Historic Newspapers: Moon Landing

NEW YORK TIMES, July 20, 1969

• Chappaquiddick Island accident
• Apollo 11 moon flight

Although the moon landing report, found in the following day's paper, was commonly saved by millions, few saved this

THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, North Carolina, March 7, 1969

• Apollo 9 spaceflight mission success
• Prelude to the Moon landing (Apollo 11)
• Testing the Lunar Module & other procedures

The front page

LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Mass. Oct. 22, 1968

• NASA Apollo 7 spaceflight splashdown
• First crewed mission of the Apollo program
• Prelude to the Apollo 11 Moon landing
• First live television broadcast on U.S.

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, February 4, 1966

• Luna 9 Soviet union spacecraft
• 1st ever soft landing on the moon

This 18 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page:

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. April 20, 1967

• Surveyor 3 lands on the Moon
• Third American lunar lander

The top of the front page has a five column headline: "Surveyor 3 Hits Target, Sends Back Moon

SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS, Georgia, July 21, 1969

• Neil Armstrong
• Man walks on the Moon

The two-line banner headline is one of the more unusua with a patriotic backgroundl: "EARTHman Reaches MOON!" and: "

THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, N.C., May 19, 1969

• Apollo 10 flight around the Moon
• Dress rehearsal for the Moon landing
• Astronaut John Young splashdown

The front page has a banner headline: "Three

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., March 8, 1969

• Apollo 9 space mission - space race
• 1st Lunar Module flight & docking
• Prelude to the historic Moon landing

The front page has a four column heading: "Apollo

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, April 24, 1962

• Ranger 4 spacecraft
• 1st U.S. satellite to hit the moon
• Takeoff 1st report

This 12 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page:

THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, N.C., Feb. 6, 1971

• United States Apollo Program (14)
• Manned lunar (moon) landing
• Alan Shepard & more

The front page has a headline: "All's Okay After Moon Walk" with

PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, Penn. July 18, 1969

• Apollo 11 moon mission
• Neil Armstrong - Buzz Aldrin - Michael Collins
• JFK's goal in progress - 50th anniversary this year

The top of the front page has

WAPAKONETA DAILY NEWS, Ohio, July 21, 1969

• Best issue to have on this historic event ?
• Neil Armstrong's hometown newspaper

A great issue on this significant event as this newspaper is from Neil

LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Mass., December 27, 1968

• Apollo 8 human spaceflight ends
• 1st manned spacecraft to leave Earth's orbit
• 1st to reach the Moon
• James Lovell - Frank Borman - William Anders

The top

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"

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 18, 1962

• NASA Astronaut Group 2 is selected
• Apollo program - human spaceflights
• Neil Armstrong - Moon missions

The front page has a two column heading: "9 New Astronauts

THE BOSTON EVENING GLOBE, July 24, 1969 (outer leaves)

• Neil Armstrong & others back
• Man walks on the Moon

The front page has a banner headline: "Moon Men Back on Earth" with: "Astronauts Return with

THE PARSONS SUN, Kansas, July 23, 1969

• Senator Edward Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne
• Chappaquiddick Island incident
• re. Apollo 11 Moon landing

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "Ted's

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, July 26, 1969

• Senator Edward Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne
• Chappaquiddick Island incident
• Subscribers to vote on Kennedy's future (unusual)

The front page has

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, July 23, 1969

• Senator Edward Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne
• Chappaquiddick Island incident

The top of the front page has a banner headline: "Kennedy Plans

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, July 25, 1969

• Senator Edward Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne
• Chappaquiddick Island incident

The front page has a six column headline: "KENNEDY FACES TRIAL, POSSIBLE

THE PARSONS SUN, Kansas, July 26, 1969

• Senator Edward Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne
• Chappaquiddick Island incident
• re. Apollo 11 Moon landing

The top of page 2 has a two column headline: "Ted's Future

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 15, 1969

• Woodstock music festival
• Arriving at Bethel, New York
• Prime of the hippie generation
• Sex, Drugs and rock & roll

If there were a collection of newspapers which

THE PRATT TRIBUNE, Kansas, July 25, 1969

• Senator Edward Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne
• Chappaquiddick Island incident
• re. Apollo 11 Moon landing

The front page has a three column headline: "Kennedy

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, July 21, 1969

• Senator Edward Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne
• Chappaquiddick Island incident

The front page has a three column heading: "Ted Faces Charge For 'Leaving

THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, N.C., July 27, 1969

• Senator Edward Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne
• Chappaquiddick Island incident
• re. Apollo 11 Moon landing

