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The Mississippi enterprise., 1959-02-14
WHY WE OBSERVE NEGRO HISTORY
(An Editorial)

To be precise, there is such thing as Negro his
tory and week aside to celebrate it would seem
to be inconsequential and unnecessary.
The reason why Negro History Week is needed how
ever is because much of the past that is talked and
taught is white history that is to say emphasizes what
white people have said and DONE and generally excludes
or minimizes what Negroes have said and done.
This has given ours and previous generations dis
ored unbalanced and false picture of the past helped
to perpetuate the stereotype of the Negro ndebly
stamped upon the national mind and movated illberal
and racst actions detrimental to progress toward full
and equal citizenship.
Behind the Negro History campaign is no desire or
intention to spotlight the Negro at the expense of others
in the development of this country but simply to give
greater balance and perspective to picture distorted by
generations of Negrophobic writers.
The progress in rectifyyng history has been
mendable but there is still much for improvement
as current school history texts attest
From Pittsburg Courier
The Mississippi enterprise., 1959-02-14
Iotos Hold .
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Southern Regional Director,
Ossie Mitchell of Birmingham,
Ala, was unable to attend due
to illness and National Pub
licity Chairman, Sarah M.
Harvey of Jackson, Mississippi,
altho unable to attend the
Board, sent in a full report of
her activities that received
praise, both from the Regional
Director and the National
President.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1959-02-14

HENRY ARMSTRONG, the
only man to hold world cham
pionships simultaneously in
boxings' light, feather and well
terweight divisions, was divor-
ced last week by his wife,
Mrs. Villa Mae Armstrong, to
whom he had been married
for "a years.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1959-02-14

There are a lot of activities
planned for teenagers and a
dults at the YWCA. If you are
not a member come in and join
today. Members for this week
are: Miss Mary A. Cox, Mrs.
Daisy CASTOR, Mrs. Eloise w.
Martin, and Miss S. F. Stem
mis-.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1959-02-14


BUNCHE, Ralph - Perhaps
more than any other man has
done in the field of Public Ser
vice. In 1850 he received the
Nobel Peace Prize for settling
a dispute which was threaten
ing war between Israel and
Arabia He has served as
Under-Secretary of the United
Nations.
G..
CARVER, George Washing.
ton Q8641943) born a slave in
the early 1960's never knew
his parents but became one of
the worlds greatest scientists.
ID.
DISABLE, Jean Baptiste -
First settler in Chicago, 1779,
DOUGLASS, Frederick =
Abolutionist, ora % r and
statesman.
DUMAS, Alexandra = Cele.
brated French novelist.
DUNBAR, Paul Laurence =
Greatest poet of his race.
DETT, Nathaniel, Renowned
musical composer.
DUBOIS, w. E. B. = Econo
mist, Sociologist and thinker
DREW, Charles Q9O4-195O,
- Howard Medical school
teacher, authority in surgical
fluid balance in surgery and
banked blood.
f.
ELLINGTON, Duke - Fa
nous orchestra leader.
F.
FULLER, Thomes = inlet
tered slave of Virginia per.
haps the worlds greatest cal
eulator.
G.
GARVEY, Marcus - Organ
iZer and founder of the u. N
|. A.
GREEN, Wendell E. = Fa
nous Chicago criminal lawyer
III.
HARVARD, Claude - Me
chanical wizard of the ForC
Plant, his sorting machine
measures to 1/10,O00th of al
inch.
HENSON, Matthew - Ex
plorer, went to North Pole
with Commodore Perry.
HAYES, Roland - World.
greatest lyric tenor singer.
j.
JENKINS, Nine - Inventor
of Aunt Jemima's Pancake
Flour.
JOHNSON, Jack - Clever
est worlds heavyweight cham
pion.
X.
KING, Martin Luther-fear
less leader for Civil Rights.
MCCOY, Elijah-Famous in
ventor of the Lubricator.
Nj.
MATZELIGER - Invento
of Shoe Lasting Machine.
MILLER, Kelly Writer
author, thinker.
N.
NASH, Charles D. - U. s
Congressman from Louisiana
O.
sO'HARA, James e. = S. 6
Congressman from North Ca
Olina.
OWENS, Jesse - World
fastest runner.
p.
PARKER, James - Knocl
ed down Czolgosz when h
shot President VIM. McKinle,
PICKENS, William Writes
organizer, orator of note.
PAGE, Satchell - Famou
baseball pitcher.
@.
QUEEN OF SHEBA - Rel;
ted to Cush, King Solomon an
Halle Salassie.
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month alimony. She contends
that he is worth 81 million.
Evening star., 1959-11-10

