Space Congress exhibits Slated for public view
A Lunar rock from the Sea of Tranquility will be on display at the Santa Maria Convention Hall lobby during the Western Space Congress symposium October 27 to 29, with free admission. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin brought the 31.6 gram sample in July 1969. hours are 9 am to 5 pm Tuesday and 9 am to 7 pm Wednesday and Thursday. Friday display moves to Lompoc high school parking lot.
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Santa Maria Convention Hall
Earth
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin “Buzz
Aldrin, Jr
Lompoc
First
Western Space Congress
Convention Hall
Air Medal Awarded to Lompoc Specialist West in Vietnam
Army Specialist Thomas E. West of Lompoc received the Air Medal with V Device for heroism during a Vietnam mission with the 190th Aviation Company. West and three crewmates engaged enemy forces west of Tan An, aiding a wounded pilot after their helicopter was hit, underlining devotion to duty and unit honor. The citation was signed by Col. Thorveld R. Torgersen.
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Thomas E. West
Lompoc
Vietnam
Thomas
Clair West
W. Lime
Lompoc High School
190Th Aviation Company
Tan An
United States Army
Funeral rites planned for Scopes who sparked Monkey Trial
John Thomas Scopes died in Shreveport at age 70 after a cancer battle. His 1925 Dayton Tennessee trial over teaching evolution drew Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan, with H L Mencken among the press corps. His family planned a Roman Catholic funeral.
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Shreveport
UPI
John Thomas Scopes
Scopes
Tennessee
Dayton
Charles Darwin
Clarence Darrow
William Jennings Bryan
H. L. Mencken
Generals Seek Consul Access In Russia
UPI reports U.S. diplomats sought consular access to Maj. Gen. Edward C. D. Scherrer and Brig. Gen. Claude M. McQuarrie Jr after their Beechcraft reportedly strayed into Soviet airspace near the Turkish border. Tass said the crew and Turkish liaison officer were in good health as Moscow prepared to investigate the frontier violation. The generals, both USMA graduates, were flying from Erzurum to Kars as part of the U S Military Assistance Group in Turkey.
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Moscow
UPI
U.S
Edward C. D. Scherrer
Shawneetown
Ill
Claude Monroe McQuarrie Jr
Ft. Benning
Armenia
Tass
James P. Russell
Civat Danli
Soviet Union
Foreign Ministry
Boris H. Klosson
U.S Military Assistance Group
Turkey
U.S Defense Department
Erzurum
Kars
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Alan Wood
Nancy Hewitt
Santa Maria
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Space Congress
Irving Underwood
Mercury Ave
Vandenberg Village
Ike
The
Heart and Cancer Research Foundation
United Technology Center
Lockheed Missile and Space Co
NASA
Usaf
Norton Air Force Base
Western Audio Visual Systems Inc
Trumpeter Electronics Inc
CMC International
1369Th Photographic Squadron
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Convair Division
General Dynamics Missile, Space, and Aircraft Systems
Monitor
Grumman Aerospace Corp
Space Systems
Hughes Aircraft Co
RCA
ITT
Aerospace - Optical Division
Santa Barbara Research Center
Cryolab
Cryogenic Engineering Co
Pacific Missile Range
Kcoy-Tv
Channel 12
Space and Missile Systems Organization
Space and Missile Test Center
WAFB
Arnold Engineering and Development Center
Federal Electric Co
Vandenberg Scientific Technical Societies Counci
Jacques Lanctot
James Cross
Lanctot
Quebec Liberation Front
Res
Harry Morris
E. College Avenue
Vann
Es Lupe & Casualty
Mk le
Palace
Ostraw
Reece
Col. Thorveld R. Torgersen
1St Aviation Brigade
Thanx to _ Dick Kendrick
NEA, Inc
Bryan
Darrow
Russia
Imeet
Baldwin Music
North
Broadway
California
Bob
Lagomarsino Com
J.J
J.J. Hollister
Vere Vital
Bob Lagomarsino
Judiciary
California Peace Officers’ Association
Sacramento
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