.... that JFK (blah blah blah -- it's gotten "old," I've read-heard-seen enough, sue me).
HOWEVER...
... today's NY DAILY NEWS includes a complete reprint of the NY DAILY NEWS from 11/23/63, which (once I fast-forwarded past all the JFK pages) was fun to browse. Points of interest:
5 cents
Lots of comics I'd forgot ever existed, like DONDI, GASOLINE ALLEY and the oh-so-politically incorrect (ah-so-politically-incorrect?) comic strip CHING CHOW.
Full-page ad for palatial-looking houses for sale for less than you'd pay today for a cheap car.
A letter from a TV repairman whose customers frequently say the image is too dark; he says it's because the screens are so dusty, and asks in frustration, "Just what do the women in these houses DO all day long?"
Movie ads for everything from CLEOPATRA, HOW THE WEST WAS WON and MAD MAD WORLD to THE GIANT OF METROPOLIS.
A gossip columnist raving about how good Kirk Douglas is in Broadway's ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST.
A half-page devoted to the humor column of Sid Fields.
And an announcement that, until after the president's funeral, no NY station would be running ANYthing except news, memorials and sacred music.
HOWEVER...
... today's NY DAILY NEWS includes a complete reprint of the NY DAILY NEWS from 11/23/63, which (once I fast-forwarded past all the JFK pages) was fun to browse. Points of interest:
5 cents
Lots of comics I'd forgot ever existed, like DONDI, GASOLINE ALLEY and the oh-so-politically incorrect (ah-so-politically-incorrect?) comic strip CHING CHOW.
Full-page ad for palatial-looking houses for sale for less than you'd pay today for a cheap car.
A letter from a TV repairman whose customers frequently say the image is too dark; he says it's because the screens are so dusty, and asks in frustration, "Just what do the women in these houses DO all day long?"
Movie ads for everything from CLEOPATRA, HOW THE WEST WAS WON and MAD MAD WORLD to THE GIANT OF METROPOLIS.
A gossip columnist raving about how good Kirk Douglas is in Broadway's ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST.
A half-page devoted to the humor column of Sid Fields.
And an announcement that, until after the president's funeral, no NY station would be running ANYthing except news, memorials and sacred music.
