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1-A Fort Myers (Fla.) News-Press, Thursday, May 1, 1963 Cepir MOVE OVER HANNIBAL ROME art Hannibal was not the first to invade Italy with elephants. King Pyrrhus of Epirus, now Albania, brought 20 war elephants to the battle of Heraclea in 280 B.C. He won overwhelming victories against the Romans there and the following year at Asculum. But his losses were so heavy he said "One more such victory and I am lost' One in five of the 2.4 million men enrolled in college is mar-j ried. This is about 21.9 per cent.

ARE SO NECESSARY KINZIE'S Rone Garden FLORIST We Telegraph Flower 4900 Second St. ED 4-1141 Aim! rk Space fCantlnued frem Pooe On) lii the most matter of fact of ed beautifully. A bright sun. A nil astronauts he quickly be came the most matter of fact in SOUTHEAST "SE" AIRLINES, Inc. ANNOUNCES SCHEDULED DAILY FLIGHTS EFFECTIVE MAY 15th slight breeze.

A calm sea. Only minor delays were encountered, just enough to give one a sinking feeling and heighten the tension. At 8:04 the huge launching vehicle was fired. The roar was deafening, unbelievable. Buildings shook.

Slowly, majestically, almost free from gravity's eternal pull on earth. These must be known before Americans can set out on their most ambitious space project of the decade: A trip to the moon. Hale and Hearty Shortly after takeoff. Dr. Charles Berry, flight surgeon, reported: "We have a hale, healthy and good working pilot." outer space.

America's first man in space, Alan B. Shepard, speaking from Cape Canaveral "You seem pretty casual." Cooper "Well, I am." But if the 36-year-old Air force major was nonchalant, mere to MIAMI from Arrive Fort Myers lailv the ffiant missile rose Depart Fort Myers 10:10 A.M. 4:10 P.M. A.M. 3:15 P.M.

earthlings took a more excited the air. Information kept coming back wew. From tne start the space ex to support this view. A noie oi exuuanon crept imoperts were sure that this was For Reservations A Information CALL SOUTHEAST AIRLINES WE 5323 Or Your IiOcal Travel Agency WEATHER FORECAST. The Weather Bureau forecasts a wide band of showers and thunderstorms extending from the mid Mississippi Valley through the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic states.

Showers also are expected in the northern Plains. The nation can expect generally warmer weather with fair to partly cloudy skies except In the precipitation areas. However, the south central Plains and the northwest Pacific Coast may have cooler readings. (AP Wirephoto Map) the voices of those who were going to be a good one. After 2 hours and 37 minutes Cooper's heart was idling away at from 80 to 86 beats a minute (it went to an excited 150 during the powered portion of the flight), his body temperature was 88.5 degrees, his blood pressure 120 Read the Classified Ads Today Local Skies Schedule of fhe Tides for Today Sunset today 7:08 p.m., sunrise Low 12:10 a.m.

11:45 a.m. THE DUVAL'S SOLITAIRE tomorrow 5:39 a.m., moonrise to-morrew 1:49 a.m., new moon May Within five minutes Cooper was into orbit and on his way toward a record for U.S. astronauts. Russian Records Only two Russian astronauts, Andrian Nikolayev and Papel Popovich, have surpassed the record Cooper is shooting for. Nikolayev went 64 orbits and Popovich 48 last August.

The Russians have been criticized for not giving out much technical data and for not announcing their flights in advance, therefore avoiding any embarrassing failures. This flight was not only re talking with Cooper. "Overjoyed" was one word used to tell Cooper the reaction of his technicians. Terrifying Moments In Houston, his wife and their two daughters had several television sets turned on. When blastoff time neared, Mrs.

Cooper is said to have gone into another room to watch it alone. All by herself she saw this always terrifying moment, just as her husband, cradled high above this fearful, smoking monster, also faced his moment of terrible truth alone. In Tecumseh, his mother, Mrs. Hattie Cooper, said: over 80 and he was breathing at from 12 to 20 times a minute. The doctor's verdict: "I think he's in excellent physical condition." During his first orbit Cooper reported that he, too, was seeing those fireflies first mentioned by John Glenn on his pioneering round-the-world flight last year.

