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  • Early 1964 Newport Folk Festival ad... Bob Dylan...
    Item #707951
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, July 16, 1964

    * Newport Folk Festival - music concert
    * Year before Bob Dylan's electric controversy


    Page 9 has a early advertisement for the "Newport Folk Festival" in Rhode Island. This ad measures 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. (see image) This was a 4 day event and has... Read full description  
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  • 1972 Chicago rock band concert advertisement...
    Item #707949
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Jan. 27, 1972

    * Chicago - American rock band
    * Carnegie Hall concert advertisement


    Page 49 has a full page advertisement for "Chicago" concert performances at Carnegie Hall. (see images)
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  • 1979 premiere of "Cocaine Cowboys" advertisement...
    Item #707754
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 1, 1979

    * "Cocaine Cowboys" film advertisement
    * Grand opening day movie premieres
    * Crime drama - Andy Warhol - Jack Palance


    The back page has a full page advertisement for the opening day of the film "Cocaine Cowboys" (see images)
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  • 1979 "Jethro Tull" MSG concert ad...
    Item #707698
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Sept. 3, 1979

    * Jethro Tull - British rock band
    * Madison Square Garden concert ad
    * Aqualung album fame - MSG


    Page 63 has a 7 x 4 1/2 inch advertisement for a upcoming "Jethro Tull" concert at Madison Square Garden. (see images)
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  • 1979 "The Cars" Central Park concert ad...
    Item #707697
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 27, 1979

    * Early THE CARS - American rock band - Ric Ocasek
    * Dr. Pepper Summer Music Festival - Central Park

    The back page has a advertisement for a "THE CARS" performance at the Dr. Pepper Music Festival in Central Park. (see images)
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  • Rebecca Latimer Felton appointed U.S. Senator.......
    Item #707695
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, October 4, 1922

    * Rebecca Latimer Felton
    * White supremacist & Democrat
    * 1st United States Woman senator
    * Historic political item


    The front page has a one column heading: "Woman of 87 U. S. Senator from Georgia" Small photo of Felton is on the back page. (see images) First report coverage on the... Read full description  
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  • 1979 premiere of "Hair" & "Twisted Sister" ads......
    Item #707694
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, March 12, 1982

    * "Hair" musical film advertisement
    * Grand opening day movie premiere
    * Anti-war comedy drama - Milos Forman
    * Very early Twisted Sister nightclub ad
    * American heavy metal rock band - Dee Snider


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  • 1982 beginning of new-school hip hop rap music...
    Item #707692
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 2, 1982

    * Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
    * Performance at the Ritz nightclub advertisement

    * Beginning of new-school hip hop - rap music
    * DJ Scratching - vinyl record turntable moving


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  • Published by & for prison inmates...
    Item #707574
    THE SUMMARY, Elmira, New York, June 6, 1914  

    * Published by prison inmates
    * Elmira Correctional Facility


    An interesting newspaper "Published Weekly by & for the Inmates of the N.Y.S. Reformatory at Elmira". as noted at the top of page 2.
    Varied content with "News Of The Week" taking a full page, plus other... Read full description  
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  • Published by & for prison inmates...
    Item #707573
    THE SUMMARY, Elmira, New York, May 30, 1914  An interesting newspaper "Published Weekly by & for the Inmates of the N.Y.S. Reformatory at Elmira". as noted at the top of page 2.
    Varied content with "News Of The Week" taking a full page, plus other tidbits. The entire back page is taken up with "Sporting News". The front page has a report... Read full description  

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  • 1979 Death of Sid Vicious... Sex Pistols...
    Item #707511
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Feb. 12, 1979

    * Sid Vicious - Sex Pistols punk rock band bassist & more
    * Drug overdose death - icon of the punk subculture (1970s)


    Page 46 has a photo showing Sid Vicious with heading: "Sid Vicious, 1957-1979" which is an editorial on his recent death. (see images) Great... Read full description  
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  • By famed attorney & politician William Jennings Bryan...
    Item #707479
    THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Nebraska, Feb. 17, 1905  As noted just under the title: "William J. Bryan, Editor & Proprietor". Bryan was an unsuccessful Democratic Presidential nominee in 1896, 1900 and 1908. He was a strong supporter of Prohibition in the 1920s, and energetically attacked Darwinism and evolution, most... Read full description  

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  • Death of famed comedic actor John Candy...
    Item #707463
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 5, 1994

    * John Candy death (1st report)
    * Canadian actor - comedian
    * Hollywood movie - film comedy
    * Best title to be had ?


