Coordinates: 39Â°21â²N 97Â°10â²W / 39.350Â°N 97.167Â°W / 39.350; -97.167. Clay County (county code CY) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 8,535. Its county seat and most populous city is Clay Center.
Nixon wanted 'Peace with Honour' in which he would withdraw all U.S forces from Vietnam within 60 days and that the North Vietnamese would hand over all U.S prisoners of war. Nixon had made a pledge in 1968 to make an honourable end to the war. But of course the prestige of the U.S as a superpower was on the line.
A+E Networks. Also on this day in presidential history, Richard Nixon signs a bill authorizing $5.5 million in funding to develop a space shuttle. The space shuttle represented a giant leap forward in the technology of space travel. Designed to function more like a cost-efficient âreusableâ airplane than a one-use-only rocket-launched capsules, the shuttle afforded NASA pilots and scientists more time in space with which to conduct space-related research. NASA launched Columbia, the first space shuttle, in 1981.