Dec 12 1971
From The Space Library
USN manned spacecraft recovery forces in Atlantic and Pacific would cachet and cancel philatelic mail for March 17 launch of Apollo 16, Washington Sunday Star reported. Covers would be processed through coordinators at Norfolk, Va., and Honolulu. From Hawaii covers would be forwarded to recovery ship. Since Atlantic Recovery Force would not include ship with post office, covers would be processed by Norfolk post office. (W Star, 12/12/71, Cll)
NOAA, after one year of functioning, was "hardly a wet NASA," Thomas O'Toole said in Washington Post article. While it had been predicted that Government would spend up to $2 billion a year on NOAA by 1970, spending "never went higher than $500 million and it's almost all spent on surface vessels." NOAA expected to spend no more than $700 000 for undersea research in 1972. (iV Post, 12/12/71, Al)
David Sarnoff, honorary board chairman and former president of RCA Corp., died at age 80 after long illness. Sarnoff, often called "electronics prophet," had played major role in development of radio and TV. (NYT, 12/13/71, 1)
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