    The bottom of the front page has a heading: "Comic Actor John Candy Dies at Mexico Filming Site" with subhead: "Star of SCTV" and 'Planes, Trains & Automobiles'... Read full description  
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  • 1977 BLONDIE (Debbie Harry) concert advertisement...
    Item #707461
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, March 14, 1977

    * BLONDIE - Debbie Harry - American singer
    * Palladium Theatre concert & album advertisement


    Page 82 has a 8 x 5 inch advertisement for "BLONDIE" debut album and performance at the Palladium Theatre. (see images) This was prior to her 4 songs that... Read full description  
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  • 1971 Chicago rock band concert advertisement...
    Item #707459
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Jan. 14, 1971

    * Chicago - American rock band
    * Carnegie Hall concert advertisement


    Page 46 has a 7 1/2 x 5 advertisement for "Chicago" concert performances at Carnegie Hall. (see images)
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  • 1933 Adolph Hitler warning of 2nd revolution (WWII ?)...
    Item #707457
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 3, 1933

    * Chancellor Adolph Hitler
    * Warns of 2nd revolution
    * Pre Jewish Holocaust & WWII
    * Wanting full power in Nazi Germany


    The top of the front page is a one column heading: "HITLER IN WARNING FOR '2ND REVOLUTION'" with subheads. (see images) Was this the prelude to the Jewish... Read full description  
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  • 1954 Rocky Marciano KO's Ezzard Charles...  Billy Grahm "saves" gangster/boxer Mickey Cohen...
    Item #707455
    THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Sept. 18, 1954

    * Rocky Marciano wins by knockout vs. Ezzard Charles
    * Heavyweight boxing title at Yankee Stadium
    * Billy Grahm and gangster/boxer Mickey Cohen


    The top of the front page has a full-banner headline: "ROCKY KO'S CHARLES IN 8TH", with... Read full description  
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  • 1st New York - London telephone call...
    Item #707453
    BANGOR DAILY COMMERCIAL, Maine, January 7, 1927 

    * 1st America & England radio telephone call made 

    The top of the front page has a four column headline: "SCIENCE CONQUERS SPACE BY RADIO TELEPHONE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC" with subheads. (see images)
    Fourteen pages, tape mend on the front page (unrelated area, see image),... Read full description  
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  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day is inaugurated...
    Item #707451
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Jan. 14, 1986

    * Martin Luther King Jr. Day inauguration
    * Radio City Music Hall dedication
    * First observance of this federal holiday
    * Whitney Houston, Bill Cosby and more


    Page 68 has a terrific advertisement for the upcoming gala celebration for the first observance of Martin... Read full description  
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  • 1986 AEROSMITH editorial...
    Item #707449
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Jan. 7, 1986

    * Aerosmith - American hard rock band
    * Steven Tyler & Joe Perry editorial


    Page 61 has a heading: "Aerosmith: Back in the Saddle" with related photo. (see images)
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  • 1985 Motorhead w/ Lemmy concert advertisement..
    Item #707448
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Dec. 31, 1985

    * Motorhead - English heavy metal band
    * Bassist front man Lemmy Kimister
    * Ritz nightclub concert advertisement
    * w/ Wendy O. Williams & Stormtroopers of Death


    Page 96 has a 7 x 5 inch advertisement for upcoming "Motorhead w/ Wendy O. Williams &... Read full description  
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  • Very early Red Hot Chili Peppers 1985 concert ad...
    Item #707447
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 5, 1985

    * Red Hot Chili Peppers - American rock band
    * Performance at the Ritz nightclub advertisement

    * In there infancy - Anthony Kiedis and Flea

    Page 118 has an ad for various upcoming performances at the "RITZ" in Manhattan with one of the performers... Read full description  
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  • Review & premiere of "Beetlejuice", in a Los Angeles newspaper...
    Item #707446
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 30, 1988

    * Best "Beetlejuice" film advertisement
    * Grand Opening Day premiere review
    * Comedy-fantasy movie - Tim Burton


    A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Beetlejuice" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the... Read full description  
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  • White River Monster hunted... Newport, Arkansas...
    Item #707442
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 23, 1937

    * White River Monster - "Whitey"
    * Newport, Arkansas folklore


    The front page has a one column heading: "Start 'Monster' Hunt In Arkansas River; Town Has Holiday" A related photo is on the back page. (see images)
    Complete with 34 pages, rag edition in great condition. A few... Read full description  
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  • Donn Fendler goes missing in Maine's Mount Katahdin...
    Item #707440
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 21, 1939

    * Donn Fendler goes missing
    * Mount Katahdin in Maine
    * Rye, New York 12 year old boy


    The top of page 2 has a two column heading: "Maine Guardsmen Hunt For Lost Boy" with subhead. (see) Coverage on Donn Fendler going missing in the mountains of Maine.
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  • 1977 PINK FLOYD editorial...
    Item #707439
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, March 28, 1977

