men walk on moon: Stop the Presses July 20, 1969 - 07/19/19 01:25 PM
Stop the Presses July 20, 1969
I remember it will.  At The New York Times
Location, 229 W 43rd Street, New York, New York. 10036, 30 feet below street level, the Pressroom
At about 10:30 P.M. we got the order, shutdown, stop the press.  They landed on the moon.
We were told to "go to lunch".  So I walked to Rockerfeller Center to see on a giant screen the first man to walk on the moon.
Back to work, Press Headline read "Men Land On Moon"
We ran off a few thousand copies and were told to "Stop the Press"  again.
We replaced a few plates and started … (1 comments)

men walk on moon: Back In The Day - 10/18/14 10:05 PM
Back In The Day
Sunday July 20, 1969,  a warm summers evening, I was working the night shift in the pressroom at the 43rd street printing plant at The New York Times.
As scheduled, the presses started rolling around 9:30 P.M. The first two men to land on the Moon were getting ready to take their historic "walk".  As you can see in the picture, the Headline reads, Men Land On Moon.  Note in the upper right you can see "City Edition"  That's the "Early" edition.
When they were getting for the walk, the order to "Stop The Presses" came and … (4 comments)

 
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