Jan 3 1969
From The Space Library
H.R. 16, 17, and 204, bills to authorize award of Congressional Medal of Honor to Apollo 8 Astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, Jr." and William A. Anders, were introduced during first session of 91st Congress. (CR, 1/3/69, H33-42)
Time named Apollo 8 astronauts its Men of the Year for 1968. "For all its upheavals and frustrations, the year would be remembered to the end of time for the dazzling skills and Promethean daring that sent mortals around the moon. It would be celebrated as the year in which men saw at first hand their little earth entire, a remote, blue-brown sphere hovering like a migrant bird in the hostile night of space." (Time, 1/3/69, 9)
New York State Supreme Court Justice Frederick M. Marshall issued temporary injunction to block sale of Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory by Cornell Univ. to EDP Technology, Inc., of Washington, D.C., for $25 million. He directed case be given preference on trial calendar. (NYT, 1/4/69, 23)
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