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Cover story on Wolfman Jack.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Mark Abernathy, Dennis Burkholder, Earl Butz, Milton Carroll, Peter Cedarstacker, Hondo Crouch, Chon Davila, Johnny Dee, Jay Elbie, Freddy Fender, Kent Finlay, Dave Fisk, Wick Fowler, Trapper Gutowsky, Roy Head, Baldemar Huerta, Jerry Johnston, Ray Liberto, Sonny Liston, Darrell McCall, Augie Meyers, Joker Moon, Fred Neil, Willie Nelson, Miguel Schultz, Jim Spector, T. Gosney Thornton, Mel Tillis, Terlingua Vann.

Cover story on Judas Priest

Marian Meeks talks about talks about the life of her father, H.A. Nelson, who taught agriculture at Texas State for many years. She shares his own experiences attending SWTSTC in the 1930s and 1940s. She discusses aspects of campus life including literary societies, athletics, recitals, the Faculty Club, Aquarena (Spring) Lake, and shares stories about campus figures such as Mary Brogdon. Mrs. Meeks shares her early teaching experiences in Moulton, her graduate studies at UT-Austin, work in VA hospitals, and how she returned to San Marcos.

From 1999-2001, NASA partnered with History students at Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State) to conduct interviews with former employees who lived in the Central Texas area. Interviewees include managers, engineers, technicians, doctors, astronauts, and other employees of NASA and aerospace contractors who served in key roles during the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and Shuttle programs.