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•Xw "•* :VV«S-’'>-' V. ■. : ■ ■ ■ -Q nmouitlj tnrncs 1 mrtrs in. T«m 77»« Vol. 65 No. 39 College Station, Texas Wednesday, November 19, 1969 Telephone 845-2226 “ Man On Moon r, cola, fremj ntrepid Makes For Second Time; Bull’s-eye Landing TIONS fS Howard Benedict J Aerospace Writer SPACE CENTER, Houston <^> Apollo 12 astronauts Charles •ete” Conrad and Alan L. Bean ade a bull’s-eye landing on the oon today and stepped outside conduct the first detailed scien- ic exploration of the lunar sur- ce. ervice The first color television from e moon’s surface showed them ghostly white figures shuffling rough an alien world, collect- j rocks and acclimating them- iling Closes hursday for ish, BAs I Filing for freshman class offi- s and senators closes Thurs- y, announced Mike Wiebe, Elec- n Commission vice president • publicity. Filing for junior Senate repre- itative for the College of Bus- ss Administration will also se, he said. 'Elections are scheduled for c, 10 and a runoff, if needed, Dec. 17,” he said. Applications for president, vice ssident, secretary-treasurer, so- I secretary and the six senate iitions can be picked up in the idents Programs Office from 8 m. - 5 p. m. through Thursday, ebe said. 3 olling places in the freshman ction, he said, will be the base- nt of the Memorial Student titer, the newstand by Sbisa II and the guard room of dorm The Business Administration resentative election will be d in Francis Hall, room 152. selves to the weird one-sixth lu nar gravity. But earthlings’ view of the moonwalk may have been limit ed. When the two astronauts tried to move the camera to a new position about 45 minutes after the walk began, they sud denly lost the picture. They and ground experts tried to figure out what went wrong and how to correct it. They steered their lunar ferry Intrepid to a perfect touchdown at 1:54:29 a.m. EST only 20 feet from the edge Of a crater that harbors an unmanned Surveyor spacecraft that landed there 2% years ago. Nearly five hours later, Con rad opened the hatch and pon derously backed down a nine- rung ladder to touch the dark, dusty surface at 6:44 a.m. Robert H. Schleider (left) of College Station, assistant district engineer for the Texas Highway Department’s Bryan District, accepts the $1,000 Dewitt Greer Award for out standing service. The award was made by John S. Redditt, former chairman of the Texas Highway Commission, at the 43rd annual Highway Short Course here. A simi lar award honoring Gibb Gilchrist was presented to W. F. (Frank) Frey of Austin, en gineer of urban planning for THD. Greer, recipient of A&M’s Distinguished Alumni Award, and Gilchrist, A&M chancellor emeritus, are former state highway engineers. See related story, page 4. ^enterpole Up Today; Work )elayed by Rainy Weather Hayden Whitsett ttalion Staff Writer Raising of the Bonfire center- e was postponed from Monday this morning because of the n, said head yell leader Sam m Tuesday night as he stood the mud at the stacking area. ‘We are splicing it now,” he d, “and since the 20 foot hole already dug we expect to have s centerpole in this morning. 'The rain will make things Pam Troboy ittalion Staff Writer “Man is coming to accept the ftcept of a unitary civilization. 1 the civilizations that we have lown seem to be connected in me manner. Now it is up to us find the time, the extent and e degree of that connection.” Dr. George F. Carter, named is year’s “Faculty Lecturer of exas A&M University,” spoke to near capacity crowd Tuesday ght on the “Problems in Pre- olumbian Cultural Exchanges etween the New World and the Id World.” He said that the evidence of a Hilary civilization had been hunting from all the different elds. "These discoveries will test the leas of the nature of man,” he aid, “and help us to predict what mn will do on another world uch as the moon.” “At one time, the Anthropolog- :al Monroe Doctrine, that a few ndians crossed the Siberian University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. more difficult,” he said, “but that only means that there will have to be more effort and coopera tion.” Torn said that the 105-foot cen terpole, located behind Duncan Dining Hall, would be set in the hole by company D-l. He added that it was hoped that the core logs, 150 of which are already at the stacking area, would be in place by Friday evening. Torn also asked that anyone straits and then no more people came until Columbus, was accept ed by everyone,” he noted. “But that is slowly changlhg. “There is a surprising array of art and technology,” Carter said, “that has undoubtedly profound ly influenced the development of America.” Beginning with the existence of ancient Chinese art in both South America and the Pacific, Carter explained the similarities occur ring in both areas which lead to a unitary theory. “The old Pacific art style is the typical style of Peru, Mexico and northwest America,” he said. “Dragons and tigers are fre quently portrayed in early Ameri can art, and totem poles are strik ingly influenced by Chinese style.” Pottery found in Japan and Ecuador, he said, are very simi lar in style and have been Car- bon-14 dated to 3,000 B.C. “In comparing people biologi cally from both areas, we also find several similarities,” Carter said. “By comparing blood groups we discover that the Polynesians were possibly derived from the having trucks, tractors, cranes, pick-ups, and any other usable equipment to get in contact with him. What is really needed, he said, are tractors. He asked that anyone having a tractor capable of hauling logs out of the cutting area to let him know. This year’s cutting area is lo cated on land located seven miles south of College Station. The timber on it was donated by Leo B. Margolian, Texas International American