Local Man Programs Apollo 11 Flight
Gordon Straw, former Stephenson resident and James Wood High School graduate, helped program a segment of the Apollo 11 flight while employed as a computer programmer at NASA in Houston. He worked on consoles at the Johnson Space Center during the moon landing and walking sequence. Straw and his wife Rose Marie live in Webster, Texas with two children and attend the same church as astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
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Houston Space Center
Straw
Salvadoran Troops Refuse Honduran Withdrawal Demand
El Salvador defies an OAS order to pull troops from Honduras by 10 p.m. EST claiming compensation for damages to Salvadorans and demanding tribunals for murders. The conflict, marked by an invasion of about 1000 square miles and heavy casualties, draws potential sanctions and regional concern.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Honduras
OAS
TV Movie Highlights and TV Stars Busy This Week
TV guide items highlight 1943 musical For Me and My Gal starring Gene Kelly Judy Garland and George Murphy and 1960 The Private Lives of Adam and Eve on late TV. Notes on TV bicycling by Frank Cady and guest stars Mai Britt Don Francks Lee Meriwether James Bond style Mission Impossible episode details and Bracken’s World actress Elizabeth Allen comments. Michael Link from Julia disappears and reappears in a studio office scene.
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WMAL
WSVA
Allen the
Pays of Our Sudden
the Guiding
Hospital
Storm Hospital
Steve Allen
Merv
Warner
Griffin
Mike and
Douglas Gal
Flintstones
Wilburn Martin
Brothers
Agronsky
Lucy
ABC Evening
Ai Era
HC McHale
Newsnight
Washington Navy
David
Doris Day
Cavette
Cavett
Staal Newsnight
Joey
Bishop
Eve
Gene Kelly
Judy Garland
George Murphy
Adam & Eve
Mickey Rooney
Mamie van Doren
Reno
Garden of Eden
Mai Britt
Don Francks
Lee Meriwether
Impossible Missions Force
Hints From Heloise Lessons In Handy Household Tricks
A collage of reader tips on frugal homemaking includes nylon net dishcloths with ruffles for scrubbing, a grapefruit centerpiece for hors d oeuvres, outdoor kitchen filter cleaning, oilcloth doll patterns, and quick tidiness methods. The letters feature humor and practical tweaks from readers like Florence Thurow and Judy C.
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Church Guild
Heloise
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Gordon Straw
D.C
Houston
Organization of American States
inter-American
Republic
Va. Beach
Ijuly
Baseba
N.Y.P.D
Della
Frank Cady
Sam Drucker
Elizabeth Allen
Nbc-Tv
Bracken
Michael Link
Earl J. Waggedorn
Julia
20Th Century Fox
Hal Kanter
Hal
Michael
Bailey
Zero
Winthrop
V(cous
Wolk
Blondie
Jackson Twins
Jill
Snuffy Smith
Maaw
Nancy
Sluggo
Guild
Corkey
Florence Thurow
M. C
Judy C
Susie
Ned
Timbuktu
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