New York Jersey Daily News 19 August 1977 Elvis Presley Death Funeral Interment

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New York Daily News (New Jersey edition) – Friday August 19, 1977. This old newspaper features on the front page ‘Indict 2 N.J. Execs In Blast’ ‘Girl Dies Fleeing Sex Attack’ – ‘Elvis’ Final Curtain’ – ‘Pallbearers carry flower-covered casket bearing the body of Elvis Presley into mausoleum. . .’. What you see in the pictures is what you get.

Volume 59, Number 47.

All 64 pages are included plus 24-page Friday insert; Some of the contents:

• Coverage and articles about the funeral and interment of Elvis Presley.
• ‘U.S. Controller Says Lance Is Cleam’ – An article about federal banking investigators clearing budget director Bert Lance of criminal wrongdoing
• ‘Thousands See Presley and an Era Interred’
• ‘Indict 4 Execs Warner-Lambert In Fatal Explosion’ – Corporate executives were indicted for manslaughter in the 1976 explosion of the American Chicle Division gum factory in Long Island City
• ‘Girl Hitchhiker, Trying to Escape Sex Attack in Car, Killed in Leap’
• ‘Docs: Humphrey Cancer ‘Termina,’ but…’ – Senator Hubert Humphrey’s bladder cancer has spread and the outlook isn’t good.
• ‘Cops Rescue Hostage From Cyclists’ – Police rescue a hostage from the motorcycle gang “The Breed”
• ‘State Dept. Condemns 3 Israeli Settlements’ – The United States doesn’t approve of settlements in the occupied West Bank of Jordan
• A full page ad for shag carpet – only $8.88 per square yard!
• The centerfold features pictures of the interment of Elvis Presley.
• The insert has a picture of actress Taryn Power and movie advertisements include: The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, Smokey and the Bandit, The Deep, New York, New York, Kentucky Fried Movie, Star Wars and more!
• A full page ad for Kent cigarettes with 25% less tar.
• Potamkin Cadillac has a 1971 Sedan DeVille for only $1895
• The sports section includes coverage of golf, baseball, and more!
• and much more!

Used condition, some tears on the front page, and wear around the edges – see pictures!

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