Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

I urge you to overturn the Department of Defense's BRAC recommendation to close Cannon Air Force Base. Cannon Air Force Base should not be on the BRAC closure list for many reasons. I've listed some of the key reasons below: Cannon does not fit the criteria provided for base closure. Cannon has an abundance of air space and no encroachment issues. This provides for safer and more realistic training scenarios for pilots.

Community Correspondence - In realization of the enormous task the BRAC Commission has been given; please accept this input. No one wants to have "their" local military base to close; your decisions will not be popular regardless of what closure decision you make. Therefore the decision needs to be based on something other than politics. Please consider these important facts regarding Cannon Air Force Base: 1. Clovis and Portales, NM are VERY small communities; the total population for both counties (per 2002 census) is only 63,062. The resulting economic impact from closure would be devastating simply due to the large economic impact Cannon has on these two small communities. We do not have lots of other industry and due to our location it is doubtful that other compensating industries can be developed. 2. The local weather conditions and the proximity to what is known locally as the Melrose bombing range (located between Ft. Sumner and Clovis south of Melrose) allows for y

I am very concerned about the BRAC Commission's decision to close Cannon Air Force Base. * I do not believe the Commission is fully aware of the unique attributes that Cannon offers to our national defense. These include an abundance of air space and no encroachment issues, a bombing range that is only seconds away, the airspace to fly at supersonic speeds, and ideal year-round flying weather, among many others. In addition to the military value to the nation, Cannon has been supported over the last 50 hears by the local communities like no other in the country. We consider Cannon a part of our family. The closure of Cannon will also have a devastating impact on our economy. It has been estimated that the area will lose at least 20 percent of its workforce, plus the ripple effect that we will have on our public and higher education systems. Please reconsider all the facts before making your final decision.

I am very concerned about the Department of Defense's recommendation that Cannon Air Force Base should be closed. Cannon Air Force Base should not be on the BRAC closure list for many reasons. Listed below are just a few reasons on why Cannon Air Force should not be on the list: Cannon does not fit the criteria provided for base closure. The weather in Eastern New Mexico provides year round training ability. Cannon has the space and facilities to accommodate joint war-fighting, training, and readiness as was evidenced by the recent joint training effort between Cannon and the US Navy.

Community Correspondence - 18 individual letters to the commission stating approval of the commission's decision to leave Cannon AFB on the BRAC list for closing. They state their disapproval of the adequacy of the facilities on base and the lack of effort taken in caring for the citizens.

Community Correspondence - 504 letters to the commission about the proposed closure of Cannon AFB and the disapproval of the action.

Letter from Felix Rios to John J. Herrera. Rios asks Herrera to send him "Whole works in regard to the National funds."

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Jack Richards and Linda Zedlitz test the delicious buffet of spinanch quche, macaroni salad, and chocolate tarts before anouncing it was lunchtime at the party linda hosted for the couple.... ."

Interview with Army Air Forces veteran Wilbur H. Ford. The interview includes Ford's personal experiences about being a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II, training, transferring to the Army Air Force from the Army, flight training, B-17 transition training, and crew training. Ford also talks about his assignment to the 401st Bomb Group, enemy flak, the highlights of his nine missions over Germany, battle damage to his plane, the Dresden raid, returning to the States, and transition training in B-29s for transfer to the Pacific Theater.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A stout-hearted skier enjoys the bumps of the back bowls at New Mexico's Angel Fire."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "LEFT: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tant and their son Barry, 10, came to Toas about three years ago and bought a house built in 1770."

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Copy of transcript for an essay written by Stephen F. Austin, in which Austin addresses the history of Texas and the negative effects of the law of April 6, 1830, which ended immigration from the United States. Austin also argues that Texas would not economically benefit from separating from Mexico.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about police looking for a man wanted for killing three officers and kidnapping a man at gunpoint.

Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about New Mexico authorities running fingerprints to determine hether the man who kidnapped a man is conneted to the triple slaying of Dallas sheriff deputies.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Interview with Hollis Willett concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Willett worked at camps in Cottonwood, Arizona and Lake Arthur, New Mexico (Company 2842).

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the new escape system to be used on the F-111 tactical fighter, being manufactured by General Dynamics in Fort Worth.

Letter from Dr. Valin Woodward to the president of the Tarrant County Medical Society asking that they file information about his brother (Mortimer) who has just died and was also a member of the group. He outlines a brief biography of his brother's life, particularly in relation to his health after having a kidney removed in 1926 and then moving to New Mexico due to tuberculosis.

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Marion Lee Kempner enclosing a note from Durham and discussing about the Barbengos and their parties.