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Show 'iitni j ii'nji HU fT VP "i nVrj''ngri ) aiqjM i ay tfr ymmrrjiMgr(Miin The Astro Wives: Joan Aldrin s Second of Three Ai tides By JANET CHUS.MIR HOUSTON' When I .said Jodii to Joan Aldrin Good luck to you and your husband on the Apollo 11 she jeplied. "He doesn't need it, hut 1 do. moon-landing- Maybe thats because w hen she steps on the stage of the nearby Clear Theater she can she can play a part and be someone else. But when her husband. Air Force Coh Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin, follows Neil Armstrong onto the lunar surface she cant be an actress, she can only be Joan, the woman who once lound his conversation about space travel and moon exploration fascinating, but too wav out to take seriously. Creek-Countr- y make-believ- e She has had time to take it seriously. Im conditioned, she says. When I visited her, dusk was falling a subdivision across the highway from the Manned Spacecratt Center near Houston. She was completely relaxed, barefoot and without makeup, her dark, blonde hair falling straight. The newspaper she was reading lay strewn acioss the com h, and her childrens drawings brightened the kitchen wall. In Nassau Bay, When Joan spoke, perhaps because of her theatrical training. hr expressive face gave an immediate impression of warmth. She is an honest person, one who doesn't need the artificial trappings or the prestige of being an astronaut's wife. If you dont know, and ask her who her husband is. shes likely to reply "Oh, he's a flier. You'll have to drag out more details. of womanhood Joan likes to play the piano, listen to Gershwin music, read Sinclair Lewis, and Herman Wouk. And Sloan think. She'd like to study philosophy and n y to comprehend why man is on this Earth v'hile her husband pioneers to put him on the moon. Wilson Shes close to her father, Michael Archer of N.J. And shes dose to her children sandy haired, retiring Mike, 13; quiet, chubby Jan, almost 12, who adores ruling and horses, and Andy, just turned 11, blond and The latter is a natural leader who exudes doesn't exude thinks ot herself a someone uiiimpoitain. Yei, she's ail asironaut's wite who doesn't have to rest on her husband's lain els. She's the one u i'll the lecognition ot her own, because theme'- is her cup of fen There, Buz, who helps with the staging and props, and babysils with the kids while she's in lehearsal, plays a supporting role. attention pait A poll I saw the other day revealed that 83 percent of men fell women knew little or nothing about the affaire of the world. Ware, riots and protests, they said, eluded the "little woman" betoo cause she busy with housewifely tilings. I wish someone had told me that. During the scant 31 days the kids have been on Summer vacation Ive ofiiciated at eight refrigerator conflicts, broken up 18 fights, launched six campaigns against spitling, been in eight baseball skirmishes and fix e water pistol assaults done daily combat with troops who refuse to wash or make theii beds, t oifcnsive an and conducted (they're all offensive lo me) to keep them from driving me out of my tree. Ive capitulated, arbitrated, retaliatmediated, conciliated, ed, negotiated, propitiated and slugged a few. You name a place, Clyde, and weve had a battle there. I never knew children could come up with so many tilings to argue about. The other afternoon at lunch I came between two of them who were arguing whether or tk . a pair of Siamese twins could legally play doubles in tennis. Youre crazy, shouted one. 'You have to have one serving behind the line and the other one playing net. Isn't that right. Mom? One guy could sireuli his aims a lot, retaliated th? oilier, "Couldn't lie. Mom? (Mom repeated behind an old garment bag in the hall closet and invented a three-digi- t headache.) The day before that it was a heated debate on whether you could transport a baby alligator on an airline from Florida if you bought a ticket for him. "I knew someone who bought a seat for her guitar, shouted one. And I suppose it had two cocktails and snapped a string." "As a matter of fact, smart alleck, it was a college girl I knew. She was on s standby and tire guitar had a ticket. The guitar got on the plane, but she gut bumped and the guitar had to travel alone . . . with strangers." "Mom, make her stop making up sioi ies. "Mom! j Battles are never triggered by anything small, it's always big tilings like, "The pygmies do too bury their dead standing up or "Horned toads always bleed through the eyes when they die." Very frankly, 1 dont know how much longer 1 can stand it in the combat zone. As I passed a beriioont door this morning 1 heard, "Okay, genius, il George Washington really had wooden teeth you'ie saying lie could never gel cavities. But what about termites? Just lieeau.se you never heard of termite mouth is no sign people didn't have thorn. Mom! Isn't that right, Mom? Mom !" I've put m for a transfer to some nice college campus. In spite of everything, s . began July home lo brought Utah just whal a d mi 1 i t a r v basis might mean: Shaip cuts in the $100 million federal spending in the stale. As these things go, the cutback is likely to be at least partially restored in the House, and will probably survive a session between