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Atlanta Constitution July 22 1969 Apollo 11 Heading Home Rev A D King Drowns — photo 1 of 2

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Original Atlanta Constitution newspaper from Atlanta, Georgia, Tuesday, July 22, 1969 (Vol. 102, No. 31), with the Apollo 11 emblem and the headline "Astronauts Heading Home From Moon," plus "LM Linkup Near Perfect" and "Luna 15 Crash Held Possible." Below the fold it reports "Rev. A. D. King Drowns in Pool" (the brother of Martin Luther King Jr.), along with "Nixon Eases Trade, Travel In Red China" and "Hearing Set Monday In Kennedy Car Crash." The masthead reads 46 Pages, 3 Sections, Ten Cents. Folded size about 16.1 x 11.7 in. Condition: center fold, toning, edge wear and a small tear or chip at the lower left of the center photo.

It carries the moon mission and Atlanta civil rights history on one front page.