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February 02, 1957

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, February 2, 1957

* Northeast Airlines Flight 823
* Douglas DC-6 airplane crash
* LaGuardia Airport takeoff

The front page has a nice banner headline:  "25 DIE, 37 HURT IN [LANE CRASH" with subheads and a few related photos. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 34 pages, nice condition.

wikipedia notes: Northeast Airlines Flight 823 was a scheduled flight departing from New York City's LaGuardia Airport en route to Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida on February 1, 1957, but crashed shortly after takeoff. The equipment used on this flight was a Douglas Aircraft Company DC-6A four-engined propeller airliner, registration N34954, first placed into service in 1955.

Category: The 20th Century