A Day in 1969 Two historical happenings were going on in 1969. Man was walking on the moon for the very first time. The Kennedys were in the news concerning Edward Kennedy with Chappaquidic incident. Researching Ft. Wayne’s Journal Gazette gave me great insight on how people felt about and looked at these historical events. The headline reads, “No. 99--And Then Awesome 5 Seconds.” This article put the whole moon landing experience in perspective through Neil Armstrong’…showed first 75 words of 1168 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1168 total…articles that are worth reading barely have anything to read about. I could tell that writer’s took pride in writing a good story for the public to read in the 1969 newspaper I read. Today writers seem to try to find anything they can to fill up the paper. If the fluff was removed from our papers today, the paper might be a little more interesting to read, just like it was in the Sixties.