4 RARE SPACE 50's papers! USSR; Pioneer 4 moon probe; VANGUARD blows up on pad

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For sale are four (4)
rare
,
Beginning-of-the Space-Age
newspapers!  One paper actually pre-dates the Russians launch of
Sputnik 1
in October 1957! They show their age, but are in very good condition. Newspapers are not complete, but all have the complete space articles. These papers are:
1.  Detroit (MI) News, 30 JUL 1955, pg. 1-24.
Reds in Space Race
.
2.  LA Mirror News, 6 DEC 1957, part 1, pg. 1-22.
SATELLITE FLOPS
(1st attempt to Launch Vanguard)
3.  Tucson (AZ) Daily Citizen, 18 MAR 1958, pg. 1-12.
Navy's Vanguard Zooms Into Orbit
(1st successful launch of a Vanguard satellite. NOTE: on the front page, the date is shown a 17 MAR 1958 (mistyped). The rest of the paper shows the date a 18 MAR 1958).
4.  LA Mirror News, 3 MAR 1959, pt. 1, various pages.
U.S. Sun Orbit Rocket ... (
Pioneer IV probe)
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