Life Magazine September 20, 1968 – Arthur Ashe

Life Magazine Cover : Arthur Ashe playing tennis.

• He topped the tennis world – the icy elegance of Arthur Ashe – six pages of photos and story.
• Interesting ad – The Case of the Gasping Golfer – A Sanfordized Company Mystery.
• Moscow’s Gay Mannequin – Ludmila Romanovskaya and her clothes.
• Teachers strike at Taylor, Michigan is almost over, the kids are ready to come back to school.
• The carrier Kennedy is commissioned.
• Politics of Fear – Indiana’s Lake county where George Wallace is running strong is a microcosm of the nation’s apprehension.
• U.S. comes up with finest equestrian team – soaring after Olympic medals, Bert de Nemethy, Carol Hofmann, Mike Plumb, Kathy Kusner.
• Trampolinist Judith Anne Ford becomes Miss America.
• The Beatles, Part 2, where their songs come from.
• Very cute ad with photo of big shaggy dog and tiny tot named Sandra – Ken-L ration burger.
• Very funny back page photo of a bush trimmer standing in the middle of the bush while he works.
• Antique magazines are packed with entertainment from cover to cover!