22. Prominent star: Spica, due south 10:12 p.m. Visible planets: Mars, in the 12:45 p.m. 12:10 p.m. 3:35 p.m.

4 :45 p.m. 3:34 p.m. 1:10 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 12:01 p.m.

2:10 p.m. 2:15 p.m. 12:50 p.m. west 10:13 p.m. Saturn, rises 1:23 High Boca Grande 9:35 a.m.

6:08 p.m. Bokeelia 10:45 a.m. 7:08 p.m. Bonita Beach 7:13 a.m. 5:27 p.m.

Cape Coral 11:45 a.m. 8:08 p.m. Edison Bridge 12:55 p.m. 9:18 p.m. Everglades 9:18 a.m.

7:43 p.m. Ft. Myers Bch. 8:13 a.m. 6:27 p.m.

Marco 8:03 a.m. 6:17 p.m. Naples 7:03 a.m. 5:17 p.m. Pine Isl.

Bdge. 9:13 a.m. 7:27 p.m. Punta Gorda 11:15 a.m. 7:38 p.m.

Punta Rassa 7:53 a.m. 6:07 p.m. Sanibel 6:18 a.m. 4:12 p.m. Strong Tide 1:10 a.m.

8:00 a.m. 5:10 a.m. 4:11 a.m. 12:47 a.m. 12:37 a.m.

1:47 a.m. 2:40 a.m. 12:27 a.m. 10:38 a.m. a.m.

Jupiter, low in east 3:42 a.m. Venus, rises 4:35 a.m. These are flakes of frost falling off the capsule and illuminated ported in great detail, with con Weather Yesterday Dont you know uordon is thrilled." And his grandmother, Mrs. versations between Cooper and his ground trackers played back for all to hear, but there also by the sun. Lights of Perth And faithful Perth, Australia, which always turns its lights on for U.S.

astronauts, got its reward. Yes, Cooper could see In Fort Myers May 15, high 91 Orena Herd, rocked more and low 63. Relative humidity (per more slowly as the critical time were TV shots piped out directly from within the space ship. These ior High was rejected and will be rebid. The low bid was by Bow- approached.

At blastoff the rock control tower had trouble prodding the Zanzibar station into giving Cooper the "go" for 17 orbits. At one point the Mercury con were sent abroad via satellite so Perth, plainly. cent) 87 at 6 a. 41 at 1 p. m.

No rain. Temperatures elsewhere: er was stilled; only a faint sob den-Hawksley for $8,376.85. Max Rieves was named direc Europeans could get a first hand When you travel by space ship. new places bob up with startling troller said: "Zanzibar, this is tor of student personnel services look. Oklahoma Drawl The tone of Cooper's conversa rapidity.

broke the silence. Praise the Lord When everything worked so successfully, Mrs. Herd said: "I'm giving the good Lord the Cape Flight (Canaveral) give him at Edison Junior College. He is now doing graduate work at Florida State University. Within seven minutes.

Cooper was over Bermuda, within 19 Hons probably disclosed more minutes he was over Africa praise. He directing it. than anything else how smoothly the early stages were progress Then in dizzying succession, the just thankful to the good Lord Sahara, Tanganyika, Perth, the that He gave him a good start. The Law Auditorium at Carnell University is not in the Law Fiji Islands, Mexico, San Antonio, President Kennedy set the pat go. That's what he's waiting for." And again: "Zanzibar, he's waiting for a go here.

Make sure he gets it." Zanzibar had trouble understanding what was wanted, so again came the command: "He's waiting for a go for the next 10 orbits. Make sure he gets it." Finally Cooper got the good School but in the Veterinary Col tern for millions of Americans, Houston (his home), and back past Canaveral. ing. Cooper has an Oklahoma drawl which accentuated his ho-hum approach once the Faith 7 was in orbit. A few illustrations of his mat lege.

