Topeka Daily Capital, 7/21/1969
See front pages below from both the morning Topeka Daily Capital and the evening Kansas City Star reporting the first lunar landing on July 21, 1969 — 40 years ago today.
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Where was I when Apollo 11 landed on the moon? As a high-school kid I had to work that day at Nickerson Farms on I-70 west of Topeka. I was so disappointed to get home late that night after work and have missed the first live pictures from the moon. As a young lad I got up in the middle of the night on my own to see the Surveyor missions crash into or land on the moon in 1966 and 1967, so I was disappointed to miss the live version of this historic event.
Topeka Daily Capital, 7/21/1969
Topeka Daily Capital, 7/21/1969, p. 2
Kansas City Star, 7/21/1969
The press today mostly ignores the story reported above at the lower left of the Kansas City Star that day — Chappaquiddick incident:
Edgartown, Mass. (AP) Police today filed a formal complaint charging Sen. Edward M. Kennedy with leaving the scene of an accident.
The complaint stems from a weekend wreck on Chappaquiddick Island, adjacent to Martha’s Vineyard … A young woman was killed and Kennedy injured, though apparently not seriously.
Kansas City Star, 7/21/1969, p. 5
Tags: Apollo 11, Kansas City Star, Lunar Landing, Topeka Daily Capital
