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...violated the First Amendment's guarantees of free speech. Arthur J. Goldberg, former As sociate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, based his argument against the convictions on this principle. He contended that the Government's attempt to prove "conspiracy" against the four protesters was based on public, not secret, expressions of dissent against the draft and the war. "The First Amend-ment," argued Godberg, "prohibits conditions on any such basis...
...hero to his valet, no woman-not even one of the most elegant First Ladies in American history-is a heroine to her secretary. This month, as Jacqueline Kennedy turns 40, her public face has acquired a few wrinkles from a sensational book by Mary Barelli Gallagher, Jackie's former personal secretary...
...brilliant, almost straight-A student throughout his years in the Montclair public school system, Aldrin went on to West Point, where he finished third in a class of 475. After combat duty in Korea, he was assigned to the U.S. Air Force Academy as aide to the dean of the faculty, then flew fighters in West Germany. He began thinking about joining the space program, but decided that he needed more education. After getting his doctorate from M.I.T. in 1963?46 years after his father had received his bachelor's degree there?Aldrin was selected for the third group...
...that they would catch the flu or one of the gastrointestinal disturbances that afflicted three of the previous four Apollo crews. If that happens, says Berry, "I'll have the whole world on my back demanding proof that they are not down with some moon bug." Berry publicly discouraged Richard Nixon from dining with the astronauts on the eve of their flight, lest the President pass on germs. When the crew members made their final pre-launch public appearance at a press briefing in Houston eleven days before liftoff, they entered the room wearing rubber masks to cover their mouths...
...barrier that set Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins apart from their questioners was highly appropriate. When?if all goes well?the three make their next public appearance, they will do so as mankind's first voyagers to an extraterrestrial body. They are only men, chosen for their role by fate as well as by their own unquestionable talents. But by virtue of their momentous experience, they will also be men set apart from their fellows...