Historic Newspapers: Vietnam War Era

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg,  Massachusetts, August 17, 1960

• Joseph Kittinger parachute jump
• Excelsior III (1st report)

This 32 page newspaper has a two column photo of "Air Force Capt. Joseph

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, June 22, 1961

• White Horse Tavern - Hudson Street
• Bohemian culture - writers & artists
• Drunken antics of Jack Kerouac fame

The front page

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., March 16, 1962

• Flying Tiger Line - Constellation
• Flight 739 airplane mystery - Pacific

The front page has a banner headline: "Plane, 107 Abroad, Vanishes In Pacific" with

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., Nov. 2, 1963

• 1963 South Vietnamese coup d'état
• President Ngo Dinh Diem assassination

The top of the front page has a six column headline: "SAIGON REGIME TOPPLED; DIEM,

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. Oct. 19, 1964

• United States involvement in Vietnam War prelude ?
• North Vietnamese territory aircraft bombings

The front page has a two column heading: "North Viet Nam

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Dec. 31, 1964

• Marijuana legalization movement
• First marijuana protest in America
• Allen Ginsberg rally - picketing
• Malcom X "Prospects for

LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Mass. Feb. 19, 1965

• South Vietnamese Coup attempt
• General Lâm Văn Phát - Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo
• General Nguyễn Khánh - Saigon siege

The top of the front page has a three column

DETROIT FREE PRESS, MI, June 26, 1965.

• My Canh floating restaurant bombing...
• Saigon...
• Airplane crash...

This 30+ page newspaper has a three line, two column headline on the front page: "Cafe Bomb In

DETROIT FREE PRESS, Oct. 31, 1965

• Pro-Vietnam War march in NYC
• Support of American troops

During the Vietnam War, much had been reported on the protests against U.S. action there. Here is a report of

DETROIT FREE PRESS, December 31, 1965

• Reporting from New Year's Eve in the mid-sixties
• Sean Connery, James Bond, Jackie Kennedy, Edward W. Brooke, Gemini, Vietnam, Peanuts, Billy Graham, etc.

What

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. March 7, 1966

• Battle of Lo Ke - Operation Cocoa Beach
• Lai Khê, Bình Dương Province, South Vietnam

The top of the front page, above the masthead has a banner heading:

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, April 14, 1966

• American flag burning in theater performance
• Puerto Rican artist Jose Rodriquez-Soltero
• Timothy Leary appearance ad - Andy

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, April 28, 1966

• American poet & writer Allen Ginsberg release
• "Wichita Vortex Sutra" anti- Vietnam war poem

Starting on page 17 is the release

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. May 16, 1966

• Early anti-Vietnam War march on Washington D.C.
• Veterans for Peace - Pennsylvania Avenue

The front page has a three column heading: "Thousands March for

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 17, 1966

• Battle of Hill 488 - Nui Vu
• Sergeant Jimmie Howard
• United States Marines Corps
• Vietnam War reconnaissance team

The front page has a one column heading: "20 MARINES

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 25, 1966

• The Beatles press conference at Warwick Hotel - NYC
• Liverpool, England rock band - counterculture music
• The Beatles' 1966 US tour

LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, March 10, 1967.

• Lawrence Joel
• African American Medic
• Congessional Medal of Honor

This 12 page newspaper has a two column photo on the front page of President

THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Kansas, April 28, 1967

• Cassius Clay - Muhammed Ali
• Heavyweight boxing champion
• Refuses to enter the military draft

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "Clay

THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Kansas, April 28 & 29, 1967

• Cassius Clay changes name to Muhammad Ali
• Stripped of the Heavyweight boxing title belt
• For avoiding Vietnam War military draft

The April 28th issue

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. June 20, 1967

• Battle of the Mekong - Delta - River
• Vietnam War - U.S. Navy River Patrol Boats

The front page has a two column heading: "GIs Kill 276 Reds In Heavy

THE EVENING TELEGRAM, Herkimer-Ilion, New York, January 24, 1968

• USS Pueblo incident
• North Korea

The top of the front page has a banner headline: "Navy Task Force Heads For North Korea" with lead-in:

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, April 4, 1968

• Columnist Nat Hentoff - NYC police
• Be-in at Central Park advertisement
• Protest to End the War in Vietnam
• Date Martin Luther King jr. was

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. Sept. 30, 1968

• Battle of Thuong Duc - South Vietnam
• 5th Special Forces Group (Green Berets)
• Vietnam War siege by North Vietnamese

