This 1969 edition of the Sunday Mirror was published prior
to Apollo 11’s successful landing on the moon, just hours before astronaut Buzz
Aldrin stepped out onto the surface and uttered those less than immortal words:
“Beautiful View”.
Other news of note was Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer
Roy Jenkins’s optimistic view of “Flourishing Britain”. Those who remember the
dismal 1970’s, which led to us being labelled “the sick man of Europe” and
which culminated in the Winter of Discontent, could be forgiven a burst of
scornful laughter.
On the rear page was brief news of a fatal accident in which
Senator Edward Kennedy was involved. It seems he had driven off a bridge in the
dark, and a young woman had drowned, trapped in the car. But as was later
revealed, he had left the scene and not reported the accident until the
following morning. The word “Chappaquidick” would dog his footsteps for the
rest of his life, and probably cost him a chance of the presidency.
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