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Armstrong Named Newsmaker of the Year by AP Editors
Neil A Armstrong Purdue trained astronaut and first man on the moon is chosen as 1969 Newsmaker of the Year by Associated Press editors. The list also includes Charles de Gaulle and figures like John Knowles Donaldson Tom Smothers Joe Namath James Pike Norman Mailer Meany and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
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Naomi Rock
Neil Alden Armstrong
Associated Press
Armstrong
Ohio
Purdue University
Navy
Korea
Purdue
National Advisory Council On Aeronautics
Cleveland
Council
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Charles DeGaulle
France
DeGaulle
London
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Algeria
Senate
John H. Knowles
William H. Donaldson
Tom and
Dick Smothers
Joe Namath
Episcopal
James A. Pike
Norman Maler
George Meany
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Massachusetts General Hospital
American Medical Association
Knowles
AMA
Roger 0. Egeberg
University of Southern California Medical School
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
Donaldson
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange