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Small, stapled packet of office memos & corresp. of Congressman Wilson & staff (May-June 1969) & copy of A.J. Holle, “Proposal for a non-profit Merchant Mariners Museum and Prep School....[and] the proper procedure in regard to obtaining ...a W.W. II Liberty Ship;” small, stapled packet of Wilson office memorandums & notes (5/68) re/ “Procedure for procurement of Liberty Ship from the Maritime Administration (only 500 left & est. purchase price = $50,000).

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Three letters--Lt. Gov. Ed. Reincke (4/71), Marge O’Donnell (Field Rep. to Wilson) (3/9/71) & Mrs. Bea Evenson (3/7/71) re/ attempting to establish a Mexican-American museum in Balboa Park.

Scope and Contents Corresp., reports, newsclippings, telegrams & memos. Examples are: Stapled copies of letters from Congressman Wilson (6/2/68) & S.D. Chamber of Commerce (5/19/68) & pages 413-414 of the Congressional Digest (5/21/68) re/ S. 1694 & H.R. 9505 & there potential “adverse effect on the economy of San Diego;” stapled packet of corresp. of Congressman Wilson, Dept. of State & County Supervisor Henry A. Boney (Feb.-Mar. 1968), copy of Supervisor Boney’s statement “before the...

Scope and Contents Copy of letter from Assist. S.D. City Manager Meno L. Wilhems to Sen. George Murphy & newsclipping (3/67) re/ deepening Mission Bay to minimize health hazards; small, stapled packet of corresp. of U.S.C.G., Calif. Marine Parks & Harbors Assn. Inc., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers & Congressman Wilson (11/65-6/66) re/ Marine radio-beacons at Mission Bay; small, stapled packet of corresp. of U.S.C.G., Congressman Wilson & R.T. Martinet, Jr. (5/65-1/66) re/ Mission Bay’s breakwater...

Scope and Contents Corresp., news clippings, reports & maps. Examples are: Copy of “Public Notice of Report on San Diego River (Mission Valley), California, For Flood Control 31 March 1964” & corresp. of Brig. General Arthur H. Frye, Jr. & Congressman Wilson (Mar.-Ap. 1964); misc. corresp., office notes, copy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, “Public Announcement San Diego River, California” & copy of “Army Board for Rivers and Harbors Recommends Civil Works Projects--May 8, 1964” with estimated...

Scope and Contents Corresp., reports, newsclippings & Congressional Reports. Examples are: copy of S.D. County Floodplain Technical Committee’s “Examination of the Meteorological Assumptions Underlying the Dervivation of the Standard Project Flood for the San Diego River, October, 1972;” copy of letter of S.D. County Supervisor Jack Walsh (7/27/70) questioning the need for a Corps of Engineers proposal for “a 20 feet deep concrete channel 6 1/2 miles long and up to 1300 feet in width . . . because of a...

Scope and Contents Constituent corresp., reports & memos-- contains extensive critiques from S.D. residents of the proposed concrete-lined channel. Examples are: Stapled packet of corresp. of constituent Janice M. Roakes, Col. Robert J. Malley (Corps of Engineers) & Congressman Wilson (May-June 1971) re/ Miss Roakes’ questions regarding the need for a flood control channel in Mission Valley; copy of constituent protest against Army Corps of Engineers project in Mission Valley & Congressman Wilson’s...

Scope and Contents Stapled packet of corresp. & memos from Congressman Wilson, Assist. City Manager Kimball H. Moore, Margarete Leete (HUD) & 18 p. information report on Model Cities Program from the City of San Diego; small, stapled packet of corresp. from Congressman Wilson & U.S. Attorney Harry D. Steward (11/71) re/ “ethnic background plays no part in the selection of federal juries;” letter from Acting City Manager Kimball H. Moore to Robert Baida (Regional Adm., HUD) (11/3/71) re/ “interim...

Scope and Contents Corresp., telegrams, memos, reports & brochures. Examples are: Corresp. from Jesse R. Burke & Congressman Wilson’s reply (Aug.-Sept. 1966) re/ appropriation for Project Mohole omitted from H.R. 14921; corresp. of David R. Darval & Wilson Office reply (11/66) re/ Project Mohole omitted from H.R. 14921 but Congressman Wilson is very interested in, and actively supporting the project; telegram from Walter T. Phair (Kaiser Industries) & Congressman Wilson’s reply (8/66) re/...