Nov 7 1966
From The Space Library
Clarence C . Gay, Jr., Acting Director of Gemini Test, became Chief, Apollo Spacecraft Test, Apollo Test Directorate at NASA Hq. (NASA Ann., 11/18/66)
Western Union Telegraph Co. asked FCC's permission to create domestic comsat system to transmit telegrams. Ground stations would be constructed in Oregon, Iowa, Colorado, Louisiana, Alabama, and, possibly, West Virginia. (UPI, NYT, 11/8/66, 15)
Moscow parade celebrating 49th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution included rocket which Russians claimed was immune to any antimissile defense system and could be dropped out of orbit from any direction. (AP, Wash. Eve. Star, 11/7/66, A1, A6)
NASA Administrator James E. Webb was presented Gen. Benedict Crowell Gold Medal by American Ordnance Assn.'s Cleveland Post. (Lewis News, 11/10/66, 1)
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