U S Space Complex Grows Into Largest Agencies
In a decade since Sputnik the United States built a space industry giant with NASA now one of the largest federal agencies. It draws up to $5 billion a year from the Treasury while the Defense Department spends nearly $2 billion on space. NASA employs 35,000 at 14 facilities and supports 260,000 private-sector workers nationwide.
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Television in Review and Space Drive to the Moon
Hollywood television critique urges fewer commercials to preserve movie viewing as viewers flock to fewer interruptions. The piece also surveys NASA Apollo program sites from Huntsville to Cape Canaveral, noting massive logistics and investments, Cape Kennedy and Kennedy Space Center roles, budget strains, and Brevard County growth amid spacerace momentum.
Ripon Society Urges Negotiations With Viet Cong
Ripon Society proposes immediate talks with the Viet Cong as a step toward peace with Hanoi after the 1968 elections. The liberal Republican group calls for phased local autonomy in South Vietnam, local elections, and end to antigovernment activity in exchange for Viet Cong concessions, aiming to split the Communists and influence peace talks.
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Thruston Morton
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