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On the recordSeptember 1, 1960
Finally, New England shares in the urgent economic needs of the entire Nation - the need to provide a decent life for our older citizens and a decent education for our young.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Excerpts from the Remarks of John F. Kennedy, Manchester, NH, Airport Rally

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