Sep 6 1974
From The Space Library
Western Union Telegraph Co.'s Westar 1 (launched 13 April) made America's first mail delivery via satellite, sending a "mailgram," combination telegram and letter, from New York to Los Angeles. A 60-word mailgram to the West Coast cost $1.35, rather than the $6.00 for a telegram. Regular, one-business-day transmission of mailgrams by satellite from New York to Los Angeles would begin in late September, with mailgram traffic from the East Coast to Texas and parts of the West Coast beginning late in the year. (NASA Hq WB, 7 Oct 74; AP, B Sun, 6 Sept 74, A3 )
President Ford signed H.R. 15572 into Public Law 93-414, making appropriations for Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, space, science, and veterans activities for FY 1975. The bill included a $3.206-billion NASA appropriation and $666.3 million for the National Science Foundation. [ See 21 and 22 Aug.] (P.L. 93-414)
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