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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, October 7, 1968
Astronauts in shape
CAPE KENNEDY (UPI)—Doctors examined the three Apollo 7 astronauts yesterday and announced they were ready to go Friday on the 11-day orbital shakedown run of America's new moonship.
A team of space agency doctors pronounced Walter Shirra, 45, Don Eisele, 38, and Walter Cunningham, 36, in excellent shape after an exhaustive $4 \frac{1}{2} $ hour examination.
After completing their physicals, the astronauts returned to their Apollo spacecraft trainer for more practice on some of the critical parts of the first American manned space mission in nearly two years.
"They're in excellent shape and fit and ready to go," said astronaut physician Dr. Charles Berry.
Besides confirming their physical condition, the doctors gathered data to be compared with the results of identical examinations after the astronauts return from their 4-million-mile flight around earth.
Physicians want to see how 11 days of exposure to weightlessness affects blood cells, blood pressure and bone material.
The preliminary countdown on the 22-story Saturn 1B rocket and its 16-ton spaceship proceeded without a hitch. The final portion of the five-day counts begins Thursday.
The Apollo 7 mission will be devoted almost entirely to tests of the intricate moonship systems that must support three men on a 480,000-mile round-trip to the moon.
If the 163-orbit flight of Apollo 7 is an unconditional success, the way will be cleared for Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders to fly around the moon in December.
Deadlock may be broken soon in Paris talks
PARIS (UPI)-Diplomatic sources said Monday the negotiating session between American and North Vietnamese diplomats Wednesday could be the most important since the talks on de-escalating the war began May 13.
There was widespread speculation, but no hard facts, on the possibility of concessions by either or both sides to get the talks moving.
The U.S. and North Vietnamese negotiating teams were believed making a careful study of their positions. The session Wednesday will fall just 27 days before the U.S. presidential elections.
Diplomatic informants did not rule out a dramatic break of the impasse between U.S. Ambassador-at-Large W. Averell Harriman and Xuan Thuy, chief North Vietnamese negotiator.
Harriman's right hand man, diplomatic troubleshooter Cyrus R. Vance, has been in Washington for consultations with President Johnson believed designed to win a larger freedom of action in Paris.
So far, Thuy has turned down all Harriman's appeals for an indication of what Hanoi would do if the United States orders a complete halt in the bombing of North Vietnam. Thuy has demanded an unconditional halt in the bombing without any reciprocal move by Hanoi.
Thuy canceled the regular Monday morning briefing for newsmen covering the Paris talks, adding to the speculation that moth sides were preparing for showdown sessions and did not want to tip their hands in advance.
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WASHINGTON (UPI)—The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for the transfer to Vietnam of 256 Army reservists who had protested they were called to active duty illegally.
High court orders reservists to duty
Justice William O. Douglas had granted stays of the reservists' transfer orders until the full court decided to uphold or cancel the stays.
The court on the first day of its new term ruled against Douglas' preliminary action in a one-sentence order.
The reservists may still pursue their appeals of lower court decisions to the Supreme Court, but they now are subject to immediate transfer to Vietnam.
The Army said that in view of the Supreme Court's ruling, it "will begin deployment of these units according to plan," although it did not specify when they would leave for Vietnam
Douglas, who issued the stays over the previous objections of fellow justices, issued a 10-page dissent saying they should be continued until the merits of the issue are resolved.
The reservoirs argued that the 1966 law under which President Johnson ordered their units activated contradicted their contracts under an earlier law which based any reserve callup on a formal declaration of war or national emergency.
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