New York Daily News July 15 1977 NYC Blackout Fires Looting, N Korea Downs US Helicopter

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New York Daily News – Friday, July 15, 1977. Special edition. This is kind of like two newspapers in one. What you see in the pictures is what you get. This is a very interesting old newspaper which features as the front page stories: N. Korea Downs U.S. Helicopter 3 Crewmen Die, 4th Captured – with a picture of President Carter and Senator John Glenn on the front. The other section has as the headline: Fires, Looting Rage in City 3,000 Arrests, 132 Cops Hurt, Most Power, Subways Back – Special 28-page blackout section.

Volume 59, Number 17.

24 Regular pages, 12 Special Pages, + 28-page special blackout section.

Some of the contents:

• Picture on the front page of fires burning during the New York City blackout of 1977
• Picture on the other front page of President Carter and US Senator John Glenn
• A 28-page special section with articles and coverage of the blackout and subsequent looting and vandalism.
• The back page features a picture of the Statue of Liberty – still lighted as New Jersey still had power. . .
• “Coast Suspect in Killing of Gays Is Secretly Freed” – Suspect David Douglass Hill was released due to lack of evidence in the ‘”trash bag” homosexual mass murders’
• “3 Die in Copter Downed by N. Korea” -An article about the shooting down of a US Army cargo helicopter by North Korea in North Korean Territory
• “Swept away on a wild wave of DISCO-MANIA” – An article about disco dancing
• Movie Advertisements Include:
  • Full page ad for Black Sunday
  • Full page ad for Orca – The Killer Whale
  • Godzilla vs. Cosmic Monster
  • New York, New York with Minnelli and DeNiro
  • Full page ad for The Island of Dr. Moreau
  • An ad for Star Wars – ‘Betcha can’t see it just once.
• A full page ad for the new Polaroid OneStep for only $39.95
• and much more!

Good used condition, some small tears, creasing, and wear around the edges, 24 Regular pages, 12 Special Pages, + 28-page special blackout section – LOOK AT THE PICTURES!

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