Feb 16 1968

From The Space Library

President Johnson at news conference announced that resig­nations of A. B. Trowbridge as Secretary of Commerce and Charles Murphy as member of Civil Aeronautics Board had been accepted. With Senate approval, Trowbridge would be succeeded by C. R. Smith, Chairman of Board of American Airlines, and Murphy, who would be­come consultant to President, by John H. Crooker of law firm Full-bright, Crooker, Freeman & Bates. (PD, 2/19/68, 295-300)

National Sporting Aviation Council, representing over 80,000 sporting aviation enthusiasts, was formed within NAA to promote progress and development of sport aviation in U.S. and to encourage worldwide par­ticipation through FAI. (NAA News)

Flight of Soviet heavy turboprop Bear aircraft had made most southern penetration over North American waters, coming close to Newfound­land coast in early February, Charles W. Corddry reported in Balti­more Sun. According to DOD officials, flight was closest to date but was not first; several Soviet aircraft had been detected 75-100 mi from Newfoundland coast since January. (Corddry, B Sun, 2/17/68, 1)

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