The moon's first guests head home
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins were headed home with "a fame that will endure forever" on July 22, 1969. The story, with the artist's rendering of their re-entry to the earth's atmosphere, says the heroes "demonstrated man could survive with ease, lope about with little effort and expend much less heat energy than expected.
Meanwhile in New England Mary Jo Kopechne's body was being laid to rest. The mug shot is of Kopechne, her parents entering the funeral are to her left, with analysis offered inside the paper. Beneath the photo of her parents is a photo Kennedy and his wife. One wonders, if the same horrible story happened again, just how far away a sitting senator would be these days.
Beneath the Apollo 11 story is a followup about speculation that the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. would team up in space. That's the thought of an English astronomer, and within the next 10 years he saw his prophecy come true. That story is surrounded by a tease to read Pulitzer Prize=winning reporter Saul Pett's goodbye to the lunar lander. And, amidst all of this technological achievement and hope there's a line about the national guard moving into Columbus, Ohio after a "racial disturbance."
Also, a local attroney was nominated by President Nixon to serve on the U.S. District Court. Judge Frank McFadden served until 1981, when he resigned and continued private practice. As of this writing he remains an active attorney.
To commemorate the moon landing The News was preparing a full color special section for the coming Friday titled "Next the Stars" featuring a review of space adventure and a promise of the future. "You'll also want to get extra copies for your children and grandchildren."