Published Aug 26 2012 by Charleston Gazette


Astronaut Neil Armstrong, first to walk on the moon, dies

CINCINNATI -- Neil Armstrong was a soft-spoken engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made "one giant leap for mankind" with a small step onto the moon. The modest man, who had people on Earth entranced and awed from almost a quarter-million...

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