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San Diego - Convair, 1964

 File — Box: 652, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2

Scope and Contents

Corresp., memos, reports, brochures, photos, etc. Examples are: Congressman Wilson’s reply & photocopy of page 28 & 31 of “General Dynamics Proposes Up-Rated Atlas as Titan III-X Competitor,” Missiles and Rockets (11/16/64); copy of letter from C.B. Burkholde (Supervisor, Centaur Project, General Dynamics, Astronautics) (12/20/64) re/ excess postage incurred by Wilson’s office “in mailing me some literature;” copy of letter (12/14/64) from Congressman Wilson to J.H. Famme (Pres., General Dynamics/Convair) & photocopy of “Convair’s Charger Deserves Consideration by Pentagon,” Sam Diego Evening Tribune (12/1/64) re/ Wilson’s interest in “a little conference designed to get some ducks in a row to help put over the Charger;” copies of constituent corresp. & Wilson’s replies (12/64) re/ concern over the announcement of layoffs at Astronautics in San Diego; copy of communication between Congressman Wilson & R.T. Blair, Jr. (Community Relations, Gen. Dynamics/ Astronautics) (11/64) re/ “various photos taken during my visit to General Dynamics Astronautics;” 2 page news release from Gen. Dynamics/Astronautics re/ “Centaur Spacecraft Savings Reported...of $882,475” in 3d Quarter, which raises the total to $1,084,000 for “the first nine months of 1964;” corresp. from Catherine C. Parham (Sec. for Wilson) & R.T. Blair, Jr. (7/64) & copy of Exploration 1964 General Dynamics (36 pages); stapled packet containing photocopies of “Remarks By Roger Lewis, President and Board Chairman, General Dynamics Corporation on the occasion of the rollout of Convair Division ‘Charger’ Counterinsurgency Aircraft September 29, 1964 & news clippings (9/30?64) on the COIN aircraft from San Diego Union, Journal of Commerce, Chicago Tribune & Evening Tribune; letter from Brig. Gen. Thomas G. Corbin (USAF) to Congressman Wilson (7/9/64) re/ information on two $59 million production contracts for Atlas missiles with General Dynamics; stapled copies of corresp. from Congressman Wilson, Joseph M. Bowman (Asst. to the Sec., Treasury Dept.) & Frank Hickey (General Dynamics/ Astronautics) (May-June 1964) re/ inquiry Wilson received from Hickey regarding U.S. employees stationed in France; letter from Edgar M. Gillenwaters (Adm. Asst. to Wilson) to Congressman Durward Hall (6/16/64) re/ contacting Ted Le Fevre (General Dynamics) “about COIN aircraft resultant from this morning’s meeting;” Memorandum To Boss From Edgar (6/12/64) re/ “Ted Le Fevre phoned today to ask that you sit in on the Price Subcommittee on Army Reserves and Development on Tuesday, June 16th -- subject is COIN;” 1 copy of General Dynamics/Convair, Secondary Mission Capability Convair Model 48 Light Armed Reconnaissance Airplane (GD/C-64-029-24) & 1 copy of “Convair Model 48-COIN Accelerated Program Plan” (6/64); photocopy of letter from Ted Le Fevre to Wilson (5/22/64) re/ various oceanographic activities being performed by Gen. Dynamics; corresp. from Ted Le Fevre & Wilson’s reply (5/64) re/ Gen. Dynamics brochure listing programs and activities; photocopy of “Remarks of Hon. Bob Wilson” (3 pp., 5/14/64) in support of COIN aircraft; letter from J.R. Dempsey (General Dynamics/ Astronautics) & Wilson’s reply (Ap.-May 1964) re/ Wilson receiving “the beautifully bound copy of the prophecies contributed by many of your friends on the subject of man’s employment of space in 2063 A.D.” Sealed in a time capsule at a ceremony commemorating 5th Anniversary of Astronautics facility on 7/13/63; one copy of Gen. Dynamics/Astronautics, Ranger A Atlas Space Launch Vehicle Information (16 pages), includes 4 copies of the brochure “The Centaur Weight Watchers;”a loose collection of corresp. from J.R. Dempsey, Ted Le Fevre, William Patterson & Congressman Wilson’s replies (3/64) re/ Wilson’s favorable comments “on our Atlas program” in Congressional Record-Extension of Remarks; letter from R.K. Gottschall (Manager of Public Relations, Convair) & Wilson’s reply (Feb-March 1964) re/ sending 2 copies of General Dynamic News to Wilson’s office; 2 page letter from R.T. Blair, Jr. (Community Relations, Astronautics) to Congressman Wilson (2/10/64) requesting Wilson to “make a statement before Congress, or introduce a resolution, or take some other action which would call attention to the fact that the United States Air Force Atlas has achieved another highly significant milestone ... sending the Ranger Moon Probe to its rendezvous with the moon;” 1 copy of General Dynamics/Astronautics news release for 2/11/64 re/ “third Centaur Shipped to Cape Kennedy For Experimental Flight” & black & white photo of experimental Centaur Space Vehicle as assembled at Astronautics, San Diego; three stapled copies of “News Release,” General Dynamics/Astronautics, for 1/30 & 2/3/64 re/ “Atlas, First U.S. ICBM, Reaches 200th Milestone,” “Astronaut Pressure Suit Cuts Reach Ability 67 percent,” & “Atlas - Its back-ground as the first U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile and its future as a key element of the nation’s space program for the 1960s;” corresp. from F.J. Hickey to Edgar Gillenwaters & “Memorandum For File” (1/64) re/ enlisting Congressman Wilson’s “help in gaining DOD approval of their request for public release of a technical addendum to the Glotrac Fact Book.”

Dates

  • created: 1964

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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