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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

Betty Dressen discusses growing up on a farm. She shares her memories of "going into town" to Lockhart with her dad once a month. She shares the responsibilities that come with that kind of lifestyle, such as curing meat, making cheese, canning, and other aspects including wells and growing her garden.

Admiral Inman talks about the unusual combination of education and professional experience that led him to become the leader of MCC. He relays his experiences studying at UT-Austin, serving in the military during the Korean War and ensuing successful career in the U.S. Navy, and new business ventures.

Dr. Juel discusses the similarities and differences of the Texas State campus, the student body, and the curriculum over the 31-year span of his career at Texas State. He shares the different responsibilities he had as the school's health coordinator, dean of students, professor in the education department, and essentially disciplinarian from the 1950s through the 1980s. Dr. Juel mentions the San Marcos Ten, certain recollections of disciplinary problems, changing campus extracurricular activities, and the declining quality of education and teachers over time.

Ophelia Vasquez-Philo talks about the founding of Community Action, Inc., in 1965 and some of the programs they offer, such as Legal Aid and the Free Doctor's Care program, that help low-income residents of Central Texas.

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.