Sep 7 1968

From The Space Library

September 7: During visit to MSFC, Republican presidential candidate Rich­ard M. Nixon said of space program, "I would have this clearly un­derstood: that I consider this program as one of our national impera­tives, that it must be supported at a level assuring efficient and steady progress, that the ups and downs . . . in planning, programming and financing must be brought to a halt, and that as President I will make certain our country retains leadership in this great endeavor. . . . It is an inescapable fact of our national life today that we cannot afford to do all we wish. But we must do all we can. . . . I assert my conviction that among the claimants for Federal support I consider the space pro­gram both indispensable and of major importance to our country. . . . In every area of science-in every area of knowledge-the United States must continue to probe the unknown. In terms of our long-range security and growth, the most critical gap which we could allow to de­velop would be a research gap." (Text; NYT, 9/7/68, 1; UPI, W Post, 9/7/68 [photo] ; B Sun, 9/7/68)

Max Conrad, holder of world record for straight-line distance (7,688.5 mi) in light aircraft, set June 2-4, 1959, claimed new world distance record of 4,968 mi in closed-circuit route. He landed his twin-engine Piper Aztec at Lambert Field in St. Louis, Mo., after flying 621-mi tri­angular route between St. Louis, Des Moines, Iowa, and Kansas City, Mo., eight times in 37 hr 50 min. (World Almanac, 68, 752; UPI, W Post, 9/9/68, C5)

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