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Missiles, 1963

 File — Box: 105, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1

Scope and Contents

A large collection of letters, notes, official forms, news clippings, an industrial catalog/brochure, memorandum & periodical excerpts. Examples are: office notes & a letter (8/63) re/ Bill Jack Industries & procurement processes; letter (9/20/63) from Clayton G. Jack (President, Bill Jack Industries ) to Wilson re/ “we have a clearer picture of the MMRBM program;” letters (9/63) re/ information on the MMRBM program; forms and information from the U.S. Navy Purchasing Office (Dept. of the Navy) sent to Bill Jack Industries (7/63); copy of a letter (4/30/63) from LCRD Margaret S. Anderson (Dir., Purchasing Division, Dept. of the Navy) to Bill Jack Industries re/ “your letter of protest, P3198-CA11026 dated 8 April 1963;” a large industrial sales catalog/ brochure from the Bill Jack Industries with photos, machinery details, drawings, etc.; letters & periodical excerpt (Oct.-Nov. 1963) re/ “Soviets May Have Ultimate AB M,” Missiles and Rockets, (9/16/63); letters & news clipping (10/63) re/ a news story about “an American Space Satellite was knocked out electronically by a Russian nuclear blast in space” proved erroneous; letters (Mar.-May 1963) re/ sale of sounding rockets to United Arab Republic for scientific research; letters (May-June 1963) re/questions raised by Wilson constituent as to article in Aviation Week and Space Technology (4/15/63) re/ use of the Saturn I as launch vehicle for a circumlunar mission; photocopy of news story from KFMB- Philip Stewart (n.d.) re/ “Air Force Major Gordon Cooper will return to earth this evening after 22 hurtling oribits;” excerpt from the Wall Street Journal (10/16/63) re/ “Something in the Air Amid Cooper Space Shot, Quiet Confidence Born of New Professionalism Pervades Cape;” letters (3/63) re/ response of Asst. Sec. of Defense to a critical query from a Wilson constituent as to “the replacement of Jupiter missiles in Italy and Turkey by Polaris-firing nuclear submarines and other Defense matters;” letters (3/63) re/ “inequitable Douglas Aircraft lay offs resulting from the Skybolt cancellations;” Memorandum For Ed Terrar From Ed Gillenwaters (4/29/63) re/ “Is there any mileage in pursuing the unconstitutionality of the NASA Joint US-USSR Cooperative Space Research Projects the Kennedy Administration has committed the US to?;” news release (5/27/63), National Science Foundation – “Aircraft and Missiles Companies Spent 36 Percent of 1961 Industrial R&D Funds [$ 4 billion] . . . . Nearly 90 percent, or $3.5 billion, of the R&D performance funds in aircraft and missiles companies during 1961 was financed by the federal government;” letters (Mar.-Apr. 1963) re/ constituent’s fear of “U-N Air Force” logo on a Bomarc B. Missile proves erroneous and illustrates the ideological paranoia of some of Wilson’s conservative constituents; letters & statements (Jan.-Feb. 1963) re/ “discontinuance of the SKYBOLT missile program; letters (3/63) re/ constituent concerns about Administration actions related to Nike-Zeus program and Russian successes in this area; letters (12/62-2/63) re/ NASA response to Santee constituent fears about US-Russian cooperation in Space Exploration; memorandum (2/15/63) from Kern County Board of Trade to California Representatives in Congress re/ support to locate the Space Vehicle Recovery Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California; letters (2/63) re/ constituent and Wilson praise for a new class of submarines; letters (Jan.-Feb. 1963) re/ comments from RAdm Clark as to a “comprehensive brochure covering the Pacific Missile Range/Naval Missile Center/Naval Construction Battalion Center;” letter (3/22/63) from James G. Tarr (Executive Sec., Southern California Professional Engineering Assoc.) to Wilson re/ complaints about lack of contract policy in Douglas Aircraft lay offs of employees due to cancellation of SKYBOLT Missile contract by the federal government; letters & photocopy of periodical articles (Jan.-Mar. 1963) sent to Wilson from W.J. Gill (Providence R.I.) re/ fears that aerospace programs are being delayed, re-oriented or cancelled with little or no resistance from the public.

Dates

  • created: 1963

Creator

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

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