It was named after the clued to a television set in his Chic "high rite" styling adds glamour to this fin diamond veterinary professor at the col "All in all, quite a night," solitaire. 14K gold. lege, James Law. $100 HI. HI, Albany 72 hi Little Rock 9.1 Alpen 59 32 Loe Angela 74 55 Amarillo 67 Louisville 67 54 Asheville 82 61 Memphis 90 67 Atlanta 8 Meridian 94 62 Atlntic City 74 54 Miami B'ch 83 76 Baltimore 72 5.1 Milwaukee 54 4.1 Birmingham 88 64 Mobile 90 71 Bismarck 77 47 Montgomery 9.1 68 Boise 66 45 Montreal 69 45 Boston 65 52 Nashville' 86 65 Buffalo 64 42 Nw Orleans 88 75 Charleston 89 66 New York 75 64 Charlotte 90 58 Norfolk 71) 62 Chattanooga 88 62 Philadelphia 74 47 Chicago 52 44 Phoenix 99 62 Cincinnati 64 47 Pittsburgh 60 41 Cleveland 59 44 Portland 72 52 Columbus 65 42 Richmond 77 59 Dallas 91 61 St Louis 72 57 Denver 82 61 St Paul 63 41 Dee Moines 61 52 Sit Lake Cy 72 4.1 Detroit 61 45 8n Antonio 90 68 Duluth 62 32 Sn Frnrlsco 68 64 Fresno 8.1 52 Savannah 91 65 Houston 91 64 Seattle 65 51 Jacksonville 90 65 Tampa 89 68 Ksnsas City 83 60 Toronto 66 4.1 Key West 86 75 Washington 74 55 Knoxville 82 60 Wilmington 88 66 Cooper said, who will reel off 22 days and nights in his 34 hours ter of factness: and 19 minutes.

The first big decision was to be news and on he went as dusk Funerals On his third orbit Cooper push fell at the cape. made at the end of the first orbit. Here space experts decide wheth ed a lever to launch his own pri er to bring the flight to a close LOIS G. MacMURRAY Mrs. Lois Goodnow MacMurray vate satellite, a 10-pound ball which was to revolve around the Faith 7 and blink lizhts everv or go for seven.

County Officials bedroom, to see this tremendous event. He said he was very happy at the success of the takeoff. Certainly this was a startling change from Tuesday when nearly everything seemed to go frus-tratingly wrong and the attempt had to be postponed. The day began as these days always do, with the astronaut routed out of bed at 2:50 am. Sweating it Out He had the usual breakfast, the usual examination, the usual last minute instructions.

There was only one change reported: While sweating it out yesterday, About the only worrisome feat of Captiva Island and Norwalk, died at her home in Nor second. ure of the first orbit was the Little Rpapp Pal Cooper maneuvered his space walk Tuesday. She was the widow of he late John Van Antwreep Frown on Special Vote Registration craft in several positions, but at temperature within Faith 7: one thermometer possibly faulty-had it at 118. Everyone seemed bothered about this except Cooper. Exciting "Miracle Top" solitaire brilliantly set In ax quisita 14K gold.

first the reports were vague as "Tis a privilege to live In Southwest Florida MacMurray. She is survived by one son, Dr. Frank MacMurray of Washington, D.C., two daugh Two splendid baguettes majestically flank diamond solitaire UK gold setting. $300 to his luck in spotting his little (Continued from Post Ont) space pal. So the great decision was made ters, Mrs.

Evan James of Ox she was not prepared to estimate this way: Cooper had lost a pound. Astronaut Gus Grissom, work- the cost, but that it would involve the hiring of election clerks. i i At 5:33 a.m cooper cuniurui. "Are mg in uuaj'inaa, iucailu 70 RESERVISTS, 1 SPAR ORLANDO, Fla. i.n It's no longer a man's world when the Orlando Coast Guard Reserve meets for its monthly drill at the Naval Reserve Training Center Unit, composed of 70 "members, ford, and Mrs.

