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Item #637589THE PRATT DAILY TRIBUNE, Kansas, November 8, 1962
* Anna Eleanor Roosevelt death (1st report)
* President Franklin D. Roosevelt wife
This 10 page newspaper has a small one column photo of Mrs. Roosevelt with caption: "EX-1st Lady Dies"
Page 4 has a three column headline: "Mrs. Roosevelt Dies" with text.... Read full description -
Item #160589THE DETROIT NEWS, Nov. 14, 1962 Ftpg. 3 line, 1 col. head: "Film Ducks Race Issue, Star Says" re. Diahann Carroll talks about a film that cast an Asian actress to star in the movie version of the Broadway musical "No Strings" which had a love affair between a white man & a black woman. Talk... Read full description -
Item #574833LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, November 24, 1962
* United Airlines Flight 297 crash
* Vickers Viscount 745D airplane
* Ellicott City MD Maryland Columbia
This 8 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "Engine Failure Believed Cause of Maryland Crash" with caption:... Read full description -
Item #704364THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, Nov. 29, 1962
* Hugh Hefner - Playboy Club - magazine fame
* Bunnies - bunny rabbit cocktail waitresses in training
The front page has a heading: "Dreams of a Playboy: Bunnies on the Rabbit Run" with 2 related photos. (see images) Lengthy text continues on multiple inside... Read full description -
Item #696500THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Dec. 1, 1962
* Eastern Air Lines Flight 512 disaster
* Douglas DC-7 aircraft - airplane crash
* Idlewild - John F. Kennedy JFK airport
The top of the front page has a five column headline: "25 DEAD, 25 SURVIVE PLANE CRASH IN N.Y." with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 38 pages, light toning and minor... Read full description -
Item #704584THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Dec. 6, 1962
* Political activist Myrna Bain
* Negro Woman conservative
* Integration in schools
The front page has a heading: "Legal Integration Does Not Make Negro 'Visible' Man" with lead-in: "The Negro Conservative". (see images) Lengthy text continues on... Read full description -
Item #637797LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, December 7, 1962
* Carmichaels, Pennsylvania
* Coal mine explosion disaster
This 10 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page:
"Little Hope Is Held for 36 Men Trapped in Mine" with subhead. (see)
Tells of the Robena Cola Mine explosion disaster of the... Read full description -
Item #704667THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Dec. 13, 1962
* Lawrence of Arabia opening day premiere
* Epic biographical adventure drama film
* Peter O'Toole & Alec Guinness movie ad
Page 12 has a 5 x 3 1/2 inch advertisement for the opening day of "Lawrence of Arabia" in New York City.
I suspect this to be... Read full description -
Item #565511THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, December 17, 1962
* Quarterback Y. A. Tittle breaks NFL touchdown record
* New York Giants
* NFL football
This 20 page newspaper has a four column headline on page 15: "Tittle Sparkles as Giants Win, 41-31" with subhead, stats and small photo of Tittle. (see)
Tells of Y. A. Tittle breaking... Read full description -
Item #704948THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Dec. 20, 1962
* American Novelist & more Norman Mailer
* Open letter to John F. Kennedy - JFK
The front page has a heading: "An Open Letter to JFK From Norman Mailer" which continues on a inside page is signed in type: Norman Mailer
I suspect this to be an... Read full description -
Item #553108THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, January 6, 1963
* Rogers Hornsby death
* 'The Rajah'
* St. Louis Cardinals great
This 40+ page newspaper has a six column headline on the front page of the sport's section near the back of this issue: "Batting Great Hornsby Dies" with subheads and related articles.
