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By CEOflCE BROOKS
The old theory of a moon
made of green cheese will be lost
once and for all after this week.
In an interview with Dr. Wasley
Krogdahl, the chairman of UK's
astronomy department this and
other topics dealing with the
moon shot now in progress were
discussed.
Kerneh What do you think will
be the significance of being able
to study the soil samples of the

moon?

Dr. Krogdahl: I think that it will
establish that the moon is made
of the same stuff that all the
rest of us are, probably. The
physical state is probably more
interesting than the chemical
composition and I don't believe
there will be a good opportunity
to determine that with care this
time. In the future I suppose
there will.
Kernel: Do you think the moon
is a part of the earth?
Dr. Krogdahl: The moon has
never been a part of the earth.
It is usually looked upon as a
second planet which formed at
the same time in the same way
as the earth and it and the earth
are often spoken of as a double
planet. This is not true of the
other planets and their satellites.
In other words, the material out
of which they formed was evidently more evenly divided between them. The earth is clearly
the predominate body but the
disparity between the two is
much less than any of the other
planets and their satellites.
.Kernel: Do you think then that
the samples will probably be
similar to that of the earth, that

there will not be any new

ele-

ments?
Dr. Krogdahl: There isn't any
place for new elements. It will
come as a great shock believe
me, if any new elements are discovered.
Kernel: Have there ever been
any signs of any life or any
possibility of any?
Dr. Krogdahl: No. There have
been occasional recorded changes
in appearance or reflection or
something of the sort in a few
particular localties but some
people try to blow this up into a
suggestion of formal life on the
moon. I think it is just to far
fetched to be worth considering.
There is no air, no water, very
hot in the day and very cold in

manned or unmanned. This is
just the first step in what hopefully will be continuing explorations. I don't believe that any
world shaking results will come
from this particular event. It
Just represents the event which
one can point to as the beginning
of an area of hi story. Photographs
that have been brought back from
the moon are superior to any
thing anyone could see in a tele.

scope.
Kernel:

I have heard that the
possibility of setting up even a
small telescope on the moon

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the night. The conditions are
just absolutely impossible that's

would be helpful. Is there any
research that is prohibited by
being on the earth?
Dr. KrogdahhYes, there are many
things that are just impossible
to do from ground based observatories. Both in visual and radio
there are many, many wave
lengths that are impossible. The
atmosphere cuts off ultra violet
radiation so the astronomers have
very little observational evidence

concerning the radiation of astronomical bodies in the exshort wave lengths.
tremely
Rockets have been gathering such

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Kernel:

Is there any real chance
on other planets of the possibility of finding life?
Dr. Krogdahl: Well, yes the
possibility can't be ruled out
as much as it can be for the
moon. I think the probability
is slim. The possibility remains
that there may be a form of
life on mars or Venus. My private opinion is that it is not
to be expected but until the
actual exploration is made there
is no way to say positively one
way or the other.
Kernel: What will be the significance of the shot and the sample
to astronomers?
Dr. Krogdahl: Mostly I think
it would be significant as the
first successful landing. The advantages of landing on the moon
are chiefly the setting up of observatories on the moon, either

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an enormous amount of very valuable information could be gotten
in a relative short time. Then, a
atmosphere restricts observation
in another way in that the gases
of the atmosphere themselves

radiate and that radiation itself
provides a background fainter
than which no object can be
photographed. Now going out
to the moon or into space there
is no moon or night sky so time
exposures can be of indi finite
length. Which means in principle
almost anything no matter how
faint could be photographed with
a time exposure. Things that even
the 200 inch telescope can't
photograph could be photographed on the moon.
Kernel: Is there any possibility
of some contamination on the
moon from previous probes and
unmaned landings?
Dr. Krogdahl: Yes, I think they've
tried to sterilize everything they
send up but you can't do it. I'm
sure the moon is already contaminated. If we haven't, I'm
sure the Russians must already
have.
Kernel: How do you feel about
the Russian ship recently launched? .
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Dr. Krogdahl: I thought that was
kind of cheap the way the Russians sent an unmanned one a
couple of days ago just to try
Five landing sites have been chosen for manned lunar landings to beat us out of it. No question
after careful study of Lunar Orbiter and Surveyor pictures and about it though, its a magnificent
data. Site 2, the prime site for the Apollo 11 landing is located achievment.
I don't know
in the east central part of the moon in southwestern Mare
Whether anyone can appreciate
about 02 miles east of the crater Sabine. '
what a marvelous "thing it is.
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information but are able to gather
it for only a relative brief time.
If you had a station on the moon
and could observe continuously,

