Please, Please, Don't Be a Litterbug!

Evidently the Apollo 11 team were the most profligate litterers in history (up to then), according to this article from the July 20, 1969 Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise.

Many folks of this vintage will immediately think of the jingle "Please, please, don't be a litterbug / 'Cause ev'ry litter bit hurts!"  You can hear it at the very end of this 1961 PSA:

See you next week!

  

Their Eyes Are Open, but Do They See?

From this vantage point in time, I'll let you decide!

It's from the July 21, 1969 Tulsa World.  See you next week!

  

They Were Homeward Bound!

Coverage from the July 22, 1969 Bartlesville Examiner-Entrprise:

When the story discusses the astronauts' upcoming quarantine, that's nothing compared to the "isolation" they had already experienced.  Don't you agree?

See you next week.

  

More from the August 1, 1969 TIME

"The Nation" and "Tv Coverage."

After reading the comparisons of network coverage, I sure wish we were an ABC-news family!  Duke Ellington wouldn't thrill me as much as the idea of seeing (and hearing) Steve Allen freestyle noodling.

See ya next Monday with more we might have missed at the time!

  

Can You Believe It?

Evidently the Oklahomans queried about the Moon Landing for this July 21, 1969 Tulsa World article felt their legs were being pulled.

More believe-it-or-don't next Monday.

  

Banished, I Tell You!

This is from the August 21, 1969 Tulsa World.

Maybe one of you Moon Mavens can enlighten the rest of us, if you know the background, or any follow-up to this news story.

We DO know that the sole remaining "possible" moon voyager mentioned in this article, Harrison (Jack) Schmitt, DID make it to the moon, on Apollo 17, in December 1972, the last time anybody walked on our lunar companion.  According to Wikipedia, he's the "only person without a background in military aviation to have walked on the Moon."

See you next week!

  

A Video Link, That Is

From the July 21, 1969 Tulsa World:

In 1969, this kind of link was impressive.  See you next week!

  

All Mysteries Will Soon Be Solved!

Just ask Al Rossiter in this article in the July 20, 1969 Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise.

As far as I know, the Moon's origin is still up in the air.  Do you know different?

See ya next week.

  

We're Still Waiting on That Whole Go-to-Mars Thing!

This is from the August 20, 1969 Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise.

Forget the flying cars!  I wanna go to Mars!  How 'bout you?

Think about that until next Monday's post!

  

Letters About the Moon

This is part of the LETTERS section from the August 1, 1969 issue of Time mag.

Profound, whiny, proud, nitpicking --- that's America for you!  See you next week.

  

Apollo 12 Delayed?

This is from the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World.

Doesn't it seem incongruous?  The rationale was that if Apollo 11 failed, Apollo 12 would launch on such-and-such date, but Apollo 11's success made Apollo 12 less urgent.  Does that make sense to you?

See you next week!

   

Look Out for Drink Boosters!

In this article from the August 21, 1969 Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, we learn the perils of a Moon landing might land on those who wanted liquor-by-the-drink in Oklahoma.

You know, that "Lunar holiday" is one more thing to blame ol' Tricky Dick for!  As if most folks needed something else ...

See you Monday for another clipping.  Hope it doesn't drive you to drink!

  

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.

  

!ERROR * Reference Missing * ERROR!

Yep, I must confess I wasn't completely complete in my clipping prowess!  Here's the proof.  Y'see, this note from the August 4, 1969 Newsweek refers to the cover of their July 28th issue.  But I ain't got that issue.  Mea culpa!

If you go a-lookin' online to buy one of these critters, it can run from less than ten bucks to $40+.  But every version I spied contained the center image, the cover of the "domestic" issue.

See you next Monday with something less controversial, I hope!

  

Bombeck's True Love

From the August 14, 1969 Tulsa World:

See you next week.  Hope your love isn't moonstruck!

  

An Ecstatic Space Wife for Valentine's

From the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World:

As you can read, all three "space wives" were covered.  I'd be tense too!

See you next week.

  

Packed with Prowess

This is from the July 21, 1969 Tulsa World.

And the reason why the headline font is distinctive is, this article-cum-personality-profile was in the Women's Section.

See you next week.