Word: sirs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Sir: I am sick and tired of hearing the often-used line "Now that we've conquered the moon, let's conquer poverty here on earth." In the short eleven years of its existence, the space program has become the biggest scapegoat in history. Why wasn't poverty conquered before the space program came into being? We have the necessary resources in the U.S. to ensure that everyone is eating regularly, without slowing or abandoning the space program. To stop now would make as much sense as Columbus discovering America and then returning to Europe forgetting...
...Sir: Before supersophisticated writers start carping about Mr. Nixon's state dinner in Los Angeles honoring the astronauts, may a humble and grateful citizen say, "Thank you, Mr. President." Thank you for your boyish pride, your genuine affection for three gallant men, and most of all thank you for sharing it with me. I had a wonderful time. Where else could you see the Ambassador of Sweden, Rudy Vallee and an astronaut sit down together...
...Sir: I am grateful for your interest in clean water and in helping to make the public aware of areas of pollution [Aug. 1]. However, as mayor of the city of Erie, I take exception to your inference that all of Lake Erie is a cesspool. We are a tourist area, and Erie's beaches and boating facilities are open, and have been open for many years. Last year more than three and one-half million people visited Erie's Presque Isle State Park. Sixty lifeguards man eleven beaches on the park. These beaches are tested weekly...
...Sir: You speak of Prince Souvanna Phouma "vacationing in France" [Aug. 1] while the North Vietnamese invasion in Laos is again making headlines. After a trip to London, where he met again with Prime Minister Wilson for his country's sake, and before going to Paris to meet with President Pompidou and some members of the new French government for the same reason, the Prime Minister of Laos spent exactly three weeks on a cure for stomach troubles at one of the quietest and most remote of French spas, Plombieres in the Vosges. This was no dolce vita...