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Show DESERET NEWS, 4A Monday, July 21, 196? M By Associated Press they were shining hours. Americans landed on the moon' and walked its rocky surface while millions of their locked their countrymen attpflfjon on television and radio- sets on a July Sunday that will live in history. was also a Sunday on which hippies romped in a California stream, American GIs fought on in Vietnam, bahie? were born, highways took: their toll, cheers rose a crowds, fromt excited woman laughed Wyoming uncontrollably, Indians broke intp A victory dance. priods -- others, there of reflection and prayer. In her home at Worcester, Mass., the widow of rocket pioneer Robert H. Goddard sat alone and watched television as man stepped on the moon for the first tin e. When a newsman phoned she said, Im sorry Id rather be by myself you understand. A soft rain fell at Aubum, Mass., where Goddard fired his first liquid fueled rocket in v in Across the nation, Anaheim, Calif., 80 members of the Soviet Unions track and field team saw the moon landing on Disneyland TV screen. In Burbank, Calif., an ice cream company, moments after Neil A. Armstrong first stepped on the moon, started dishing out a new flavor called Lunar Cheese Cake. At Farragut State Park in northern Idaho, Boy Scouts ... 1925. In New York, some 3,000' people watched the moon landing at a huge television screen at Kennedy Intema-- 1 1 o n a 1 Airport. Hundreds were Apollo 11 mission. In Philadelphia, A few blocks away, ceremonies before of announcement TEX. (UPI) LAGO, schoolteacher, laughed. laughed and "I was exhiliarated and started laughing, she said. "I couldnt understand exactly what had transpired techni between the Chicago Cubs and Phillies in A doubleheader Philadelphia also was inter ,, X; 4,v A .V; t 'm M. t A Be Happy EL , the Beautiful. T -- a Guilford, Cheyenne, Wyo.. moon the Space Museum at Washington, D.C. , At Kill Devil Hill, N.C., where Orville and Wilbur Wright made man's) first powered flight 65 years ago, telev-iso- n screens were installed to relay pictures of mans first landing on the moon. Barbara landing. The fans cheered, stood up and sang "America the moons surface. In Seattle, where attendance at1- the Pacific Science espite memories e American League game between the hometown Pilots and the Minnesota Twins were interrupted by an a huge A crowd so dense "you couldnt even walk" jammed into Chicagos Alder Planetarium to watch the moon landing and 300 more watched the event at the Smithsonian Institutions National Air and Only 4,000 persons took the Kennedy Space Center tour t Cape Kenedy, Fla., where an estimated crowd of one million were on hand when the Apollo 11 blasted off last Wednesday. an baseball crowd gathered in front of historic Independence Hall and cheered when Eagle reached She Just Had To pre-gam- cally, but I was excited over the fact that man had made it to the moon. I laughed for five minutes. rupted for an announcement of the moon exploit. The fans cheered, offered a silent prayer and sang "God Bless America. Center has been higher during moonshot week than during the 1962 worlds fair, a tiny American flag popped out of the Sea of Tranquility on a mock-u- p of the moon at the moment Eagle touched down. were gathered for their 7th annual jamboree. They huddled around radios and a few television sets for news of the exploits of two former scouts, Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. The mountain campgrounds of Montana were jammed with people trying to escape the 9Wegree heat of the lowlands; most of those with radios listened to news of the crowded in front of another big screen at the Time-Lif- e Building across from Radio City Music Hall. An estimated 4,000 watched the three huge TV screens erected in Central Park. ... Jt Fol? svdlm -D- her dead husband, Pat White had to be happy Sunday. "Ed would have been just thrilled to see this day come. He really believed in it, she said. Edward H. White was one of those who died clearing the way for Apollo lls landing on the moon. His pretty blonde widow was the first neighbor to join the celebration at the of x V $ ' ' f'r home of Neil A. Armstrong, an old family friend, after Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., were safely down on the moon. 4 'CULMINATION be happier, said Mrs. White as she walked from her home behind the Armstrong house through the backyard to share the moment with Jan