Gallery: Mysterious Back Issues

GALLON is the word here.
Highlighted in brackets - A

Next is SEA GULL
Highlighted - E

After that is RADIO
Highlighted - A

Last is RASCAL
Highlighted - R,C

A word that comes from the five letters above is Areca. ?????

I typed acera into google, clicked on wiktionary, it says it means the eagle in romanian.

the future is near, all in the "clear".

gallon
sea gull
globe
rascal

A E L R C = CLEAR

Now I am Stuck trying to figure out the nonsense::
From: WSW
To: 7S_main

Due to cell organization of Daedalus I have access only to publishing arm. It is therefore difficult to be certain, but it is clear Daedaleans are closing in on operability. Most components are complete and there is increasing cross-chatter with other cells.
As to the intended outcome of the project, I have reason to suspect the Hypermusic.67 was not canceled; other skunkworks may have been scratched off government books but research not actually discontinued. Interference is implicated all the way back to NOLO operators.

Refs to studies on Perseus, Condor, Strato, and a fourth; name unknown? Please proceed!

PS. Appreciated the hint about using the archive's word frequency explorer. Makes it much easier to scan for covers and dated issues.

As to Third hint:
Is it an "earth" or "globe" that is being measured?
that gives an "A" or a "L" as the bracketed clue

Clue was "pilots new ideas in what to measure"
Cover drawing depicts a pilot measuring a globe with calipers.

Where does "radio" come in??

So now that i got this:

From: WSW
To: 7S_main
Due to cell organization of Daedalus I have access only to publishing arm. It is therefore difficult to be certain, but it is clear Daedaleans are closing in on operability. Most components are complete and there is increasing cross-chatter with other cells.
As to the intended outcome of the project, I have reason to suspect the Hypermusic.67 was not canceled; other skunkworks may have been scratched off government books but research not actually discontinued. Interference is implicated all the way back to NOLO operators.

Refs to studies on Perseus, Condor, Strato, and a fourth; name unknown? Please proceed!

PS. Appreciated the hint about using the archive's word frequency explorer. Makes it much easier to scan for covers and dated issues.
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oh and the -SW in the top right is the signature of Sam Walton, the Man who said "The future is near, all in the clear". He died in 1992.