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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1968
Page
2
Gregg Carter reports on a student survey discussing the balance of athletics and other activities, campus smoking, open campus notions, integration, and opinions on an extended school year. The group favors strong administration, universal integration, and keeps summer vacation as is, with mixed views on smoking restrictions and campus openness.
The article frames the Apollo era as a modern nativity story with three astronauts as a contemporary trinity. It likens their voyage to the biblical journey, presenting faith, hope, and shared human advancement as a Christmas message. The narrative emphasizes opportunity, new beginnings, and the timeless quest among stars.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower recovering from heart attacks will watch his grandson David Nixon wed Julie Nixon on closed circuit TV from Walter Reed Army Hospital. NBC will broadcast in black and white to Eisenhower's VIP suite with Mamie Eisenhower possibly joining if well enough. The telecast is for the couple and two VIPs, with no public viewing.
Houston blends cattle country and high tech as the Manned Spacecraft Center grows into a civic symbol. The Astrodome stands beside a campus-like center complex with 4600 on site workers, 235 million valuation, and a climate of evangelical zeal. Houston touts itself as Bagdad on the Bayou and a launchpad to the moon, a city at the right place, right time with space dreams becoming real.
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