The Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism
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1960s: Doctoral Graduates Nearly Doubled; Numbers Followed National Trend
1960s: KOMU Experienced Growth
1960: Churchill and NBC Notables Won Honor Medal
1960: Penney-Missouri Awards Established
1961: New Columbia Missourian Headquarters Built
1961: Wife of Founding Dean Died
1963: Missourian Produced First Local Account of Kennedy Assassination
1965: Hot Metal Press Slowly Replaced by Offset
1968: UPI Wire Service Honored School
1968: Professional Project Master's Offered
1968: Morning Missourian Launched
1969: Longtime City Editor Retired
1969: Underground Newspaper Resulted in Free Press Case
1969: Moon Landing Wrapped up Decade of Headlines
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  1969
Moon Landing Wrapped Up Decade of Headlines


The Columbia Missourian produced its first extra in 24 years when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon on July 20, 1969. It was one of the last major headlines of the tumultuous decade, which saw the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy; the social unrest of the civil rights movement; and the escalation of the Vietnam War.

The Columbia Missourian extra for the moon landing in July 1969 was one of many major headlines during the decade.

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