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January 28, 1967
THE PRATT TRIBUNE, Kansas, January 28, 1967
* Apollo 1 fire disaster
* Gus Grissom & more killed
This 10 page newspaper has a seven column headline on the front page: "Investigators Probe Apollo Death Trap"
Tells of the Apollo 1 disaster at Cape Kennedy, Florida.
Other news of thew day. A few small binding holes along the spine, otherwise in nice condition.
wikipedia notes: Apollo 1 (official designation Apollo/Saturn-204) was planned to be the first manned mission of the Apollo manned lunar landing program to launch in February 1967. Its flight was precluded by a fatal fire on January 27, which killed all three crew members (Command Pilot Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Senior Pilot Edward H. White, and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee), and destroyed the Command Module cabin. This occurred during a pre-launch test of the spacecraft on Launch Pad 34 at Cape Canaveral. The name Apollo 1, chosen by the crew, was officially assigned retroactively in commemoration of them.
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