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ComhirGijon, 2l.lneh Tv with power tTons-
former chassis, AAA-FM Fadie. %-speed rec.
ord changer, &VQ7
Mtr nm 276.Ss PHiIco 2l.Ineh Wood Con-
sole ~, 3 speakers, 1859, alvminissd tube;
filter screen. ATM Mo
Mfr. Lisi 1855 IENlTH 7l-Insh Console ~,
Illvminaied channel indicator. cinebecm PIC
tvrs tube, cinslsns, &1Q0
Mir. usi 3Ss.ss lENITn aI-lneh Console ~.
cinsbeom picture tube. Cinslsns. 2 speokers,
Ioboy cabinet, &100
Mfr. LIST 35s.s5 ZENITH 7l-lneh Swivel Con-
sole, Spaes Command remote tuning. Cine.
lens, cinsbsam picture tube. 1900
Mfr. list 2sS.ss ZENITH ai-ineh Tebl. ~
with Spaes Command remote tuning. Cine
beam picture &100
MT. List 2S9.es ZENlTH 9i-Ineh ~ conseIs
with 2-bvtion Spues Commend. remote tvn-
ing cinelsns, cinsbsdm picture &4QQ
tube, Alexdndria only ~AOo
Mfr. list 39e.e5 WESTINGHOUSE LeBoy Con.
sole. power tuning. llo-dssrss clyminized
tube, filter screen, &10Q
Evening star., 1959-11-10

Mfr. List 2ls.ss RcA VICTOR Vsri-sIim ~
Inch Portable ~, loo-dssres aluminized
tube, filter screen, l-,et fine &4R7
tuning, Leather eoss- ~AO.
Mfr. List 2ls.e5 RCA VICTOR 2l-Ineh Tabls
~, llo-desrss alvminized tube. G122
Mfr. List 32e.e5 RcA VICTOR 2i.Ineh TV
Console 1852, lIo-dssdes eIvminized tube,
filter screen. G4EE
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Evening star., 1959-11-10

Mfr. List 2ls.ss ADMIRAL 2l-Ineh Toble
Tv with llo-dssres eIvminixsd tube and
filter screen. CIR
Alsxendria enly ---- %A91
Mfr. List 2eee5 ADMiRAL 7l-Ireh Wood
censeIe ~, llo-dssrss alvminizsd tube
and filter GTAQ
Mfr. LIST 3Is.eS ADMIRAt 2i.Ineh 1859
LOBBY Console ~, llo-dssrss aluminizsd
tube, filter screen. Z speakers. Cd 20
Silver Spring only --- A>O
Mfr. list 259.e5 OLYMPIC 2l-Ineh Lobby
Console Tv with power transform G1AA
or, aluminized tube, filter screen VAT
Evening star., 1959-11-10
GAS & ELECTRIC RANGE +

Mfr. List s4e.Ss WEsTlNcHoUSE 10.
Inch Custom lmpsFiel Double Oven
Electric Ranss. aviometis surface Unit,
Foast guard, G9k&
rotiasaria WVVV
Evening star., 1959-11-10

