LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Nov. 30, 1961 

* Enos the Chimpanzee orbits Earth
* Mercury-Atlas 5 rocket spacecraft 
* John Glenn gets the green light 

The front page has a three column heading: "Marine to Make Space Hop But Probably Not in 1961" with lead-in: "Enos Lands Safely" and photo showing Enos the Chimpanzee wanting to be strapped into space capsule. (see images)
Complete with all 14 pages, light toning at the margins, minor spine wear, nice condition.

Background: The November 30, 1961 front page of the Leominster Daily Enterprise captures a high-stakes, nerve-wracking turning point in the Space Race, specifically documenting the immediate aftermath of Enos the Chimpanzee’s successful two-orbit flight aboard Mercury-Atlas 5 on November 29. This event carried monumental historical significance: it served as the absolute final, critical dress rehearsal for Project Mercury, proving that the capsule's life-support systems could sustain an inhabitant in orbit and that a pilot could successfully perform tasks despite extreme G-forces and mechanical malfunctions (such as a thruster failure and a faulty testing apparatus that repeatedly shocked Enos). By declaring that Enos "lands safely," the publication underscores the milestone that officially cleared the technical and safety hurdles for American astronauts to follow. Simultaneously, the three-column headline regarding John Glenn's "space hop"—and the sober reality that it would "probably not [happen] in 1961"—perfectly distills the intense geopolitical friction of the Cold War. It reflects NASA's desperate desire to match the orbital achievements of Soviet cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Titov before the calendar turned, while highlighting the engineering delays and safety-first caution that ultimately pushed Glenn's historic, nation-uniting Friendship 7 flight into February 1962.