Bill signing, 11040 Public Law 87-624, Communications Satellite Act of 1962, 9:45AM. President John F. Kennedy hands a pen to Senator John Sparkman of Alabama during a signing ceremony for HR 11040, the Communications Satellite Act of 1962. (L-R) Representative John B. Bennett of Michigan; Representative Samuel N. Friedel of Maryland (front, wearing glasses); Representative J. Arthur Younger of California (mostly hidden behind Representative Friedel); Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas (hand partially covering face); Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington; Speaker of the House of Re


Bill signing, 11040 Public Law 87-624, Communications Satellite Act of 1962, 9:45AM. President John F. Kennedy hands a pen to Senator John Sparkman of Alabama during a signing ceremony for HR 11040, the Communications Satellite Act of 1962. (L-R) Representative John B. Bennett of Michigan; Representative Samuel N. Friedel of Maryland (front, wearing glasses); Representative J. Arthur Younger of California (mostly hidden behind Representative Friedel); Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas (hand partially covering face); Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington; Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack; Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma; Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia; Senator Sparkman; Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota; Joseph A. Beirne, Vice President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Representative William L. Springer of Illinois; unidentified (behind Representative Springer); Senator John O. Pastore of Rhode Island; Newton Minow, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Executive Secretary of National Aeronautics and Space Council Edward C. Welsh. Oval Office, White House, Washington,


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