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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1969
Page
7
The column critiques the Apollo era feat on the moon as ambitious yet absurdly fragile. It frames the lunar triumph alongside the pollution of Earthly air and critiques mankind’s obsession with the impossible over practical progress.
The passage critiques a doomsay voice arguing failure is inevitable and praises bold, costly space ambitions. It contrasts funding rockets with public works and schools, warning against parsimonious choices that endanger lives and diminish human potential. It likens space triumph to a moral reckoning with society.
James Reston argues the moon landing revived global hope and urged new approaches to social, economic, and political crises. He notes persistent hunger, population surge, wars, Sino Soviet tensions, and an arms race, urging leaders to think anew and act anew.
A brief medical note describes legs achy and poor circulation with joint pains and muscle spasm. It states the therapy normalizes body systems to ease pain, relax muscles, and quiet nerves so a patient may desire to work again. Contact Dr. Duncan, D. C., at 2501 E Broadway.
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