Soyuz 11 Soviet spacecraft disaster....

LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 30, 1971



* Soyuz 1 - Russian spacecraft

* Only humans to die in space

* Re-entry disaster - Incomplete issue



The front page has a nice banner headline: "SPACE COFFIN; 3 Russ Found Dead on Landing" with subheads and photos of each cosmonaut. (see) The three crew of Soyuz 11 are the only humans to have died outside the Earth's atmosphere.

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1971 Apollo 15 space mission "Splashdown"...

THE SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE, Indiana, Aug. 8, 1971



* Apollo 15 space mission to the Moon (splashdown)



The front page has a banner headline: "ENDEAVOUR CREW 'BACK HOME'; Faulty 'Chute Fails to Mar Landing" with subhead and three related photos. (see images) Nice for display.

Complete with all sections (60+ pages), light toning along the central fold and margins, generally in... See More  

1972 Festival of Hope for crippled children...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 3 1972



* Festival of Hope - for crippled children

* Two-day rock concerts at Roosevelt Raceway

* Jefferson Airplane - The James Gang

* Elephant's Memory - Bo Diddley & much more



Page 29 has a full page advertisement for the "FESTIVAL OF HOPE", a benefit music festival for crippled children. Many of the kn... See More  

Last human to walk on the Moon....

THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Kansas, December 13, 1972 



* NASA's Apollo 17 mission success

* Astronaut Eugene Cernan

* Last human to step foot on Moon



The bottom of the front page has a five column headline: "Discovery Could Be Lunar Volcanism"  Coverage on the last Apollo mission in which Eugene Cernan became the last human to step foot on the Moon. I suspect very few o... See More  

Kennedy Space Center delays Skylab...

SPACEPORT NEWS, Jan. 25, 1973  This is the official newsletter of the "Kennedy Space Center" as noted in the masthead, which also includes the early "NASA" logo (see). Published bi-weekly, this newsletter is seldom found as it only circulated among NASA employees. Various news reports from the Kennedy Space Center including photos. The front page banner headline: "Sky... See More  

Last U.S. soldier leaves Vietnam in 1973...

THE TIMES-UNION, March 29, 1973



* Last American soldier to leave Vietnam

* Master Sergeant Max Bielke photo



The front page has a nice banner headline: "After 12 Years, We Leave Vietnam" with subheads and related photo showing Master Sergeant Max Bielke leaving in a transport helicopter. Bielke is considered the last U.S. soldier to leave Saigon after the war.

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1973 airplane crash death of Jim Croce...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Sept. 27, 1973



* Jim Croce death in airplane crash w/ photo

* American folk & rock singer songwriter

* "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" song fame



Page 43 has a heading: "Jim Croce, 1943-73" with photo. (see images)

AI notes: Jim Croce died tragically on September 20, 1973, at the age of 30, in a plane crash shortly a... See More  

1974 Deep Purple Madison Square Garden concert ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Jan. 31, 1974



* Deep Purple - English hard rock band

* Heavy metal & modern hard rock music pioneers

* Madison Square Garden concert advertisement



Page 59 has a nice full page advertisement for a "DEEP PURPLE" concert at Madison Square Garden. (see images)

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1974 Pan Am Flight 812 disaster...

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, April 23, 1974



* Pam Am Flight 812 disaster

* Boeing "Clipper Climax" airplane

* Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia



The front page has a banner headline: "Jet crashes on Bali" with subhead. (see images)



Complete with 104 pages, tabloid size, nice condition.

The death of Charles Lindbergh...

THE COURIER JOURNAL, Louisville, Kentucky, August 27, 1974



* Charles Lindbergh death

* Aviator - airplane



This 1st section only (1st 20 pages) of a normal 42 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "Lindbergh dies of cancer" with related photos (see photos). Page 3 has a banner headline: "Famed aviator Charles Lindbergh dies of cancer at 72" with pho... See More  

1974 Mr. Olympia & Jefferson Starship concert ads...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 10, 1974



* Mr. Olympia - professional bodybuilding competition

* Felt Forum at Madison Square Garden advertisement

* Arnold Schwarzenegger (1) & Lou Ferrigno (2) fame

* Jefferson Starship - American rock band

* First year after Jefferson Airplane - Grace Slick

* Radio City Music Hall concerts advertisement



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1975 Sly and the Family Stone & QUEEN ads...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Jan. 20, 1975



* Sly and the Family Stone Concert advertisement

* Psychedelic soul band at Radio City Music Hall

* 1st major racially integrated & mixed gender group

* QUEEN English rock band - Freddie Mercury

* Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center concert ad



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The day before the end of the Vietnam War...

