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U,S, Orbits Atomic Battery In Space As Part Of Triple Satellite-Laupching

'By HOWARD BENEDICT CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. (AP) The United States has hurled the first atomic battery into space as part of a spectacular sky-high triple play in which one rocket rammed three satellites into ^rbit.

The successful orbiting of the nuclear device in one of the satel-y lites gives American scientists a significant lead over the Soviet Union in the race to harness atomic power for space exploration.

A Thoi-Able-Star rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Wednesday night with the satellites stacked jti its' nose like a three-scoop ice cream cone. *

Both stages of the 50-ton rocket clicked with drill-like precision and flung the entire package into

orbit. Almost immediately, spring devices kicked the payloads apart and they continued to circle the globe on separate paths nearly 600 miles above the earth.

Officials reported early today that the atomic battery was functioning and that clear signals were being transmitted by all three packages.

This was the first time th'e triple payload technique was attempted. It raised to 43 the number of U.S. satellites placed in orbit since the first went aloft 41 months ago. Another Thor-Able-Star pushed^ two satellites up a year ago.

The 4t^-pound nuclear unit was attached to the base of -the largest satellite. This is Transit 4-A, 175-pound forerunner of the Navy

satellite system designed to provide ships, planes and submarines with accuiate, all-weather navigation.

The other satellites w^ere:

A 55-pound sphere nicknamed GREB which carried two detectors to measure X-ray radiation from 'the sun. The Naval Research Laboratory said it is -study ing the effect of solar radiation in the ionosphere, a series of ele^ tricaUy-charged layers in spa^ which bounce radio signals badk to earth and thus are important to communications.

Injun, a 40-pound drui^-shaped parcel to measure intense radiation in the Van Allen radiation belts and to report on auroral phenomena such as the northen lights. The Instruments were de

vised by Dr. James Van Allen of the University of Iowa whose gauges on early U.S. satellites discovered the great bands of radiation./'

But ttie starring role went to the grapeiruit-sized atomic unit whose hot^ore contained a small amount of plutonium 238, a radio-

rope which generated heat up 1,000 degrees fahrenheit. Ther-'moelectric rods converted the heat to electrical energy which sent 2.5 watts of power to two of four radiff'transmitters and some instruments in Transit 4-A.

The United States thus scored a historic beat over the Soviet Union in sending the first nuclear power unit into space. Once perfected, these atomic batteries will provide satellites with unlimited

power supply and permit communication with vehicles fired deep into the universe.

Speeches and articles by Soviet scientists report they are pushing development of nuclear units as being necessary for future space exploration.

American experts report the Soviets are working with strontium 90, a relatively dirty nuclear element which requires heavier shielding than plutonium 238 and other materials with which the U.S. is experimenting.

The-Atomic Energy Commission described the battery fired aboard Transit 4-A as a nuclear auxiliary power sourcea small, lightweight isotopic-fueled thermoelectric generator.

BuUt by the Martin .o the

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battery is an outgrowth of the AECs systems for nuclear auxiliary power (SNAP) program. Six separate SNAP devices of varying power are being developed for different space requirements.

The AEC said there was no possibility that radioactive material could havie escaped from the battery if there .had been a rocket failure. The plutonium 238 was encased in a metal shell of heat and shock-resistant alloy. This type shell successfully survived ground tests which simulated every conceiv&ble abort situation, including explosion on the pld.

When the satellite eventually falls back into the earths atmosphere the plutonium 238 will vaporize and disperse harmlessly in the upper atmosphere.

Estimates For Utilities Budget

Planning-Zoning Body Declines Neighborhoi^ Conservation Plan

Bv HENRT HOWARD Reflector SUff Writer

Tlie Greenville Planning and Zoning Gommission last night declined action on a proposed Neighborhood Conservation ordinance referred by the City Council for recommendation by the commission.

Commission members and several citizens who attended the meeting discussed the nine-page proposal for more than an hour before the Commission decided to consider a recommendatlMi farther at a later meeting.

