go well, It will still be tough. per-capit- product is at the saint time its challenge and Its achievement Citizens of toe Beehive State, at least a large portion of them, believe in large d families. The states and birth rate is toe highest to toe nation. Its children to adults Is ratio of school-ag- e txcaeded only slightly by Alaska and New Mexico. Utahs finest Providing for these children Is the greatest challenge the state faces. It not only requires extraordinary expenditures for education, it demands equally diffi- than they are to 28 other states, Utah fill la a good troops. PAY ice (Jan), Don't Sell Utah Short On Qualify Education . oil combine which V on homemade high Son Andrew plays with dog. is U.S. Oil Firms Arablan-American , two-ma- n Buzz swings "reflective, quietly t S '.'-- Air Force Col. Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin MtRRY-GO-ROUN- D Happened To Spring? space. V A V 30-4- A spokesman April 11, 1969 Whatever mis-sion- a. V? ? d 7 Friday, , term at Massachusetts Who will be the first mar. to set foot on the moon? Thats the big question are asking and more and more of them are coming up with the same answer Edwin Eugene (Buzz) Aldrin Jr. A mUnai Air- Pnrw vuiuiiia a ntai thinning blond heir and a genial face, Aldrin holds the g record, has a Ph.D. in astronautics and is built like a football player. He is a reflective, quietly positive man who decided to become a pilot at the age of 9. In January, Aldrin was selected as lunar module pilot on Apolio 11, slated as the first mission to attempt a landing on flie moon. When asked how he felt about being assigned to this historic flight, the blue-eyeastronaut colonel said, with an Impish grin, I feel they made the right choice. Aldrin and civilian Neil Armstrong, commander of the mission, are due to land the spidery lunar module on the moon around July 18. One of them will go out on the moon 5 minutes before the other, and thus will be immortalized as the first man to walk on another celestial body. i NASA has not said officially which cne of the two It will be. In an interview, Armstrong stated: It will be the man whose activities for that time period fit in best with the overall objectives of the mission. However, various NASA officials have been reported as saying that the flight plan, as now drawn, calls for Aldrin to vi A 23 DESERET KEVvS, Toward Polyps By GEORGE G THOSTESON, M.D. Dear Dr. Thostesoo: I have read many times that polype of the colon should be removed when found. My doctor found several but also said there waa no need to worry, that he didnt want to operate unless they started to bleed. Isnt that dangerous? What do you think I should do? M.C. Answer: The attitude toward polype to the bowel (colon) k changing. It is true that some of toem may become malignant, but toe majority do not Therefore the policy of removing those which show signs of befog troublesome or dangerous, but not removing all polyps just because they are there, k finding favor. .When polyps are known to be present it k just common sense to examine them from time to time. If they are low enough to the colon to be inspected directly by proctoscope, toe polyps can readily be watched and, If large Ot showing any sign of change, removed. If they are higher to the colon, and discovered by y (barium enema), removal requires abdominal surgery. A decision to undertake r jch surgery is not to be made lightly. If subsequent show changes to the polyps, then removal is wise. In your care, M.C., I would follow your doctors advice. He has discovered the polyps; he knows where they are. By keeping track of them periodically, he can order removal later If circumstances indicate. Put not all polyps need to be re moved. Dear Dr. Thosteson: I am a girl I have a baby brother, three weeks old, in good health. Why do babies like pacifiers? J.W. Answer: Because of instinct. Babies are born with a suckling instinct, widch is the reason a baby whether human, a puppy, a kitten, or other creature knows how to get food long before he has lived long enough to understand why. If a baby doesnt have a pacifier, It doesnt bother him. A thumb or a tec will do a substitute. u By HARRY JONES Spring doesnt seem to do the busting out all over like it did in years past. Only a few years back a nerson could wake up cue morn- ing and the sweet breath of spring was strong in the air. And a person could look forward to March coming in like a lion and going out like a lamb. April show-er-s brought May I flowers. M1- - Jone And so It went Into summer . . . predictable weather. But now March comes in like a lion and goes out like a whole den of lions. thats a laugh. April April showers showers are two or three inches of snow. Any flower that sticks its head above the ground gets what it deserves. But when toe calendar says spring is here, editors Bend their reporters out for a spring story. And the reporter has to wear overshoes. The wire services, too, do an annual spring roundup. It seems, according to United Press International, that a woman in Boston spied a Rosy Finch the other day. So, a lady out in Bountiful saw a not so rosy robin. And that was a month ago. It was too late to fly south for the win. caught in an October blizzard. ter The quail are out, but not with enthu-aiasThey dont fly much and ita hard to walk to anowshoes. The wire story said that bridal wreath and peach trees are to blossom in San ! Antonio. Here to our valley, the apricot trees and some cherry trees are to full blossom. But our orchardists who have been frost bitten more times titan an Eskimo bathing beauty just are not keeping the faith. They are piling used tires into toe orchards like ancient Egyptians putting up a pyramid. They are using a better grade of tire for the burning, ao they must have had a good year despita frosts r Ify .. to 1968. The wire service story said that near toe monument of the Minute Man beside toe rude bridge, toe crocuses are to bloom for toe anniversary of the Battle of Lexington. We have crocuses, too, by toe bridge. But when the spring ruaofi brings water gushing from the Wasatch Mountains, we or toe may not have the crocuses ... bridge! Its spring to New York, says United Press International The Mets lost eight games to a row. Spring will be along our way to a couple of months, and we can count on the Salt Lake Giants to better that record. In Phoenix, a Mrs. Lee R. Wilkin complained about a severe winter. She had to wear a sweater. Well Mrs. Wilkin, there are a lot of people in our valley who had to wear long johns all winter and dare not take them off yet, although they are itching to. In Washington, D.C., tourists are Docking in for the Cherry Festival. About toe only tiling coming into Utah yet, except skiers, are Highways 89 and 9L All over the country, artists arr getting out their easels and paints. But artists aren't harbingers of spring like they were at one time. You cant tell by looking at their canvases whether it k spring, winter, summer or autumn, or even an outdoor scene for that matter. Maybe Grandpa Is right We wont get back to normal weather until they stop tost nuclear testing in Nevada! Wit's End And another tiling thats changed . , It used to be toe cost of high living . . now its the high cost of living. muiKSitusiifiinwntiniimmBinninnniiiitiiitiiuiiiioJitun BIG TALK tew 4. r f - I I - y - vv ' K , , o' "Another matter now faces Congress: To establish complete gun control before the taxpayers' revolt!". Pram Worn wktn DtMrM Nr.yr popul UonM V. McNmIv Mr Mw rally Bator Bstheay Maluiy, liiiiiuumimiiuiiiiimiiniiniiihuiiiiiiiiiiiniiuiiiiiiiiiiinij 1 5 |