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THE TRANSY' VANIA TIMES A | State And National Prize 'inning, Home Town Newspaper Vol. 82 No. 30 « mSWKVV. BREVARD, N. C., IRSDAY, JULY 24, 1969 ★ 30 PAGES TODAY ★ tIP CODS 21711 . _«== tit*.*-., . .. THE PARABOLIC DISH AN. TENNA at the Rosman Space Track ing and Data Acquisition Network station is pictured above. The role it is playing in the current Apollo XI landing on the moon is cited in the accompanying story. (Times Staff Photo) Large Crowd* Expected Star-Studded Performances Set This Weekend At Center After entertaining sellout audiences last weekend, the Brevard Music Festival eaters its fourth end of ■mmwte*..._ favorite, a Pops Concert of Cole Porter melodies and a rising young duo-piano team. Miss Gina Bachauer, called by many the foremost woman pi anist in the world, will appear in concert with the Brevard Music Center Orchestra on Sun day, July 27 at 3:30 p.m. Satur day evening’s offering at 8:15 p.m. will be a potpourri of Cole Porter tunes, served up by the BMC Orchestra, the 105-voice Transylvania Chorus and talent ed student vocalists. Tomorrow night’s concert brings the bril liant young duo-piano team of Yarborough and Cowan to the BMC stage in a fast-paced dis play of twin piano magic. Every appearance by Gina Bachauer adds to her glowing reputation as the “Queen of the Plano”. This distinguish ed Greek artist made a mem orable appearance at Brevard in 1907 with Princess Irene of Greece, one of her students. Per twenty years she has girdled the globe on record breaking concert tours, stun ning audiences and critics alike with her forceful, even majestic technique. In a re cent review, the New York Times said of her playing: “If Gina Bachauer did not exist, no one could invent her be cause it would be impossible to imagine the precise combi nation of physical character istics. aristocratic stage man ners, blaring technical bril liants and remarkable mad cal brilliance and remarkable musical insights that make her the woman, pianist and in terpretive artist she is.” For her Brevard concert Sun day, Miss Bachauer has chosen to interpret Beethoven’s piano Concerto No. 5, (“Emperor Con certo”). This masterwork in terpreted by the inimitable Gina Bauchauer is surely one of the prime musical events of the season at Brevard. Maestro Henry Janiec, di rector of the Brevard Music Center, will conduct Jn'dnB panying Misti Bachauer. Fol lowing Miss Bachauer, the day concert also features an orchestral performance of one of the lasting works of the great Finnish composer Jean —Turn to Page Six We’re Grounded Strike By Piedmont Pilots Cancels Many Local Flights The strike by pilots against Piedmont Airlines has resulted in the cancellation of 20 flights to and from Western North Carolina. A spokesman tor Piedmont said between 600 and 650 per sons have been affected by the strike in the past two days at the Asheville Airport between Brevard and Asheville. This number were scheduled to arrive or depart during rou tine operations. Two groups of passengers scheduled to take Piedmont in cluded a convention of Uniroyal employes and two campers from two camps. Piedmont officials are refer ring passengers to other air lines. The strike was called by the pilots over a dispute with Pied Whitewater Falls Picnic Set, Judge Thornburg Will Spe^k By • Heeler Hansen. SAPPHIRE - WHITEWATER — Judge Lacey Thornburg of Sylva will be the principal speaker at the 21st |umual Whitewater Picnic to b i held Saturday noon, July 20th, at the North and South Carolina state line on Whitewater Road. Others an the program in dude South Carolina CongrfK man W. J, Bryan Dome; Sofch Carolina Senator Shumakfr; and Peter Hanlon, Pisgah Dis trict Regional Director of the U. S. Forest Service. Howard English of the Oconee .To Pago no* mont over crew assignment in the Boeing 737 jets. The airlines reduced crews from three pilots to two pilots, claiming other airlines routine ly operated with two. A total of 370 pilots walked off the job Monday, demanding that three crew members be assigned to the cockpit of the jets. The 737 jets arrive and de part Asheville each day. “The Boeing 737 jet was de signed and built to be flown by two pilots,” said Walter Rol lins, Piedmont public relations —Tarn to Page Five During the period through Saturday, temperatures will av erage near normal. Daytime highs are expected to average mostly in the lower 80s in the mountain area. Lows at night will average in the lower 00s. Quite warm through the week except some moderation toward the weekend. Precipitation will total one inch or mere occuring as scat tered thundershowers each day. Temperatures during the past week averaged 86 and 81. lta fol Temperatures and tion for the past week lows: High Lew Free. Wednesday-80 60 0.00 Thursday- 88 57 0.00 _ 83 62 0.02 _#1 59 0J8 86 65 1.50 85 63 002 Rosman Tracking Station Supports The Apollo XI In Indirect Important Way Communications Back-Up Space Data Acquisition Transylvania county has not been just a bystander in all the recent excitement of man’s first landing on the moon. The Rosman National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Snace Tracking and Data Acquisition Newwork (STADAN) sta tion had a part in that historic accomplishment. “We've had no direct responsibility to Apollo XI,” said Gary Dennis, Station Direc tor, “but we have been involved indirectly through, the Applications Technology Satellites and the other scientific observation satellites we have been working with for the last sev eral years. “Sometimes,” said Mr. Dennis, “there are problems in commnications with space missions such as Apollo. The usual High Frequency Link is with the communications ships strategically