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2 A THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Abilene, Texas, Saturday Morning, July 22, 1961
In Abilene Churches
ASSEMBLY OF GOD HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH, and Howard Key will begin at
The Rev. Wilson G. Estes, pas-1633 S. 8th St. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
tor of BETHEL TEMPLE AS- ---1 ,
SEMBL Y OF GOD. 1641 Minter ST. FRANCIS CATHOLIC Guest speaker at both 103Land
La, will preach at 11 am Sunday CHURCH 826 Cottonwood St., will 6 p.m. services of the BARER
on “Clay Pigeon Religion andnear HEIGHTS CHURCH OF CHRIST
Eagle Spread" hold masses Sunday at 6 45, 8:30 on Texas Ave will be Bill John-
Evangelist Irye Townsend will and 10:30 a.m.
| preach at 7:30 p.m. on A Cross
Centered Pentecost.”
son, assistant minister of the Col-
lege Church of Christ. He is tak-
Sunday masses will be held at ing the place of regular pastor
7:30 and 8:45 a m., and 12 15 p.m. Robert Johnson Morning service
topic will be “Give Vs Men " Eve-
ning service topic will be “The
Establishment of the Church."
Te
HOVERING OVER CAPSULE
...recovery attempt fails
(AP Wirepbeto)
The Rev Roy Evans, pastor, at DYESS AFB CHAPEL.
will preach at 11 a.m and 7 15
p m Sunday at GLAD TIDINGS
ASSEMBLY OF GOD, 1226 Oak Dr. George Steinman of McMur-
Preaching will be at 10 a.m.
___ry College J preach at 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m Sunday at HILL.
The Rev Bille L Gordor pas. Sunday at BROOK HOLLOW CREST CHURCH OF CHRIST
tor. A II preach i n am and CISTIANACAURCILMOPScERE: Bacon Dr and Church»
7:30 p.m. Sunday at FAITH FEL o const - s2
LOWSHIP ASSEMBLY OF GOD. topicwill be The Blessed Life . 'ln Christ will be the 10.30
Another service will be held at a.m. Sunday sermon-topic by M.
7 p.m. F. McKnight, minister of HIGH-
, LAND CHURCH OF CHRIST, S.
I The Rev. Morgan Thompson, Bertis E. White associate min sth St and Highland Ave. His 6 -
new pastor of ELMWOOD BAP CKISTIANSCNTEMMS72 WAR p.m. topic will be “Bad Temper."
will preach on “Things Ordained ard St., will preach on Faithful- R L Andrews, minister, will
p.m topic will be "Christ and a no a.m Sunday at 12TH AND
Prosperity.’' CHESTNUT STS. CHURCH OF
CHRIST Reiner Kallus, native of
2165 Texas St
BAPTIST
CHRISTIAN
17 of God" at 11 a m. Sunday. His
1 7:30 p.m. sermon topic will be
“The Final Solution of the Jewish
■ Question ’
1 usereewm SHMAECNETHVELSEME bee
■ am . and 7:45 p.m. Sunday at proc PC
J PIONEER DR. BAPTIST FIRST CHRISTIAN CHU RCH
"A Survival Kit for Christians"
will be the 8:30 and 10:45 am
Germany, will preach at 6:30 p.m.
“Who Then Can Be Saved?"
CHURCH, s 7th St and Pioneer
Dr
“The Eye of the Almighty God
A TRY THAT FAILED — A helicopter crewman attempts to hook line on the
capsule Liberty Bell 7 which bobs in the water after a space flight by Virgil .