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Vol. LX, No. 145

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON

UK Scientists Will
By CARY O'DELL
WBKY Radio

Dr. Ehmann: There is a great deal of interest in the
space program, especially this week when Apollo 11 is
scheduled to take off. We have had an interest in the
space program for the past 11 years. We have been doing research on the chemical composition of meteorites
in laboratories here at UK. It's only natural then that
when the Space Administration decided to land on the
surface of the moon that we would have an interest
in determining the chemical composition of the moon
samples.
About 3 years ago we proposed to the NASA that we
be allowed to receive samples from the moon and to
analyze these samples for some of the more abundant
elements like silicon, aluminum, manganese, iron and
sodium.
About a year or a year and a half ago, it was announced that we were one of the approximately 140
laboratories chosen to receive some of the first samples.
I was very fortunate in being able to talk Dr. John
W. Morgan of the Australian Atomic Energy Commission into coming over to this country and Joining
me in this project. Dr. Morgan has now been here almost a year.
O'Dell: Do you expect the samples of the moon to be
similar to elements we know on earth?
Morgan: Yes, we already have some Inkling of the approximate chemical composition of some parts of the
moon. It does seem that the chemical composition
is quite close to a number of meteorites we have studied
and also to the composition of earth.

O'Dell: What could this mean by way pf connection
with the moon and the earth?
Morgan: Well, if the rocks do turn out to be basaltic
then there has been some chemical fractionation in the
history of the moon.
Dr. Ehmann: This might be similar to volcanism on the
earth.
from direct
Morgan: There are already some Indications
observation that there might have been volcanic activity
that did take place on the moon.

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Participate In Lunar Studies

Dr. Ehmann: It's interesting, as Dr. Morgan noted, that
a fairly common type of stony meteorite may actually
be representative of the moon's surface. So, perhaps
we already have a sample in the laboratory!
O'Dell: What great significance do you think it will be
to be able to analyze the moon's composition, in terms
of the way we might use it someday?
Morgan: Well, for instance, what if the craters are exploding from within rather than impact from without; then it's possible that diamonds might have been
formed.
O'Dell: Of course, 50 years ago it would have seemed
incredible to sit around and talk about going to the
moon, much less bring back samples. Could we perhaps expect . . . farming on the moon?
Dr. Ehmann: Before considering the economic benefits,
the objectives of the early mission will be to try to gain
information on the mechanism of the moon. There are a
lot of different theories about how the moon formed.
It might have been an asteroid that came from out near
Mars and Jupiter and was captured into an orbit
around the earth. The moon may have been thrown
out of the Pacific very early in the history of our earth.
So, when we analyze these samples redetermine the composition, one of the initial benefits will be getting information on how the earth-moo- n
system evolved. It
would be quite interesting if the composition of the lunar
surface was similar to the basaltic rocks found in the
Pacific.
O'Dell: But this wouldn't necessarily indicate that it
came from the Pacific would it?

Dr. Ehmann: If the Russians bring the sample first,
I think this will still be of benefit to the scientific
community, in any case.