Mfr. list 1925 MAGIC CHEF 3s-Insh
"cP" Cos Ronse. avtomotie even
light. burner with q bFein, center
simmer units. A. &fkG
Silver Spring only ---------~uVV
NORGE 3o-lneh Electric R1nss, =
speed heat svrfaes vnits, 24-ineh over.
A. Alsxandris 600
only WOO
Evening star., 1959-12-04

a distinctive feature Of stack
units in the grouping along
with a hutch top cabinet
displaying floating" cane
doors that roll back and
forth.
Touch latches on the doors
Of a tall, dramatic semainier
chest give easy access to the
cabinet units atop the seven
drawer base. The chest fits
into any setting, whether
foyer. living room or bed
room.
Upholstered pieces, all
with the "thinline" look, are
covered in a variety of in
teresting fabrics and colors
over foam rubber reversible
cushions.
The grouping, reveals Mr..
Otto, are designed with the
look of tomorrow" Their
slender lines make individual
pieces easy to move, space
saving and decorative as well.
Evening star., 1959-12-04
By MARY L. VAUGHAN
Home FURNISHINGS Writer

The spotlight on diet and
weight charts in America
has swung out to encompass
home furnishings-with en-
phasis on the slim line.
Carl Otto, noted designer
In Europe and America, has
emphasized the slender ele-
CANT" theme to come up with
the new grouping in Hey
woody Wakefield pieces for
living, dining and bedroom.
"Contessa" is the elegant
name given the new designs
which are fashioned in a
warm cherry-brown finish.
Underneath, in dividua l
pieces are made Of the same
solid and hard-wearing birch
Evening star., 1959-12-04
New Furniture Line
Emphasizes Slimness

that has long been a dis
tinguishing mark of the
manufacturer.
Along with the slender
styles, Mr.. Otto has en-
ployed bold horizontal, ver-
tical and angular lines bal
anced with ovals and sculp-
tured sweeps. Furnished
brass and rich looking fab
RIGS are added touches to
a number Of the As individ-
ual pieces.
Helping to create the feel
ing Of simplicity in design
are the slender steel legs of a
dull matte black finish on the
upholstered pieces, cabinets
and beds.
Decorative silk screening is
, 1959-03-10
PUBLIC NOTCH

H&fE3
s53 Of the VIRGIN ISLANDs
CODE states:
Projecting signs
No sign shall extend a dis
lance Of more than Is inches
beyond the street line. Any
such sign shall be at least
5 feet in the clear above the
level Of the sidewalks. #, in
the opinion Of the Commits
sioner, any sign or sign
structure becomes insecure,
or in danger Of falling, or
otherwise unsafe, the own
er thereof or the person
maintaining such structure
shall secure it under the
provisions Of the rules and
regulations referred to in
section 29S Of this title
The penalty for violation Of
the above is set forth in the
following:
title %, Chapter 5, Sec
ton 414 :
Violations Or n~on-compli-
ance generally
Whoever violates or re-
fuses to comply with any
provision Of this chapter or
of any rule or regulation
referred to in section 293 Of
this title shall, unless some
other penalty is provided in
this chapter, be fined not
more than $50 for each and
every such violation or act
Of noncompliance
, 1959-03-10

TINS to prosecute the known Of
fender If restitution is made. This
common practice is nothing but a
form of license to steal for the
violator with no fear of penalty.
In many localities, business and
civic groups have joined with law
enforcement in countermeasures
against the bad check passer. The
organization of bogus check
squads in local police agencies,
the establishment Of telephone
warning nets and interstore COM
munication systems in local COM
munities, the use Of crime 1abo-
ratory facilities and the utiliza-
ton of hidden cameras and other
scientific techniques are common
dable efforts.
To cope with the far-ranging
activities of this class of criminals,
however, the counterattack must
be intensified on a nationwide
scale. Carelessness of the victims
themselves-which keeps bad
check passers in business-must
be a primary target. The united
efforts of merchants. the public,
and law enforcement authorities
are essential. Only when the
work becomes difficult, the profits
small, and the risks great will the
nefarious trade Of worthless check
passing cease to flourish.
Very truly yours.
JOHN EDGAR HOOVER
Director
, 1959-03-10


