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While most of President Eisenhower's
advisors--
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If you have just tuned in
to this special bulletin...
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Washington has confirmed
that yesterday...
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on the fourth
of October, 1957...
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on the fourth
of October, 1957...
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the Soviet Union
successfully launched...
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history's first
man-made satellite...
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into space orbit
around the Earth.
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The satellite which the Russians
have dubbed Sputnik...
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is being hailed
as a milestone in history.
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No one in our nation's capital
could deny that the satellite...
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has ushered in a grim
new chapter in the Cold War.
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And indeed,
a wave of national anxiety...
:01:25
already seems
to be sweeping the country.
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Still maintaining its speed
of 18,000 miles an hour...
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completing an orbit of the Earth
every 96 minutes.
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Dr. Wernher von Braun...
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Chief Engineer of the Army
Ballistic Missile Agency...
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expressed the hope
that the United States...
:01:49
would soon be following
the Russians into space...
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with our own
artificial satellite.
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Dr. von Braun confirmed
that there has still been...
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no actual sighting
of the Soviet satellite...
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but the U.S. expects
to be tracking it very soon.