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Monthly Archives: December 2014
Skywatcher
SKYWATCHER By Sam Garfield Feb 25, 1958 (Edgewater Beach Hotel) –What’s it been, four months since the Russians launched their first Sputnik? Four months –shorter than a baseball season; one semester of school; about the proper amount of time to … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s, Air Force, Chicago, cold war, Edgewater Beach Hotel, Ground Observer Corps, ICBM, Mid-Century, Nike missiles, Redstone, russian fears, Soviet aircraft, space, Sputnik
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