This was the second conference held at Riverside Community College. By now it was being referred to as the Riverside Telescope Meeting or the Telescope Makers Conference. Attendance was gradually starting to grow as word of this "West Coast" conference got around, especially due to the nice article which appeared in Sky & Telescope the year before.

Fifty telescopes were displayed and 15 entered into the competition. At that time, awards were given for both optical and mechanical excellence. First and Second Place were still awarded. Bob Cox of Sky & Telescope later convinced Cliff Holmes to make them all of equal value.

This was also the first year that telescope manufacturers had displays at Riverside, an important difference between it and the only other major conference that existed at the time, Stellafane.

Speakers

	Richard Buchroder, "A Houghton Camera"
	James Kent, "The Optical Facilities at Citrus College"
	Leland Barnes, "Refinements in the Dall Null Test"
	Harrison Sarrafian, "A New Maksutov Design"
	Robert E. Cox, "Newer Types of Telescopes"

Merit Awards

	Bill Lucas, 1st Place (Tie) in Optical Excellence - 10" Newtonian
	Tom Baker, 1st Place (Tie) in Optical Excellence - 10" Newtonian
	Lt. Col. Donald Mueller, 2nd Place for Optical Excellence - 6" Newtonian
	Lt. Col. Donald Mueller, 1st Place for Mechanical Design - 6" Newtonian
	Robert Jensen, 2nd Place for Mechanical Design - 8" Maksutov
	Brian Rhodes, 16-1/2" Newtonian

Cliff Holmes Bill Lucas showing off his award-winning 10" Newtonian Lt. Col, D. D. Muellar with his award-winning 6" Newtonian R. P. Jensen with his 8" Maksutov Ron McKnight with his 12-1/2" Newtonian The Meeting Hall Victor Nikolashin demonstrating a folding Cassegrain telescope