Grissom from Cape Canaveral Friday. The attempt failed and the space craft
sank. At bottom is open hatch and at right of capsule is periscope. (NASA Photo
via AP Wirephoto)
Grissom Rests in Hospital
After His Close Shave Ride
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By ALTON BLAKESLEE t The space pilot was examined from this flight," said James E
Associated Press Science Writer by Douglas and a battery of four Webb, administrator of the Na- 1
GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND specialists.• tional Aeronautics and Space Ad-
(AP)—Astronaut Virgil Grissom. Douglas said Grissom appeared ministration after visiting briefly 1
cheerful and apparently fully fit, “a little more tired and fatigued" muscanon after 1
began unwinding in a hospital than Alan B. Shepard Jr., the . , 1
here Friday after the close shave first U. S. spaceman, had been The evaluation of them has €
finish to his roaring rocket ride. The doctor said it might well be not yet been made. . ■
Now, for a day or two, the due to the hard work Grissom. On Grissom’s schedule, too, E
schedule is rest, physical check-had done in struggling to stay was an invitation to a purty Fri
ups and detailed reporting of all afloat in the ocean Grissom swal- day night in his honor by the 265
phases of this second American lowed lots of sea water but was men. mostly civ ilians, at this
physician auxiliary Air Force base, the first
tracking station southeast of Cape
voyage into near space, not sick from it, the
Prime on the list is a full look said
into the why and prevention of At a 1
the surprise blowoff of his escape er Grissom’s arrival. Lt Col
PI LLED FROM SEA
. .. ’Copter raises Grissom
(AP Wirephote)
brief news conference aft-Canaveral. He likely will drop in 3 AAILES DEEP
__,__________. He may go fishing or swim J MIEED
hatch which sent the young flier John A Powers, NASA spokes- ming during his stay, also, but
scrambling from his capsule be- man, was asked if Grissom had there s little else to do. For this
fore-it sank, been in any real danger, part of Grand Bahama is no
Grissom conferred early on this’ "You’re in danger if you are in sory book tropical paradise b
point with fellow astronauts John the middle of the ocean in a a collection of barracks and build-
H. Glenn Jr., and Walter Schirra pressure suit." Powers answered ings among scrub pines and pal
and the four Marine helicopter To a question as to whether mettos.
pilots involved in his rescue Grissom had expressed any dis Grissom, riding as copilot in a
Grissom was pronounced in tip-satisfaction with his performance plane catapulted from the carrier
top shape but suffering from Powers said, "he feeis like he Randolph, arrived here 4 hours
. slight fatigue This was the find-has done a good job from every-18 minutes after his rocket cata-...
ing of Lt. Col. William K. Doug- thing I ve heard, he indicates he pult from Florida. CAPE CANAV ERAL. Fla. AP ly impossible to fish it out.
las, the astronauts’ personal phy- is satisfied with the operation." He jumped from the plane to—Libery Bell 7, the first U.S.
sician. i “We learned some new lessons
First Spaceship
Lost in Action
SUMMING IT UP
will be the 10 30 a.m Sunday ser-
mon by Hoyt Houchen, minister
(Disciples of Christ), N 3rd and , NORTH PARK CHURCH DE
Orange Sts. His 7:30 p.m. topic CHRIST, 2958 Grape St. At 7 p m.
he will preach on “The Simplicity
of the Gospel."
will be “The Defeating Power of
.. Indecision.’’
will be the 10:50 a.m. Sunday ser-
mon topic by the Rev. Elbert G
Peak pastor of CORINTH BAP
TIST CHURCH. 601 Sycamore St
At 7 30 p.m. he will preach on
“The Pouting Son "
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
“The Forward* Look" will be
Paul Southern s to a m Sunday
The importance of the inspired . a. Ju.ua,
word of the Bible will be empha- raul PHENCHURO it
. . c . topic at WUUDLAWA CH1LILH
sized in the 11 am Sunday serv. OF CHRIST N 10th St. and Wood-
ice at FIRST CHURCH OF OF €
| Dr Elwin L. Skiles, pastor, will
preach on "The Devil of Sincer-
ity” at 10:55 am Sunday at
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. .N
3rd and Orange Sts. "Man 1 Ex
tremity—God’s Opportunity" will
be his 7 30 p m. topic.
f Elder R V. Sarrels, pastor, will
preach at 11 a.m. Sunday at
FIRST PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
CFURCH, N. 15th and Hickory
Sts.