- The purpose of the ordinance according to its first section is to provide a workable program for neighborhood conservation and redevelopment . . . and to Insure the gradual upgrading of all housing . . . (in) Greenville,

and the elimination of sub-standard housing, thus eliminating any need for the establishment of a Public Authority . , .

Charles D. Cobb of 206 Pitt St. appeared at the session as a spokesman in behalf of the proposed ordinance. Cobbs wife, Mrs. Jane T, Cobb, and John D. Grier of 1704 Elm St. also attended the meeting in support o' the proposal.

At the meetings outset, commission Chairman Frank Little pointed out the proposed city ordinance had been referred to the planning and zoning body for recommendation from the City Council.

Discussion among the commis-aloners, two councilmenJames

W. Lee and Dr. M. W. Aldridge and the citizens indicated all were In general agreement that the proposed ordinance was basically sound. Aldridge is k member of the planning and zoning body.

However, commission members discussion showed some skepticism alwut specifications within the ordinance.

In discussing the proposal, Chairman Little on several occasions voiced concern that the ordinance, if adopted, may conflict with any future plans of the citys developing Itself through Urban Renewal and may result in families being driven from their homes without remuneration.

He said the ordinance is designed apparently to supplement Urban Renewal, but questioned: If the ordinance were placed in effect in the Shore Drive area when Urban Renewal is in progress . . . would there be a

conflict?

Cobb said. If this ordinance passes, owners will upgrade their property. If and when the property is taken by the Urban Renewal Commission, the appraisers would have to consider the upgrading in setting values.

Commission member Kenneth Hite said that, if the ordinance were adopted and complied with, the area would not qualify as an Urban Renewal area.

Cobb told the commission the proposed ordinance was patterned after similar provisions enacted and enforced in Charlotte and Baltimore.

Cobb said that the ordinance would be binding on the entire city, and Urban Renewal would not. He added that persons affected by the neighborhood conservation plan would be eligible for long-term FHA loans to upgrade their property to specifications in the ordinance.

To a question of What is required for them to be eligible (for FHA loans)? Cobb replied: The one thing they need to qualify for the loans is for you gentleV men to set up ^ neighborhood ' plan.

Aldridge cited, in his opinion, the need of a stop-gap in the ordinance to prevent a person from being kicked out on the street without being paid for his property.

*T like neighborhood conservation, he said. I am in favor of the program but not this ordinance in its present form.

Grier, in his statements to the commission, said, This ordinance basically protects the tenant rather than the property owner. He said the neighborhood conservation plan could be used along with public housing and Urban Renewal but Im personally against public housing and parts of Urban Renewal.

Grier said the city "needs to do something. He continued, I feel like the city has fallen down on its job. It has never made me improve one thing, except for one house and that one was empty. "^Neighborhood conservation is paft. of Urban Renewal, Grier

Ayden Board OKs Budget Of $388,760; No Tax Hike

AYDENAyden Commissioners this week adopted their budget e.stimate of $338,760 for the year 1961-62, and retained the present tax rate of $1.40 per $100 valuation, Town Manager Cleveland Paylor reported.

The budget represented a $13,-760 increase over last years budget, of $325,000. It was ^med "a normal increase in thte various functions by Paylor, who said there is no big increase in any one area.

The largest item in the budget is the towns Water and Light Department. It is anticipated that It wiU bring in $252,000 for the coming year, or $21,000 per month. In addition to this, the department will receive $6,000 more from miscellaneous receipts, making its total revenue $268,000.

Cost of operation, improvement and contingencies of the Water and Light Department is estimated at $177,333.28. The department, after paying its own ex-prnses, will contribute to the General Fund some $80,666.72, it is estimated. Including in the

$177,333.28 cost of operation. Improvements and contingencies Is $22,500 for improvements and $8,401.07 for contingencies. General Fund Under General F\rnd expenditures in the budget are the following items;

Administration, $14,220.40; Street Department, $39,826.06; Sanitation Department, $10,699,;7R-Police Department, $27,028.76; Court, $5,-206.53; Community Building, $707.49; Fire Department, $3,-911.25; Library (includes Ayden Public Library and Charlotte H. Brown Library), $2,666.37; General Services, $14,105.41; Sewer Plant. $5,090.67.

