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World Cheers Glenn's Flight

Glenn tells his story to officers on the carrier

K Sends His Best....ffien relaxes on a ride to the "de-briefing" hospital

MOSCOW (UPD— Premier N:-jtions" to astronaut Lt. Col. Johnkita S. Khrushchev today con-iH. Glenn.gratulated the United States on! The message suggested thatits successful three-orbit manned' no\v might be the time for theflight of the earth and suggested! United States and Russia to pool

irican cooperation! "their efforts — scientific, technicalion of outer space. jand material — to explore outer

tojspaceKennedy asking him lojscience."

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iivey his "hearty congratula-i "I should like to hope that the

2nd Big StormSlams Midwest

By United Press InternationalThe second near-blizzard in five days paralyzed

cities and towns in the Middle West today. Forecasterssaid the late winter blast would sweep all the wayinto New England.

The snow piled up nine inches deep in Spencer,Iowa, and was measured at eight inches in Omaha.More snow—as much as 10 inches of it—was expectedalong a long, narrow band stretching from Iowa intonorthwest Pennsylvania and western New York State.

A total of 10 states were in-cluded in the heavy snow warningarea. Thunderstorms, freezingrain and sleet afflicted the snowband's border.

Four storm-blamed deaths werereported in Iowa. Schools dosedby the hundreds in the prairiestates, as did some businessesand industries. The storm mount-ed so quickly that snow plowswere called off the roads duringthe night in Iowa and 50 Omahacity trucks and plows couidn tkeep ahead of the drifts.

Schools OwedIn Omaha today, all puWic and

and milk. Near Sioux City,snow plows became s1u<-k

at tonight's round of games.Hoosiers recalled last year'sFeb. 25 storm, when a foot ofsnow blocked the way to thebasketball courts for thousands ofIndian arts.

Spencer. Iowa, had 6 inches ofsnow in six hours early today.bringing the total on the groundto 28 inches. Sioux Falls. S.D.,which had a record 32-inch snow-fall last weekend, got another halfa foot.

Pierre. S.D.. had 7 inches ofnew snow. But at Chadron. Neb-where an unusually dry winterhas left whea' fields bare andsubject to wind damage, sheriffsdeputies said. "We wish therewas more.'

The snow be!) extended fromColorado to Ohio. South of it sleeand freezing rain glazed areas

parochial schools were dosed be-cause of side streets dogged withsnow and stalled cars. Highschool students mourned the can-cellation of 33 of 41 district bas-ketball tournaments. Major high-ways were open, but wererestricted to only one-way trafficin some spots.

Across the border in Iowa.Classes were called off for 22.000Sioux City school dnTdren for thesecond time in three days as ahalf foot of snow brought thecity's total on the ground to 26inches. A housewives' rushsi ripped grocery stores jrf bread

rains fell again today_— 5*ouihen> California.

drifts and had to be abandoned. |wnjrj, has had the second wettestTaste and bu5*s were not run- February in history.

ning zn Sioux City loday. Many!firms told their employe* not tobother showing up for work.

The siorm also dosed all!schools in Des Moines and WrsljDry Moines and most schools inIowa's Cherokt.\ Bonne, andMarshal) counties. The Iowa h;eh-iway commission reported several]

genius of man. who penetratedthe depth of the universe,-will beable to find a road to an endur-ing peace and to ensure prosperi-ty to all peoples on our planetearth which, in the^ space age;though it does not.large, is stffl dearhabitants." Khrushchev's message'said. >'

A New Btfort

Tass news agency carried themessage.

Glenn's space flight was bignews in Moscow and focused at-tention on speculation that the So-viet Union might make a newcosmic effort in the near future.

Details of Glenn's safe recoveryafter orbiting the earth threetimes were announced here toolate Tuesday nigbt for the morn-ing newspapers. But Russianswere fully aware of the Marine'sachievement through radio andtelevision broadcasts.

Many individual Russians inMoscow gave a "khorosbb" (verygood) reaction to the flight, al-though government announce-ments played down the feat incomparison with the pioneer ef-forts of Soviet cosmonauts YuriGagarin and Gherman Titov.