CHRIST, SCIENTIST, 506 Orange
St The lesson-sermon is entitled
“Truth."
See- Pg. 3-A. Cols 3 4
a How Christian
CHURCH OF CHRIST
John Stevens will preach at
10:30 a m. and 6 p m. Sunday at
NORTHSIDE CHURCH OF
CHRIST. 903 Cypress St. A men s
training class, led by Bob Colwell
I Dr Frank E Royal, pastor, will
preach at 10 45 am. and 7 p.m
Sunday at SOUTH SIDE BAPTIST
CHURCH, 1425 S. 7th St.
Preaching at 11 a m and 7 p m
Sunday at PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
CHURCH, N. 18th and Orange
Sts., will be Elder H H. Garrett,
pastor.
The Rev. Cliff Sands, pastor,
will preach Sunday at 1115 a m.
land 7:30 p.m. at NORTH SIDE
BAPTIST CHURCH, N 14th and
Westmoreland Sts.
J "The Still Small Voice" will be
the 11 a m. Sunday topic by the
Rev L. T. Grantham, pastor of -
HIGHLAND PARK BAPTISTE
CHURCH, S. 14th St and Ross
By FRED S. HOFFMAN’ Bell 7 lay "makes it rather near- A e The Rev. T. Gerald Cates
associate pastor, will preach at
The spacecraft used by Gris- 7:30 pm. on "First Love Left."
1:3
Science Heals
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HEAR-These Messages Sunday
IN
CORINTH BAPTIST CHURCH
South 6th & Sycamore Sts., Abilene, Texas
sossrya "AIR-CONDITIONED for your com-
fort—refrigeration
10:50 A.M.—
"THE MIGHTY EYE OF
ALMIGHTY GOD"
(This is second in a new series
of messages)
spaceship to be lost in action, som was a sister ship to the one . . . .
. 1 Preaching at 11 am and 7:15
rested more than three miles flown by toe pioneer C S. astro- p.m. Sunday at BROADVIEW
deep in the Atlantic Friday night naut Alan B. Shepard Jr. on BAPTIST CHURCH, S. 27th St
have his hand grasped warmly
by Webb and receive his "con-
gratulations on a wonderful job."
It was pretty thrilling for Webb
who until Friday had never seen _
' a rocket launched haps $5 million the poorer for it.
| Grissom joshed with Schirra The black, ink bottle-shaped
and Glenn, then was whisked by craft plunged to the ocean floor
and the taxpayers were per-May 5. and Ross Ave., will be the Rev.
However, it had been modified Armstrong.
somewhat on the basis of Shep- ---
ard s experience I "Love Envieth Not" will be the
The capsule stood nine feet high Rev. Earl D. Sherman’s 11 a m.
car the scant mile to his air con- 2,800 fathoms down, when its and measured six feet across its Sunday topic at SOUTHWEST
ditioned hospital. He phoned his hatch was blown away pre- blunt bottom PARK BAPTIST CHURCH. 2901
wife. Betty, in Newport News, maturely and it filled with wa- Its titanium pressure cabin in S. 20th St. His 7:30 p.m topic will
Va., soon after arriving ter. Its occupant Virgil I Gris- which Grissom rode was housed be "What Shall We Do’”
| His talks with pilots, some rest som escaped -5in a skin of temperature-resistant -----
and physical checkups and some Reporters pressed Robert Gil- alloy. CATHOLIC
His space capsude, though it X-rays and an hour of freely dic- ruth, head of Project Mercury The astronaut was strapped into Masses will be held Sunday at
ABOARD USS RANDOLPH had hit the water okay, some tating the story of his journey (or an estimate of the cost of Lib- 3 fitted couch, facing an elabo- 7:30, 9 and 10:30 a.m , and at 12
CAP - We ve got only one Gus seven miles dead ahead of this fully occupied the afternoon eny Bell. At first, he tried to rate instrument panel, noon and 5 p.m. at SACRED
capsules" 5 P ‘ ' primary pickup ship, apparently Grissom will stay here up to avoid being pinned down, saying
- .48 hours before return ng to ( ape here were a number f., tors
That was the way a space azen- sank because the escape hatch Canaveral for a full dress news such as development expense that
cy official, Marty Burns summed blew out before a helicopter hov-conference there had to be figured in
up the situation Friday after Air ring above it had a chance to
Force Capt. Virgil I. (Gus) Gris- book on to the capsule
som successfully competed his The helicopter, piloted by Lt.