Total expenditures for the General Fund are $123,462.72.

Other expenditures, in addition to the $258,000 Water and Light Department figure, are' anticipated revenue from the Powell Bill which is administered as a restricted fund, $12,200; Debt Service, which will be paid by 83 cents of the 1961 tax rate of $1.40, $25,764.

Revenues

Revenues In the budget include Powell Bill. $12,200; Debt Service, $25>764; Water and Light Department, $258,000; prior years tax, $6,000; and miscellaneous revenues, to make total anticipated revenue $338,760.

The $1.40 tax rate will see 83 cents used for debt services, leaving 57 cents of the tax rate for the General Fund.

General Fund expenditures will include about $5,872.80 for contingencies in all areas. It wa noted. After each department cost is computed, five per cent is added for contingencies, Paylor said. The budget also includes salary adjustments,

Paylor noted that one major piece of equipment will be purchased, jointly by the Water and Light Department and the Street Department. The piece of equipment is a tractor with a back hoe and loader.

Ayden commissioners approved the budget estimate at a special meeting held Tuesday afternoon in the Commissioners Room of the Towm Office.

said. 'The money needed for upgrading of property is available, we Just neqL..^me incentive and leadership. \

Hite introduced a motion to call a special meeting that would include attendance of'City Attorney R. B. Lee to further consider a recommendation to the council. Hites motion was approved by a unanimous vote.

In other business, the commission heard a report by James Godwin of Raleigh, representing Godwin and Bellcity planning firm employed by Greenville to aid the city in projecting future growth plans.

Godwin presented a trio of charts indicating curi-ent land use in the city, blighted areas and ether "ihormation.

He called on members of the commission to state their ideas about ' possible directions for future growth of the city. Godwin told the group Greenville will need between 1,500 and 2,000 acres for residential growth during the next 20 years.

Godwin requested another meeting with the commission next month when he plans to report further on the planning for long-range land use and a long-range intra-clty thoroughfare system.

In other action, the commission commended Mrs. D. M. Clark commission memberwhose term expires Fridayfor her service to the planning and zoning body.

The commission will pass the commendation along to the City Council which appoints members of the commission. The commission adopted Hites statement: Mrs. Clark has worked well with the board.

Huge Housing Bill Now Only Awaits Signing

Door Closed By JFK Comment

HAVANA (AP)A foreign min-isti*y source said today that President Kennedys comments on the tractors'for-prisoners issue seem to have closed the door to further negotiations,

Kennedy told his Washington news conference Wednesday that the volunteer committee of Americans had done all it could and it was now up to Fidel Castro to change his views.

The general feeling here was tiuit the Cuban prime minister wont reduce his demands and if the Tractors for Freedom Committee does not meet them, negotiations are probably ended.

A decision on whether the committee would renew its efforts was expected today, but the Presidents statements made such a prospect unlikely,

Havana radio said Ciuba had rejected the committees offer because Cuba wants indemnification and the committee offered only alms, The radio added: The value of the committees offer did not come to even 10 per cent of the invasion damages,

Local Natl Guardsmen Bring Top Honors Home

Greenvilles National Guards-4 men again this year brought home top honors from the two-week summer encampment of the 30th Division at Ft. Bragg.

Battery B of the 113th Artillerys 4th Howitzer BatUllon walked away with. top honoas in the firing test admiistered to all 155 mm. Howitzer units in the division.

The local battery, under the command of Lt. Alvin D. McArthur, scored 91.1 per cent In taking first place. In winning the test, the unit fired a total of 372 rounds of hlgh-exploslve shells.

Battery Bs performance marked the second consecutive year that a Greenville Guard unit has brought home firing test honors. Battery A, a year ago, won first place !n the di-i,vl8lon test for 106 mm. Howltaer

units.

'The 106 mm, tests on the division level were not administered this year and the 155 mm. tests were not on last years summer camp schedule.

Both local batteries were 100 per ceiit attendance at two-week training encampment.