The front page has a three column

DAILY WORLD, New York, April 8, 1969

• Martin Luther King Jr. celebrated
• Civil rights movement leader
• One year anniversary of murder
• Anti-Vietnam War protests w/ photos

This publication, The World,

DAILY WORLD, New York, May 14, 1969

• re. Glenville, Cleveland, Ohio shootout
• Cleveland police and black nationalists
• Civil rights movement - Fred Ahmed Evans

This publication, The World, represents the

DAILY WORLD, New York, May 16, 1969

• Anti-Vietnam War protest and crisis
• University of California, Berkeley students
• "People's Park Riots" & military occupation

This publication, The World, represents

DAILY WORLD, New York, June 7, 1969

• New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath
• Quits after Pete Rozelle says get rid of nightclub stake

This publication, The World, represents the official voice and

DAILY WORLD, New York, July 18, 1969

• South Vietnamese government expose (Saigon)
• Police state w/ tortures & human rights abuses
• U.S. Representative John Conyers Jr.

This publication, The World,

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 VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 16, 1969

• Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam
• March on Washington D.C. advertisements
• Massive demonstration - teach-in
• Led Zeppelin II

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, Nov. 13, 1969

• Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam
• March on Washington D.C. advertisements
• Massive demonstration - teach-in

Page 29 has a full page

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Nov. 20, 1969

• Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam
• March on Washington D.C.
• Massive demonstration - teach-in

The front page has a heading: "A

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL, Jacksonville, Florida, January 14, 1970 The front page of the issue contains bold headlines "Pupil Integration Ordered By Feb. 1" and "Teachers Get Integration Notices". The

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. Feb. 19, 1970

• "Chicago Seven" trial verdict w/ convictions
• Conspiracy to incite Anti-Vietnam War riots

The front page has a four column headline: "'Chicago Seven' Lawyer

LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Mass. May 2, 1970

• Black Panthers Party rally
• New Haven, Connecticut
• Abbie Hoffman & Bobby Seale

The front page has a two column heading: "Panther's Rally Without Incident" with

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, May 16, 1970

• Jackson State University
• Vietnam War student protests

The front page has a one column heading: "2 Negroes Killed on Miss. Campus". 1st report

THE VIETNAM GUARDIAN, Saigon, Dec. 17, 1970  Above the masthead is: "The Largest Circulation In Vietnam".
As the title suggests, there is considerable coverage of the war. This is from the height of

THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, N.C. March 29, 1971

• “The Attack on Fire Support Base Mary Ann”
• People's Army of Vietnam sappers ambush
• U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry, 196th Infantry Brigade

THE NEW AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, N.C. March 31 , 1971

• Mai Lai Massacre - South Vietnamese civilians
• Officer William Calley & the United States Army

The front page has a few related reports with

SPRINGFIELD SUNDAY REPUBLICAN, Mass., April 25, 1971

• Vietnam anti-war protest
• March on Washington D.C.
• Largest in U.S. history (500,000)

The front page has a five column headline: "500,000 Marchers

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, April 29, 1971

• Vietnam Veterans Against the War
• "Operation Dewey Canyon III"
• March on Washington D.C. w/ photos
• Alice Cooper rock singer and

DAILY WORLD, New York City, June 17, 1971

• Pentagon Papers 1st made public
• Vietnam War - Lyndon Johnson
• Angela Davis in jail for gun violations

An uncommon title, being a tabloid-size newspaper with an

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, April 27, 1972

• Woman's right to choose movement
• Women's abortion rights Demonstration
• During the Roe v. Wade landmark argument
• Anti-Vietnam War

WICHITA FALLS RECORD NEWS, Texas, January 24, 1973

• Vietnam War cease-fire accord
• United States involvement ends
• FRONT LEAF ONLY

The front page has a banner headline: "Agreement Reached To End War"

NEW YORK TIMES, January 24, 1973

• Abortion made legal
• Roe v. Wade decision
• U.S. Supreme Court

This issue contains coverage on the landmark Supreme Court decision concerning abortion. Although first

THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Russell, Kansas, January 27, 1973

• Paris Peace Accords signed
• Vietnam War ends for U.S.
• Early same day report

This 6 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page:

THE RALEIGH TIMES, N.C. Feb. 12, 1973

• Vietnam War POWs freed in North Vietnam
• "Operation Homecoming" begins - 1st group
• Viet Cong prison camps release - "Hanoi Taxi"

The front page has a six column

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