ride through space—only to have James Lewis Jr . of Lufkin and
Only One Gus,
Many Capsules
By FRANK CAREY
Associated Press Science Writer
vent to the skipper’s cabin
While here, he's in seclusion Finally, Gilruth conceded the
with newsmen and photographers capsules cost was "on the order
not permitted direct contact with of a couple of million dollars."
him because doctors, engineers) An estimate of S3 million per
, . t and psychologists want to ques- capsule came from Lt Col John
— on the capsule after tion him "without having ideas A. Powers, spokesman for the as-
But the big thing was that the som was tn the water but by that planted in his head by questions tronauts. This estimate apparent-
chunky, crew-cut Grissom was time the capsule, weighing, more as Powers put it. ly was based on a contract price
safe and sound even though his than a ton itself, was filled with Loss of the capsule, with its of $120 million for 24 capsules
space ride had departed some- water . cameras filming Grissom’s race The Project Mercury chief
what from the script and he him- „ Grissom was picked up by a and actions and filming instru- said we are not capsule poor"-
self had to be plucked from the back-up helicopter , ments, and a sound tape made meaning his group is not short of
ocean waters, in a tricky rescue This second copter, piloted by aboard will hurt the harvesting | space ships for future work But
by U. S. Marine helicopter fliers Capt Phillip Upschulte of Quin of knowledge, a spokesman said he acknowledged ruefully that his
In contrast to the bounce of cy. Ill, with Lt George Cox of But they do have radio records people would have liked to get
Cmdr. Alan B Shepard Jr. when Eustis, Fla as copilot, swooped of Grissom’s heartbeat, respira- Liberty Bell 7 back
he was brought aboard a similar in to the rescue even though the tion and temperature and per- Rear Adm. John Chew, com-
carrier last May. Grissom was maneuver was endangered by the formance of the capsule mander of the Navy’s forces as.
somewhat soberfaced as he roaring blades of the first, copter The loss of the capsule is be- signed to recover Grissom and
jumped from the pick-up helicop- which still was trying to save the moaned for its technical treas- the spacecraft, said the depth of
ter in the flight deck and then capsule, ures. the water in which the Liberty
it marred by the loss of his cap- Houston, Tex., did hook onto ■
sule in 16,800 feet of water
Another Step in Race for Moon
By HOWARD BENEDICT
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (AP)
—Why spend millions of dollars
to send man into space billions
to get him to the moon?