the House and bills. No Senate military authorization one here expects chemical watfare to he abolished by the stroke of a single com- - 'aT-c&i, It's safer. lb In the slip says, "flying, all that was completely oul cf my realm. When I learned he liew military ait planes. I thought lie was in the Army. I didnt even know the Air Force was a separate servu c. beginning, astronauts, space travel It was no instant romance, but when Buzz returned from Korea they dated. They were married Dec. 29, 1954, the same month her mother and two uncles were killed in a crash of a light plane. "llow can you marry a mao whose career is flying, after what happened? her ft lends asked. "That didn't bolhet me." Joan says. Six weeks later, October, 19(1'!, he was selected. "My mother's accutent was a a flukey thing. thousand happening was conMilitary flying is dilferent, vinced. Space Hying is diflereiit, loo. Even alter Buzz earned his doctorate from MIT under an Air Force program, even after his thesis on how to accomolish rendezvous in space earned a NASA she didnt pay much commendation, one-m-- a 1 Tomorrow l.it MAN IN WASHINGTON millee. But the handwriting is on the wall lor installations such as Utah's Proving Ground, and the Deseret Test Center. If a conservatively - oriented committee such as Sen. John Stennis's group will turn against CBW, the reaction in the nation has gene far indeed. The $16 million cut, even if it stands, would probably not close Dugway immediately. These dollars represent authorizations for offensive weapons by the Army. appropriations fronr prior years, plus defensive research, and y work whatever chemical-biologichas carried out for the other services, would remain. The cut probably would pul quite a dent in Dugwav's woik, however, since its proving-grounfunction is basically offensive-orienteTogether, Dugway and Deseret Test v Dug-wa- Still-unuse- d Dug-wa- d Center bring about $13 million a year into Utah. An educated guess would put the offensive portion at about half that antounl, with another $5 million in oflen-stvreseat clt and development carried on at Ft. Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, and elsewhere. e There is a large gray area in CBW, where research can be applied equally to offensive or defensive operations. The studanthrax tests, at Dugway in 1954-5ied that disease as a potential biological weapon. Tests showed that though deadeily, anthrax was difficult to spread ther by an enemy or by the U.S. Other CBW work can as easily be described as defensive in nature. Painful as it may be in Utah, and in Maryland, a trimming o( CBW work may only lie a recognition of reality. Virtual- - MUSICAL WHIRL woik, 23 overtures to plays, 12 symphonic poems, 32 pieces of incidental music, one piece for a pantomime, and one recitation with piano. This adds up lo 162 First off, let il be acknowledged here that Shakespeare was not a composer; u oi'ks. pieies inspired by Shakespeare's literal y of on The inspiration Shakespeare Beethoven was tremendous, and is generally well known. For exaniplp, the publication of Beethoven's "Sonata No. 17, Opus 31. No. 2. It is one of the earliest recorded statements by a great composer suggesting Classifrom Italian-Fienccism to an English Classicism. "We know that Beethoven read ami loved Shakespeare, and we can at least have a strong conviction that some of his music was moved and shaped by the and where? poet. But exactly how ino-- t of us in out bailies with commax lie botched nji pute! s. You and with some wayVi ward computer of v $ a huge depot $1, mein stole bust- - - lie.-- The only one of ins works bearing a and Shakespearean title is "Coriolan. that was written fot Collin's play "alter Shakespeare. Shakespeare was a leal bul concealed which along with the 'The Tempest, "Sonata No. 23, Opus 57. Appassionabaffled Schindler. He asked to, what they were all about. Everyone knows Beethoven's cryptic rein.uk, "Read Shakespeare's 'Tempest.' " power behind Get man Classicism, and his influence became direct and overt in not only in t'ae German Romanticism, also from Palis to Moscow. To but states the founders of the movement. Shakedivinity. speare was an It was an untortunate rental k th.it lias led more fancitu! minds to find keyboard librettos of Ihe play in these sonatas, by peopling them, patticularly the earlier ones, with characters from "The i.e., Prospero, Ariel, CaliTempest" ban, and the rest. The "unshapehness of his plots, so objectionable to French Classicism, was ol no comet n to the Romantics. On the coimary, ihe vety looseness of those plots encouraged a group seeking newer and freer forms. saler ground are those who feel composer was refeiring lo Shakespearean freedom of form and poe-- They found in Shakespeare the direct expression of dramatic passion, poetry sensuously alive, and the lure of new people and planes not connected with the siege of Troy or the hbeiauon of Jeru n On the 1 ic content. But however ambiguous Ihe ol historic and sym- remark may be, it is bolic signiliranee. salem. the small society by Briekman .. . oil ice Bui Jen y has a 4 'f V v ' ' WK V a full tune de-- k jolt lull slate ol studies up a as taking on Indian Hill. A couple years a ;o, he war, close to the top of his class, tint Hie refused computer to digest