George Starkey of Boston, and one sister, Mrs. E. Kendall Gil-lett of Norwalk and Captiva Island. Funeral service will be held at Conflict Seen Hudson said a purge of the vot feet first into the space capsule Faith 7, and the tedious business of bolting him in began. The weather, which had been a constant worry here, cooperat- ing lists on one hand and a special registration for voters on the other would result in a conflict and would defeat the purposes of both.

the Center Cemetery at Norwalk tiprp OnA U'nm TTiovlnro This experiment was an attempt to prove that lights such as these would be visible in outer space, and would assist spacemen when they attempt to bring their crafts close to each other. As he zipped by Jacksonville, Cooper peered down and said he could see it plainly. Like Clockwork At this point the Mercury control tower proudly announced the flight figures showed everything going like clockwork "almost today at 2 p.m. with the Torrant Bannpr invades me Lt. you comfortable?" Just Comfortable Cooper: "Just slightly warmer than absolutely ideal, but well within a very comfortable range." Grissom: "Very well.

It all looks good down here and we'll give you a go for seven orbits." At another point Shepard kept querying Cooper how's this, how's that? Funeral Home, Maple Avenue, He suggested the school and the Norwalk, in charge. proposed county hospital refer- endums be held at the same time A modern, serene setting dramatizes this lovely brilliant cut mounted in 14K gold. $250 Contemporary and elegant "Skyline" wedding set florentina center band rich 14K gold. $125 to assure the turnout of the necessary freeholders. He said such balloting might NO MONEY DOWN CONVENIENT TERMS ARRANGED Banner, who joined the WAVES in October, 1942, transferred to the SPARS the day the group was formed.

Discharged in I91fi she entered the reserves in 1949. i Lt. Banner is a strong advocate of women in the service. "During the war, it was just fascinating," she says. "People just couldn't do enough for you.

I loved it and still do. But I can't get used to being called 'Sir'!" Matching Wadding be held in mid-January, even though the voting rolls could be mm Say It Best RUTH MESSMER FLORIST Phone WE f-HSl Cleveland at Maravillta Avail like following a textbook." In the tower's next report this was spelled out more completely. On the basis of early computations Faith 7 was doing so well brought up to date by Dec. 15. It is better to have an election prices Cooper kept saying all was okay.

"You son-of-a-gun," Shepard I said. "We don't have anything to talk about." One of the chief purposes of this flight is to pick up information on how man reacts in outer space, exposed to radiation and "late and win rather than early a niiiiai tf isi Mil iieiui ce. tamcn itittll intuit and lose," he stated. it could keep going 92 orbits. But if Faith 7 could do it, Cooper couldn't.

He would run out of BLVD. PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER 2222 McGregor ED 4-4982 Eskimos sometimes cross their sled dogs with wolves to improve the strain and have even used oxygen long before that, but the Clarkson asked Mrs. Clutz how many names were removed from the roll two years ago, and was told about 900. He said at least 3,500 names would have to be removed if the school construction RALPH THOMAS PARKER Ralph Thomas Parker, 89. of 4563 Tilton Court, died at the Lee Memorial Hospital yesterday afternoon.

He was an electrical inspector for the City of Pittsfield, for 20 years prior to retirement. He was a native of East Lyndon, coming here five years ago from New Smyrna, Fla. He was a member of the First Baptist Church. In addition to his wife, Mrs. Stella E.

Parker, are two nephews and two nieces one of whom is Mrs. Walter H. Tilton of Fort Myers and a grandnephew, Walter II. Tilton of North Fort Myers. Funeral service has been set for 10:30 a.m.

tomorrow from the Harvey Funeral Home on Colonial Boulevard with Rev. A. P. Minshew, pastor First Baptist Church, officiating. Interment will follow in the Fort Myers aft figure showed how well the capsule and its pilot were performing.

During the fourth orbit new information came in on Cooper's issue was to carry. Didn't Show DUVAL'S SPECIAL PURCHASE! private moon. Yes, he had seen Mrs. Clutz commented that the school issue lost not because of dead persons on the rolls or vot "4 I MMmiMHI ers who had moved away, but because of live voters who didn't show up at the polls. Just tell us how much you need to pay old bills, for home improvements, car repairs, for all your seasonal expenses.

Phone for prompt, courteous service. The School Board adopted a re solution of thanks to the Citizens Advisory Committee which car ried the ball for the May 7 re Ciih Von 24 Monthly Ctsli You 24 Monthly im Payment! Receive Payments 1120.00 7.00 $312.00 $18.00 188.00 11.00 432.00 24 00 220.001 13.00 I 592.001 32 00 ferendum. The committee was headed by Carl E. Johnson and it. "I was with that little rascal all night last night," he said.

