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Cover story on "Great World's Fight," Bobby Thomas and Johnny Hernandez.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Jules Abramson, Bob Azar, Marcia Ball, Bubba Brown, Buddy Calk, Choo Choo, Patsy Coleman, Rusty Cox, Bwana Dik, Jay Dominguez, Mary Franks, Steve Fromholz, Bobby Gomez, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Guich Koock, Billy Mata, Augie Meyers, Gene Miertschin, Maggie Montgomery, George Morin, David Morris, Willie Nelson, Olly Otten, Suzie Prentiss, Jerry Retzloff, Frank Rodarte, Doc Roper, Jack Roth, Jerry Jeff Walker, Rusty Wier.

Cover story on Ray Charles, Nick Lowe, Bruce Springsteen, Ann Wilson, Patti Smith

Margaret Fields talks about her early life in New Braunfels and life during the Great Depression. She describes the university campus and the schooling she received at Texas State in the 1930s and 1940s. She mentions places like Old Main; people such as C.E. Evans, Mary Brogdon, Leland Derrick, and John Flowers; and her experiences living off-campus. She discusses the various teaching jobs she took in Comal County and Medina County as well as her work with the state vocational rehabilitation department in Austin and other companies in Houston. She outlines how it all led her to her current job at the Sophienburg Museum in New Braunfels.

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.

Cover story on Rusty Martin