Iris . guide-- got a Inendly card lrom tli.it lie had been iliu-sen- . it sound like xou have xxu i .a They make outlii . . . wa a coiiipleie prize for both summer and winter, a uile, So h Jetty -- bottl'd draft ... with all the accessories such ns bugs and iooilotker. lie reported lo the dial! oil ice, and some clot k made a crack about "il ho had kepi up his grades . . . So lie went up lo the U of U lo gel his grades and take them oxer to Hie riruM board. And. lie was allowed to continue '' with his studies. r The computer xxas chastised or they do to them . . . punched its wlta1-exe- caul. .i -- Jetty then went altead will: some marriage plans lie had made. Soon as it was grade time again lie pot another greeting from the d;aH board. His marks were still high, ami again the computer was put in its place. But computers never give up. It was fed up with Jerry . . . but fed the wrong inioimation. It kept after Jerry all that school he Was year. It just couldnt believe that getting passing marks. After about three or four times, Jerry figured that the computer would finally get the right information. Jerry is now a proud father. But try and tell it to the computer! He got a letter again about Ins grades. He wrote back to tne board with fighis grades from up on the hill ured that would suffice. , Brt computers don't have hearts f . . at least warm ones. It sent Jerry a catd for him to get a physical. They didnt want to draft someone who isn't in perfect health. Pet feet health to the draft board is anyone with the strength to open the dcor to the doctor's office. And it's an easy swinging dooi ! So Jerry is going for a physical, and is healthy enough to pass with the same high grades lie got up on the cantpijs. He's not a flag waver, nor is he a pei.fm to dodge his responsibilities. But lie would line to get at that computer. before lie's turned loose on the The Army told the Deset et News last week that the latest nerve gases were excellent weapons for attacks against heavily fortified troop positions, but even so, few military men forsee the actual use of gas. We have said we would not use it first. In potential wars this nation might face, gas would be a net military disadvantage. Our long suit, including tactical situations, is alomie likely attack, in an unlimited war such as would see the use of lethal gas. Defense against CBW is clearly still necessary. Maintenance of the offensive weapons we have now is cheap insurance. bul research of new offensive weapons appears both uneconomic and politically downright counterproductive. ... YOUR HEALTH enpmy Reuse the Shoes ! Now I'm not pleading Jerry's care. 'ro He wouldn't want me to do it. What would like to point out is that President Nixon said he had a plan, to end the war. He said il during the heat of the campaign. And it was so simple, I dont know why he hasn't done it. The plan was to give the computer, or at least let ' ll.e computer be captured by Hie Viet Copg. The Viet Cong would be so fouled up in six weeks that all the abaci in China couldnt straighten it out! But Be Cautious M.D. Dear Dr. Thosteson: All my' life I have heard that one should not pass shoes from one child to another for fear of damaging growing feet. Now I have two small boys, two years apart, and seldom do they wear a shoe until they outgrow it. What about passing shoes down from the older to the younger? Mrs. W. H. Answer: Ideally, everybody ought to start with new shoes, and let them giad-uallform themselves (inner sole, especially) to suit Ins feet. Blit as a practical matter, I can't see any objection to passing si oes along to younger children, so long as certain precautions are understood and observed. If the older child causes Hie inner sole to. become distorted or buckled, the odd harm the shape could, obviously, younger child's foot. But if Hie older child has perlectly noimai leel, and tiie inner sole remains flat, why not lei the younger boy use the shoes? Y'ott should he sure that they lit hint, though. Heels, if they have become worn, should be straightened before the shoes are worn by the second youngster. Explore inside the shoes with your fingers. again with .special attention on the inner sole. The curve of tbe big toe has a good deal to do with shaping of the inside of the shoe. In the case of sneakers or gym shoes, toss them in the washing machine before 1 Wit's End long after the annivorsaty ol the U.S. landing on the moon will it be before someone wants the day to become a How y reusing. take it for gianted that if the older child lias some such disorder as athlete's foot or plantar waits, you will NOT pass Ihp sltors on to another child. I suspect that the slrong leeling against passing shoes down developed hat recall as a common custom lrom buying shoes a sie or two larger, "so he won'l outgrow them too last." Today there's much more emphasis on giving children shoes that fit correctly, instead of being too large. One result is that shoes are otilgtown sooner Ilian they used to he, hut are, generally speaking, m better condition for someone else to wear. but why be wasteful? Be careful .