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...that the U.S. lagged behind Russia "in some areas of long-range ballistic missile development" but with effort could have necessary missiles in quantity and in time (a considerable change in position from his post-Sputnik assertion that the first Russian satellite had not raised his apprehensions "one iota...
Peterson also claimed that Dawson's being in the race would not affect his intentions "one iota...
Many of the cowboys made good this summer for the first time, then decided to come East this fall to see the country and try their luck. A typical example is Jay T. Smith of Iota, Idaho, who won the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo. Smith, like most of the others, has paid out more in expenses than he has won. Only about fifty of the nation's 3,000 rodeo cowboys earn more than $10,000 annually of the $3,000,000 of- fered in prizes. No cowboy is paid; in fact each has to pay to compete for prize...
...million into a U.S. moon. But basic missile research and development would continue to get priority over satellite work in U.S. defense spending. It was in this sense that President Eisenhower said flatly: "So far as the satellite itself is concerned, that does not raise my apprehensions, not one iota...
There is an interesting parallel between American and Soviet reactions to the launching of the artificial satellite. Nikita Krushchev "congratulated the engineers and technicians and calmly went to bed;" President Eisenhower let the world know "I am not disturbed, not one iota." There were others, however, in the United States who were disturbed, and many who did not go to bed calmly after hearing the news...