The top of the front page has a three column

THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, N.C., July 24, 1969

• Senator Edward Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne
• Chappaquiddick Island incident
• re. Apollo 11 Moon landing

The front page has a two column heading:

THE PARSONS SUN, Kansas, July 25, 1969

• Senator Edward Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne
• Chappaquiddick Island incident
• re. Apollo 11 Moon landing

The front page has a two column heading: "Guilty Plea By

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., July 23, 1969

• Senator Edward Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne
• Chappaquiddick Island incident
• re. Apollo 11 Moon landing

The front page has a two column heading: "2 New Charges

THE PRATT TRIBUNE, Kansas, July 23, 1969

• Senator Edward Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne
• Chappaquiddick Island incident
• re. Apollo 11 Moon landing

The front page has a four column headline: "Kennedy May

THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, N.C., July 26, 1969

• Senator Edward Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne
• Chappaquiddick Island incident
• re. Apollo 11 Moon landing

The front page has a three column headline:

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, July 25, 1969

• Senator Edward Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne
• Chappaquiddick Island incident

The front page has a banner headline: "Kennedy Pleads Guilty, Sentenced"

THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, N.C., July 23, 1969

• Senator Edward Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne
• Chappaquiddick Island incident
• re. Apollo 11 Moon landing

The front page has a three column heading:

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, July 22, 1969

• Senator Edward Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne
• Chappaquiddick Island incident

The front page has a three column headline: "Kennedy Won't Seek Presidency

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, July 24, 1969

• Senator Edward Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne
• Chappaquiddick Island incident

The front page has a two column heading: "Kennedy Case Intensifying---Seeks

THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Kansas, July 21, 1969

• Senator Edward Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne
• Chappaquiddick Island incident
• re. Apollo 11 Moon landing

The front page has a two column heading: "Kennedy

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 1, 1946

• Rocketing to the Moon ?
• Placing a radio on it
• Nuremberg trial ends

This 100+ page newspaper has a two column headline on page E7 (inside, near the back): "A

THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, February 21, 1965

• Ranger 8 spacecraft
• Lunar mission success
• Photograph of the moon

This 60+ page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "Photos Show 'Frothy'

THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR, Tucson, Sept. 14, 1959

• Luna 2 - Soviet spacecraft
• 1st to reach the Moon
• Russia takes "space race" lead

The banner headline is a sobering one for American scientists as it shows

LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, September 25, 1969

• The Miracle Mets
• Wins NL pennant

This 16 page newspaper has a three column headline on page 8: "Mets Land On Moon, Win Eastern Crown". Tells

THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, December, 1749  Nearly a full page is taken up with charts showing the population of New Jersey in 1738 and 1745. Included among the columns are those labeled:

BOSTON HERALD TRAVELER, Nov. 19, 1969

• Joseph P. Kennedy death (1st report)
• Best title to be had ?

Although the headline announces the second landing of men on the moon, also on the ftpg. is a report

THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, December, 1740  Among the articles noted in the table of contents are: "Course of Iberia, why so Obstinate" "Continuation of the Life of Sir Francis Drake--His

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 20, 1887  Front page print: "The Illinois Railroad Disaster--Views of the Wreck and the Broken Bridge".
Very nice fullpg. print: "In A Cotton Field" shows several

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 6, 1861  The full front page is a print: "Constituent Convention of Virginia Assembled in the Custom House at Wheeling, Ohio Co." Among the full page prints within

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 18, 1865  The entire front page is taken up with a very nice engraving captioned: "President Lincoln Taking the Oath At His Second Inauguration, March 4, 1865"

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 10, 1863  The front page has an interesting circular illustration of "Rebel Negro Pickets as Seen Through a Field-Glass", with a related article: "Rebel Negro

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 5, 1901 Frontpage Uncle Sam illustration by Rogers; fullpage photos "The Contest for 'America's' Cup"; fullpage photos "The 'Shamrock II' in American Waters;

HARPER'S WEEKLY, January 27, 1906, from New York.  Front page illustration "The Busy Showman. - II. " by W. A. Rogers; "The Leaders of Russian Liberty" by Charles Johnson; Russian's Social and

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 5, 1857  Front 1/4 page illustration of "The Late General Cavaignac." Inside a large illustration of "Monument to Major-General Worth at New York." Also many

HARPER'S WEEKLY Feb. 4, 1871 Front 2/3 pg. illus. of "Scene in a Station House on a Winter's Night." Inside are five large illus. pertaining to "Scenes in San Domingo, with a Map of the Island"