located for this purpose. But when this link is broken for any reason we serve as back up using the ATS satellites we are working with as relays.” PRIMARILY FOR EARTH ORBITS The 200-employee Rosman facility is pri marily concerned with earth orbit scientific exploration and experimental satellites. These are many and of prime importance to the en tire space effort; the Orbiting Solar Observa tory )OGS); the Orbiting Geophysical Ob servatory (GGO); the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO): the NIMBUS weather stalleite; the IMP solar radiations satellite; and the Applications Technology Satellites for testing new ideas in space meteorological ob servations, new camera systems, and new communications systems. COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANCE It is these new communications systems which have helped the space flight program in the past and which have earned the Rosman Facility a place when the history of the spec tacular Apollo XI flight and moon landing is written. , ATS-I, for example, has relayed televis ion pictures of the moon landing to the mil lions of people who watched this feat in South America. The pictures, relayed from the sat ellite high above the Pacific, enabled a large part of the world to view the landing that could not have done so otherwise. In more direct support of the Apollo XI flight itself, the Rosman Facility began a full watch on Tuesday afternoon as a part of a VHF communications link for the recovery of the spacemen in the Pacific. With one other STADAN installation, the one at Mojave .Cali fornia, and the Aircraft Carrier “Hornet”, Ros man constitutes part of the critical communica tions link which operates until the spacecraft has splashed down and been recovered. OTHER ASSISTANCE This more direct type of assistance is ac tually of much less importance than a less noted type of support the Rosman Facility has given the entire space flight program ov er the 6 years of its operation. By tracking and reading out weather Satel lites, the Rosman facility has contributed heavi —'Tain to Page Flv* Log Reviewed Religious Programs Carried Daily, Sunday Over WPNF The-Presbyterian U. S. Series of the Protestant Hour, heard locally on station WPNF, cur rently is featuring Dr. John A. Redhead, pastor, First Presby terian church, Greensboro. “Judging hy audience re sponse, Dr. Redhead is perhaps the all - time favorite speaker for this program,” declares Dr. Ernest J. Arnold, president of the Protestant Radio and TV Center, Atlanta, Ga. which is now in the 24th consecutive year of producing this program. Dr. Redhead will be heard the last Sunday in July and each Sunday in August on the nlittrtant Hour at 6:80 p. m. He will be speaker on topics (> God, anxiety and will be presented by the West minster Youth Choir of Oak Cliff Presbyterian church, Dal las, Texas. Other Programs Farm and Home Hour sche duled for the week will be as follows: Thursday, station pro gram; Friday, U. S. Forest Ser vice; Monday, Jim David, Coun ty Agricultural Extension Agent; Tuesday, station pro gram; Wednesday, Jean Chil ders, Home Economics Exten sion Agent. The Sunday morning worship service will be broadcast again this week from the Brevard Wesleyan Methodist church. Rev. Watson Black is the pas tor. Next week’s service will eminate from Brevard David son - River Presbyterian church. FUND for your life *945,698 trawsvivania COMWMWty HOSPITAL THE “FUND FOR YOUR LIFE” Campaign of the Transylvania Com munity hospital has reached a total of $945,698, and by the reporting meeting at noon on Thursday, it is hoped that it will go over the one million mark. The goal was $600, 600 for the first phase of the new hospital, but with the over-whelming success of the drive, both phases, including the intensive care division, will be constructed. At the left is Jack C. Dense, the general chair man of the campaign, and at the right are Duncan MacLean and Rich ard Nolte, of Ketchum, Inc., the fund-raising- company directing the campaign. (Times Staff Photo) Report On Highway Work Expecting To Open Elm Bend Extension During Coming Week Much progress is noted this week on the two big road projects now underway in Transylvania county. Paving has been completed on Elm Bend extension across the French Broad river and to Wilson road. Paving and curbing work is being completed, and high way crews are also busy with painting under the large bridge. According to Freddie Dav idson, highway official, the road is expected to be open ed up during the coming week to local tia.fic. The road is now above flood stage . Previously, it always flood ed when the French Broad river was out of it banks. Mr. ltavidson said they are pleased with the progress being made on the four-lane highway from Brevard to the new Lake Sega bridge. Curb and gutter work was started this week, and it i.~ hoped that paving will be gin sometime next week. Mr. Davidson said that the road will remain open to traf fic while it is being paved. The new highway elimi nates several sharp curves, and it will be four lanes in stead of two. FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK and the local employees have contributed $13,067 to the “Fund For Your Life” campaign of the Transylvania Community hospital. The announcement was made by Ray N. Simmons, right, vice president in charge of the Brevard bank. At the left in the photograph above is Gene Morris, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the local hospital receiv ing the various pledge cards. The corporate gift of the bank was $10, 000, and Mr. Simmon3 is also serv ing as auditor for the “Fund For Your Life” campaign. (Times Staff Photo)
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