The Cuban Missile Crisis, From Ohio
Kennedy went on television tonight and told us the Soviets have nuclear missiles in Cuba, 90 miles from Florida. We may be going to war.
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We Choose to Go to the Moon
President Kennedy spoke at Rice University today. "We choose to go to the Moon not because it is easy, but because it is hard." I read the whole speech in the paper. I read it twice. The neighbor Harold says it's still a waste of money. I told Harold the…
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Before the Decade Is Out
President Kennedy told Congress we're going to the Moon. Before the decade is out. That's 1969, eight years from now. The Moon. My neighbor Harold says it's a waste of money. I told Harold that people probably said the same thing about Columbus. Harold said Columbus didn't cost four billion…
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Before This Decade Is Out
The President of the United States stood up in Congress today and said we are going to land a man on the Moon and return him safely to Earth before 1970.
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