    * British rock bands with Pink Floyd editorial
    * British psychedelic rock group - band
    * David Gilmour - Roger Waters - "Animals tour"
    * "Airport '77" movie film premiere advertisement


    The front page has a headline: "BRITISH ROCK LIVES" with a focus... Read full description  
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  • Franks Hawks breaks airplane speed record....
    Item #707438
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Feb. 6, 1929

    * Aviator Frank Hawks
    * Transcontinental airplane flight
    * Speed record broken


    The front page has a one column heading: "Hawks Breaks Coast to Coast Flight Record" Related photo on the back page. (see images) First report coverage on Franks Hawks record breaking transcontinental west-to-east... Read full description  
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  • Dramatic, displayable issue on the death of President McKinley...
    Item #707433
    THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, Sept. 14, 1901  This is one of the more dramatic issues we have seen on the death of President William McKinley with the banner headline: "PRESIDENT M'KINLEY DEAD" and a huge, full-figure print of him in black, captioned: "Wm. McKinley, Born Jan. 9, 1843... Read full description  

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  • McKinley is shot...
    Item #707432
    THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, Sept. 7, 1901

    * President William McKinley shot
    * Leon Czolgosz, the assassin


     The banner headline announces: "PRESIDENT M'KINLEY SHOT" with various subheads including: "Stricken By An Anarchist" "While Receiving in Music Hall of Pan-American Exposition" "First Bullet Glanced,... Read full description  
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  • Babe Ruth & the Red Sox in the World Series...
    Item #707431

    SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, Oct. 10, 1915  The front page has nice reporting on game 2 of the World Series, pitting Boston against Philadelphia. Boston would win 4 games to 1.
    Babe Ruth was on the Boston team during this Series but the Red Sox pitching was so strong that the young Babe Ruth was not used on the mound and... Read full description  

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  • Isaac Newton Lewis death... gun inventor...
    Item #707395
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 10, 1931

    * Isaac Newton Lewis death
    * Lewis Gun inventor - WWI era
    * Osman Ali Khan & Mahatma Gandhi


    Page 25 has a one column heading: "COL. LEWIS, FAMOUS INVENTOR, DEAD" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Isaac Newton Lewis, United States Army officer and the... Read full description  
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  • Prohibition ends in 1933 Oklahoma & more....
    Item #707392
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 12, 1933 

    * End of Prohibition in Oklahoma
    * Connecticut & New Hampshire
    * Beer - liquor returns


    The front page has a five column heading: "Beer Is Voted, but Troops Guard It" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage on the states of Oklahoma, Connecticut and New Hampshire ratifying the... Read full description  
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  • Carl B. Stokes... First African-American Mayor of a large U.S. city...
    Item #707391
    FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, November 8, 1967

    * Carl  B. Stokes becomes 1st African-American mayor of a large U.S. city
    * Elected mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
    * Richard G. Hatcher becomes 1st African American mayor of Gary, Indiana


    The front page has a four column heading: "Negroes Record Major Gains"... Read full description  
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  • Robert F. Kennedy announces U.S. Senate run...
    Item #707390
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 12, 1964

    * Robert F. Kennedy - RFK to run
    * United States Senate - NY Senator


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "KENNEDY TO RUN FOR THE SENATE FROM NEW YORK" with subheads. (see images)
    Complete with 72 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, generally very nice.
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  • 1953 "Atomic Annie" nuclear cannon...
    Item #707389
    THE DETROIT NEWS, May 25, 1953

    * M65 Atomic Annie Cannon
    * Operation Upshot-Knothole Grable
    * Nuclear weapons test (1st)


    The front page has a two column heading: "New Atom Cannon Passes First Test" (see images) More on page 2.
    Complete with 40 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, small binding holes along the spine,... Read full description  
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  • The legendary "called shot" home run by Babe Ruth, in a Chicago newspaper...
    Item #707386
    CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, October 2, 1932 

    * Babe Ruth's called shot (first report)
    * New York Yankees World Series (game 3)
    * Chicago Cubs - Wrigley Field
    * Best title to be had - very rare


    This could well be the most desired newspaper in baseball history. This edition reports the famous Babe Ruth... Read full description  
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  • A Nazi tabloid with war photos...
    Item #707385
    BERLINER ILLUSTRIRTE ZEITUNG, Germany, June 20, 1940  This was the Life magazine of Germany, filled with various photos.
    The full front page is a photo of British & French troops evcuating Dunkirk, France. More on this inside.
    Pages 2, 3, 4 & 5 show photos of "Hitler On The Front"
    Tabloid size, complete in 16 pages, nice... Read full description  
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  • Testing the "Lusitania"...
    Item #707376
    SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Aug. 10, 1907  Articles include: "The 25 Knot Turbine Liner 'Lusitania' " which is quite detailed and includes two photos of the ship that would sink 8 years later.
    Also: "The International Kite Ascensions" which includes 7 photos; "Erecting the Great Cantilever Bridge" at... Read full description  
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  • First woman to serve in the U.S. Senate...
    Item #707355
    NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 22, 1922  The first column of page 10 has a report in the first woman taking the oath of office as a Senator - Mrs. W. H. Felton of Georgia. Quite historic.