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, April 29, 1975 



* Vietnam War ending

* Saigon falling to Reds

* Evacuation beginning 



This issue is on the eve of the end of the Vietnam War, with a banner headline: "2 MARINES KILLED BY RED SHELLING" with related photo. Reporting and a few more related photos on pages 4, 5 & 6. 

Complete with 84 pages, nice condition.



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1976 Ronnie Van Zant, Genesis & Nils Lofgren...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, March 29, 1976



* Pre singer Ronnie Van Zant airplane crash disaster

* Lynyrd Skynyrd - American Southern rock band

* GENESIS w/ Phil Collins Beacon Theatre advertisement

* Nils Lofgren - American musician concert & album ad



 Beginning on page 83 is a editorial on Ronnie Van Zant and his group Lynyrd Skynyrd with photo ... See More  

1st landing on Mars... Viking 1...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 20, 1976



* Viking 1 landing on Mars - Nasa (day of)

* 1st spacecraft to land on the planet



The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Viking Poised for Landing And Mars Pictures Today" with subhead. Coverage continues inside with 2 related photos. Viking 1 was the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars and perform its mission. This would b... See More  

Dolly Sinatra killed in 1977....

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Jan. 7, 1977



* Iconic singer & Actor Frank Sinatra

* Dolly Sinatra killed in airplane crash



The front page has a banner headline: "Sinatra's Mother on Lost Jet" with subhead and related photo. (see) Great to have from the home of the entertainment industry, rare as such.

Complete with all sections (100+ pages), nice condition.



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Opening review for the movie "Star Wars" (1977)..

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, June 13, 1977



* Star Wars - Episode IV - A New Hope

* George Lucas - epic space opera film

* American film critic Molly Haskell review

* Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker

* Early movie advertisement



The top of the front page has a action photo of Luke Skywalker with heading: "Star Wars; Review by Molly Haskell"

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1977 Rock band "Queen" MSG ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Nov. 14, 1977



* "Queen" North America concert tour 

* "News of the World Tour" advertisement

* Madison Square Garden performances

* Ronnie Van Zant editorial by Robert Christgau

* re. Lynyrd Skynyrd rock band airplane crash



Page 93 has a 7 x 4 1/2 inch advertisement for: "QUEEN" concert at Madiso... See More  

1978 Ted Bundy's FSU sorority house murders...

SAN JOSE MERCURY, Jan. 16, 1978



* Ted Bundy - American serial killer

* Women - young girls rapist - murderer

* Florida State University sorority house attack



Page 9 has a three column heading: "2 coeds strangled to death, 3 others injured in Florida" with lead-in: "Sorority house terror" and photo of one of his victims. Also a larger photo of a sorority sister peaking o... See More  

Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182 disaster....

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Sept. 26, 1978



* Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182

* Boeing 727 airplane collision disaster



The front page has a banner headline: "Grim Search in Crash Rubble" with subheads, related photo and a map. (see images) Much more inside.

Complete 1st section only with 20 pages, nice condition.

1978 Rock band QUEEN's "Jazz" album release...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich, Village, New York City, Dec. 4, 1978



* "Queen" British rock band advertisement

* "Jazz" album release - Freddie Mercury

* "Bicycle Race" & "Fat Bottomed Girls" fame

* Actor Bruce Lee death revisited 5 years later

* Hong Kong-American martial artist

* Jeet Kune Do martial art founder



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1979 premiere of "ALIEN" horror film advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, May 28, 1979



* "ALIEN" opening day film advertisement

* Science fiction extraterrestrial horror movie

* Actors Sigourney Weaver and Tom Skerritt

* "No Nukes" concert at Madison Square Garden



The back page has a full page advertisement for the opening day of the horror film "ALIEN"

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1979 Flight 191 O'Hare airplane disaster....

CHICAGO SUNDAY SUN-TIMES, June 1, 1979



* American Airlines Flight 191 takeoff crash

* O'Hare airport disaster investigation

* In a Chicago publication (RARE)

 

The front page has a heading: "Engine fails, DC-10 returns" More on page 5 with two related photos. Until 9/11, it was the deadliest air disaster to occur on U.S. soil.

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Thurman Munson killed... New York Yankees...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, August 3, 1979 



* Cather Thurman Munson 

* New York Yankees baseball

* Jet airplane crash disaster



The top of the front page has a one column photo with tiny heading: "Killed" with brief text. Actual report is in the sport's section which is missing here.

First section only with pages 1-32, missing the sport's section. Great condition.... See More  

Premiere of "Airplane", in a Los Angeles newspaper...

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 leading newspaper from the home of the entertainment industr... See More