Looking up #oldtimeradio stories based on tales by one of my favorite #sciencefiction authors (and #newspaperman), Clifford D. Simak, I was surprised to find he had reported on a Project #Mastodon ... in 1956 on X Minus 1, and a year earlier as a novella in Galaxy Science Fiction magazine.

https://youtu.be/2qhp5pc3ud4

X Minus One - Old Time Radio - Project Mastodon (re-uploaded)

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What better gift for our veteran newspaper chief than a beautifully bound archive of newspapers? Complete with a cool magnifying lens!

Hail to our Chief!

#georgearzt #georgearztcommunications #newspaperman #newspaper #newspapers #newyorktimes #nyt #nytimes @nytimes #nyc #newyork #newyorkcity #newyorknewyork #iloveny #ilovenyc #ilovenewyork #ilovenewyorkcity

What an amazing writer, what an amazing life โ€”Ben Hecht
(here in 1945), Born February 28, 1894, New York City,
Died April 18, 1964 (aged 70)
Occupation Screenwriter, director, producer,novelist, playwright, journalist
Style Comedy, newspapers, gangster
Spouse(s) Marie Armstrong (m. 1915; divorced), Rose Caylor โ€‹(m. 1926)โ€‹

#twentiethcentury #screenwriter #newspaperman #chicago #losangeles #americanhistory #palestine #israel #benhecht #holocaust