Life Magazine, September 19, 1969 - Facts of Life

Four page color fold-out ad for foods sponsored by the National Football League, a random assortment of regular foods. Interesting editors' note on Melvin Maddocks and his interest in motorcycles, includes photo. Three huge double page Chevrolet ads in color, black Monte Carlo, gold 1970 Caprice, red 1970 Chevelle SS 396. Curious full page Arrow Vodka ad for pouring vodka on a grapefruit half. How South Carolina's Senator Strom Thurmond succeeds in real estate, this is a scandal piece. Paper money made into art. John Cogley recalls former colleague Bishop Pike. Veteran combat photographer Larry Burrows reports on the South Vietnamese mood after years of war, includes the famous photo of the woman wailing over her husband's remains, and a neat photo of lots of motorcycles in a parking lot, people making homes out of unused sewer pipes, American troops ambushed near Dakto, more. How Billy Martin manages the Minnesota Twins, baseball. Coretta King's moving account of life with martyred Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, part 2 of 2 extracts from her new book. Engineers test architectural stress with a cathedral made of plastic, flying buttresses. Vanishing Wildlife - the rare red monkey of Zanzibar. Education - girl students enter Princeton, includes photos of June Fletcher, Beth Rom (back), Marcia Boraas, Elaine Chan, Silvia Morris, Beverly Cayford, John Sease, more. Centerfold color Oldsmobile ad with 1970 Olds Cutlass Supreme. Full page color Lufthansa airlines ad for travel to Germany, photo is Reit Im Winkl, Bavaria, with skiers at sign pointing to chair lift. Lots more two page color car ads - this is THE issue for 1970 car ads. 1.2