Bod Check" Pussers
70 All Law enforcement
Officials:
The plague of fraudulent check
passers who day to day amass a
fortune in illegal profits from
American business and citizens is
assuming proportions Of a nation
al pestilence. Based on available
data and police experience, en-
ployment in the criminal occupa-
ton of bad checks passing. is at
a new high level. with no recess
sion in sight. Continued financial
success for this type of criminal
considered the elite in the crime
world-can only enlarge the
problem and further victimize the
public.
a survey OF law enforcement
agencies by an American indus.
trial firm in 1857 reflected that
the annual loss due to fraudulent
checks amounted to $535 million.
In the fiscal year Of 1857 there
were 30,903 bad checks having a
face value Of $5,O53, 846 submitted
to the FBI Laboratory for exami-
nation. Our services in this field
mounted in the fiscal year Of 1858
when 33.O27 fraudulent checks to-
falling 81, 933,827 were examined
Recently, a police official asserted
that the estimated annual loss
from worthless checks in his
State was $40 million. Even these
stark statistics reveal only a par
tial view of the enormity of the
problem, as there is no way to
tabulate the countless worthless
checks which go u%nreported by
Indifferent individuals.
In the battle against fraudulent
check passing, the victim re-
presents the principal hope for
success. The bad check passer
does not have to contend with the
danger of physical violence con-
fronting the armed robber. His
major obstacle lies in alertness
and good judgment on the part
of his victim" Although these
INSCRIPTIONS criminals rely on
skill and cunning, a fundamental
factor in their prosperity is the
c~arelessness Of s~hopkeepers and
business concern employees in
requiring adequate Identification.
Numerous recorded instances Of
checks cashed, such as one signed
" u. r. Stuck" and one drawn on
the East Bank Of the Mississ-
ippi," serve to illustrate the ex-
tent of this negligence.
In addition, there is certainly
a need to re-examine the all too
prevalent theory that acceptance
of checks without demanding suf-
icient identification is a necessary
gamble. A nationwide chain-store
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02
Lena PretO WedS
Mr.. BGdertScher

The wedding of Miss Lena
Preto, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Preto, $40 Cherry street,
and Robert Badertscher, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Badertscher,
Rawson, took place Saturday
morning, June q, in st. Marys
Catholic church with Rev.
Majoros officiating.
The attendants were MIR. and
Mrs. James Kiene, of Pandora.
Following the ceremony the
couple left on a wedding trip to
visit the brides sister and
brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gene Badertscher of Bremerton,
Washington. On their return they
will reside at Route /, Bluffton.
The bride is employed in the
personnel department of the Trip
lett Electrical Instrument COM
pany and Mr.. Badertscher is
employed at the Cooper Tire and
Rubber company, Findlay.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02
COUNTRY FLAVOR

settles all their differences, calls
them to meals, and protects them
from their enemies"
An adult rooster is a noble
bird. He struts with assurance
and poise; he governs with be-
nevolent paternalism. A man
should be patient with the young
lads who are going through the
stages of adolescence. But these
mornings when day is just be-
ginning to reef in nights curtain,
one wishes the young fellows
could wait spell before begin
ming to practice.
Probably the intelligent atti-
tude is one of scientific curios-
ity. If one will listen carefully
day by day, he can detect a
gradual and steady improvement
in technique, volume and musi-
cal quality. When a young human
being begins to practice on a
SaXophone, violin or flute, the
results call for patience and I'M
derstanding. We should adopt the
same attitude when young roos-
ters start practising their dawn
music.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02
MUSIC AT DAWN

: When young roosters exercise
querulous voices as the first faint
tinge of daylight shows in the
sky, a man wonders why these
juveniles need to waken so early.
Then the countryman recalls that
he advocates five a. m. rising in
the summer for human beings
and six a. m. in the winter.
Shakespeare called rooster mu-
sic THE trumpet to the morn"
and some poet labelled the male
bird 1.-The bird of dawning." One
should be reasonable about this
farm problem. There is no ques-
ton that a rooster has a conSti-
tutional right to sound off, the
same as a congressman, traffic
officer or chairman of the PTA
who is trying to organize COM
mittees.
The New England Farmer of
September, 1861, put it succinct-
ly. "The rooster is of great con-
sequence in the hen yard. He
talks to the hens, helps them to
select their nests, sympathizes
with them in all their troubles,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02
NelUs Grandfather Read
FROM THE BLUFFTON NEWS ISSUE OF JULY !, 1875

