Woman aviator Marge Hurlburt killed in crash...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 5, 1947



* Marge Hurlburt killed at airshow

* Airplane crash in a AT-6 aircraft

* Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa



The front page has a five column heading: "World Air Speed Queen Dies in Crash" Small photo of Hulburt is on page 3. (see images)

Complete 1st section only with 20 pages, some small binding holes along the spine, generally very nice.



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2000 Alaska Airlines Flight 261 disaster...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Feb. 1, 2000



* Alaska Airlines Flight 261 disaster

* McDonnell Douglas MD-83 airliner

* Pacific Ocean airplane crash



The front page has a banner headline: "Jetliner Plunges Into Pacific; 88 Feared Dead in Crash off Ventura County" with subhead, related photo and map. (see images) Much more inside.

complete with all sections (130+ pages), very nice condition.... See More  

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  

Plane crashes into the Empire State Building...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., July 28, 1945 



* B-25 Mitchell bomber crash

* Empire State Building



The front page has a banner headline: "B-25 Hits Empire State Bldg--15 Die" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage on the B-25 Mitchell bomber airplane crash into the Empire State Building in New York City.

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1918 Hammond Circus Train Wreck...

THE WILMINGTON DISPATCH, N.C., June 23, 1918



* Hammond Circus Train Wreck

* Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus disaster

* Michigan Central Railroad - Indiana



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "CIRCUS TRAIN IS SMASHED IN WRECK" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with 16 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, generally in good condition.



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Jimmy Doolittle to lead D-Day air attack...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 29, 1943



* Aviation pioneer Jimmy Doolittle

* New commander of the Eighth Air Force

* Promoted Lieutenant general

* To lead air attack on D-Day



The front page has a one column heading: "DOOLITTLE TO GUIDE INVASION AIR BLOW" with subhead. (see images)

Other World War II events of the day. Complete with 34 pages, rag edition in nice condition.... See More  

The famed '48 Tucker car is introduced...

THE DETROIT NEWS, June 19, 1947 



* 1948 sedan "Torpedo"

* First introduced w/ photo

* Preston Tucker



The top of page 51 has a three column photo of the much-hyped and revolutionary automobile produced by Preston Tucker with heading: "Tucker Torpedo--A Newcomer in the Auto World" The same page has an article headed: "Tucker Has Long Way to Go to Build 1,000 Ca... See More  

Will Rogers & Wiley Post - deaths in 1935...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, Aug. 22, 1935 



* Will Rogers & Wiley Post 

* Airplane crash - deaths 



The front page has the two-column heading: "Nation Pays Tribute Today At Rogers and Post Rites", with the subheading: "Observance of Obsequies Will Be Held in Many Parts of America While Actual Services Are Conducted in West". The coverage of the... See More  

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)

I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because their was really no reason to save it at the time.

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

CHICAGO SUNDAY SUN-TIMES, May 31, 1979



* American Airlines Flight 191 takeoff crash

* O'Hare airport disaster investigation

* In a Chicago publication (RARE)

 

The front page has a banner headline: "Charges DC-10 flaws known to FAA in '73" The top of page 4 has a heading: "More problems found in DC-10s; some safe" (see images) Until 9/11, it was the deadlies... See More  

1932 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball... John Wooden...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 8, 1932



* Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball

* 1931-32 Big Ten champions

* Nationals champions as well

* Future UCLA Bruins coach John Wooden



The front page of section two (sports) has a terrific banner headline: "PURDUE WINS 53-18; WOODEN SETS RECORD" with subheads that include: "STAR MAKES 21 POINTS AGAINST MAROON FIVE" and more wit... See More  

Notre Dame vs. Northwestern in 1930...

SECTION TWO (sports) of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, Nov. 23, 1930



* Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Northwestern Wildcats

* 3rd to last collegiate game coached by Knute Rockne

* ND to be National Champions for 1930 season

* NCAA college football



The front page of this section has a one column heading: "WHAT ROCKNE TOLD IRISH-AT HALF AND FINISH" with subhead and 2 photos. . (see i... See More  

Molly Maguires ?...

BETHLEHEM DAILY TIMES, Pennsylvania, April 5, 1875



* Molly Maguires

* Miners - railroad

* Gov. John F. Hartranft

* Pennsylvania



Page 3 has an article with small heading: "The Troubles in the Coal Regions" (see images) Nice to have in a Pennsylvania title.

