New York Daily News 29 January 1967 Apollo 1 Fire Tragedy Grissom White Chaffe

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New York Daily News – Sunday, January 29, 1967. What you see in the pictures is what you get: all 124 pages are included. Volume 44, No. 40. This is a very interesting old newspaper which features as the front page story: ‘20,000 Bugs’ Plagued Apollo & ‘Fire Aboard Spacecraft’ – The Last Futile Cry. There are articles about:

• The tragic fire which killed Apollo 1 astronauts: Virgil (Gus) Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chafee
• Several articles on the Apollo 1 Fire
• “Rocky Asks $2.5B to Speed Transportation” Gov. Rockefeller asks the legislature for a $2.5B construction bond issue
• “SPACE: Peace Pact Is On; China is Out” Washington, London, and Moscow signed a treaty to keep peace in outer space, but not China
• “War Zone C Fire-Bombed Again By U.S.” – B52s dropped incendiary bombs about 50 miles northeast of Saigon
• “The Shadow of the Gallows – Will it engulf the prisioner or will the Supreme Court remove it?” A 2-page article about Delaware’s method of execution: the gallows and Norman Parson’s sentence for the murder and rape of a 15 year old girl.

The centerfold features pictures of the Apollo astronauts, the service structure and a model of the Apollo spacecraft

There are lots of ads for great 1960’s home furnishings

Under the sports section, there are pictures of Puerto Rican professional golfer Chi Chi Rodríguez sticking his tongue out and a picture of pro baseball player Whitey Ford.

This is in good used condition with some wear around the edges.

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