Indian and after com paring the palm prints of the Mayas and the Chinese, biologists have concluded that they are of the same race. Palm prints are to race what fingerprints are to people.” Carter said that these factors pointed out that these were not “drift voyages” casually made by people who had been shipwrecked. In the Pacific there were repeat ed comings as early as 3,000 B.C. by the upper levels of the society, kings, priests and nobles. The Atlantic Ocean was also bridged quite early, Carter said. “Pictures of pineapples were found on the walls of Pompeii, destroyed by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79,” Car ter said. “Pineapples cannot grow in that climate, so the Rom ans must have been very familiar with the fruit.” He said that there had been a great Greek influence on South America too. Peruvians wear sandals and dress that is similar to the Greeks and many classical oil lamps have been found in the area. Architectural style has also been greatly influenced, as trefoil arches have been found in Mexico. Speedway general manager. Torn said that because of the closeness of the land to A&M there is a strong possibility that this year’s bonfire will be the largest ever. According to Ed Donnell, presi dent of the YMCA cabinet, there will be a truck at the stack with refreshments for those working directly on the stack and the guards around it. Coffee, water, and cookies will be distributed. Cooperating with the YMCA is the Department of Food Services and the University Women’s As sociation. The truck will be in service from 8 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Tuesday. A non-denominational church service will be held in the cutting area Sunday. The service will consist of two hymns, a respon sive reading, meditation, and a closing prayer followed by a few moments of silence, Donnell said. Participating in the service will be Gerry Geistweidt, student body president, and Harry Snow- dy and Donnell, student chap lains. City Mission Is Collecting Broomsticks The Bryan City Mission is col lecting broom sticks to be used in the manufactoring of stick horses for needy children in the area. According to John Fredrick, a Mission representative, a collec tion barrel will be placed in front of the Ellison Pharmacy, located at the North Gate. Fredrick said that the barrel will be there until Saturday and that approximately 40 broomstics are needed. He also said that it would be greatly appreciated if anyone having old broomsticks would stop by and leave them. Ian Coming to Accept Idea )f ‘Unitary Civilization’ “That may have been a small one for Neil, but that’s a long one for me,” Conrad joked as he placed his 13-inch boot into the black dust of the moon. He referred to Neil A. Arm strong’s first words last July when he became the first man to step on the moon: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” Also, Conrad, at 5 feet 6, is the smallest of the astronauts. Thirty-one minutes after Con rad was on the surface, Bean, after initial difficulty with his water-cooled undergarment, join ed Conrad on the surface and the two of them began their explo ration. Both reported initial difficulty in walking. “I’ve got to take it easy and watch what I’m doing,” Conrad reported. “You get on a little slope and you tend to keep go ing.” “If you don’t pick up your feet you really kick a load of dirt ahead of you,” Bean commented. Noting the powdery black dust, Conrad said: “I tell you one thing, we’re going to be a couple dirty boo- gers.” Later, Conrad said “It helps you move if you hop a little. I’m beginning to feel like Bugs Bun ny.” Conrad’s first job was to col lect a contingency sample of rocks in case the astronauts had to make a quick return to earth. It ensured they would not come back empty-handed. He described one rock as “about a quarter of an inch in size.” While Conrad began removing scientific instruments from a compartment in the lunar mod ule, or LM, Bean raised an alu minum-foil window shade-like device attached to a staff. Scien tists expect it to capture atomic particles streaming from the sun. They planned to leave it on the moon until their second out side excursion on Thursday, and then roll it up to bring home. Then Bean drove a pointed core tube about a foot into the soil to collect a core sample from be neath the surface. Ground control, noting that the Apollo 11 astronauts had trouble driving a similar tube in more than five inches, asked how Bean did it. “I hit it on the top with my hammer,” he replied with a laugh. Following the lead of the Apol lo 11 astronauts, they unfurled an American flag. It stood in the airless, atmosphere of the moon, held taunt by a wire rod along the top. “We have the flag up,” Con rad said. “I hope everybody down there is as proud of it as we are to put it up.” “Everybody down here is proud of you,” Mission Control report ed. The third man in the expedi tion, Richard F. Gordon Jr., or bited some 65 miles overhead in the command ship Yankee Clip per, waiting the return of his companions on Thursday. Emphasizing just how perfect the landing was, Conrad remark ed: “If I’d landed 20 feet behind where I did, we’d have landed right smack in that crater.” Within minutes after stepping on the surface, the third man to walk on the moon strolled to the edge of the crater and sighted the unmanned Surveyor space craft that soft-landed there 2^ years ago. Surveyor had been their tar get and they had zeroed in on it during their daring approach. “Boy, you’d never believe it,” he said. “Guess what I see sit ting on the side of the crater. The old Surveyor . . . good old Surveyor. It can’t be more than 600 feet away.” Their landing carried man’s quest for knowledge to this new world for the second time. Bean waited inside Intrepid’s cabin to watch