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The 15 November 1970 edition of Huntington, West Virginia newspaper, ''The Herald-Advertiser'' bringing the news that Marshall University's entire Thundering Herd football team was killed in a plane crash in its hometown. All 75 people onboard Southen Airways Flight 932 were killed on their way home from an away game in North Carolina. The Douglas DC-9 commercial jet crashed into a hill as a result of the pilot's miscalculation of altitude, possibly due to equipment failure. The front page headline announcing the horrific accident is printed in red ink. Inside, photos and names of the victims are published. Paper runs 66pp. of 78 and contains all the pages that cover the air disaster according to a contents box on the front page (pp. 13, 32 and 33). Toning and chipping to bottom edges. Very good condition.
Marshall University, West Virginia Football Team 1970 Plane Crash Hometown Newspaper
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