Neil Young, Take Note!

The singer's "Heart of Gold" was recorded in 1971, so it's possible that he was inspired partly by MOONS of Gold.

Is it even a teeny bit possible?  You decide!

By the by, this was clipped from the July 21, 1969 Tulsa World.  As you may read here, one of these critters was sold in March 2022 for the US equivalent of about $53,000.  And cheap at the price, I say!

Closed for the Moon Landing

These small ads appeared in the July 21, 1969 Tulsa World.

See you next Moon-Day!

  

Inflation Strikes Again!

A blind legacy for the First Man on the Moon shrinks in the wash!

As you can see, this notice is from the August 21, 1969 Tulsa World.

Five seconds of interweb search tells us that 100,000 francs nowadays is about $106,000.  And $106,000 in 1891 is worth $3,304,823.74 today.

Not bad.  See you next week.

  

Blaming Jules Verne

If anybody in the past wrote about a trip to the Moon, of course it was newsworthy in the summer of 1969. This is a feature from the May 25, 1969 issue of Look.

It's up to you to decide if Verne was prescient or playing the odds.  He did get the Florida part right!  See ya next Monday.