Other news of the day throughout. Some... Read full description -
Item #704710THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Jan. 24, 1963
* Early Barbra Streisand - singer & actress
* When she was only 21 years old
* The Blue Angel nightclub performance
* Comedian Lenny Bruce advertisement
Page 26 under "cafes & coffee house" is a advertisement for a "Barbra Streisand"... Read full description -
Item #622169THE PARSONS SUN, Kansas, January 28, 1963
* Harvey Gantt break the color barrier
* 1srt Negro enrolled in a South Carolina college
* Clemson University Tigers
The front page has a three column headline: "Color Wall Broken In South Carolina" with caption: "Negro Enrolled at Clemson College" (see) 1st report coverage on... Read full description -
Item #665335THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., Jan. 29, 1963
* Jean Piccard death (1st report)
* Stratosphere ballooning flight fame
The front page has a one column heading: "JEAN PICCARD, FAMED SPACE PIONEER, DEAD" with subhead and photo. (see)
Complete with all 28 pages, tiny binding holes along the spine, nice condition. -
Item #716227THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Jan. 31, 1963
* Nathaniel Branden and Ayn Rand
* Lecture at the Hotel Roosevelt ad
* Philosophy of Objectivism author
* Objectivist movement - think tanks
* The Fountainhead & Atlas Shrugged
Page 5 has a somewhat small advertisement for "AYN RAND" lecture... Read full description -
Item #723558THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Feb. 7, 1963
* Jules Feiffer - American satirist - cartoonist
* "Boom" re. Nuclear atomic H-bomb weapon
Pages 15 through 18 is a four full page cartoon titled: "BOOM" which is a savage take on the H-bomb. (see images)
AI notes: Jules Feiffer’s Boom! (1963) is a... Read full description -
Item #704745THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Feb. 7 1963
* The Mona Lisa portrait painting in New York City
* Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece
* Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) display
* Only time the famous piece of art was in America
The front page has a small one column heading: "Mona Lisa Is at the Met"... Read full description -
Item #556757THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, February 9, 1963
* Kansas City Chiefs are born
* New NFL football team
* Dallas Texans move to Missouri
This 22 page newspaper has a two column headline on page B-3:
* AFL Texans Going to KC?
Other news of the day. Light browning with minor spine wear, otherwise in nice condition.
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Item #556779LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, February 14, 1963
* Syncom 1
* 1st communications satellite
* Failure
This 10 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "U.S. Satellite Fired into Hanging Orbit". This was the 1st attempt at sending a communications satellite into space.
Other news of the day. Light... Read full description -
Item #569588LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, February 15, 1963
* Syncom 1
* 1st communications satellite
* Failure
This 8 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "Lost Satellite Being Sought By Trackers". This was the 1st attempt at sending a communications satellite into space.
Other news of the day.... Read full description -
Item #557034THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, February 21, 1963
* Willie Mays
* The Say Hey Kid
* San Francisco Giants
This 40+ page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page of the sport's section (inside): "Mays Enters $100,000 Class" plus a two column headline on the following page: "Mays Joins the Elite With $100,000 Pact"... Read full description -
Item #714166LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, March 8, 1963 This 10 page newspaper has a one column heading on page 4: "Death Takes A Fifth Music Star" which tells of the death of Jack Anglin with mention of Patsy Cline's death as well.
Other news of the day. Little spine wear, otherwise in good condition. -
Item #704456THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, March 14, 1963
* Boxer Cassius Clay - Muhammad Ali
* The Bitter End poetry contest - poems
* Bill Cosby nightclub advertisement
The front page has a heading: "No Lean and Hungry Look On Coffee-House Cassius" with 2 related photos. (see images) Article continues on a... Read full description -
Item #637774THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, March 15, 1963
* Last person to be executed in Iowa
* Last to receive death penalty in the U.S. for approx. 40 years
Page 3 has the 3-line single-column heading: "Michigan Killer Dies on Gallows", with a photo and coverage of the execution of Victor Harry Feguer, who became the last person... Read full description -
Item #694319THE DETROIT NEWS, March 22, 1963
* Davey Moore vs. Sugar Ramos
* Featherweight boxing title fight
* Moore put in coma after defeat
The front page has a banner headline: "KO'd Boxer Fights Deaths" with subhead: "Moore in a Coma After Loss of Title" and photo. More in the sport's section. Moore would die a few days later.
