Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 21, 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba Be rope astronauts wives soviet athletes All applaud the conquerors of the Moon Mand m the Mand module , reacts exuberantly to the Rany o the hat the lunar module had landed or the lunar Newi _ of i husband had landed safely on Rcv under an umbrella to Nawi Cit Moon. U newsmen asked her about re. Moon Landing. In stamp foot Apollo 11 United nations . Sheepish United nations spokesman has a that a special United nations postcard missed the Apollo 11. Despite a in announce ment earlier hat the astronauts would leave the card on the the spokesman said it arrived too late to be included. It contained a pos age stamp replica of the . Flag As Well As the preamble to he in Char Ter. A United Bates Mission official asserted that there had not been time to decontaminate the card sent by Thant july 11 and that Fiven a few milligrams of added weight was a prob Lem. Denying any political pressure he said the Deci Sion was made by National aeronautics and space administration operations control after the card had been carried to Cape Kennedy. Through a mix up it was explained the in interpreted a . Mission state ment that arrangements had been made a an Assurance that the card was aboard. A Aldrin russian athletes touring Disneyland sunday with americans in applauding Anatone by two or oilman . I Eric ans n Appau lunar Landing by two crewmen of by the Canadian press hundreds of millions of car Thlmas heard and watched Man s first groping exploration of the Moon sunday. Most watchers in the Ameri Cas did not have to stay up be Vond their Normal bedtimes to see Neil Armstrong s size Boot scuff into the lunar Dusl. In Montreal an estimated spectators let out a huge Roar when a Public address sys tem in Jarry Park announced we have just Learned the two american astronauts have successfully landed on the in Halifax police reported that traffic slackened considerably while the lunar Landing Craft Tryone had planned to be in front of a to set in time to View the Landing. Scores of smiling . Sailors off american warships in port on a routine Call strolled Down town Halifax streets gathering in clusters and asking civilian for news of the Moon Landing. In Vancouver a group of artists known As inter Media inter viewed people at the City s planetarium getting their read planned a series of skits including one in which a live cow jumps Over the Moon. In Toronto thousands Gath ered in Phillips Square outside City Hall to watch the Moon walk on a giant to screen. In St. John s nfld., Premier Smallwood announced his government has declared today a Public Holiday in Newfoundland in Honor of the three astronauts. The Premier said the Declara Tion is in recognition of one of the greatest events in human Amateur Montreal astronomer Lucien Coallier from his hand built Observatory in suburban Laval said he could see the module s Shadow with a magnification of 450. It was he said i could see the Umbra of the mod ule in my Telescope. I give you the time to Green Safe wich Coallier 57, an astronomer for 42 years said before the launching he was the Only Ca Nadian station in a network of 30 around world observing the Apollo 11. Man on the Street comments in Montreal included student nurse g e o r g i n a i think it s Inch tuning. Man has advanced too far scientifically there Are too Many problems Here at housewife Nora Columbus had t sailed we would t be Here. It s the same sort of thing. Of course it s Worth Tytul Ali 11. 5 found three Manitoban prints Large province Vancouver _ the province of British Columbia is More than five times greater in area than the state of Washington which Borders it along the american Frontier. Five people reported missing saturday night when their civilian helicopter failed to return to Eskimo Point n w t after a trip to two lakes some so Miles North were found late i sunday. J a spokesman at the Canadian forces base Winnipeg said that a Dakota search and Rescue plane found them at about 9 . Sunday. Apparently All five were uninjured. Die in accidents is countries in fund Taipei the Republic of i China has become a member of j the International finance corp j a world Bank affiliate. This i brings if membership to 91 countries and total subscribed capital to the exact location of the helicopter in t known. The of the helicopter was r. Mercier. The four passengers Are thought to be from Quebec the helicopter Lefi Eskimo Point about 160 Miles North of Churchill at 8 . Saturday i and was headed for last Lake and Maze Lake. It was reported missing when it failed to report to Eskimo Point at 9 saturday. A forces base spokesman said the helicopter is equipped with survival gear and guns. Three people died in separate accidents in Manitoba during the weekend. Dead Are Albert Law 52, of the River area. William m. Schella 74. Of Steinbach. Manuel Bravo 29, of Kettle rapids. Ramp said that or. Law a Farmer was killed saturday in a tractor Accident on his farm. The tractor apparently tipped Over while or. Law was operating it pinning him under Neath. Or. Schella was killed when he was in collision with a car driven by Roy Wesley Penner of a hemp in Steinbach saw. The mishap occurred at 1 . Sunday while or. Schella was standing behind his truck on Highway 12, North of Stein Bach police said. Or. Penner was uninjured police said. Or. Schella s wife Mary was taken to Bethesda general Hospital in Steinbach with minor Chest injuries. She is reported in Good condition or Bravo was employed at we Kettle rapids construction will stay site. Ramp said that he was posing for a picture while standing on some rocks on the Bank of the Nelson Hiver about one half mile upstream from the in Railroad Bridge when he slipped and fell into the Waters below. The mishap occurred about 4 . Sunday. Because of the rough Waters dragging operations were impossible ramp said. Brains compared Baltimore _ the average human brain is about three tunes larger than that found in an average size Gorilla. By Victor Cohn Houston special tons on the Moon will last for years. The Vas we we in the lunar soil will last until they Are erased by Micro meteorite Impact Over time. In the language of lunar geologists they will be no. Eight on the scale of age Aad Sharpness like new Impact craters. Neither Neil Armstrong nor Edwin Aldrin cow hear his own footsteps however. The Moon has no atmosphere no air molecules to transmit sound Waves. On Earth geologists believe the astronauts boots would have made a crunching in what one geologist called the Sandy up mile like soil on the Moon. I ;