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...have to worry about down-time: the Disney theme parks are only a little more than 50 miles away (but save enough energy for the nonstop pace at Space Camp). Other local points of interest include the Brevard Community College Astronaut Memorial Planetarium and Observatory (planetarium shows, a rooftop telescope, space museum and hands-on exhibit hall), the Piper Aircraft factory (where those interested in aviation on a smaller scale can tour the assembly plant) and the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (for living proof that nature and technology can coexist peacefully). Finally, you'll want to reserve time...
JOHN BYRON (D) District 15 (Central--Brevard, Osceola and Indian River counties; Palm Bay; Melbourne...
...district in which the Kennedy Space Center is located, Weldon was a natural for the House Science Committee, where he is vice chairman of the Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee. He has brought home money to expand NASA facilities at the space center and half a million dollars to plan Brevard County beach restoration...
BORN: Jan. 23, 1941, Brevard EDUCATION: Wake Forest U, B.A., 1963, J.D., 1966 FAMILY: Wife, Elizabeth; three children RELIGION: Baptist MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Tree farmer; banker POLITICAL CAREER: North Carolina House, 1967-73, minority leader, 1969-71; North Carolina Senate, 1973-75, minority leader, 1973-75; Republican nominee for U.S. House, 1988; U.S. House, 1990- ADDRESS: 8 South Market Street, P.O. Box 2355, Asheville...
...that chamber in those years. Or you could call them whales, grand political men (three women, no blacks) with all the flaws of the day and hardy battlers for their partisan causes. But they were by almost anybody's standards an extraordinary collection of public figures: Georgia's Richard Brevard Russell, Vermont's George Aiken, Missouri's Stuart Symington, Connecticut's Prescott Bush, Montana's Mike Mansfield, Ohio's Bob Taft, Arkansas' Bill Fulbright, Virginia's Harry Byrd...