Both units ranked "Superior training scores. Battery B received a rating of 95.98 per cent, slightly higher than Battery As 95 62.

Both units wer- graded on military courtesy and discipline, appearance and personal hygiene,' supply and maintenance, transportation operations and maintenance and other various functional phases.

Battery A's Superior rating marked the second consecutive year of receiving the high overall rating for Capt. Charles E. Camps unit. The unit has scored

Superior in summer camp for five of the last six years.

Lt. McArthur said of his units performance: We are very

proud of our showing in the division test and of our Superior rating overall.

He attributed Battery Bs performance to outstanding teamwork devoted to duty by all members' of this command. Lt. McArthur has been commanding officer of the battery for about one year.

Capt. Camps praise for Battery A wais also high. Our men did a fine Job at summer camp. Our Sup>erior rating enabled us to wind up our fiscal year with Superior ratings on all our activities.

At Ft. Bragg ahe units .spent the first week in field training until Friday, including an overnight bivouac Thursday. They attended and participated In the

Division Review Saturday morning that honored Gov. Terry Sanford.

Monday morning" of the second week, the entire 30th Division participated in a Tactical Motor March to a designated bivouac area. Training, including night-firing in coordination with 4.2 mortar platoons, continued until Friday morning when the Division returned to the cantonment area.

Both commanding olflcers termed the two-week training camp the most extensive training the'two local units have ever undergone,

A total of 148 officers and men from the two Greenville units r/'presented the two batteries at ummer camp. BaUery A carried 73 enlisted men and three ofW-= cers and Battery Bs personnel included 69 enlisted men and three, officer^

WASHINGTON (AP)The $5.6 billion omnibus housing bill has cleared Congress, carrying easier terms for buyers of FHA-insured homes.

A 53-38 Senate vote followed by a 221-175 House tally sent the bill to President Kennedy late Wedne^ay, giving him another another victory on one of his big five domestic proposals of the 1961 session.

The housing bill includes $2 billion for urban renewal, by far the largest amount ever voted for thfe slum clearance and redevelopment projects.

Under the moderate-income family section, a new administration-devised program, homes that cost up to $15,000 can be bought on 35-year mortgages arid on up to 40-year mortgages if the buyers income is too low for the 35-

year plan.

The longer the mortgage, the lower the monthly payment. The down payment on a $15,000 home would be $450.

The bill also extends the maximum mortgage term on FHA-insured loans for all family income levels from 30 to 35 years, and raises from $22,500 to $25,000 the mortgage ceiling on one-family homes.

And the bill puts in an easier down-payment schedule under the general FHA program: 3 per cent on the first $15,000.. 10 per cent on the next $5,000,^vahd 25 per cent on the remaining $5,000.

Another provision would permit sale of land to developers in ur-baa renewal areas at lower prices so they could build middle-lncome housing. There have been charges such projects result in homes only for the' wealthy and the poor.

Mistrial Ruled In Stokes Case

Superior Court Judge Albert W. Cowper excused the jury sitting on the trial of Jav Leo Stokes and Mrs. Beatrice Stokes, cm subornation of perjury charges this morning, declaring a mistrial in the case.

Judge Cowper said his action was the result of a statement made to the court when Mrs. Stokes failed to appear at the resumption of proceedings in the case this morning at 9:30.

As court ppened today, the defense attorney submitted a letter to the court from a chiropractor, requesting the court to excuse Mrs. Stokes, whom the letter said was suffering from acute Indigestion, from appearing.

I dont think we shouf accept the certificate as such, District Solicitor Robert Rouse said, suggesting that the family physician be requested by the court to examine the woman and report back as soon as possible.

After ordering Mr.s. Stokes appearance or a certificate from a medical doctor. Judge Cowper, addressing the defense and prosecuting attornies, theorized a contempt citation might be ordered if a certificate from a medical doctor was not r-eceived.

The Superior Court jurist, after Mrs. Stokes arrived in court about 10:15, expressed to the jury his wish that there be no prejudice in the case.