O'Dell: Are there going to be any special security
precautions when the moon dust is brought to Lexington?
Dr. Ehmann: We've been asked by NASA be quite
careful in handling the samples. The analyses we do
here in the lab are
in nature which
means that we will have all the sample they gave us
in hand at the end of the experiment and return it to
them. When we are working with the sample it must
be under the control of Dr. Morgan or myself directly. We
hope that we might get enough so that we could let
the public come in and look at samples. No one is sure
how much material will be distributed. It, is, quite
possible that only a few labs will receive material
from the first mission. However, two other missions
are' scheduled in the very near future. Apparently all
the 150 labs will receive some materials out of the
first three missions. The samples will be kept in a safe
and under surveilance the entire time in our lab.
The investment in the moon project is approximately
24 billion dollars. Of course there are lots of other
benefits other than just the samples themselves. But if
one estimates the cost of the sample on the basis
of the whole - program you run into many millions
of the whole program, you run into many millions of
dollars per ounce for these return samples.
Yes, certainly, it is one of the pioneering things; man's
Dr. Ehmann: Not absolutely.
first endeavor to another body. Being able to participate
"O'Dell: So, then we could almost even think that it in the
program is very exciting.
came from another planet, and that the chemical elements
we know are constant throughout the Universe?
Morgan: Well, they are constant throughout the solar
system. I don't think you can take it any farther than
Governor Nuiui has declared Monthat.
of you very much
O'Dell: Would it disappoint the two
day, July 20, a state holiday in
if the Russians beat us to the moon, as it were.
Morgan: It really wouldn't make a lot of difference,
honor of the Apollo 11 Mission.
information
we wouldn't be disappointed at all-t- he
would be just as useful.
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Good Housekeeping a Must
On Return from Lunar Mission
housekeeping, a neon manned
space
flights, takes on added importance when the flight is
a return from a manned
landing on the Moon.
The Apollo 11 astronauts
will be sure to wipe their
Good

cessity

feet before entering their
spacecraft as they prepare
to leave the Moon, dust
themselves off, leave their
overshoes behind and vacuum
their equipment and
craft as they head back to
Earth.
The chances of living organisms
existing on the
Moon are considered remote
but "just in case" extra precautions are being taken to
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insure that no such organisms are introduced to th
Earth.
The

good

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housekeeping

measures were developed by
the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration and
y
approved
by the
Inter-Agenc-

Committee on Back
Contamination as an effective method of reducing the
chances of bringing back living, lunar material to Earth.
Vacuum Cleaning
Before climbing back into

their spacecraft for launching from the Moon, the astronauts will brush themselves off and scrape their
feet on the spacecraft ladder.
Once inside the lunar module
cabin, they pressurize the
cabin, remove and vacuum
clean their
backpacks, overshoes and other
equipment to be left on the
Moon; put this equipment in
bags, depressurize the cabin,
open the hatch again,, and
drop" the bags "to the lunar
surface..
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Then the lunar module is
launched from the Moon and
docked to the command module in lunar orbit. While
are
docked, arrangements
made to make sure that the
flow of oxygen between the
two spacecraft is always
from the command module to
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the Itin&r ' module" arid then
overboard ' into space This
ensures that no dust is carried from the lunar module
to the command module.
Before transferring equipment and lunar. sample con-- ,
tainers. from the lunar mod- life-suppo- rt

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tile, each item is vacuumed

and placed in bags. The two
crewmen also again vacuum
their spacesuits and return
to the command module.
Following
separation of
the lunar module from the
command module, the crewmen remove their spacesuits
and place them in bags. The
suits will not be used except
in an emergency.
On the way back to Earth
the spacecraft interior and
equipment will be vacuumed
and wiped during "house-

keeping periods" and the
environmental control system will filter the oxygen to
remove all dust in the atmosphere. This will remove essentially all the
dust particles.
Recovery Procedures
After the Apollo 11 spacecraft lands in the Pacific
Ocean a helicopter will drop
swimmers who attach a flotation collar to the spacecraft. A large seven-manft
is then secured to the flota- tion cellar and biological isolation garments (BIGs) are
lowered into the raft.
One swimmer puts on a biological isolation
garment
and passes the biological isolation garments into the
spacecraft where they will be
donned by the astronauts before they get out of the
spacecraft and onto the raft.
Then the astronauts are
hoisted into the helicopter as
they have been on past missions. The hoist operator on
the helicopter will be in a
protective suit and mask and
the helicopter pilots will be
prepared to put on masks if
necessary.' The .recovery
physician will, be in the helicopter prepared to assist if
required.
The helicopter lands and is
towed to the hangar deck on
the recovery ship and the astronauts and physician enter
the mobile quarantine facility where they will stay until
arrival at the Lunar Receiving , Laboratory, at" the
Manned Spacecraft Center jn
air-bor-

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Houston.
The astronauts will remain
under quarantine in the LRL

for 21 days from lunar liftoff to make sure they have
not carried back any alien
microbes.

