The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library hosted an exhibit by NASA—the National Aeronautics & Space Administration. The highlight of the exhibit was a moon rock collected by Apollo 17—the final Apollo mission to the moon. In addition to the moon rock, NASA also exhibited renderings of the next generation spacecraft.

William Bertram MacFarland describes himself as “a patriot, a soldier, a spy, and an assassin.” The description does not do him full justice. He is an amalgam of James Bond, Jason Bourne and Jack Ryan. We discuss his years of service as a Presidential Assistant during the John F. Kennedy Administration from his book Back Channel.

Alisa Statman writes about the Sharon Tate murder along with her co-author Brie Tate, Sharon Tate’s niece. You may remember the incident. It was a big story in 1969. A beautiful, young actress—married to director Roman Polanski—was about to give birth to the couple’s first child, when she, and four other people were murdered in their home by followers of Charles Manson.
Listen to the promo for THE BILL FRANK RADIO SHOW on KVTA. The show starts on Monday, March 12, 2012. I’ll be on the air from 3 o’clock to 5 o’clock weekday afternoons. Listen in for in-depth interviews with thought leaders in business, entertainment, sports, politics, technology and the local community.