New York Daily News 13 May 1975 Mayaguez Siezed Cambodia Dobrynin US Navy USSR

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New York Daily News (New Jersey Edition) – Tuesday, May 13, 1975. This old newspaper features on the front page a picture of the container ship Mayaguez which was seized off of the coast of Cambodia. The headline is: ‘Cambos Seize U.S. Cargo Ship’ and ‘7th Fleet Units Head for Scene’ What you see in the pictures is what you get.

Volume 56, Number 276.

All 72 pages are included – please note the minor wear / tears around the edges, creasing on the back – LOOK AT THE PICTURES!

Some of the contents:

• ‘Cambos Seize U.S. Cargo Ship – Ford Call Action ‘Piracy’; 7th Fleet Heads to Area’ – The Magayez was seized by Cambodian Communists in the Gulf of Thailand.
• ‘Prepsters Come Clean on a Hairy Question’ – Students at Seton Hall Prep must cut their hair or face suspension.
• ‘Courts Upheld on Boston School Segregation’ – The Supreme Court upheld the ruling that Boston school officials had ‘deliberately fostered pupil segregation in violation of the U.S. Constitution’
• ‘Israel Troops Hit Guerrillas In S. Lebanon’ – Troops from Israel crossed the border into Lebanon to pursue guerrilla fighters there.
• TWA is advertising their service to Los Angeles / San Francisco.
• There are movie ads for Jaws, Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon, Marlon Brando in Last Tango in Paris, and more!
• The centerfold has several pictures of 14 year old director Michael Falzarano filming a backyard production of ‘The Wizard of Oz’
• There is a picture of Francine Racette, Donald Sutherland and their son, Roeg.
• ‘Melody Lingers on for Pee Wee’ – Pee Wee Erwin talks about his early years as a trumpeter.
• Movie ads include: The Tamarind Seed, Earthquake, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, and more!
• The back page features pictures of the US guided missile ship Leahy docked in front of a Soviet sailor at Leningrad Dock and Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin with Russian sailors docked at an American port to celebrate V-E Day.

Good used condition for a pushing 50 year old newspaper! Some minor discoloration, wear and tear around the edges, creasing on the back, all 72 pages are included – LOOK AT THE PICTURES!

Here is a link to Wikipedia’s article on this newspaper.