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Lange Researches
Weightlessness
By CLAY NIXON

WBKY Radio
The following is an interview
conducted by Clay Nixon, announcer for WBKY Radio. This

interview will be broadcast, along
with other interviews during
Apollo 11 space voyage.
Many different changes in
body weight will be experienced
by the Apollo team as they Journey to the moon. They will face
forces many times their body
and after orbit
weight on lift-owill enter into a state of weightlessness where the body weighs
nothing. Here at UK a series
of experiments allied with the
Air Force and NASA will be conducted by scientists in the laboratory. Discussing the problems of
weightlessness with me is Dr.
Carl Lange, director of the laboratory and professor of mechanical
erigineerins.
Nixon: Dr. Lange, I understand
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that you are conducting

exper-

iments about weight and the effects of weighlessness.
Lange: Thats correct, but not
quite correct. We are really not
concerned with weightlessness itself, but what might have to be
done to the body in the state of
weightlessness.
Nixon: Do you mean there's a
danger to weightlessness?
Lange: Well, certain evidence is
that if people are exposed to the
state of weightlessness certain
deteriorations of the body functions begins to set in. We don't
know yet how serious this is,
but indications are that the trouble has to be overcome either by
special physical exercises or by
administering artificial gravity
periodically; or perhaps by having the whole space craft in a form
of artificial gravity continuously
like a centrifuge.
Nixon: Recently, the U.S. sent
up a satellite containing a space
monkey to conduct tests on prolonged periods of weightlessness.
I believe the monkey was in orbit for eight days and then
brought back to the ground due
to failure with the monkey. Is
this concerned in any way with
your project?
Lange: Well, yes, I know about

the project. It's a project which
has been going on for some time
now. They have been having
a good amount of trouble; this
last flight was a good example
of it. Now, what they are doing
is different from what we are
doing. Simply, they actually try
to find out the barriers of weightlessness on organisms as well as
living things.
Nixon: Could you speculate why
the monkey died?
Lange: Yes, I could, but I don't
think I will because I don't have

enough information on what really happened. The monkey was
unable to move about andhewas
instrumented for physiological
measurements. He was supposed
to carry out certain tasks. The
newspapers report that he sort
of got bored, which may mean
that he actually plain did get
bored, or it could mean that something happened that prevented
him from keeping on doing the
tasks that he was supposed to do
for thirty days.
Nixon: Would this type of boredom and weightlessness cause
death as was the case of the
monkey.
Lange: No, I don't believe so.
But again, I don't know enough
about just exactly what happened. If I make a wild guess I
would say death occurred due to

the aftermath of being tossed
around in the ocean for well
over an hour.

Nixon: What facilities do you
have at the University for testing the project that you have in
mind, the weightlessness effects
on people?

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Within the next four years,
the UK, A. B. Chandler Medical
Center plans to add two floors
to the present eight of the hospital.
Originally, when the present
building was completed, medical
programs in existence now were
not even dreamed of.
The medical program increased its enrollment from 80 to 100
medical students, thus more room
will be needed to accomodate
these students.
One of the major programs will
be a new center for handicapped
children located directly in front
of the medical center.
The program for the handicapped will train workers and
teachers, and many of them will
go into the mouui&in areas and
into state hospitals.
Also in the near future,, a
University affilitaed veteran's
hospital will be added to the
present building.

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Lange: We deal primarily with
centrifuges. We also operate what
which is
we" call a shut-cabl- e
an apparatus with which we can
vibrate organisms in order to find
out if possibly vibrations could
be used as a substitute for weightlessness. But what's generally accepted by now is centrifugal force.
And we administer centrifugal
force in putting test animals in
centrifuges. We have done that
for years in the lab.

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Is there anyway you can
simulate a condition of weightlessness here at UK?

