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Independent in Long Beach, California

18 Sep 1969

Page 8

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Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Sep 18, 1969

Page

8

Murphy urges recommissioned New Jersey pe ace ship for world tour

Senator George Murphy of California called for reactivating the battleship New Jersey, painting it white and sending it on a round the world peace mission. He asked President Nixon and Defense Secretary Laird to consider the idea, likening it to Roosevelt's Great White Fleet.

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Washington UPS George Murphy Calif New Jersey Nixon Defense Melvin R. Laird Murphy Theodore Roosevelt
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Agnew pushes 1986 Mars mission and shuttle plan

Vice President Agnew recommends to Nixon a 1986 Mars mission paired with a space shuttle and orbiting laboratories. The four member task force backs low cost shuttle bases and space stations to support 50 to 100 inhabitants, with options ranging to earlier or post 1990 Mars dates.

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Washington Nixon Spiro T. Agnew U.S Mars Agnew Earth National Aeronautics and Space Council Orbiting Space Laboratory
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