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[i]Uncertain of this date ... believe it to be mid-to fall of 1959. President Eisenhower not feeling well and the V.P. substituted for the presentation. He was warm, charming, almost awestruck ... guided them around ... was reluctant to see them go. This was among the first of the "goodwill" trips to Congress for political favor--they [b]detested[/b] the word astronaut and preferred pilot — as they quietly corrected the starstruck. Their hair still clipped to the scalp — in an early version of the hi fade — no new clothes yet — and John Glenn [b]determined[/b] to wear his bow tie ... Scott uneasy with the attention — but all on their best behavior![/i]
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