Aug 23 1967
From The Space Library
USAF launched unidentified satellite from WTR using Thor-Burner II booster. (Pres Rep 1967)
The New York Times commented on the task force appointed by President Johnson to formulate a national communications policy [see Aug. 19]: "The . . . task force . . . has an unprecedented opportunity to break internal governmental deadlocks that stand in the way of a domestic satellite system and other needed forward steps in communications. It can do much to advance public television and to give all TV, both commercial and noncommercial, a firmer root in public service. Perhaps most important of all, it can point a path for the interconnection of international satellites so that all countries can be encouraged to see and speak to one another across the heavens. . . . "The major challenge is to clear channels through which revolutionary new developments in communications can be used with maximum effectiveness for total human service and enlightenment. The last thing that should happen is for Congress to postpone action on President Johnson's proposal for a Corporation of Public Broadcasting. Such a planning body should be in existence to move speedily on any sound recommendations the task force makes." (NYT, 8/23/67,40M)
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