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Richard Nixon: I urge all who use our waterways to acquire those skills essential to their own safety and that of others and to apply…

On the recordJanuary 27, 1971
I urge all who use our waterways to acquire those skills essential to their own safety and that of others and to apply them carefully.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Proclamation 4028—National Safe Boating Week, 1971

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