Description
Original LIFE Magazine — June 9 1967
This is an authentic original issue of LIFE Magazine published June 9 1967 — a real piece of American history, carefully preserved and ready to give, collect, or display.
Cover Subject: British yachtsman Sir Francis Chichester aboard Gipsy Moth IV during his historic solo voyage around the world.
Inside This Issue: Features Sir Francis Chichester’s own story and photographs from his record-setting circumnavigation aboard Gipsy Moth IV. Chichester returned to Plymouth on May 28, 1967, after completing the voyage with one stop in Sydney, becoming an international symbol of courage, endurance, and seamanship.
Completeness: Complete original issue, including the original pages, photographs, stories, and advertisements. Not a reproduction or modern reprint.
Perfect For: Sailing enthusiasts, maritime-history collectors, adventure readers, Sir Francis Chichester admirers, LIFE Magazine collectors, and anyone looking for a meaningful gift from 1967.
Original LIFE Magazines are authentic issues published between 1936 and 2000.
Pg… 4 Opinion and Comment: Editorial: Hatreds, Tensions and Theatrics
Pg… 8–15 Opinion and Comment: Reviews: Book: Piri Thomas’ “Down These Mean Streets,” Reviewed by Melvin Maddocks
Pg… 8–15 Opinion and Comment: Reviews: Movie: “Barefoot in the Park,” Reviewed by Richard Schickel
Pg… 8–15 Opinion and Comment: Reviews: Music: Charles Lloyd and Jazz, Reviewed by Richard Saltonstall Jr.
Pg… 22 Opinion and Comment: Letters to the Editors
Pg… 26A Opinion and Comment: The View from Here: Home is the Sailor. By Loudon Wainwright
Pg… 28 The Week’s News and Features: Around the World on ‘Gipsy Moth IV’: The Englishman Who Sailed Around the World Single–Handed Writes His Story?with His Own Photographs. By Sir Francis Chichester
Pg… 38 The Week’s News and Features: On the Newsfronts of the World: Caroline Christens the Carrier “Kennedy.”
Pg… 38 The Week’s News and Features: On the Newsfronts of the World: Nigerian Rebel Splits Off the New Nation of Biafra.
Pg… 38 The Week’s News and Features: On the Newsfronts of the World: Marine Commandant Defends the M–16.
Pg… 38 The Week’s News and Features: On the Newsfronts of the World: In the Middle East, Face–Off and Blockade
Pg… 40B The Week’s News and Features: The Presidency: The Talk at the Tuesday Lunch. By Hugh Sidey
Pg… 43 The Week’s News and Features: Part 1 of a Series: The Action Intellectuals: A Brotherhood of Scholars in the Halls of Power Forms the Most Powerful Community in Our Society. By Theodore H. White. With a Portfolio of Portraits by John Loengard
Pg… 79 The Week’s News and Features: The Remarkable ‘Downtown’ Girl: Three Years After Her First Success, Petula Clark is Still Soaring. By Richard B. Stolley
Pg… 105 The Week’s News and Features: Special Report: SHAPE Takes Shape?an Unlikely Belgian Village is the New Military Headquarters of NATO. By Michael Mok
Pg… 111 The Week’s News and Features: Modern Living: Eye–Fooling Furniture Offers Solid Comfort with No Visible Means of Support
Pg… 118 The Week’s News and Features: The Ambassadors Bunker: Ellsworth Bunker, Trim 73–Year–Old Troubleshooter, Leaves His New Bride at the Embassy in Nepal to Take Up His New Post in Saigon
Pg… 124 The Week’s News and Features: Miscellany