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Coelophysis dinosaurs found in New Mexico... DC-3 airliner crashes in Florida swamp...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 14, 1947



* Coelophysis dinosaurs skeletons discoveries

* Ghost Ranch, New Mexico

* DC-3 crashes in Florida swamp



The front page has two column headings: "Museum Finds Dinosaurs Of 200 Million Years Ago" "Skeletons of Ancestor of Forty-Ton Monster Are Only Three or Four Feet in Length--Discovered in New Mexico" Coverage on the famed Coelophysis d... See More  

1947 airplane speed record broken...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 20, 1947



* Test pilot Albert Boyd

* United States Air Force

* Air speed record broken

* First jet fighter airplane



Near the bottom of the front page has a two column heading: "U.S. Jet Flies 623.8 Miles an Hour To Capture World Speed Record" (see images)

Complete with 42 pages, rag edition in very nice condition.



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Upperville, Virginia TWA Flight 514 disaster...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., December 2, 1974



* TWA Flight 514 disaster

* Boeing 727-231 jet airplane

* Mount Weather, Virginia



The front page has a headline that reads: "Jet Crash Kills 92 Near Washington D.C." with subhead. Related photo on page 8. (see images) First report coverage on page 2 for the TWA Flight 514, Boeing 727-231 jet airplane crash near Upperville, Virginia.... See More  

Sally Ride to be 1st Woman in space ?...

SAN JOSE MERCURY, California, Jan. 17, 1978



* Stanford University student Sally Ride

* Selected to be a possible future astronaut

* First American Woman to fly in space fame

* Future NASA space program icon w/ photo



The bottom of the front page has a four column heading: "3 Central Coast scientists on astronaut list" with a photo of a young Sally Ride, a student at Stanford Univ... See More  

Japanese aerial bombing of Canton & Nanjing (Nanking), China

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1952 Elizabeth City NJ airplane disaster...

THE DETROIT NEWS, Jan. 23, 1952



* American Airlines Flight 6780 disaster

* Elizabeth City, New Jersey airplane crash

* First fatal wreck of a Convair 240 airliner



The front page has a five column photo of the crash site with heading: "Death Flies Into New Jersey Homes on Wings of Doomed Airliner" Also a one column heading: "23 in Plane, 5 Residents Are Killed" (see imag... See More  

Robert Goddard.... early rockets... Charles Lindbergh, Jr. ?...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 10, 1930



* Robert H. Goddard - Early rockets - rocketry

* 1st photo of Charles Lindbergh Jr. ?



Page 27 has a one column heading: "GUGGENHEIM BACKS ROCKET SKY-STUDY" with subheads. (see images)

Page 3 has a photo of newly born Charles Lindbergh Jr. This could be the earliest photo of him in any newspaper.

Fifty-two pages, various cutouts in unrelated pag... See More  

Charles Lindbergh finds lost city...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 30, 1929



* Aviator Charles Lindbergh

* Ancient Mayan Civilization

* Airplane exploration - findings



The front page has a two column heading: "Lost Mayan City Discovered by Lindbergh; Yucatan 'Find' Led Him to Air Photography" (see)

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 48 pages, light toning at the margins, minor spine wea... See More  

1963 Northwest Orient Airliners Flight 705...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., Feb. 13, 1963



* Northwest Orient Airliners Flight 705

* Florida everglades airplane crash disaster



The front page has a nice headline: "43 KILLED AS JET AIRLINER CRASHES IN EVERGLADES" with subhead and small map. (see images) A list of the victims is on page 4.

Complete with 30 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition. ... See More  

Malcolm Campbell... Over 300 MPH in automobile...

ROTOGRAVURE SECTION ONLY of the New York Times, Jan. 22, 1933



* Race driver Malcolm Campbell

* Bluebird speed car photo



The top of the front page of this section has a nice photo showing Sir. Malcolm Campbell's new "Bluebird" speed car. Another related photo is on the front page as well.

Many other photos of other topics throughout. Complete with 8 pages, rag edition in nice... See More  

1960 Cal Poly Mustangs football team disaster...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Oct. 30, 1960



* California Polytechnic State University

* Football team airplane crash - Toledo, Ohio

* Cal Poly Mustangs - San Luis Obispo



The front page has a banner headline: "18 in Football Squad Die In Toledo Airliner Crash" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with 50+ pages, light toning at the margins, two small library stamps within the masthead,... See More  

Amelia Earhart's disappearance official report....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 15, 1938



* re. Amelia Earhart's Pacific disappearance

* USCGC Itasca radio communications (log) reported



The top of page 41 has a one column heading: "EARHART LOSS SEEN AS RADIO TRAGEDY" with subheads. (see) Text takes up about 1 1/2 columns.

Other news of the day. Complete 1st section only with all 42 pages, light toning, nice condition.... See More