Shame-Faced Blogger

That's because it appears I failed you, fellow space cadets, by neglecting to post last Monday.

Above is an article from the July 20, 1969 Tulsa World to make up the deficit.  And below is something for this week:

The above is from the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World.  Oo-la-oui!

See you next Monday, or else!

  

Shame-Faced Trekkies

I mean, REALLY!

They should be ashamed!

This squib is from the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World.

  

Tense, Ecstatic, and a Few More Adjectives

But not all of them were printable.

You know that they knew their lives would be intrusively examined before and after Apollo, but don't you bet there were plenty of times when the "space families" wished they could just let out with a burp or a cuss word, unwatched?

This article is from the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World.

  

Remember, It Isn't Possible

At least that's what folks said awhile ago.

... As cited in this article from the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World.  What do you think?

  

Two Kids Thinking

The above photo of Buzz Aldrin's kid is from the July 21, 1969 Tulsa World.

And the above pic is of Neil Armstrong's brother, from the Tulsa World of July 22, 1969.

Keep thinking deep patriotic thoughts, fellow Moon Mavens!  See you next Monday.

  

Not Just a Tulsa Dream!

This July 22, 1969 article from the Tulsa World mentions a 1961 conference in T-Town, called "the First National Conference on Peaceful Uses of Space."

Wish I coulda been there!  Were any of you there?

See you next week.

Politicians Blather as Apollo 11 Makes History

As you know, whenever something big happens, society must validate it by asking supposedly important people for their opinion. After a time, the important people fade away, and are only remembered by the fact that they talked about the "something big" which happened.

Hmm ... was that their plan all along?

Read over the above article from the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World.  Maybe you know who some of these guys are -- but I sure don't recognize any names!

See you next week.  By then you'll have forgotten about me too!

  

They Were Homeward Bound!

Coverage from the July 22, 1969 Bartlesville Examiner-Entrprise:

When the story discusses the astronauts' upcoming quarantine, that's nothing compared to the "isolation" they had already experienced.  Don't you agree?

See you next week.

  

Apollo 12 Delayed?

This is from the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World.

Doesn't it seem incongruous?  The rationale was that if Apollo 11 failed, Apollo 12 would launch on such-and-such date, but Apollo 11's success made Apollo 12 less urgent.  Does that make sense to you?

See you next week!

   

An Ecstatic Space Wife for Valentine's

From the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World:

As you can read, all three "space wives" were covered.  I'd be tense too!

See you next week.

  

Three Fillers

All three of these mini-clippings are from the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World.

According to the University of Florida's Canal Record in 1960, Cal Bard wrote "Rhyming Our Times" for the World. He was also quoted in a 1962 State of Oklahoma publication.

In re the above, think of America as The Little Red Hen.  The UN is made of up all the animals who didn't help make the bread, but are ready to eat it after the Little Red Hen finishes baking.

Regarding this Variety blurb, I don't know if "GET STAR DASH ......" was supposed to be part of the headline or not.

You too can wonder, until next Monday.  See you then!

  

Courage Shines Bright

Here's the editorial cartoon from the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World.

See you next Monday.

  

Don't Let the Mystery Fade!

 In the Tuesday, July 22, 1969 Tulsa World, Billy Graham's syndicated column worries that learning more about creation may make people take creation for granted.

That's just a silly worry, don't you agree?  The more we learn, the more we learn that we don't yet know!  But I suspect that Graham and I agree that the pie-in-the-sky optimism of STAR TREKlike worldviews are silly.  Greed will always be a human trait.

See you next week.

  

Available from Clarke's Good Clothes (in 1969 That Is!)

 From the Tulsa World of July 22, 1969.

Au revoir until next week!

  

Next ... A Casino on the Moon?

 From the July 22, 1969 Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, a pair of Moon bits printed side-by-side.

See you next week.

  

Russki Salutes!

From the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World:

See you next Monday, right?

  

Don't Be Scairt!

From the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World.

Don't worry, nothing happened like this:

Unless it's ANOTHER of those secrets NASA was hiding from us ...

See you next Monday!

  

No Longer Forgotten

From the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World:

Of course, Collins earned just as important a place in history as those other two guys.

Next week, gators!

  

Small Smattering of Moon Tie-Ins

All from the July 22, 1969 Examiner-Enterprise of Bartlesville, OK:

And our work, like Luna's, is completed -- for this week.  See you next Monday, space campers!

  

Where Did They Go?

From the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World:

One wonders what "computer" in 1969 helped these guys make their predictions!

See you next Monday.