$ Jeny uoiks national holiday? iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiutmii BiG TALK fA fc A . S V X, Y"i .J,v. "SI 1 - - 1 ' , connection some with Gen. Lewis .it or Hei'shey, leas! some ol Ins subordinates. CBW. x ' VV - Collins C. THOSTESON, - compuier breathing down his net k winch has ly no one in Washington expects that this country would retaliate with CBW weapons il attacked with chemicals or by germ warfare. Our best weapons are nuclear, and we would certainly use them if another nation moved against us with By GEORGE JONES Jonx, lus mote Ironble than Funds Getting Trimmed OUPx that ; IIAKtUi friend My She'll remember the weekends spent suiting on the lake and liuw he smiled because she was concerned wlipn the water wasnt too clear and warned Hie children. "If you fall in, keep your mouth shut; keep your nose shut. The other astronauts wives, friends and neighbors will make their calls and deposit their cakes, and hams and casseroles. The household will revolve around Apollo ll's schedule, with Joan lip at odd bouts to listen to the black box that hooks up to Mission Control. She'll ualeh for the light, indicating a voice will explain what's bring said way, way oul in space. On the moon. Phoning friends help to buoy up Joan Aldrin for flight. With the seventh annual Utah Shakespeare Festival less than 10 days away (July 17 through August 9) in Cedar City, il might be interesting to consider Shakespeare's contributions to music. contributions to music were and remain the ideas, t h e inspiration, that he has supplied composets. For example ami what suggested this little surIn "Opera vey: News," published by the Metropolitan Opera Company. May 2. 1964, issue, there was an artiin cle, entitled "Music for Shakespeare, which the author, Susanne Popper, staled, "He is the inspiration for over 60 operas. I lay no claim to having. exhausted the music research, field of Shakespeare but even with a Groves Dictionary" and a "Swann's Long Playing Record it is possible to accumulate Catalog. some impressive statistics. From Shakespeare, composets have written 32 songs, 60 operas, one choral Computers?, i By HAROLD LUNDSTROM Deseret News Music Editor his attitude llopeiullv t lit e won't be emeigeney problems, like a lew mouths ago when Andy was bitten on the finger by a squirrel. At least liven, when she lea red ta hies, Bu was home to help tiy to catch the squirrel, to snare in the decision no shots and the anxiety. Sometimes, as dusk falls and Ihe moon comes into view, she'll walk past the glass that covets the back of the house and out into the yard. It's filled with oak trees, a swimming pool, the iree house built for their son Mike. It's filled with memoties ol a man. a husband, a lather playing ball and romping with his kids. Shakespeare's Gifts To Composers all-ou- first-clas- 3, s Drafting - one Aiili in Tudor-tsyled- Gas-Ger- m By GORDON ELIOT WHITE The action of Ihe WASHINGTON Senate Armed Services Committee, in cutting $16 million for offensive chemical and biological war- - ... , fare from the authorizations for the fiscal year which ilus-too-- Tluoogliuul Ills trip on Apollo 11. she , red will i vniam m their buck lioise on the curve of Coinage Conn m Nassau Bay. .Shell wait in Ihe home they built themselves, where alter so nuich previous uprooting and traveling she at Inst lelt restless. Shell wander lit Hu study, the only loum in the house Idled utili aerospace nioinoi abtlta, Ihe imlv 10(11)1 Unit savs an astronaut lives here. and became editor of the school magazine. This Mom's Role about liial. Joan nil who believes a is a unis! Slip leit them ci) mg m summer stoik shows along (he East Coast before slip was married, and later m Blitzuurg. Germany, where Buzz was stationed with a fighter squadron tor three yeais. Why How About Ihe goal is the moon Now 1 She met Buzz when her mother invil-e- d him (o dinner one evening in December, 1953. Mrs. Archer had met Buzz at a party just belore he was to leave for Korea. Although embarrassed by her mother's obvious attempt at playing Cupid. Joan found him pleasant, bill rather young (she was ION months older than he). om man mum when he applied to lietome a the spuind group of astronauts. liet reaction was reliel and ptule. She he'd never tie completely happy mini te.ii lung his goal. Slies piaised as an unusually fine actress who does best in lipavy, serious pails. Those are the ones slip likes to play. If can just leave them crying, I leel teirific, she says. At Douglass College, New Brunswick, N.J., she earned a degree hi diamatic literature while writing, tunning and emceeing her own radio show over the college station. The rest of the time she spent at the colleges little theater. After earning a masters in dramatic liteialure from Columbia, she did TV woik in New York City on any show she could get. ol Knew Those who remember me opening of the Clear Cieek Country Theater several years ago. in winch she played a major part, readily admit Joan Aldrin is a marvelous pertormer. Her portrayal ot the feminine lead in Look Homeward, received considerable local Angel acclaim, Iter love of the theater began in kindergarten when she played Mre. Santa Claus, and earned through Ridgewood High in New Jersey, where she belonged lo the drama club, participated in sports A 19 July 9, 196? Wednesday, Aldim She ERMA BOMBECK Runs Contrary To Poll Image DESERET NEWS - . jx ' V" v. 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