Shepard probes astronaut deaths
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — (UPI)— Astronaut Alan Shepard Jr. today headed an investigation into the crash of a jet trainer which claimed the lives of two fellow astronauts scheduled to try America's longest "walk in space" this spring.
Elliot M. See Jr, and Charles A. Bassett II, both crash test pilots, were killed instantly Monday when their T38 jet trainer crashed in rain and fog while attempting an instrument landing.
SEX, WHOSE voice was known to millions of television viewers as capsule communicator on previous Gemini flights, was at the controls.
He was to have been the command pilot and Bassett the copilot on the Gemini 9 orbital flight, during which Bassett was to have taken a 90-minute stroll through space.
Shepard's investigative team includes officials from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration flight center in Houston and other Federal Aviation Authorities. Paul Haney, public information director for NASA, said the investigation may take six weeks.
HOW A RELATIVELY simple jet trainer plane carrying two experienced test pilots could have crashed remained a mystery. Witnesses said the plane appeared to be more than a half mile off course when it banked steeply at an altitude of 1,000 feet, "sort of skidded" in the air and clipped on a building at the McDonnel Aircraft Corp. complex here before hitting the ground and bursting into flames.
Bassett and See were en route here to begin flight training in simulators at McDonnell, which manufactures the Gemini spacecraft. Their Gemini 9 back-up crew, astronauts Thomas P. Stafford and Eugene A. Cernan, safely landed another T38 trainer at the McDonnell field minutes after the crash.
SPACE AGENCY officials said Stafford and Cernan would likely take over as prime pilots for the Gemini 9 flight, with a new backup team to be chosen. They could not say whether the accident would cause a delay in the space program.
The Gemini 8 flight, scheduled for later this month, was not expected to be affected.
SPU will plan for protest days
Plans for Student Peace Union's part in the International Days of Protest March 25 and 26 will be fixed at the next meeting March 14th. Dean Abel, Michigan City, Ind., graduate student and president of SPU, said no decision will be made until the national SPU headquarters have been contacted for instructions.
But SPU did decide to set up a peace table in the Kansas Union for the week commencing March 21 as a build up to the Days of Protest. Then, if the national SPU has no definite instructions, the KU group may support Student Democratic Society or KU Committee to Fnd the War in Viet Nam activities, Abel said.
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Loren E. Gregory, Kansas City sophomore, was listed in satisfactory condition in Watkins Memorial Hospital today, suffering from injuries received in a two-car accident at 10th and Illinois streets yesterday.
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Gregory was the only passenger in a car driven by Clark J. Storey, Columbus junior, when it collided with a car driven by Mrs. Mary M. Rogers, 1108 W. Hills Terr., and then hit a parked car owned by Ben R. Grewing, 946 Illinois St.
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Both Gregory and Storey were thrown from their car when it hit the parked car. Storey was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital for minor injuries and released. Mrs. Rogers did not require treatment.
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Two American and two foreign students will participate in KUOK's program "Spotlight on America" at 7:30 p.m. tonight.
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Charles Corcoran, Huntington, N.Y., junior, and Charles Fordyee, Topeka sophomore, will discuss the United States with Cyrus Mutiso, Kenya graduate student, and David Finch, England graduate student.
The program coordinator is Swaebou Conateh, Gaja junior.
Tom Thumb' to play in child's production
Daily Kansan
Tuesday, March 1, 1966
A red and white polka dot horse and a boy so small he can be heard but not seen are the principal characters in the American premiere of Tadeuz Kierski's musical version of "Tom Thumb," which will be presented Friday and Saturday by the KU Children's Theatre.
Kierski is a Polish writer who visited KU in 1964. The translation is by Jerzy Krzyzanowski, visiting associate professor of Slavic languages and literature.
Kierski based the play on a story by Julia Hartwig.
Jed Davis, professor of speech and drama and director of KU Children's Theatre, is directing "Tom Thumb" assisted by Sally Thornhill, Charleston, W. Va., graduate student.
Kay Bethea, instructor of piano,
is the musical director. Miss
Bethea also adapted the lyrics.
Prof. Davis said elaborate costumes and sets will add to the spirit of the play.
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Sets for the production were designed by Carolyn Landon, Pittsburg graduate student.
Pat Melody, Miami, Okla. graduate student, designed the costumes which include those of a thistle who has no arms and a nettle clothed in prickly vines.
Tom will be played by two persons. Nancy Caston, Scott City graduate student, will be the unseen voice of Tom. At one point in the play Paul Hough, Topeka junior, will circulate through the audience carrying Tom in a glass. Miss Caston will answer children's questions by remote control.
At the end of the play Tom grows to full size. He is then played by Drew Anderson, Plainville freshman.
"Tom Thumb" will be toured this month. It will be produced at the Kansas City Music Hall. The play will also travel to Topeka, Salina, and Wichita.
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