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Decatur Daily in Decatur, Alabama

26 Dec 1968

Page 5

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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 26, 1968

Page

5

Bob Gilruth Man For Sky And Sea

Houston profile of Dr. Robert R. Gilruth director of NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center. The piece traces his career in aeronautics, his Family life with Joan Gilruth, and their shared boatbuilding passion culminating in a 52 foot hydrofoil yacht under construction at their Texas home.

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Robert R. Gilruth NASA Manned Spacecraft Center America William Barry Furlong World Book Science Service Houston Texas Sun Gilruths Barbara Bob Joan Gilruth Chesapeake Bay Texas Space Bob Gilruth LaMancha Joan National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics Langley Field U.S Gilruth University of Minnesota NACA Wallops Island Virginia Hougton Ara Gilruth Attop Gilrauth Mercury Moon
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Letters to the Editor from Decatur and Athens (1968)

A Decatur Daily reader thanks locals for allowing a float in the Christmas parade and reflects on the message “Christ and Freedom” versus Communism. Other letters critique Miss Bankhead’s fame, and endorse Nixon appointee Blount as Postmaster General, praising Alabama and border states.

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Decatur John Birch Society Hartselle Athens Miss Bankhead H.H. Watson Alabama Nixon Blount Montgomery U.S. Chamber of Commerce South F. B._ Richerson Morgan County FBR Mid
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