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.

  

Exciting Flips

This is from the August 13, 1969 Tulsa World.

Those flips would be less exciting if the critter had passengers, I'll bet!

  

By John Barbour

Whether this book, Footprints on the Moon, is an assembly of stuff Barbour wrote as an AP "space expert," or generated instant-book-style, I can't say.

This ad/article appeared in the August 17, 1969 Tulsa World.

You can buy your own copy on Amazon or at other booksellers, where you will find that the book's cover looks like the above.  However, I ain't got one.

See you next Monday!

  

Bluejackets Don't Sting

From the July 21, 1969 Tulsa World:

I'd throw my hat too, if I were there!  See ya next Monday.

  

Not a Lot Earlier

This is from the July 18, 1969 Tulsa World.

Actually, the steps took place about 15 minutes later than this, about 40 minutes after the hour, not 20.  But who's quibbling?  What excitement!  (Please pardon the tape discoloration.)

Were you watching?  I think I was put to bed, and had to watch one of the zillions of playbacks the next day.

See you next Monday.

  

Rewards of the American System

This is from the July 21, 1969 Tulsa World.

So buck up when folks tell you how terrible America is.  Sure, we can do better.  Let's get started!

Until then, see you next Monday.

More Than Three Cities' Welcome!

From the August 14, 1969 Tulsa World:

Remember when tickertape parades were an honor, not an environmental menace?

See you Monday!

  

Thankful for a Near Failure

That's because there WASN'T a failure!

This is from the August 13, 1969 Tulsa World.

See you next Monday, Moon friends!

  

Some Moonish Ads

These are both from the August 1, 1969 issue of Time.

Honeywell Industries is now "Honeywell Automation India Limited."

Stouffer's is still in business as they were in 1969.  I also found a PDF of Stouffer's press kit puffing their moon-food connection, available here.

See you next Monday!