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[ Man On Radio ] While most
of President Eisenhower's advisors--
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- [ Man On Radio ] Today are ominous.
- [ Man On Radio ] Washington--
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[ Man On Radio ] 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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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...
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already seems
to be sweeping the country.
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[ Man ] 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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Doctor 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...
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would soon be following
the Russians into space...
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with our own
artificial satellite.
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Mister von Braun confirmed...
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that there has still been no
actual sighting of the Soviet satellite,
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but the U.S. expects
to be tracking it very soon.