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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first satellite launching I ever covered," says TIME'S Houston Bureau Chief Don Neff, "seemed to me the most thrilling thing I had ever seen." That was in 1959, and Neff has been searching for more expansive superlatives ever since. He has watched other space shots, and as each one traveled farther or stayed in orbit longer, Neff was more and more impressed by the skill and dedication of the engineers and scientists whose work he reported. He was on hand at California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory when word was passed that Mariner 4 had made a successful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Dec. 6, 1968 | 12/6/1968 | See Source »

...already changed his mind. The Apollo 8 moon mission, he feels, should have an air of unmatched excitement. Washington Correspondent David Lee and Houston Stringer James Schefter, who also reported for this week's cover, agree. The close race with the Russians, the pride of trailblazing, the somberness of three men risking their lives-all combine to give this next moonbound flight a very special aura...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Dec. 6, 1968 | 12/6/1968 | See Source »

...surrounding the transplants set off a rush among surgeons to join "the me-too brigade." Many surgeons concede that by no means were all of the 36 medical centers in 16 countries that have tried transplants well-enough staffed or equipped to do so. Yet despite all the failures, Houston's Dr. Denton A. Cooley, who has transplanted more hearts than any other man, defends the operations. He points to what happened after early, unsuccessful attempts at heart-valve surgery in the 1920s: "Because of a few initial failures, no further surgery inside the heart was done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Transplants: An Anniversary Review | 12/6/1968 | See Source »

A.F.L. DOUBLEHEADER (NBC, 1:30 p.m. to conclusion). Houston Oilers v. Kansas City Chiefs at Kansas City; Buffalo Bills v. Oakland Raiders at Oakland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Nov. 29, 1968 | 11/29/1968 | See Source »

...Houston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 22, 1968 | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

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