The Soviets have not launchedany known space flights since Ti-tov orbited the earth 17 times lastAugust Gagarin circled the globeonce last April.

Complex EffortThe Russians have daimed that

a more complex effort than theTitov flight would be made, butthere has been no indication as towhen this would come. There hasbeen speculation that an attemptwould be made to send a Sovietspaceman on a longer orbital voy-age than Titov's. with the pflotcontrolling his own return toearth.

Some Western observers herefelt the Soviets were holding off

CAREFUL preparations and tri-umphant smiles characteristic inspace triumph—A full page ofpictures Pg. 12

away asarea interest centered on orbit

flight 1st Pg., 3rd Sect

MOMENTARILY, A s t r o n a u tGlenn's life hung in balancePage 2.

A SHORT DAY. OMoan finds ashe rides Friendship 7 into therising son Pg. 33

MAPS TBACE astronaut's prog-ress through the heavens, clar-ify re-entry, recovery stepsPage 25.

TECHNICIANS too busy for cele-bration, NASA instrument ex-pert reports from Cape Canave-ral 1st Pg.. 3rd Sect

"on new space attempts until aft-'|er the Glenn flight to avoid a

from Oklahoma to southern Illi-nois. There were thunderstormsfrom Texas through Louisiana.

In the upper Great Lakes thesnow fall was light but the tem-perature dipped below zero. Inter-national Falls. Minn., reported 10beiow zero early today. Belowfreezing lemperalures were re-ported as far south as Virginia.

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propaganda dash. But there wassome evidence that scientific con-siderations were outweighingpropaganda factor? in determiningIhe next space moves.

Hungry WorkersPLAIXFIELD. Ind. (UPI)-Two

from the kitchen detailtf»r Indiana Boy? School were

a few hours laterwhm they wmt 1o a farmhousein qursi of lood.

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But China Sends NothingUnited Press International

Congratulations on Lt. Col. JohnGlenn's space flight poured intothe United States today froiaround the world. ,;

Soyiei Premier Nikitachev and Soviet spacemen-Gagarin and Gherman Titovjoined in the flood of acclaimthat came from heads of stateand plain citizens.

Red China, after a long silencereported news of Glenn's historic

space science for peaceful pur-poses."

The Japanese press went even•said that Glenn's suc-

WASHINGTOJV (UPI)—Presi-dent Kennedy arranged today totake the* family of Lt CoL JohnB. Glenn Jr. to Cape Canaver-al. Fla.. on his plane Thursday<<• greet America's first orbitalastronaut. The Glenns happilyaccepted the offer.

light, but offered no congratula-tions.

Khrushchev cabled PresidentKennedy asking him to convey his'hearty congratulations" to Glennior his epic flight Tuesday.

The Soviet leader's messagewas followed by congratulationsrom Gagarin, the first man to

circle the earth in space, and Ti-tov. whose 17 orbits mark man'slongest stay in space. The officialSoviet Tass news agency said theSoviet spacemen, in cables sent toWashington, hailed the Americanachievement and the "friendly"competition of the space race.

Australian Prime Minister Rob-ert Menzies sent a • message toPresident Kennedy congratulatingllenn. the American people and

e_ Russians last year.From north, south: east and

^ ..Prime SQnistef rROB&f- -Swedish Prime Minister Tage Eriander. West Berlin Mayor Will.

west congratulations and expres-sions of delight with America'space achievement gushed fortspontaneously.

Statesmen calculated the political implications of an Americanjoining two Russians in an exelusive dub of humans who haveorbited the earth in space.

Scientists boldly spoke of thenext long step—the race to themoon.

