A large collection of letters, news excerpts, brochures, telegrams, news clippings & a special Proposal. Examples are: the 10 February 1961 edition of Navy Press Clips (6 pages); stapled packet including letters (Mar.-Apr. 1961) & pages from the Space Age News (Vol. 3, No. 16) re/ “proposed construction of multi-million dollar Polaris assembly and crew training facility on the West Coast;” telegram & letter (4/59) “urging a crash program to offset Russian accomplishments in space;” letters (Apr.-May 1961) re/ Wilson responds to constituent who doubts Russian successes & emphasizes how millions are not receiving food and shelter in the Soviet Union; letters (July & Aug. 1961) re/ concerns about Russian advances in manned aircraft as well as missiles; letters (12/60 & 1/61) re/ relocation of management of missile site to Norton Air Force Base & plans to relocate sections of the Inglewood Ballestic Missiles Complex; letters (Mar.-Apr. 1961 re/ Wilson’s assistance to a Navy Lt. to study in field of astrophysics with NASA assistance; letters (Mar.-May 1961) re/ constituent interest in the development of solid propellants, his strong conservative views against federal aid to education & other topics; letter (5/15/61) from Wilson & attached news clipping from the Observer (5/7/61)re/ “Soviet spaceships may use rails;” letters (5/61) re/ NASA responds to San Diegan Miss Janet Ellis’ request that the U.S. register the accomplishments of its first suborbital manned flight with the International Science Group in Paris; a letter (7/17/61) from R.C. Finvold (President, Dyantech Engineering Co.) to Wilson re/ discussion about NASA patent law; letters (5/61) re/ NASA & Wilson respond to a 13 year old Roosevelt Jr. High student, Janet Mowers, as to her concerns about the number of satellites orbiting the earth and what effect they would have on the sky’s scenic beauty; stapled packet containing letters (Aug. & Oct. 1961) & a DOD News Release (1/19/61) – “Fact Sheet Air Force UFO Report’ re/ constituent Terry O’Rourke’s interest in this topic and the National Investigation Committee of Aerial Phenoma’s Report; letters & office note (Aug. & Oct. 1961) re/ the subject of unidentified flying objects; a letter (9/21/61) from N. Philip Miller (Secretary, NASA) to Wilson re/ the announcement of the selection of Houston, Texas, as the site for the Manned Space Flight Laboratory; letters (Sept.-Oct. 1961) re/ a recent inquiry concerning the development of solid fuel rockets; letters (Nov. & Dec. 1961) re/ project Mohole & Union Oil Co.; a copy of Dynatech Engineering Co., “Unsolicited Proposal for A Study Program To Determine the Feasibility of VTOL Recovery of Boosters and Satellities Using Turbojet Engines” (6/10/60) – text, drawings & cost estimate Appendix; memorandum, biographical summary, & “A Prospectus on the Modal Computer” from the Modal Systems, Inc., La Jolla; 4 legal size pages copied from page 1 of Tuesday’s Dec. 27, 1960 Wall Street Journal – “BUGS IN AUTOMATION,” staff reporter Stewart Toy; a copy of “The Crisis Continued” from the Space Age News (1/9/61) – 8 pages; copy of “Special Space and Atom Report,” Newsweek, Jan. 2, 1961 pp. 42-44; copy of “Complex System Reliability Is Horribly Inadequate . . .,” Space Age News, Jan. 9, 1961, pp. 24-25; editorial (Oct./Nov. 1960, n.s.) re/ “A New Manpower Crisis?” & copy of Carl Dreher, “Why Our Missiles Lag,” The Nation, May 13, 1962, pp. 408-411.