Noting that the suggested contempt citation and the failure of

one of the defendants to appear may have had a tendency to prejudice the jury, Judge Cowper excused the empaneled jurors.

The subornation of perjury proceedings were brought against the defendants following a trial in Greenville Recorders Court, on charges stemming from a Jan. 16 auto collision on U.S. 13, north of the Tar River Bridge.

In that action, J. L. Stokes, 25, was charged as the driver of one of the vehicles involved.

William Nathaniel Brown, 22-year-old Negro of Route 6, Green-vi'lje, during Stokes trial, testified he, not stokes, Was the driver of the vehicle.

Brown later denied that it was he who was operating Mrs. Stokes car at the time. He also denied that he was a passenger in the auto at the time. Brown has been charged with perjury.

Stokes lives with his mother on Route 4. Greenville.

Greenville Utilities Commissioners last night received expense and revenue budget estimates from Utilities Director Leonard Bloxam showing an estimated increase of 6.25 per cent in utilities operating expenses for the coming fiscal year along wiih revenue increases estimated at 8.53 per cent.

The expense and revenue budget the Commissioners began considering last night does not Include the capital improvements budget which Is expected to., be presented by Bloxam next month.

Total expenses of utilities operations for the new fiscal year, according to the budget estimates, will be slightly under $2.2 million compared with expenses of slightly more than $2 million for the current fiscal year.

Revenue for the coming year is estimated at slightly more than $2.9 million compared with an income of $2.6 mUfiicm for the fiscal year which ends tomorrow.

Bloxam said the Increase of 8.53 per cent in revenue is based on the anticipated growth of the number of utilities customers and the use of utilities services by present and new customers during the coming year. '

The change in departmental expense estimates for next year compared with this year range from an increase of 129.47 per cent for the operation of the sanitary sewer department, to a decrease of 6.9 per cent in the expense of the rural electric department.

The 129.47 per cent increase In the sanitary sewer department expenses over last year is not a realistic figure, Bloxam said. He explained that with the operation of the new sewerage disposal it w'as necessary to set up a budget for the sanitary sewer department. In previous years sanitary sewer operatioiw expenses have been included in the water department. He added that the street improvement program now underway which w'ill continue into the next fiscal year has necessitated more than normal expenditures in relocating water and sewer lines and services to homes.

The reduction in estimated expenditures for the rural electric department, Bloxam said, is due primarily to the high maintenance expense to rural lines resulting from Hurricane Donna last year. For the current fiscal year the expense of the rural electric department ran 25.5 per cent above than for the previous year. Even though the rural electric expenses are estimated at almost seven per cent below last year, we still have leeway In that budget for a hurricane we hope we will not have this year, Bloxam asserted.

A similar situation is reflated in the budget of the electrical department which this year showed expense Increase of almost nine per cent compared with an estimate expense in-crea.se of just under six per cent for the new fiscal year. Maintenance and distribution expease appropriations for the department were also hard-hit during last years hurricane,

Bloxam pointed out.

Estimated expenses of the electrical department for the new year total $1.53 million, while expenses for the rural electrical department are estimated at $195,225, and the expense of the sanitary sewer, department is $74,753.

Estimated operating expenses for the water department for next year show a total of $186,-639, an Increase of 2.46 per cent over^ the budget for this year. Operating expenses for the gas department are estimated at $209,600, an increase of 5.51 per cit for the coming fiscal year.'

On the revenue side of the budget, the estimates show the * following anticipated from the departments of the Utilities Commission: (

Electric, $2.8 million; Water, ' $238,118; Gas, $252,629; Sewer, j $55,000, and other income, $50,- ' 000. 'I

Net income of the utilities < operations before depreciation are shown in the budget estimate at $1,071,564, reflecting an estimated increase of 12.3 per cent over the current fiscal year.

Bloxam pointed out-that the capital improvements budget for' the coming fiscal year has not ' been completed, but in recent years the utilities have been spending an average of $900,000 to a million dollars annually on capital improvements from its net Income.

