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January 28, 1986 letter from John A. Howard to Ronald Reagan, regarding Howard’s column on the Space Shuttle Challenger accident

Presidential Administration: Reagan
Sender: Children
Location: Illinois
National Archives Catalog Identifier: 198445
Date: January 28, 1986
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Letter from the president of the Rockford Institute (a conservative think tank) to President Reagan, written on the day of the space shuttle Challenger explosion.

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The Rockford Institute 934 North Main Street Rockford, IL 61103 815/964-5053 January 28, 1986 The Hon. Ronald Reagan President of the United States The White House Washington, DC 20500 Dear Ron: I know that finding the right words to say about the Challenger tragedy in the State of the Union message is one of the difficult challenger of your career. I enclose a commentary I wrote for newspaper op/ed pages, which seeks to draw from this terrible loss, some positive benefits that crew gave us. Sincerely yours, (Signed) John A. Howard President JAH:rk Enc.
Collection RR-WHORM
White House Office of Records Management File Systems (White House Central Files)
1981 – 1989
Series
White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Subject File
1981 – 1989
FileUnit
White House Office of Records Managment (WHORM) Subject File case file OS001 381110