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Item #599912THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, April 1, 1963 The front page of this issue reports "New York Happy as Papers Return" announcing the end of the 114-day newspaper strike of New York newspapers. An accompanying photo shows the headlines of the four major papers announcing their return.
The... Read full description -
Item #595956LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, April 8, 1963
* Jack Nicklaus "The Golden Bear"
* U.S. Masters golf tournament
Page 7 has a three column headline: "Jack Nicklaus Could Make Golf's First Grand Slam" with caption: "Wins Masters By One". 1st report coverage on Jack Nicklaus winning... Read full description -
Item #674856THE PARSONS SUN, Kansas, April 12, 1963
* USS Thresher (SSN-593) disaster
* United States Navy
* Nuclear powered submarine
The top of the front page has a three column heading: "Navy Pursues Sad And Hopeless Task" Coverage on the sinking of the USS Thresher, Nuclear Submarine.
Complete with 12 pages, a few small binding holes... Read full description -
Item #696693THE PRATT DAILY TRIBUNE, Kansas, April 13, 1963
* Martin Luther King Jr. arrested
* Birmingham civil rights campaign
* Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The top of the back page has a one column heading: "Negro Student Help Sought" Civil unrest in Birmingham would continue for weeks with many confrontations between black youth... Read full description -
Item #724916COLOR COMIC STRIPS section only of The Detroit Free Press, April 14, 1963
* First appearance of baby "Pebbles"
* "The Flintstones" color comic strip
* "Stone age" animated comedy series
This section has several color comic strips which includes a page 7 "THE FLINTSTONES" strip with the... Read full description -
Item #575299THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, April 19, 1963
* Rietta Wallenda death
* The Flying Wallendas
* Circus performance disaster
This 40+ page newspaper has a nice seven column headline on the front page: "Another Wallenda Falls To Death in Circus Act" with subheads and small photo. This tells of the death of Rietta Wallenda,... Read full description -
Item #574837LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, April 26, 1963 This 12 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "Bodies Of 3 Miners Found By Searchers" with subhead. (see)
An early breaking news report on the explosion disaster at the Clinchfield No. 2 Mine in Dola, West Virginia.
Other news of the day. Good... Read full description -
Item #582664LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, April 27, 1963
* Dola WV West Virginia
* Compass No. 2 Clinchfied Coal Co.
This 8 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "22 Men Killed In Mine Disaster"
This tells of the explosion disaster at the Clinchfield No. 2 Mine in Dola, West Virginia.
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Item #160946DETROIT FREE PRESS, May 10, 1963 Banner head: "U.S. INDICTS HOFFA AGAIN" Subheads include: "Charges Tampering with Jury" -
Item #160846DETROIT NEWS, May 11, 1963 Two line, 6 col. head: "Racial Pact Hit By Ala. Mayor, Officials" with one column subheads: "Dr. King Claims Triumph" "City's Leaders Call Business Heads Spineless" and more on page 2. Complete issue in nice condition. -
Item #692843THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., May 14, 1963
* Birmingham, Alabama
* Race riots - Negroes
* Black neighborhood bombings
The front page has a three column heading: "3000 U. S. Troops Moved Close to Birmingham" with subhead. (see)
Complete with 22 pages, light toning at the margins, tiny binding holes along the blank spine, nice condition. -
Item #605237THE DETROIT NEWS, May 14, 1963
* Birmingham, Alabama
* Nashville, Tennessee
* Race riots - Negroes
The front page has a three column headline:
"Nashville Negroes Clash With Police, White Mob"
with subheads. (see) Coverage on the Birmingham, Alabama race riots.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 40+ pages,... Read full description -
Item #696083Here is a single page out of the May 15, 1963 Detroit News newspaper. This is a full page Ford Galaxie advertisement endorsed by NASCAR driver Tiny Lund, the recent winner of the Daytona 500. (see)
Irregular along the left (spine) margin with some wear here, otherwise good. -
Item #695982THE DETROIT NEWS, May 21, 1963
* Birmingham campaign movement - Alabama