The man in the street allowedo follow the space spectacularive from launch to recovery.

spoke of little else but the cool-ness of the freckle-faced, 40-year-ild astronautInto the White House in Wash-

ngton poured messages of con-gratulations from United NationsActing Secretary General Thant,Argentine President Arturo Fron-

dizi, Brazilian President Joao Gou-art, Chilean President Jorge Ales-sandri. Prime Minister HarolcMacmillan and Queen Elizabethof Britain,'

ilayed a- .recording of- some of his•oice transmissions from ths

Frieridship"7 'capsule. 'The recovery occurred at Tl

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Brandt, French Foreign MinisterMaurice Couve de Murvffle, Italian Foreign Minister AntonioSegni, Japanese Premier HayatoIkeda, S p a i n ' s GeneralissimFrancisco Franco and many others^

Pope John XXin was depicted as "very happy" at the pros-pect of another step toward theaeaceful use of outer space. TheVatican prayed for Glenn, a Presjyterian while he was in orbitCommunist r e a c t i o n varied

rom country to country.Soviet Radio and television gave

unusual coverage to the feat andxpressed congratulations, but

usually coupled with a reminderliat two Soviet cosmonauts hadone it first— one of them for 17irbits.Soviet television showed a pic-

ture of Glenn and Moscow Radio

garian and Czechagencies also carried accounts atthe orbit Western radio networkssuch as the British BroadcastingCorp., Voice of America and Ra-dio Free Europe carried more de-tails behind the Iron-Curtain.

Havana R a d i o mentionedGlenn's takeoff Tuesday in 45words, adding pointedly that ithad been postponed 10 times. Suc-cessful completion of the flightwas mentioned Tuesday night ina newscast which compared it fa-•orably with "Soviet technique."Peiping Radio chose to ignore

the space flight but presumablysome in Communist China heard

f it through the Voice of Amer-ca's Mandarin dialect broadcast

Of all the Communist countries,zechoslovakia expressed greatestnthusiasm. Prague Radio spokef Glenn's "heroic achievement"nd the "great success for Amer-can science and technique."

WASHINGTON— (ITI) SenateDemocratic Leader SOke Mans-,field announced today that Con-gress «iH honor U. Col. John H.Glem Jr. and his fellow astro-nauts at a joint session at 12:30p.m. Monday. The MontanaDemocrat said President Ken-nedy was "very deaiiuw thatthis br done."

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the National Aeronautics andSpare Administration upon tho

cent success of ProjectMercury."

Japanc5>e Prime Minister Hayn-^Z j 10 Ikeda offered congratulations

on Glenn's feat and told PrcsidOTlKennedy Ih.i1 "3 am sure thai thissnen'ific achievement mnrks amilestone in man's space explora-tion and will contribute enor-

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U.S. Morale Is BoostedWASHINGTON (UPD — Gov-

ernment leaders said today matastronaut John Glenn had boostedthe nation's morale and provedthat a free society can accomplishopenly what a Communist statedoes secretly.

They likened the 40-year-old Ma-rine officer to Columbus and Lind-bergh and said his flight mighthave a pronounced effect on na-tions wavering between the East.and the West.

"This is a magnificent tributeto our American free and open so-ciety and a contrast to the Rus-sian closed society where space

ElectrocutedWatching TV SetCINCINNATI <UPI> - Sheila

Ann Salzer. 5. was electrocutedTuesday when she touched an an-tenna on top of a television setat her home while watching theU.S. space flight program.

n>e child was barefoot andon a mctai air duct near

tho slops.

operations have been clothed insecrecy," said House Democratic an of humanity."Whip Hale Boggs of Louisiana.

House Republican L e a d e rCharles A. HaUeck, of Indianasaid Russia's secrecy in its spaceefforts might reflect a fear of fail-ure in eyes of the world."

"If this is so." Halleck said,"this is a sign of weakness ontheir part We have made ne at-tempt to hide anything. I say itis a sign and a good sign of ourstrength and faith in our greatcountry and our system."

Much comment on Glenn's or-bital flight ran in this direction—that the contrast between his feat,done in a glare of publicity, andRussia's secret flights might swaytightrope-walking nations towardthe West

Some said that Glenn had cap-tured the public imagination likeno one since Charles A. Lindberghmade his soJo flight across the Atlantic to Paris m 1927. They bothmade lonely ventures into the un-known.

