Dec 11 1963

From The Space Library

Sen. Stuart Symington (D.-Mo.) said in St. Louis that DOD's cancellation of Dyna Soar (X-20) manned space flight project probably would accelerate production of Gemini capsule by McDonnell Aircraft Corp. of St. Louis, thus benefiting employ­ment and economy of St. Louis. (St. Louis. Post-Dispatch, 12/11/63)

Following Secretary McNamara's announcement of the Dyna Soar cancellation, New York Times editorialized : "Now the news that the expensive and difficult station-in-space project has been added to the list of tasks to be accomplished this decade makes it more imperative than ever Chat, a new hard look be taken at what we arc trying to do, the wisdom of the choices made, and the adequacy of our resources for the total effort." (NYT, 12/11/63, 46)

NASA announced it would negotiate with IBM for electronic equipment and support in Saturn IB and Saturn V launch vehicle programs. Cost of work over next five years was expected to exceed $75 million. Negotiations would cover integration and checkout of the instrument units, the design and manufacture of data adapters, and development and production of digital guid­ance computers. (Marshall Star, 12/11/63, 2)

President Johnson issued statement to Cabinet aimed at holding down Federal employment and achieving greater economy mea­sures. He emphasized that 1965 budget totals for civilian em­ployment "must be held below the levels in the 1964 and 1963 budges . . . ." (Wicker; NYT, 12/12/63, 1, 28)

Prof. Linus C. Pauling, in his Nobel speech at Oslo Univ., called for: U.N. supervision of nuclear stockpiles; acceptance of Com­munist China into the U.N. so that meaningful disarmament can take place; a control system for nuclear weapons under which a country could use them only with U.N. approval; a general agree­ment to halt R&D of biological and chemical weapons and prohibit their use. (NYT, 12/12/63, 3)

Dr. Gertrude Blanch, USAF Aerospace Research Labora­tories scientist, was awarded "Exceptional Civilian Service" medal for her work in mathematics. (USAF OAR Release 12-63-2)

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