and photograph Conrad’s progress before ventur ing down himself. He initially reported trouble with his water-cooled undergar ment. The ground said it might be a false instrument reading. Within minutes Bean determin ed that the problem was created when the hatch closed shut after Conrad’s exit, and that some air had been shut in the cabin, af fecting the suit radiator. He opened the hatch again, and the escape of the air into the moon’s vacuum eliminated the trouble. Conrad’s exit was 31 minutes behind the original schedule. The astronauts said they required more time than anticipated to don their life-sustaining back packs, helmet and gloves in the crowded cabin. “We have trouble turning around in here at the same time,” Conrad said. Intrepid’s hatch was opened at 6:30 a.m. and Conrad, clad in his bulky white space suit, gin gerly backed down the nine-rung ladder attached to a landing leg. He stepped into a 37-inch foot pad at the base of the ladder, and then planted the 13-inch boot of his left foot onto the powdery soil. “That may have been a small one for Neil, but that’s a long one for me,” he joked. He re ferred to Neil A. Armstrong’s words last July when he became the first man to step on the moon: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for man kind.” Bean, at 5-foot-6, is the small est of the astronauts. As Conrad climbed down the ladder, he opened a compart ment that exposed a television camera, which gave earthlings a quarter million miles away their first living color closeup look at the surface. “II can walk pretty well,” the commander reported. “But I’ve got to take it easy and watch what I’m doing. You want to walk real careful, Al. “When I lean forward, I feel like I’m going to fall over in any direction.” The third man in the expedi tion, Richard F. Gordon Jr., or bited some 65 miles overhead in the command ship Yankee Clip per, waiting the return of his companions on Thursday. Using a 28-power telescope, Gordon helped ground control lers locate Intrepid’s position. The jubilant spacemen landed at 1:54.29 a.m. EST and spent the hours after touchdown pre paring for the first of two scien tific excursions on the boulder- strewn surface. Finally, Conrad, wearing a bulky space suit that gave him the life-sustaining environment of his home planet a quarter million miles away opened the hatch and climbed slowly down Intrepid’s ladder. They touched down on the desolate landscape near an un named crater that had served as their quidepost during the daring descent. “I think I see my crater . . . Ther^ it is! There it is! Son of a gun, right down the middle of the road,” Conrad shouted as Intrepid approached the target. “I can’t believe it.” Seconds later, Intrepid was on the surface, touching down 4% days after they blazed away from their home planet in the stormiest weather of any manned U.S. launching. Analyzing the touchdown point while the astronauts prepared for their first moonwalk, NASA con trollers laid claim to a bullseye, saying the last-second maneuvers and the final landing spot added up to a pinpoint landing. “Outstanding,” Conrad exclaim ed when they were safely down. “I can’t wait to get outside,” chimed in Bean, describing the terrain outside as “beautiful, a slightly undulating plain,” Gordon radioed congratulations from its lonely outpost, orbiting the moon in the Yankee Clipper command ship some 65 miles over head. “Have a ball,” Gordon said. “Thanks, see you in 32 hours,” replied Conrad, referring to the time they plan to spend on the surface. Two hours after they settled on the moon, Conrad glanced up (See Man on Moon, page 5) 1,900 Forms Passed Out In Voter Over 1,900 prospective voters were reached during a voter reg istration drive last Thursday and Friday, according to Bill Maskal, organizer of the drive. Saturday’s drive was cancelled because of a lack of registration ■ applications, Maskal said, adding that he had been assured by the Brazos County Tax Office that sufficient forms would be avail able for a similar drive to be con ducted in December. The drive in December will coincide with the December Mora torium, Maskal said. Maskal said that, while many students were reached and made aware of their rights and obliga tions, he was somewhat disap pointed at the number of workers that turned out. While he had expected 250 peo ple to help in the drive, he said only 25 students considered vot ing important enough to forsake the weekend’s football game. In Texas, voter registration is on an annual basis. 1968-69 reg istration expires Feb. 1, 1970, and Sign-Up must be renewed before that date. Although 1970 is considered by many to be an “off” year, many Ballots for election of five rep resentatives to the 1969-70 Grad uate Student Council are being mailed to the university’s 2,700 graduate students, according to Bob Fried, council member. Fried said ballots must be filled out completely and returned to the Graduate College office by Nov. 26. Ballot sheets, he said, may be folded and placed in the campus mail, addressed to the Graduate College, campus, or brought to the Graduate College office. Graduates who do not receive ballots by Thursday, Fried said, should check with their depart ments for them. Drive important offices come up for re newal, including a U.S. Senate Candidates in the election are John M. Brewer and Patricia Caporina for Architecture Repre sentative; Wayne Brungard, Thomas V. Alvis, Jo Ann Starr, Carl Lahser, and Henry Williams, for Education; John C. Thomas and John G. Rankin, for Geo science; and Dennis Clark, Pa tricia Caporina, John M. Brewer, Henry Kammlah and James D. Gleason, for two first-year rep resentative posts. Bryan Building & Loan Association. Your Sav ing Center, since 1919. B B & L, —Adv. seat. Grad Council ’69-70 Election Being Held Through Nov, 26