Where do you find old news these days?

marklaken

This weekend, I came across an old debris field from an Lockheed L-1049 airplane that crashed in the Sangre de Cristo mountains on December 15, 1965 and I couldn't find squat about it online (other than what I just disclosed).

I plan to go to the library to see if they still have micro-fiche (never thought I'd do that again), but it got me to wondering if there are any online resources for really old news? I was surprised that my internet search for online newspaper archives didn't turn up very much - some pay sites like newspaperarchive.com and wiki had an extensive list of mostly pay sites by state for various newspapers.

Anyone have any good online news archive links?
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ToolBox · Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:06 am Post subject:

Did you find this????

Status: Final
Date: 15 DEC 1965
Type: Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
Operator: Flying Tiger Line
Registration: N6914C
C/n / msn: 4811
First flight: 1957
Crew: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: 32 km (20 mls) NE of Alamosa, CO (United States of America)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature: Cargo
Departure airport: Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX), United States of America
Destination airport: Chicago (unknown airport), IL, United States of America
Flightnumber: 914
Narrative:
Flight 914 departed Los Angeles at 22:12 MST for an IFR flight plan flight to Chicago. En route altitude was FL130. In level flight the aircraft flew into the west ridge of what is now California Peak (13,849 feet), about 150 feet below the ridge.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Position disorientation during night instrument flight resulting in flight below obstructing terrain."

marklaken · Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:26 am Post subject:

Yeah, my hiking buddy emailed that to me after I posted here. That gives a much better picture of what happened. At the crash site, there is a plaque with a prayer and the names of the pilots and the date. There was a tire, a cabin door, and chunks of wings and fuselage and what appeared to be a small crater blasted out of solid rock near the plaque. It certainly peaked my curiosity...
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DMNCLNR · Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 5:00 pm Post subject:

There is an almanac with all of the plane crashes going back as early as the 40's I used to look at as A kid.. For some reason I was intrigued by plane crashes.. I think I might have it somewhere, not sure if it would give you any more info then listed above. I don't recall it having any pictures..
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drscope · Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 6:31 pm Post subject:

You may be able to find something here unless this is where the information already posted came from. But even if it is, there are hours of interesting crashes on this site.

http://www.lostflights.com/
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Jacks · Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:50 pm Post subject:

Here's a samba link to a different plane crash adventure. Fascinating Shocked

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=518327&highlight=plane+crash
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busmania · Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:58 am Post subject:

KTPhil · Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 9:12 am Post subject:

A good library will have a staff that can search their index files for you. Reader's Guide for periodicals, and a newspaper index whose name I can't remember.
Many libraries have laid off their research staff so you may have to try a university library nearby. Usually, as long as you are not checking out material you won't need a campus I'd or library card.
I used to work in one. There are resources for this.

1369cerro · Samba Member Joined: August 17, 2014 Posts: 1

The crash happened at approximately 1:30 AM on California Peak CO on 12-15-1965. Flying Tigers Line N6914C

Here is a link to a video about that accident.

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ-G1rsZ-sY938Gh8FXiDPA

I was a member of the only rescue team to reach the site on 12-17-1965

Jacks · Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 5:51 pm Post subject:

God bless you sir for your service. Thank you for your link
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klorenz

Marklaken, I would be happy to pass along contact information for my brothers in Alamosa. They were part of the local search & rescue team that was dispatched to the site of the crash on December 16th with Alamosa Sheriff Ben Phillips. Sincerely, K Lorenz

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ALLWAGONS · Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2015 8:57 pm Post subject:

Does anyone know how to find old news? besides the OP's?
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Mike Fisher · Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 5:54 am Post subject:

Local newspapers are on 100' rolls of 35 mm microfilm at the local library.
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