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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1962
Page
1
Published every Thursday and entered as second class matter at the Post Office at Aurelia Iowa. Per year in advance outside Cherokee County none see SD per year $3. Classified ads and readers are 10 cents per line with a minimum charge of 50 cents for the first insertion. Cards of Thanks are $1.00 each per insertion.
Social items record Supper Club hosting and bridge prizes for Edgar Allen and Mrs. Edgar Allen, Embroidery Club meeting with 19 members, Pythian Sisters birthday supper and fund contributions, card parties and dinners in honor of birthdays, Aurelia Garden Club program, Mary Guild and Peregrine White Circle meetings, and Aurelia PTA executive board session.
The article notes John Glenn Jr. arriving home to New Concord Ohio on a Saturday. Citizens praise his return while a TV announcer prompts a student in the auditorium for his view, with the student saying New Concord and Muskingum College are proud of Mr. Glenn.
A student voices concern that astronauts are being used to sway Congress and fund NASA. The editor agrees, criticizing NASA for exploiting public sentiment to obtain roughly 35 billion dollars over the next decade and praising Mr Glenn’s historic flight as a backdrop.
An unidentified critic accuses NASA of exaggerating risks to keep funding high, calling for an end to taxpayer support for Mr Glenn and other astronauts while accusing the agency of using them as a scapegoat to justify pet projects.
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