The Utilities Commissioners are expected to consider the proposed capital improvements budget following their regular meeting next month. Bloxam said the complete budget for utilities operations for the 1961-62 fiscal year probably will be finally adopted in August.

Big Highway Bill Signed Into Law

WASHINGTON (AP)-President Kennedy signed into law today legislation to assure completion of the interstate highway system by 1972.

In a White House ceremony attended by a large ^oup of senators and representatives and other government officials, Kennedy said the legislation would increase the natlOTis defense readiness and decrease the appalling highway death toll.

The bill Kennedy signed with great pleasure pumps an additional $11.7 billion into the interstate program.

The financing arrangements include $600 million a year from continuing the gasoline tax at its present 4-oents-a-gallon rate, S150 million from other highway taxes, and the switching of 5 per cent of the excise tax on trucks and buses from the general treasury to the highway fund, for another $150 million annually.

The diversion, which the admin-istratibn opposed, was postponed untU July 1, 1963.

The bill also continues tor two years the provision granting bonuses in allocations to states that ban advertising billboards along the new roads.

City Will Have More Teachers

Greenvilles total teacher allotment will be increased by 12 new faculty members for the coming year, it was announced today by Superintendent J. H. Rose.

The allotment program has given the city eight new positions in white schools and four in Negro schools.

These include, in the white schools, four additional positions in the elementary schools, one for the high school and three free positions. The Negro schools here will get one additional elementary position, one additional high school position and two free positions.

Rose noted that free positions will be u.sed in the areas of library services, non-teaching princi-palships and guidance.

Hesaid the added teacher allotment "will help us upgrade our system.

Specific uses of the increases W1 be announced later.

Netv Pastor Appointed Today For Jarvis Memorial Church

Dr. Edgar B. Pi.sher pf Burlington will replace the Rev. Howard McKinnon McLamb as pastor of Jarvis Memorial Methodist Church here, it was announced today in pastor appointments by Bishop Paul N. Garber at the aruiual N. C. Methodist Conference in Durham.

Dr. Fisher, a graduate of Duke University and the Yale University Divinity School, come.s to Greenville from Front Street Methodist Church in Burlington. The Rev. Mr. McLamb has been appointed pastor of Davis Street Methodist Church in Burlington after serving here one year.

Tlie Rev. C. F. Hirschl was reappointed to the St' Jamps Methodist Church in Greenville. Other reappointments in Pitt County included the Rev. L. A. Altken to Ayden; the Rev. Allen C. Lee to Farmville; and the Rev. C. W. Barbee, Bethel.'

New appointments to Methodist Churches in this county included the Rev. W. O. Wegwart to replace the Rev. E. R. Shuller as pastor in Grlfton; the Rev. L. P. Ipock to replace the Rev. J. G. Way in Grimesland; and the Rev. U A. Watts to replace the Rev. Hall Callahan In Stokes,

The Rev. John Pearsall was appointed to serve the Robersonville Methodist Church and the Rev. S. G. Boone was appointed to serve the Williamston Methodist Church.

Dr. Fisher, a native of Clayton, is the son of the late Rev. and

Mrs. G. W. Fisher. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and received an honorary D. D. degreq from High Point College.

Prior to entering the Yale University Divinity School, Dr. Fisher taught in the Kinston High School, where he was principal. He joined the North Carolina Conference in 1928 and has .served the following pastorates; St. John.s in Gibson; Mount Gilead; First Church. Roanoke Rapid.s; Chestnut Street, Lumberton; Trinity Church, Wilmington; District Superintendent,

REV. E. B, nSHEB , , .,ppoiDted her

Raleigh District: Duke Memorial Church, Durham: and Piont Street Church. Burlington

Dr. Fisher Is married to the former Ruth Knight o Jefferson, S. C., and they have two children.

Tlie Rev. Mr McT^amb prloi to coming to Grecnvili''. we! dls'rict superintendent of the Golds)xii*o district and had .'scivcci in nat capacity since 1952, He orpan.zi^d and helped start a number of Methodist churches in North Carolina. He succeeded the Rev. William M, Howard Jr. at Jarvis Memorial.

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