    Note: Although notable for being the first woman to serve in the Senate, the honor was mostly ceremonial as she served but one day. Rebecca Latimer Felton was... Read full description  
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  • Lou Gehrig's "Luckiest man alive" day...
    Item #707350
    NEW YORK TIMES, July 4, 1939  

    * Lou Gehrig day at Yankee Stadium (day of)
    * "Luckiest man on the face of the earth" speech fame
    * Best publication to be had ?


    Lou Gehrig's famous speech is one of the most notable & heart-warming events in the annals of baseball history. This issue is from that day and has a article... Read full description  
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  • Bobby Unser wins his first 500...   In an Indianapolis newspaper...
    Item #707349
    THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, May 30, 1968  

    * Race Car driver Bobby Unser
    * Wins Indianapolis Indy 500
    * Terrific headline for display
    * Best publication to be had (rare)


    When it comes to having a great issue on the Indianapolis 500 I'm not sure they get much better than this.
    The front page banner headline... Read full description  
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  • Robert F. Kennedy is still alive at press time...
    Item #707347
    HERALD EXAMINER--EXTRA, Los Angeles, California, June 5, 1968  The banner headline: "RFK CLINGS TO LIFE" with subhead: "'Very Critical;' Suspect Identified" with 2 front page photos. This is the city where Robert Kennedy was shot (Ambassador Hotel) and as of press time he was still alive. Much related... Read full description  
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  • Last train robbery by "Kid" Curry and members of the Wild Bunch...
    Item #707346
    GREENSBORO PATRIOT, North Carolina, July 10, 1901 

    * The Wild Bunch "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
    * Wagner,Wyoming - Union Pacific Railroad train robbery 


    The top of page 11 has a very fine account of the last train robbery by members of the "Wild Bunch".
    This robbery of the Great... Read full description  
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  • U.S. premiere movie ad for 1979 "Apocalypse Now"...
    Item #707325
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 13, 1979

    * "Apocalypse Now" U.S. premiere movie advertisement
    * American epic war film - Francis Ford Coppola
    * Marlon Brando - Robert Duvall - Martin Sheen


    The back page has a nice advertisement for "Apocalypse Now" for it's U.S. premiere in... Read full description  
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  • 1988 Monsters of Rock music festival advertisement...
    Item #707324
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, May 17, 1988

    * Monsters of Rock music festival
    * Hard Rock and Heavy Metal bands
    * Metallica, Van Halen, Scorpions & more
    * Giants Stadium in East Rutherford NJ


    Page 83 has a nice full page advertisement for a upcoming "MONSTER OF ROCK" music festival at... Read full description  
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  • 1985 opening day premiere of "Commando" film...
    Item #707323
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 8, 1985

    * "Commando" film advertisement
    * Grand opening day movie premiere
    * American action thriller - Arnold Schwarzenegger


    Page 57 has a 8 x 6 1/2 inch advertisement (not counting the locations underneath) for the opening day of the film "COMMANDO"... Read full description  
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  • 1982 DEVO concert advertisement...
    Item #707321
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 19, 1982

    * DEVO - American new wave punk rock band
    * Palladium Theatre concert advertisement
    * "Whip It" - synth-pop song fame


    Page 71 has a nice advertisement for a upcoming "DEVO" performance at the Palladium Theatre. (see images)
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  • Ratification of the repeal of prohibition in 1933 Illinois...
    Item #707320
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 11, 1933 

    * End of Prohibition in the state of Illinois
    * Beer - liquor returns - Ratification voted
    * Repeal of the Eighteenth 18th Amendment


    The front page has a one column heading: "ILLINOIS, TENTH STATE, RATIFIES DRY LAW REPEAL" with subhead. Related photo on the back page.... Read full description  
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  • Premiere of "Airplane", in a Los Angeles newspaper...
    Item #707317
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 4, 1980

    * Best "Airplane" film advertisement
    * Grand opening weekend movie premiere
    * Satirical parody - Leslie Nielsen
    * Great ad for "The Shining" too


    A nice issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Airplane" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the... Read full description  
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  • Electric cars in the early 1980's ?...
    Item #707316
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 10, 1980

    * GM - General Motors
    * Electric automobiles ?


    The front page has a interesting banner headline: "GM to Build Electric Autos" with subhead. (see images) Unfounded environmental concerns was the reason for this proposal which never came to fruition.
    Complete 1st section with all 26 pages, nice condition.
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