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Sat Feb  6 01:07:34 1982
LA l-5 convention
The L-5 Convention is at the Hyatt International (LA AIRPORT
HYATT) over the weekend of 2-4 April.  Usual convention costs
(around $30 at the door; "professional membership" including
banquet, some papers, and a reception is about $75).
	Guests of Honor: Robert A. Heinlein
			Fred Haise (Grumman VP, Commander of
Apollo 13)

	Keynote Speaker: Dr. Hans Mark, Deputy Adminnistratior
NASA, former Secretary of the Air Force.  Featured Guest:
Honorable Newt Gingrich, Representative from Georgia, CoChair of
the Congressonal Space Caucus.  Arthur Kantrowitz, Gary Hudson
(private rocket constructor) Harry Stine, George Merrick and
Chuck Gould of Rockwell, General Dan Graham, and a buncha other
notables.
	Convention cochaired by Je Pournelle and Milton Stevens
(Stevens, a former Worldcon SF type, does most of the work).
	Purpose is to get enthusiasts and professionals
together, adn to generate a strategy for the advancement of the
space program.
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