* Martin Luther King Jr. & Negro students protest
The front page has a one column heading: "Schools Bar 1,000 Negroes" with subhead: "Dr. King Plans Court Appeal in Birmingham" (see)
Complete with 40+ pages, light toning at the margins, small binding holes... Read full description -
Item #591682THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, May 24, 1963
* Mount Everest climbing 1st
* Nepal
This 52 page newspaper has a two column heading at the bottom of the front page: "U.S. Teams Make History In Everest Twin Assualt" with caption: "Summit Meeting" and two small photos of Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld. 1st report... Read full description -
Item #696429THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, May 29, 1963
* Cleve McDowell - civil rights pioneer
* 1st black to attend Ole Miss school of law
The top of page 18 has a six column heading: "Ole Miss Is Ordered to Admit Second Negro Student" (see images)
Complete with 48 pages, library stamp within the masthead, light toning at the margins, small binding... Read full description -
Item #700784THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, May 30, 1963
* "Dr. No" - 1st James Bond movie- film
* Opening day (America) premiere
* Actor Sean Connery - Ian Fleming
The bottom of page 11 has a 3 1/2 x 3 inch advertisement for the American premiere of: "Dr. No" This ad is for that very first showing of this iconic film in New York... Read full description -
Item #696316THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Kansas, June 14, 1963
* Vostok 5 Russian mission
* Soviet cosmonaut
* Awaiting Vostok 6
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Russia Orbits Fifth Launch" (see images)
Complete with 8 pages, a few small binding holes along the spine, small library stamp within the masthead, generally nice. -
Item #586020LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, June 15, 1963
* Medgar Evers assassination funeral
* Civil Rights activist
This 8 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "'March of Mourning' At Evers Funeral". 1st report coverage on the funeral of Medgar Evers, who recently was assassinated in front of... Read full description -
Item #604757THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, June 17, 1963
* Revolucion Libertadora
* Bombing of Plaza de Mayo
* Buenos Aires, Argentina massacre
The front page has a nice banner headline: "PERON CRUSHES ARGENTINE REVOLT" with subheads and photo of Peron (see photos). Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 18... Read full description -
Item #561758THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, June 19, 1963
* Valentina Tereshkova - 1st woman in space
* Vostok 6 - Russian spaceship
This 36 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "2 Reds Sail On And On"
Tells of the Soviet Union putting the 1st ever woman into space.
Other news of the day throughout.... Read full description -
Item #704335THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, June 20, 1963
* Roy Wilkins - African American civil rights leader
* National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
* "Black Power Movement" Conference at the Judson Memorial Church
The front page has a heading: "Wilkins: Prejudice Has Led America Into... Read full description -
Item #576018THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, June 22, 1963
* James Jimmy Red Donohue wins National Marbles Tournament
* From his hometown paper
This 38 page newspaper has a banner headline above the masthead on the front page: "City Boy Captures U.S. Marbles Crown" with subheads that include: "Donohue Wins Championship In National Marbles... Read full description -
Item #637703THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 24, 1963 The front page has a column-wide article "SUSPECT CHARGED IN EVERS MURDER" with subhead "Mississippi Salesman, 42, Seized After Fingerprints on Rifle Are Checked". "Byron de La Beckwith, known as an outspoken white supremacist, was... Read full description -
Item #579525THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, July 2, 1963
* Arnold Palmer
* Wins Cleveland Open
This 30+ page newspaper has a three column headline on page D-1 (inside) that reads: "Palmer Routs Playoff Rivals", with a photo of Arnold Palmer during play at the Cleveland Open golf championship. See photos for text.
Other news of the day. A few... Read full description
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