Armstrong. The Armstrongs and Whites became friends when the husbands became astronauts. "Its the culmination of a dream, a culmination for a lot of people. Its a happy day for a lot of people, Pat said. White, the countrys first spacewalker, died with Virgil I. Grisson and Robert B. Chaffee Jan. 27, 1967, in the launch pad fire aboard the spacecraft they were scheduled to fly on the first manned "1 AP Wire Photo "Thank God, they have landed safely," Mrs. Stephen Armstrong says. j. Mother's Worry: The iMoon Might Be Too Soft : P A K ONETA, OHIO The mother of Apol-lo- .' II Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong said today "I was worried that the moon might be too soft and that he might sink in too deeply. A (UPI) t "But I'm so thankful they got there safely. Mrs. Armstrong said she could tell by her sons voice that he was "pleased, tickled, and thrilled when he uttered mans first words from the lunar surface Sunday night. She said Neils words as he stopped on the moon, "One small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. came as a surprise to her. Neil's father Stephen said however, "It was the same old Neil. Mrs. Armstrong said when her son stepped onto the moon a room full of friends and relatives watching the historic space venture on television at the Armstrong home in this small western Ohio community "became absolutely quiet. When the moon camera snapped on, Mrs. Armstrong leaned forward in her chair and said. Oh there he is. When Armstrong and fellow "Buzz Edwin astronaut Aldrin bounced on the lunar surface Mrs. Armstrong srid, He looks like hes having fun. this "I increases hope concept of God, Mrs. Armstrong said. "I hope this brings us closer together and does murh for man and the world. mans The elder Armstrong said it was "real nice of President Nixon to talk with the astronauts on the moon. He said the Russian Luna 15 spacecraft circling the moon was uncalled for and unfair. He did not elaborate. Mrs, Armstrong wished the Rus-siowell in their space ven- ture. The Armstrongs, still in their Sunday church clothes, out of their house briefly during moon walk to talk with newsmen. They had their hands over their heads with their fingers crossed. stepped They said they thanked God for the safe landing of the Eagle spacecraft on the moon, but added they still prayed for Neil's safe return. Mrs. Neil Armstrong was couldnt Apollo mission. FAITH KEPT Has Mrs. White ever lost faith in the space program? "No. I kept thinking Ed wouldnt have wanted us to. He never did, she said. Mrs. White stayed on in the space community after her husband died to let her two children finish school, and "because we felt a part of the We felt very community. much a part of the program. This was a special mission for me. Neil and Ed came into the Mrs. astronauts together, White said. "They trained together. They had the same friends and neighbors. Astronaut Cast A Long Shadow SPACE CENTER, HOUSThe shadow of TON (UPI) the first man to walk on the moon was about 35 feet long. The low angle of the sun at the time Neil A. Armstrong stepped from the Apollo 11 lunar lander onto the ashen gray surface of the moon made the astronauts shadow about six times his own height - five-foo- t, 11. ' ' 5 : ; IXX t X:' " a very happy woman as she talked to newsmen following historic landing. FANTASTIC, MARVELOUS, UNREAL Waiting Wives, It Was All Just Too Unbelievable For ' EL LAGO, TEX. (UPI) -The wives of the Apollo 11 astronauts couldnt believe it, either. I cant believe its really said Mrs. Jan happening, Armstrong after she saw her husband Neil walking on the moon. Mrs. Joan Aldrin called it unreal and Mrs. Pat Collins marvelous, fantastic." The day began for the Aldrins almost as dramatically as it ended, in the Presbyterian Church at Webster, Tex., where the astronaut is a lay reader. Mrs. Aldrin sat in the second pew with her three children. The Rev. Dean Woodruff, in Ms black robes, held up two parts of a loaf of white bread. This loaf is not complete. Two weeks ago, Buzz took part of the loaf with him, he disclosed. Now we shall commune with him. He is one of us. Aldrin took the sacramental bread with him to the moon. Its - fantastic, Jan a pretty, trim woman with gray streaking her dark hair, told newsmen. And Im just as excited as you all are. Mrs. Armstrong sat d in front of her television set watching the show from the moon, her Armstrong, cross-legge- Mrs. Joan Aldrin with Michael, 13, left, huddles