G.. w. Combs moved the first
of the week from his former lo-
cation on South Main street into
his new quarters across the
street. The new location was for
merly a brick residence struc-
ture which he purchased from
the Bluffton Manufacturing COM
pany.
Nine Bluffton students are en-
rolled for the summer quarter at
Ohio State university. Included
are Oliver GratZ, Afford Moser
and Lillian Moser, education, and
Dwain Murray, Ora Spangler,
Harvey Beidler, Emmett l..
Harshbarger, J. Frank Lewis and
Austin Lehman, graduate.
A $1,000 bond issue for the pur-
chase and preparation of a five
acre addition to Maple Grove
cemetery was approved by VIII
lage council. 1t will be submitted
at the November election. The
land is to be purchased from
Mrs. Cyrus Schumacher.
H. Ray Staater, head of public
school music instruction in Chi
cago high schools, has sailed for
France for a six weeks course
in music at the University of
Paris.
Robert Diller has been elected
president of the Allen county
Christian Endeavor organization,
succeeding Alvordan Alihaus, al
so of Bluffton. Alfred Hirschler
will be the corresponding secre-
tary and the Rev. A. X. Beish-
elm will be the counselor.
Old Dobbin is fading from the
scene. With every available park
ing space near the business sec
ton filled last Saturday night
there were less than half doz-
en- horses and buggies, according
to marshal Gid Luginbuhl, who
directed traffic.
The Krohn cider mill in the
west end of Pandora is being Of
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02

HOT AIR BALLOON ascen-
sions apparently are SO old. they
are new again. At least there
were many folk at the Bluffton
Airport Sunday afternoon who
witnessed their first ascension as
did we.
Professor Claude Shafer, who
engineers the program, is 53
years old and veteran, he says,
of 5000 parachute drops. Now
his 21-year-old nephew Dwane
Robertson is trying to catch up.
Dwane actually made the ascen-
sion and drop at Bluffton Sun
day.
Not many of the spectators re-
allied that the tail youth was ac-
tually inside the balloon most of
the time the heat was being
poured into it. It was his job to
see that the flames shooting from
an old oil drum funnel did not
catch the sides Of the balloon
ablaZe.
It's 100 degrees inside the bal
loon and the only light in the
smoke-filled interior comes from
the flame that shoots higher and
higher as the balloon is inflated.
1t was all a large crew of vol
unteers could do to hold the sides
of the balloon away from the
flames when gusts of wind bill
lowed the cloth inward.
! We asked Mr.. Shafer what he
did when he wasn't sending up
balloons or going up with them.
He told us that for the last IS
years he's just been building bal
looms and fishing.
He makes his own balloons and
parachutes. The balloons are
made of heavy muslin, and he
says it takes $50 yards of the
material to make a balloon. They
are not much good until SCOT
from the kerosene fire fills all
the cloth and makes ii alright.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02
MAINLY PERSONAL

Shafer likes the title Fair
grounds Professor of Aeronaut-
les which he has earned in IS
years. He uses an old technique,
and is probably the last balloon
ascensionist in the business.
Just as Walter Stannus says,
"Shafer doesn't do it any differ
emily than they did in the Civil
War, but it's new to most peo-
pie in this age of rockets" i"
SEVERAL VISITORS at the
Air Fair, who flew in from Cleve-
land, were pop-eyed at the large
charcoal grill operated by Harlan
Lugibihl. They had never seen
chicken grilled in such quantity
and with such skill, and were
taking photos of the operation
from all angles.
. &@
MRS. ALBERT BENROTH was
in receipt last week of a giant
size postcard bearing full color
picture of the Aquarama, 52O-foot
Lake Erie luxury cruiser, and
note from her daughter, Mrs,
George Blackwood, stating that
she had been aboard the ship for
several days with 16 models.
Mrs. Blackwood had directed the
girls in a style show for one of
Detroit's leading department
stores.
MR.. AND MRS. STANLEY
BASINGER, home from a trip
to the West Coast, add another
story to those which constantly
remind what a small country and
what a small world this actually
is. In Los Angeles they visited
with former acquaintance whom
they had known some years ago
when the friends had made their
home in Springfield, Ohio.
During the course of the eve
ming it turned out that the Los
Angeles friends had known Mr..
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02
Cunan,ins Employed
At Summer Resort