Vice President Lyndon B. John-

Hie free world, and therefore, for

Secretary of State Dean Rusksaid he was "tremendously im-pressed" by the "tremendousachievement"

Defense Secretary Robert S.McNamara sent Glenn "wannestcongratulations."

The astronaut's commander,Marine Corps Commandant Gen.David M. Shoup. said "You havejoined the company of heroes otyour country and the Corps."

Sen. Olin D. Johnston. D-S.CL,said he would introduce a resolu-tion to give Glenn the Medal otHonor. Rep. Sflvio O. Conte, R-Mass, introduced a bfli can*ing on Kennedy to have a specialgold medal struck for Glenn.

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Glenn Starts Space Report For Sciencewrrh ra:n. h.cfi loday 3D-3S.

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all thr details of the W-ycar-oWl Vkr P7»«oVnl Lvndon B. .Iohn-i«n a^ons torn brtwcm the East inarm* to thf Capitol and a con-jworJd applaud^ Gtein'sMarinr's triple orbit wa<5 srbfduJfd tc> fly v> this land West.

Project Mercury facials arrhitHc island ioday. and on Friday] o! hi? fo.it flowed mrecrptwn.

was flown to this lirtk-highways blocked by huge ^.imttf. (UPJ, _ Astronaut* John (particularly interested in bow-will accompany Glenn bark loKrom all over tb" world. And in'British possessioni in trie Bahamas

sn<w drifts. Glenn today br<jins describing forJGkro reacted physically and;Cape Canaveral where the irajl-iAriwiaioo. VaRo*fc Hour Cmwhi iscience the s^chts. s<wnds andfjwntajjy to 41* hours of weighing blazinc astronaut will reren-« the [children £The Kansas - twsed s 1 o r in feeling he experi<r>red while ;rx*thinc. and 1o a hricl period M personal plaudits of President iGi'-nn

whipped across Ihr Mississ.ppiinvketinj; America into Ihe era ofiwpjshing 3,2(10 pounds.Rivr inio northern Illinois, ieatfh orbit. I It is likely GJerm will bewhrrr Chiraco rush hour crowds! Afler l«o days of rest, briefine? .tinned especially abowt the thnv-buckcd driving, biting snow. jand physical observation, he willisaixis of liny particles he sawj

his wife and twowiih pride. Mrs.by having cham-

. whirfc folkrafd delaysdating a?1

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wav hark to IVocmhrr.The President. who w

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withAside fromiwkk-s and a Much ol seasick-! "I'm fine,

ness while his capsule bobbed in.feel boner.'

from ihe Atlantic landrng areawhcr<- his capsule Friendshipsplashed Amu after 4 hours and (told <llenn by telephone later: i«nmr flurrr^

as America's first | "CoJonrJ. we are really proud -f ;yon and I rniisl say you d>d .1

Kennedy.There was speculation thai ihr

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In Indiana where the high! muni "to the UnitwJ Slates foriduring one of his swings aroundi01" promote him fromschool basketball tournament s^-ja hero's welcome. 'be ek>r*>. The astronaut men-jcolonri to colonel. '-apparent il) efforts during thelhe was hungry, and immediatelyson ranked sewnd only 10 the, A sew of medical and engi-jrioned these only briefly in a ra-i In Washington. government tocht. 'ordered a sleak when he entered iSion the astronaut n.»<, in run. .-v-

shot as * major news'neerine specialists, along winVdio message, and space officials!leaders **M ***" astronaut's flight; Monda\ or Tuesday, the frock-the small hospital set up for hinncwt

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event. there were fr-.rs of what;; wo fellow astrorwuts. were onjhave offered no speculation onjhad bonst«-d the nation's morale iky) Marine pilot will go to Wash-, here.ihe s;i»rrn wo.ild do 10 .r.tendsncc hand here to gather and document (what they might br. iand might be a strong influenceiintjion for .-• Whue House- visit, a1 His (tiuntry and the rest of the!

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