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December 23, 2008 The St. Louis Gemini Story opens January 24 at the SocietyThe State Historical Society of Missouri welcomes images of aerospace pioneering into its halls with The St. Louis Gemini Story, on display in the North-South Corridor Gallery beginning on January 24, 2009.The purpose of the Gemini project was to test new hardware and master procedures integral to achieving President John F. Kennedy's goal to "land a man on the moon and return him safely to Earth." McDonnell Aircraft Corporation of St. Louis designed the crafts used by Gemini, which flew 10 manned missions in less than 15 months, between March 1965 and November 1966, and was an important part of the program that landed a man on the moon in 1969. Developed by the staff of the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-St. Louis, The St. Louis Gemini Story features images and other materials relating to the production of the Gemini crafts by McDonnell employees, as well as editorial cartoons from the Society's collection that reference Gemini, the space race, and lunar exploration in the 1960s. The St. Louis Gemini Story will be on display through May 2009. posted @ 8:46 AM December 02, 2008 Missouri’s Newspaper History Presentation Dec. 11Missouri’s newspaper history will be shared with the public at a showing of “Trustees for the Public: 200 Years of Missouri Newspapers” on Thursday, Dec. 11. A reception will be held at 5:30 p.m. followed by the screening at 6:30 in the Reynolds Journalism Institute on the MU campus in Columbia.This video, produced by Missouri Press Association, features a number of Missouri publishers. Proceeds from the screening will be used to fund summer internships at Missouri newspapers for college journalism students. The Missouri Press Association and its 300 member newspapers celebrate the rich heritage of Missouri journalists, yesterday and today, in the documentary video. Each person who buys a ticket to the screening will receive a copy of the one-hour video. Additional copies of the video will be available for $15 each. Cost for the reception and screening is $25 for everyone except students, who will get in free. To purchase tickets for the screening, contact Missouri Press Foundation, 802 Locust St., Columbia, MO 65201; phone (573) 449-4167; email kwilliams@socket.net. [purchase a copy of the video...] [even more info...] posted @ 9:20 AM |
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