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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1961
Page
12
AP chief William F. Arbogast evaluates Sam Rayburn in a reflective profile, describing his enduring imprint on U S politics and his closeness to the speaker as both observer and friend. The long view discusses the Texas congressman's career and influence as his era closes.
A tribute outlines Sam Rayburn’s Texas roots and rapid rise to U.S. House Speaker, detailing his long tenure, leadership style, strict control, and clashes with presidents. It notes his records, Backstage governance, and final days under medical pressure.
A space researcher from the George E. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville Alabama told the American Rocket Society that commercial manned space flights could develop in the 1975 to 1980 period with lunar settlement by 1975 and regular Earth to Moon round trips by 1975. He cautioned costs and feasibility remain undecided.
A top Navy antisubmarine warfare official rejected the Soviet assertion that Moscow has the world’s fastest fleet of nuclear submarines. He spoke on background, saying the Navy does not believe the claim and doubts the Soviet numbers.
A surplus missile tracking unit from Cape Canaveral, purchased by the Scottish Rite Masonic bodies of Miami, was donated to the State Boys School in Marianna. The unit was dismantled and its complex electronic instruments repurposed as classroom models for teaching electronics.
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