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Inside the cathedral, 1,200 other invited guests waited for the cortege to arrive. They made a diverse assembly: Astronaut John Glenn and New York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller, Pennsylvania's William Scranton, Alabama's George Wallace. G. Mennen ("Soapy") Williams, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, wore a black bow tie with green polka dots. Fifty Senators and 100 Representatives-only the most senior-were there, along with former Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and Harry Truman, Richard and Pat Nixon, Evangelist Billy Graham, Henry Ford, IBM's Thomas J. Watson Jr. and dozens from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Funeral | 12/6/1963 | See Source »

...souls, argued from the general to the particular. Wilson argues from the particular to the general. When he argues ultimate questions and the moral complicity of the taxpayer in the Government's research into germ warfare, or the "lunacy" of a $30 billion program to put an astronaut on the moon, the whole structure is somehow involved in the small fact that Wilson failed to file any return whatever for ten years and, when brought up short, pleaded ignorance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wilson v. the U.S. | 12/6/1963 | See Source »

...Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space approved a resolution that was agreed on beforehand by the U.S. and Russia. The resolution states that no nation can claim sovereignty over the moon and planets; that states are liable for damages their space vehicles cause; that an astronaut who makes an emergency landing will be promptly repatriated along with whatever remains of his space ship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International Law: The Frontier Is Up | 11/29/1963 | See Source »

...nearest neighbor, however, is little more than a huge publicity stunt. The same amount of information could be gained simply by landing an instrument package on the moon--a far easier and less expensive project. Also, such a venture would not need to endanger the life of an American astronaut in a program forced to sacrifice safety for the sake of speed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Moon Race | 11/16/1963 | See Source »

...secretary in East Side, West Side, Negro students in the classroom of The Patty Duke Show and on the campus of Channing. On The Outer Limits, a Negro recently played a would-be Pierre Salinger, press secretary to a presidential candidate. Another Outer Limits show will have a Negro astronaut. All three networks now have Negro newsmen. There is a Negro girl in Jackie Gleason's chorus. A Chicago TV station has a Negro weather girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Actors: Crossing the Bar | 11/8/1963 | See Source »

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