under umbrella as she talks with newsmen. son, Eric, floor. Mark, in her lap and 12, sitting nearby on the The evening has been unMrs. believably perfect, Armstrong said. Mrs. Aldrin hugged her father, Michael Archer, when the Eagle lunar vehicle was safely down. I just can't believe it . . . Mrs. Pat Collins . . Im still not able to believe It was more it, she sa.'d. than the human mind can comprehend. Pat Collins her green eyes set off by a chartreuse dress met the Dress after the landing and said, I it was positively thought beautiful. I wasnt nervous. I was . positively beautiful very excited. As a matter of fact, those men up there are a lot calmer than I am," she said. The kids thought it was great. They were telling us: Theyre down, theyre down. Ey the time of the touchdown, I was cheering. She was excited, holding the mission Nixon Phones Just Like On Earth: Astros , LBJ Litter Left Behind .By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL Associated Press Writer - After a WASHINGTON to tell call distance super long moon the on men Americas all we are, Pres"how proud ident Nixon phoned Mamie Eisenhower and former Lyndon share his Presi-den- e B. Johnson to with jubilation them. This certainly has to be most historic telephone made from the . call ever Nixon told White House, astronauts Neil Armstrong "and Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin the Jr. Millions of television view- ers saw Sunday nights tele- phone conversation through a split picture showing both the President and astronauts. y "For one priceless moment SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON (AP) Two Apollo 11 astronauts leave behind one of most the expensive junk - in the whole history of all of the people on this man, earth are truly one, Nixon said during his brief message congratulating the astronauts. yards in the universe when they lift off from the moon After talking with the astro- today. nauts, Nixon called Mrs. Eisenhower at the nearby White House mansion where she is visiting. He disclosed that the widow of the late President Dwight D. Eisenhower had earlier that "somebody up there is looking at them too referring to the late Gen. Eisenhower. Nixon telephoned Johnson at his Texas home. White House Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler told the President informed Johnson that "I thought we ought to share this great moment. AP Wirt Photo Between Moon And Vietnam Ninth Division trooper keeps up with Apollo 11 on one hand with transistor radio and war business on the other as he wades waist deep through Mekong Delta in South Vietnam. 1. $11,176. After returning to the moon landers cabin, the astronauts opened the hatch and dumped the back packs which kept r cost NASA $300,000. Moon tools designed espefor the astronauts cially added to the junk pile. Tongs, a scoop, a hammer, an extension handle and other items were dropped when the spacemen were through with them. These tools cost $45,000. d They discarded almost $1 million worth of cameras, tools and breathing equipment up there. The cameras includtelevied the sion camera that captured their moon walk for the world. This camera cost the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) $250,000. Aiso in the litter are a Kodak worth $50,000 and a liasselblad camera that cost black-and-whi- commented them alive during their walk. Each of these units, called the Portable Life Support System, Largest item to be left was the descent stage of the lunar module. NASA is reluctant to put a cost on this piece of metal since its only part of a lunar module that cost $4t million. two-to- n Even if the spacecraft stage hadn't been left on the moon, it could never have returned to earth it has no heat shield. An American flag was left on the moon. The space agency doesnt know how much it cost and doesnt want to. NASA bought a large number of flats, a spokesman said, and then removed all labels. One was selected at random. "We've no idea which one is said the spokeup there, sman. This was so no company could make a big thing of its flag being on the moon. A silicone water bearing electronically-reduce- d messa78 ges of goodwill from countries cost NASA nothing. A private firm produced it at no cost to the government. A plaque bearing the autoand graphs of the astronauts of President Nixon couldnt be the priced. It was made in materiof NASA metal shop at als already at hatm. i control "squawk box in her lap. |