Ray Cummins, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Willis Cummins, is employed
this summer at "The Ranch
Country Club-Rydin' High" in
Warrensburg, New York.
He will return to Ohio univers-
ity, Athens, in the fall for his
senior year at the school. He will
be vice president and steward of
his fraternity, Theta Chi.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02

fered for sale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Basinger,
daughters Dorothy and Margaret
Jane, son Jimmy and nephew
Wade Basinger left Monday
morning on an auto trip to Tulsa,
Oklahoma.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02

and Mrs. George Saimons when
the latter couple lived in Los
Angeles. OF course, the Salmons
now live in Bluffton where
George is connected with the
Triplett Electrical Instrument Co.
engineering department.
LOREN STEINMAN is putting
the finishing touches on a new
pontoon pleasure craft he is anx-
ious to launch soon. Using his
Woodworking skill, Mr.. Stein
man made the 15-foot raft-like
craft which will float on two
large pontoon tanks. 1t will carry
canvas canopy over the entire
marine plywood deck, and will
be powered with a Is horsepow-
er outboard motor.
This type of lake craft is be-
coming extremely popular with
people who prefer to lounge
about a roomy, slow moving
craft to speeding over the water
in high powered motor boats.
The Steinman craft will be
steered with a wheel in the cen
ter of the raft.
LOREN STEINMAN, fabrica-
tor of steel television towers,
helped make the Bluffton Anna
teur Radio Club Field Day sue
cess last Sunday. The local radio
club holding its annual emer-
gency trials at Buckeye Park.
had no place to erect a beam
antenna for six meter transmits
Sions. Steinman was contacted
and in 20 minutes he had a self
supporting Steinman Tip-Over
Tower in place ready for the
club equipment. The transmitter
! used on this amateur band con-
tacted 81 of the SO stations work.
ed in six different states. 1t was
emergency type equipment that
could be worked from a storage
battery in case of complete pow
er failure.
THE OLD CUSTOM of tossing
rice at newlyweds has led to
many peculiar incidents. After
the recent Hauenstein Lauriat
wedding at the Presbyterian
church the traditional rice-throw-
ing ensued, but one guest ap-
parently lost her purse in the
process. When the candid we'd
ding photos were developed, one
picture showed a lady's handbag
headed toward the bride with all
the rice.
CLAIR FETT, who is respons-
ible for keeping the large Pres
byterian lawn in its usually flaw
less condition, has suggested that
members of his church throw
grass seed at weddings instead of
rice, and thus serve a double
purpose.
SID STETTLER, who usually
can be depended upon to report
the first sugar corn ready for
table consumption, beat his last
years mark by five days. EN-
pecting TO eat the first roasting
ears on the Fouth of July, Sid
was surprised TO find some ready
in his garden Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-17

will man DRIFTING observatories
above the atmosphere. and
meteorologists will forecast the
weather from above 1t all
instead Of from below a part
Of 1t.
Leaders RealiSts
But the men Of NASA, while
forward looking. are not COM
pletely visionary. Space flight
chief Abe Silverstein. a man
with an engineers incisiveness,
says:
Il don't have a feeling right
now for distant space applica-
tons, for the commercial ex-
ploitation Of far-off space. But
we can hope to learn a lot about
the universe. Perhaps we will
discover new energy sources.
There is no telling what we
will find. When you spark up
an effort like this. the glow
shines on everything"
DR.. Silverstein's boss, Space
Administrator T. Keith Glen
nan, says this of the prospec-
tive multi-billion-dolla space
effort:
I'VE have estimated the cost
of this endeavor over the years