Nixon:

Lange: Of course if you put somebody to bed for a long time you
simulate weightlessness. The Air

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pools for extended periods of time,
and as everybody knows, you almost float, so in a sense you are
weightless. It is however not the
same thing as the weightlessness
that we talk about in space flight.
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prolonged periods of time in a
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whole thing. There are indications that our astronauts are affected by the state of weightlessness. Their bones harden and
because of a different arrangement of pressure in their body
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For Moon Landing

ASTRONAUTS ARE
ABLE TRAVELERS

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Mankind's first step onto the surface of the
Moon will not be a bold step like an explorer Jumping out of a small boat onto the beach of a newly
discovered island.
Rather it will be more like an early morning
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swimmer

gingerly testing
the temperature of the water

in a spring-fepond before
he decides to jump in.
Apollo 11 Spacecraft Commander Neil A. Armstrong,
when he has reached the bottom of the ladder from the
lunar module on the Moon at
about 2:21 a.m. EDT July 21,
will put his left foot on the
surface while he retains a
grip on the ladder and his
right foot on the landing pad
at the base of the lunar module's leg.
Once he is satisfied that
the surface is safe for walking, Armstrong will bring
his other foot to the surface
while still maintaining a grip
on the spacecraft.
Seen by Millions
All this will be seen by
millions of Armstrong's fellow Earthlings on the home
planet if a television camera
mounted on the lunar module
operates as planned.
Armstrong will begin his
walk on
the Moon by backing slowly
out of the lunar module
hatch on his hands and knees.
On the second rung from the
top of the ladder he will pull
a cord that will allow a pallet
on the side of the lunar module to swing out to expose
and turn on a television camera aimed to show this historic event to the world.
"His first step on the surface will come about nine and
a half hours after the Apollo
lunar module lands at 4:19
p.m. EDT July 20. These intervening hours are devoted
to post landing checkout,

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eating, resting and preparations for the Moon walk.
For the first 20 minutes of
his exploration, Armstrong
will be alone on the Moon's
surface while his fellow explorer Lunar Module Pilot
Edwin E. Aldrin observes
him
and
photographs
the lunar module
through

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celestial
body, commanded
Gemini 8 when it made history's first space docking in
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March 1966, joining
with an unmanned
Agena target vehicle.
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When an electrical short
circuit caused a thruster to
malfunction, Armstrong and
his crewmate, David Scott,
demonstrated exceptional piloting skill in overcoming the
problem and; 'bringing their
nose-to-nos-

Contingency Sample

during

period will familiarize

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this
him-

self with the strange environment, collect a contingency
sample of the surface and
put it into a pocket on the
left thigh of his spacesuit,
complete preliminary checks
of his life supporting back
pack, and erect an American
flag on the lunar surface.
He then photographs Aldrin
as he leaves the spacecraft
and climbs down the ladder.
Armstrong also will deploy
the television camera on a
stand about 30 feet from the
spacecraft. The camera will
remain on to relay pictures
back to earth of the two astronauts throughout their
stay on the Moon.
While Aldrin. becomes familiar with the Moon's environment Armstrong will
insoect the lunar module and,
using a special moon shovel,
'collect about 30 pounds of
lunar samples, stow the material in a large 'laundry"
bag and place the bag into
e
the first of two
return containers.
Aldrin .then will erect a
solar wind experiment. This
lunar-sampl-

America's attempt to land
men on the Moon.
All are also former jet test
pilots, with a total of nearly
12,000 manhours flying time.
NEIL A. ARMSTRONG
Commander
Spacecraft
Neil A. Armstrong, scheduled to be the first Earth-mato set foot on another
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is a sheet of special aluminum foil which will collect
samples of the gases in the
solar wind and will be re-

turned to Earth with the
crew. The experiment resembles a narrow window
shade which is pulled down
in the same manner a window shade is.
The two astronauts next
will team up to place two additional scientific
experiments on the surface. These
are a passive seismometer
which will detect "moon-quake- "
phenomena and laser
mirrors which will reflect
laser beams originating on
the Earth back to receivers
on the Earth and thus meas-

ure the distance very accurately.
If everything is going well,
Armstrong and Aldrin then
will make a collection of
documented samples of Moon
material. They will first
photograph the sample on
the surface, pick it up and
put it into a small bag which
in turn is dropped into a
larger bag, and then photograph where the sample was
picked up from. All the time

he too will be describing the
sample verbally for the benefit of scientists who will later
examine the samples in laboratories on Earth. These
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samples are placed in the
second sample container for
return to Earth.
Following this collection
the Moon explorers will load
the materials back in the '
cabin of the lunar module
and themselves return to the
spacecraft for launch back to
the command module which
has been circling in lunar orbit with the third Apollo 11 .
crewman, Command Module
Pilot Michael Collins,' at the-- ,
controls.
The first Moon exploration
will be man's first exposure
to working in pressurized
space suits under gravity
h
conditions
that of

spacecraft to a safe

extra-vehicul-

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weightlessness.
That 944-hoflight, with
James Lovell as Commander,
.included . rendezvous
and
" a'r
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previously
t docking with
launched Agena, using 'backup onboard computations for
the first time because of a
radar failure.
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one-sixt-

