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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Sir: Ted Kennedy asked for a public judgment of his actions. Editorials have been written, letters have been sent and polls have been taken. How does TIME'S mail count stand? How many letters have you received on the subject and what's the verdict...
...Sir: We think that Americans are far more ready to act for environmental quality than public action to date indicates. A survey of state bond elections that we conducted recently indicates that most Americans not only want to clean up but are willing to pay the price. In the last five years, 17.6 million citizens of nine states have voted on state bonding for water-pollution control. A majority in each state and a total of 11.7 million-two out of three-said, in effect, "Yes, tax me more for clean water...
...Sir: I'm half American Indian, I belong to a Black Baptist church. I have no love for the people of "middle America." I spent most of my life in a Los Angeles slum and my last four years of high school in white, middle-class America. If I had a choice between the two for my children, it would not be the latter. However, I confess to being excited about the moon landing. I would have felt the same had it been Russia or Red China. It's the first time in my life...
...Sir: I cannot recall a more successful program undertaken by the Government than our space program, which exceeded its goal sooner than planned and for less than originally estimated. Its usefulness cannot be overestimated. As stated in "SpinOffs from Space" [Aug. 1], the applicability of space-age technology in every field of human endeavor "is as wide-ranging as the human imagination." But because of its very conspicuousness, it has been attacked by all those so concerned with pressing problems here on earth, while they ignore the egregious crimes of Viet Nam and our military, which dwarf the space program...
...Sir: The full impact of the event will not be felt for some time to come, perhaps years. Much as the Wright brothers' first flight and Lindbergh's epic changed forever the environment of man on earth, so will the moon landing change forever man's dependence upon his own earth for survival. The cosmos is his. Its vastness, which holds all the answers to life and death, is but now space to be transited in this effort...