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Cover story on Intergalatic chicken races at Great Worlds's Fair.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Bobby Baker, Marcia Ball, Ronnie Branham, Jacob Brodbeck, Frenchie Burke, Johnny Bush, George Chambers, Carol Cisneros, Billy Cochran, Rick Davis, Jack Deaner, John Donaho, Joe Ely, Barbara Fairchild, Anthony Gap, Butch Heffelfinger, Johnny Hernandez, Clifton Jansky, Jerry Jeff, Dale Keith, Patsy Kline, Brett Kramer, Billy Mata, Augie Meyers, Claude Morgan, Willie Nelson, Harley Puckett, Tex Schofield, Fred Seekatz, Johnny Short, Gayle Smith, John Snyder, Cotton Stout, Dennis Thacker, Bobby Thomas, Casey Tibbs.

Cover story on Elvis Costello

Robert Barton describes his early life and education in the Buda and Kyle areas, specifically recalling how his cattle-driving family came to settle in Texas, attending Buda High School, and graduating from Southwest Texas State Teachers College after serving in the military during the Korean War. He discusses buying, running, and selling the Kyle News newspaper, as well as operating the Colloquium Bookstore. He speaks about the changes San Marcos and Texas politics have gone through over time, including his work with the Hays County Democratic Party. He shares his thoughts about LBJ and discusses his own run for the Texas Legislature.

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.