Earth. For this reason the
activities on the Moon are
designed to provide frequent
periods for rest' and evalua- "
tions of the work load on the
men. The astronauts on the
Moon always will be in sight
of each other and they will
not venture more than 100
feet from the lunar jnodule.

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gency splashdown.
EDWIN E. ALDRIN, JR.
Lunar Module Pilot. Edwin
.E. Aldrin, Jr., who .will descend tp the ' Moon's surface
with Armstrong set u record
of h2 hours of
activity (EVA) as pilot
No. 2 man of Gemini 12 in
November 1966.
. While outside the spacecraft,- he.attached a' tether to
the Agena docking target vehicle retrieved a micromete-orit- e
detector, and evaluated
the use of special body restraints as aids to working in

MICHAEL COLLINS
Command Module Pilot for
Apollo 11, Michael Collins,
who will remain in lunar orbit while Armstrong .and A
descend othe, surface
and return, was pilot pt Gemini 10 in performing complex
and
rendezvous
docking
maneuvers in July 1966.

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ENROLLMENT FOR
OUT-OF'STATE-

The Kentucky Council on
Public Higher Education approved a measure to limit
enrollment at state supported
institution Wednesday. This
will be
means that
limitted to 15 percent at UK.
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"Sweet Charity9' a Hit
By J EFT VEATC1 1
If the University doesn't provide the Lexington Community
with dramatic experiences, who
does? Certain citizens here with
their limited facilities, moderate
talent and strong desire to fill
in the gaps with much hard work
do. They are doing their Job
and are discovering much unused talent.
The Studio Players' production of the musical comedy
"Sweet Charity" is a rare and
welcomed attempt at producing
a contemporary dramatic-musica- l
that Lexingtonians should absorb
like thirsty savages. It has been
called the most ambitious attempt by the Studio Players.
I speak of its worth not because it is produced in the David
Merrick or George M. Cohan
tradition of flawless professionalism, but rather because, of its
possible effect. People here need
a variation from the movie musical. People her need to ex

perience something closer to the
"Living Theatre," and some
people here need to discover their
own talents.
The show is directed by David
and Shari Denton. They are very
creative and make the show not
only work but stand out as something new, exciting and different.
The show, with a cast of 20
includes an additional 15 singers
and dancers. It is choreographed
by Lynda Scott. At times, the
production seemed to need more
talented musicians and dancers
to escape the appearance of a
high school musical. At other
times the spectacle of song and
dance was completely Joyous.
The show is composed of many
s
scenes within two acts. The
solved the production problem of many sets for many scenes
by replacing sets with rear
screens. These screens displayed
projected colored lights and scenic slides to match the moods of
Den-ton-

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"Sweet Charity" is from the
book by Neil Simon with music
and lyrics by Cy Coleman and
Dorotliy Fields. The theme of the
play is the "rhythm of life"
that there's got to be something

better than this attitude. The
story revolves around a frustrated
dance hall hostess named Charity
Hope Valentine. The part of
Charity is very well played by
Angel St. Clair. Charity is looking for a brighter future and a
husband but she is awarded in
the end, as she was in the beginning of the play. The shows effect
could be that of a tragedy, but
music and humor throughout climaxed with a grand finale
to keep it in the musical comedy
catagory.
Space is lacking in the Bell Court
Carriage House Theatre and, unfortunately, there is no air conditioning. It always amuses me how

"I'm Herbert."
"No, you're Muriel. Grace was

my first wife."

Harry, she was your

second wife.

"I'm Herbert ."Ha fry wa s y our

second husband."
And so the last scene of the
Barn's new "adult comedy" "You
Know I Can't Hear You When
the Water's Running," runs on
to portray a "play" on the typi-

cal occurances and happenings
of 20th century livi