New York Daily News June 14 1977 James Earl Ray Escape Early Star Wars Advertisement

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New York Daily News (New Jersey) – Tuesday, June 14, 1977. What you see in the pictures is what you get. This is a very interesting old newspaper which features as the front page story: Tenn. To Carter: You Take Ray Gov. Asks U.S. Pen for Killer.

Volume 59, Number 42.

All 72 pages are included

Some of the contents:

• Coverage and several articles about the escape and recapture of James Earl Ray – assassin of Martin Luther King
• “Tenn. Asks a Fed Prison to Take Ray”
• “Gov Cites Past Escapes In Letter to Carter”
• “Ray at Bay: the Final Hours”
• “Paul Newman Escapes Injury in Racing Crash; Car Destroyed”
• An ad for a lube and oil change for $5.88 at Firestone.
• “Cops & Dogs Brought Ray to Bay”
• “Hunt for .44 Hits Data Bar” – A small article on the hunt for Son of Sam
• “Ray tells his plan: ‘I’m gonna kill King'”
• The centerfold has pictures of the supertanker Stuyvesant heading out to sea for her sea trials and former NATO chief Lt. Gen. Andrew Goodpaster taking over as commander of the US Military Academy at West Point
• There are movie ads for Star Wars, Annie Hall, Airport ’77, Paul Newman in Slapshot and more!

(Star Wars came out on 25 May and this newspaper has an small ad for it on 14 June (SEE PICTURE))

• Potamkin Cadillac has a 1973 Coupe De Ville advertised for only $2995
• The sports section covers “Grant Tells All. . .Seaver Trade Near” Tom Seaver unable to reconcile with the Mets
• and much more!

Good used condition, some small tears and wear around the edges, all 72 pages are included – LOOK AT THE PICTURES!

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