Editors Name Armstrong Top Newsmaker of 1969
Associated Press editors select Neil Armstrong as 1969 top newsmaker for his Apollo program achievements. The report highlights his early aviation, Navy service, Gemini docking, and role as first man on the moon, alongside other notable figures like Charles De Gaulle and John Knowles.
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Neil Armstrong
Neil Alden Armstrong
Associated Press
Armstrong
Ohio
Purdue University
Navy
Korea
Purdue
National Advisory Council On Aeronautics
Cleveland
Council
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
London
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Algeria
Senate
de Gaulle Knowles Donaldson Armstrong Meany Pike
Namath Smothers Brothers
Mailer Onassis
Johnson Dubcek
Barnard Ford Shanker
Paul VI McLain
Rowan & Martin Styron Onassis
Johnson Dayan von Braun
Martin Reuther Groppi Yastrzemski
Sinatra
Manchester
Alliluyeva
Johnson de Gaulle DeBakey
Nader
Meany
Pike Koufax
Batman Gandhi
Johnson Johnson White
Donner
Dirksen
Paul VI
Koufax
Beatles Capote
Johnson Khrushchev
Guthrie Ford Hoffa
Sholokhov
Johnson Paul VI
Clay Beatles
Fleming Johnson
Kennedy de Gaulle
Pauling Funston Hoffa
John Xxih
Taylor Frost Kennedy
Kennedy Castro Kelsey Estes Goldberg
John XXII
Liston
Monroe Steinbeck
Kennedy
Kennedy Khrushchev
Gagarin
Romney Hoffa
Blake Maris Minow
Khrushchev
von Braun
Romney Hoffa Patterson
Gable Hemingway Kennedy
Knowles backed for 1960s health post and Egeberg chosen
The top health secretary post would control nearly five billion dollars for medical research and care, overseeing NIH and health policy. Knowles faced AMA opposition for liberal ideas while Roger Egeberg, USC Medical School dean, was appointed after political pressure. William Donaldson, head of Donaldson Lufkin Jenrette, led a NYSE public move.
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Associated Press
John H. Knowles
William H. Donaldson
Tom and
Dick Smothers
Joe Namath
Episcopal
James A. Pike
Norman Mailer
George Meany
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Massachusett General Hospital
Education and Welfare
American Medical Association
Secretary Post
National Institute of Health
Consumer Protection and Environmental Services
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
New York Stock Exchange
Donaldson
Air Force Halting UFO Investigations
After 22 years the U S Air Force ends its UFO inquiry as the scientific debate continues. A AAAS symposium features remarks by Dr Donald H Menzel Harvard and Dr J Allen Hynek Northwestern. Apollo 11 astronauts autographed a Moon book raising funds in Houston.
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Boston
U.S. Air Force
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Donald H. Menzel
Harvard University
J. Allen Hynek
Northwestern University
Air Force
Hynek
Menzel
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Michael Collins
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Tom
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Network
Smothers Brothers
New York Jets
Jets
Baltimore
Pete Rozelle
California
Hersey
Pike
Judean
Civilization
New York City
Pentagon
Mailer
Afl-Cio
Nixon
Supreme Court
Clement F. Haynsworth
Organized Labor
Haynsworth
Senate Judiciary Committee
Aristotle Onassis
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Jackie Watchers
United States
Bankmerk
Tim Cooley
Steve Worth
Journal-World
The
Mike Bodin
Philip Feoker
Jimmy Harrell
Don Preston
Ralph Smith
Russell Livingston
Herb Lewellin
Isaac Austin
Darrell McManness
John Hird
Roy Freeman
Mike Horne
Richard Hird
Mike Gillispie
Dennis Benjamin
Fred Parks
David Mikels
Dolph Simons
Dan Rew
Ryan Stensifer
Ronnie Nitcher
John Clyatt
Larry Hood
Blaine Stewart
Kenneth Bones
Mike Medlen
Lelan McManness
Kim Marnell
Stan Grewing
Keith Armitage
Rodney Karlin
Jeff Luther
Michael Herrick
Steve Clevenger
Maurice Simpson
Bryan Simmons
Allen Simmons
Dave McFarland
Mark ‘Stogsdill
Steve Hamlin
Aaron Handel
Aaron Austin
David Rundquist
Brad Bond
Bill Quinlan Scott Stevenson
Jerry Headly
Paul Strong
Alan Garcia
Shirley McFarland
Billy Davidson
Ralph Reschke
Steve Groening
Kent House
Kenny Patterson
Kurt Stockhammer
Kevin Stevenson
Jim Troxel
Ricky Tedrow
John Amyx
Mike Harrell
Brian Norwood
Dennis Boyd
Chris Parsons
Brian Brune
Kenneth Henshaw
Steve Madsen
Peter Albrecht
Wayne Shackleford
Victor Heffner
Scott McClure
John & Mark Hoffines
Tonganoxie
Marty Soetaut
Bobby Johnson—Baldwin
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Baldwin
Kent King
McLouth
Randy Horries
Mrs. Crawford
Oskaloosa
Noble Lovgren
Williamstown
John Rutherford
Don Swafford
Perry
Bryan Endsley
Lecompton
Roger Hipsher
Linwood
Mark Messick
Eudora
Terry Wisdom
Mike Kurtz
Tim Hines
Ronald Stumpff
DeSoto
Paul Alexander
David Vaughn
Garran Allison
Lawrence, Kansas
Lawrence Journal-World
FHA
Chaparral
Herren & Westerhouse
Haverty & Hedges
Haverty
Hedges
Massachusetts
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