Nixon space role signals new Air Force emphasis
Dr. Robert C. Seamans Jr., a former NASA official and MIT professor, was named civilian Air Force secretary designating a shift toward space work. Seamans pledged to develop defense equipment for space mission needs, citing MOL as a key program while noting schedule delays.
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Washington
Nixon
Robert C. Seamans, Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Army
Navy
Stanley R. Resor
Rhode Island
John H. Chafee
Paul R. Ignatius
Seamans
Harold Brown
Air Force Space Program
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Air Force
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
United States
Pentagon
Traver
NASA
MIT
Cambridge
Mass
James Webb
Cole Watson Plan New Vocation Agency Proposal
Sens. Criss Cole of Houston and Murray Watson of Waco propose creating a separate state vocational rehabilitation agency. They say growth and funding, with about 75 percent federal money, justify a dedicated agency with three commissioners appointed by the governor.
Dallas City Vehicles May Entrap Speeders
Dallas city officials consider making city vehicles resemble police cars to slow speeders. Councilman Jack McKinney cited a citizen suggestion to place side emblems and tweak the markings on about 2,000 city vehicles on Dallas streets. Air Force case for an accelerat city manager Scott McDonald and Seamans are noted in the report.
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Dallas
Jack McKinney
Air Force
Scott McDonald Tion
Seamans
Humble Promotes Bultzo To Staff Engineer Post
Charles Bultzo of the Machinery and Utilities Section at Humble Baytown Refinery is promoted to senior staff engineer. A renowned expert in high speed rotary equipment, he specializes in centrifugal compressors and gas turbines in refinery operations. Bultzo joined Humble in June 1948 after earning a B S from the University of New Mexico and an M S from the University of Houston in 1959. He is a state registered professional engineer. The Bultzo family resides at 428 Willow Lane and attends St Joseph’s Catholic Church.
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Charles Bultzo
Humble
Baytown
Bultzo
Bays Town
University of New Mexico
University of Houston
Willow Lane
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Oak Cliff Chamber Seeks Three New Trinity Bridges
Dallas AP report says the Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce requests three additional bridges across the Trinity River to connect Oak Cliff with the rest of Dallas, aiming to improve traffic and access.
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Oak Cliff Chamber
Dallas
Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce
Trinity River
Enjay Promotes Two To Engineering Associate Posts
Enjay promotes Ralph James and Roger Wylie to engineering associate posts. James has a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas 1948 and an MS from Houston 1954, joining as an engineering assistant in 1948. Wylie, a Rice University BS chemical engineering graduate 1944, returns from a loan assignment in Florham Park to join Enjay's Engineering Department.
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Enjay
Ralph James
Roger Wylie
James
University of Texas
University of Houston
Wylie
Florham Park
Rice University
Atlantic Ocean Floor Spreading Reported by Ocean Drilling Crew
Scientists aboard a deep ocean drilling ship report conclusive evidence that the Atlantic floor is spreading, pushing Europe and America apart. They cite convective cells moving semi molten material along the mid Atlantic ridge, forming new crust that feeds the continents like a conveyor belt.
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Miami
Atlantic Ocean
Europe
America
Earth
mid-Atlantic
Robert Dieta
Environmental Science Services Administration Laboratory
Glomar Challenger
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