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Cover story on Johnny Rodriguez.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Rex Allen, Joe Berry, Bubba Brown, Johnny Bush, George Chambers, David Allan Coe, Patsy Coleman, Moonlight Delight, Freddy Fender, Myron Floren, Bill Goodspeed, Bob Harrington, Beth Hooker, Mary Jane, Bo Jangles, Club Bo Jangles, Bobby Jenkins, Evelyn Linton, Guy Linton, Jim Lovelace, Augie Meyer, Augie Meyers, Frank Miller, Claude Morgan, Pop Nelson, Willie Nelson, Ted Nugent, Cliff Oliver, San Pedro, Mary Jane Pollock, Deep Purple, Doug Sahm, John Santos, Rolling Stone, Barry Sullivan, Romy Vela, Vance Villastrigo, Jerry Jeff Walker, Lawrence Welk, Wet Willie, Bob Wills.

Vernon McDonald details his relationship with Milton Jowers, how the university's basketball team has changed over the years he has played for and coached it (1950s through 1980s), and what he sees in the team's future. He mentions other topics such as school registration, Dr. Evans, Dr. Flowers, Dr. McCrocklin, LBJ, Oscar Strahan, Coach Wacker, and the Strahan Coliseum.

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.