Man on the Moon Tops 1969 News As Decade Highlights
United Press International polls rate Apollo 11 moon landing as the era’s lead story with Vietnam War events following. Other top items include Chappaquiddick, Song My massacre, economic easing, Fortas and Haynsworth cases, Hurricane Camille, and U.S. racial unrest. The decade’s top ten also notes Kennedy assassination, Bay of Pigs, Nixon’s rise, and Arab Israeli tensions.
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Moon landings top world editors yearend poll
United Press International reports editors in Europe Asia and Latin America ranked moon landings as the top story of 1969. European highlights include De Gaulle’s resignation and SALT talks. Asian and Latin American lists feature Vietnam war shifts, border clashes, and rising military regimes.
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