During the fifth orbit, more news on Cooper's moon. Just as it got dark, he spotted it. "All of a sudden I saw it rising up from under me," he said. "There it was." He also pointed his TV camera at the window and took a picture of the Yucatan peninsula. The quality was poor, hut those who saw it on their television screens could make out a land mass below the hurrying astronaut.

Swings South As the day wore on here at the cape, Cooper's orbits took him further and further south. On his sixth orbit he was over South America, South Africa and I 4n-V rv i if its fi Li I rteV LOANS UP TO $600 Keith A. Miller. The board moved to sell about 50 parcels of unused school sites when it agreed to obtain cost 5. 7 estimates for appraisers, iney said there are many interested nurchasers.

and sale of these COMPARATIVF PRIHFS. lands would not only produce income but place the property on FINANCE SERVICE, INC. of Ft. Myers 2439 First St ED 7-1131 CHECK WHOLESALE PRICES, CHECK MRS. CI-ARA HOn.SOV Mrs, Clara Hodson, fi9, died Tuesday night at Tipton Hospital in Tipton, following a prolonged illness.

was the mother of Mrs. Floyd Scott and Byron Hodson of Fort Myers and was a frequent winter visitor. Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Joanne Wadell, Windfall, Ind. and Mrs.

Thelma Gibbs, Rogers City, two sons, Randall Hodson, Kokomo, and Robert Hodson of Venice. Funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church in Kokomo. Interment will be in Windfall. Ellers Mortuary in Tipton is in charge of arrangements.

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Board Member Paul J. Myers introduced the motion, but it died for lack of a second. Lott said it is foreign to the board's C. Man's 23-Jwal Bulova, A. Hiadtoms 23- a a fl jewel, water-usist- ill ill I t.

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I.EECY CORBITT Mrs. Leery Corbitt, 85, of Bay-shore Road. North Fort Myers died yesterday. She was a pioneer resident of Lee County. Survivors include sons, Curtis H.

Corbitt, North Fort Myers, mil nenaum umu. priefs plui raa nrts uj ran door for other organizations io make similar requests. Transportation Supervisor Burgess Tichen-or said the state would regard it as unlawful to use buses for this purpose. Franklin Hardware Co. was awarded a bid to supply in excess of 100,000 gallons of L.P.

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Washington Blvd. Your International Harvester Dealer 355-5197 how well the flight was going is this: The original plans called for a "go, no go" decision at the end of seven orbits. Actually, the decision was reached earlier, during the sixth orbit. But in the best laid plans of mice and astronauts a few schemes will go awry. Balloon Trouble Cooper had balloon trouble.

During the sixth orbit he was supposed to inflate a balloon and kick it out in space. It didn't work. But Cooper needn't have felt badly. A year ago Scott Carpenter tried the same experiment. It didn't work either.

Better news on another project: A beam of light, with three million candlepower, was shot his grandchildren. She was a member of Riverside Baptist Church. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Leo W. Engelhardt Funeral Home. ine of Fort Myers High, Bowden- Hawksley Construction 535; library books, A.

C. McUurg and books at 35 per cent discount; magazine list, Instructor Subscription Agency, 15 per cent discount; pest control, Bill Cor- HORACE C. JONES Funeral service for Horace C. Jones will be today at 2 p.m. at Leo W.

Engelhardt Funeral Home with Rev. Larry Evans officiating. Pallbearers will be J. F. Tom-linson, M.

D. Sinback, George bin Exterminating, piano tunyjg (52 pianos), Raymond L. Bartlptt. $442.34. 2222 McGregor ED 4-4982 Rapp, J.

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Mich a beam could act as a guide to future astronauts as they make their return to earth. During the seventh orbit the division or iNt mi jcrelit co, latucrs umsi jeweuis Range hood and fan for Edison Park School kitchen, B. G. Metals. $1,078.63.

A freezer and cooler room for Fort Myers Jim- well and Ray Williams. Interment will be in Memorial Gardens Cemetery..