Wouldn't it be better, many
persons ask, to harness nuclear
power for commercial use, to
away from matching the tre-States has sent up more than 40 ly: “The United States and the
mendous Soviet feat of placing a earth satellites in an all-out as- free world must insure that the
man in orbit and returning him sault on the mysteries of space means of earth domination inher- •
safely to earth Our scientists do The Russians have launched only ent in space mystery be not pre- ■
safety to earth. Our scientists do 12, all reaping huge propaganda empted by the enemies of free ■
not at this time have a powerful benefits and very little scientific dom. The lesson is that through •
and reliable enough rocket to do data They culminated in Yun A and from space, earth can be D
job Gagarin’s successful orbit flight <. mated." 1
find a cure for cancer, help un- Space experts agree there are in April To meet this challenge, defense ■
derprivileged people’ e main reasons for sending Many U. S. scientists are push-officials have started develop- I
The Soviet space successes man into space and to the moon— ing for a military goal in space ment of manned offensive and de I
have spurred this country into an science, worldwide prestige and under an argument known as the fensive spacecraft. But none of I
all-out drive to reach the moon military security. "Panama theory" They note that the programs is being conducted 1
before a Soviet cosmonaut plants The United States is concen- military and political needs of on an urgent basis. I
the Red flag there. President -rating on the scientific aspects leading nations make it impera- Among the projects in the ■
Kennedy has asked the American in a broad program aimed at tive for them to hold strategic works—all several years from ■
$7 to $9 billion to achieve a eventually capturing the prestige areas in space, which, like the fruition—are Dyna-Soar, a rocket H
manned lunar landing by 1967 lead held by the Soviet Union as Panama Canal, are important to launched manned orbiting bomb- ■
The flights of astronauts Alan the result of its many space national survival er: ASP, an aerospace plane with ■
B Shepard Jr. and Virgil 1 Gris “firsts" and spectacular flights Manned orbital bombers, satel its own take-off power. MTSS, a D
som are steps in that direction achieved with mammoth rockets lites carrying nuclear bombs ry space station: SLOMAR, ■
But the United States has a long The experts consider the Soviet military bases on the moon — a project to devise manned and ■
way la go before an astronaut program as a one-way street with these are some of the strategic unmanned space logistics craft: ■
can be rocketed toward the military domination of space the areas of which these men speak SMART, space maintenance and I
moon ultimate goal Air Force Secretary Eugene M. repair techniques, and SAINT,
It is, in fact, several months They anta that the United Zuckert told the Senate recent- satellite intercept. •
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derprivileged people’
moon.
Eibert C Peck
Pastor
7:30 P.M.-
"THE POUTING SON"
(Baptismal Service Also)
9:45 A.M. Sunday School for all ages
6 30 P.M. Training Union-"YOUTH FOR TRUTH"
for Young People
YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND
First Covenant Church
SUNDAY SERVICES: Sunday School 10 A M.
Morning Worship 11:00
Evening Worship 7:30
SOUTH FIFTEENTH AT JEANETTE ST.
WEEKDAY SERVICE: Wednesday Evening 7:30
Rev. Curtis Jennings, Pastor
COME TO SUNDAY SCHOOL!
"Out of 12.000 Christians in a
Billy Sunday meeting 10,000 were
saved before the age of 20, and 9,-
000 were saved in Sunday school.”
Bring your family this Sunday!
9:45 e.m.--SUNDAY SCHOOL
11 oo a.m.-"LOVE ENVIETH NOT
6.15 P.m.-TRAINING UNION
7 30 p.m.-"WHAT SHALL WE Do?
VISIT THIS FRIENDLY SOUTHERN
PAUL SOUTHERN, Minister
WOODLAWN
Church of Christ
BIBLE STUDY 9 A.M.
WORSHIP SERVICES
10:00 a.m.-
"The Forward Look”
6:00 p.m.-
"What Jesus Thought
About Himself"
NORTH 10th & WOODLAWN
Earl D Shermon
Pastor
BAPTIST CHURCH
Southwest Park Baptist Church
"Where Everybody Is Somebody"
2901 SOUTH 20TH
HAVE YOU BOUGHT YOUR BOND? Six PERCENT INTEREST
HEAR
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH
3100 STATE AT WOODLAWN
HOWARD INGRAM
PASTOR
SUNDAY SCHOOL
9:45 A.M.
THE BIBLE IS OUR TEXTBOOK
SUNDAY MORNING
PREACHING 10:45 A.M.
SUNDAY EVENING
PREACHING 7:00 P.M.
w. will se Intreduring
Our New Music’Directer,
JOE PENROD
This Sunday
PRE-MILLINIEL-MISSIONARY-INDEPENDENT
(
WILLIAM EDWARD
OPIE
Author of
"THE CRY OF
THE KREMLIN"
SUNDAY
JULY 23
10:45 A.M.
7:30 P.M.
MONDAY 24, 7:30 PM
ROSE AVE. BAPTIST CHURCH
700 N. ROSE
BRECKENRIDGE, TEXAS
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