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PICTORIAL PAPER COVERS. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. FINAL EDITION. THIS IS A COMPLETE " FINAL" EDITION OF THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES NEWSPAPER OF JULY 17, 1980. THE NEWSPAPER WAS FOUNDED BY MARSHALL FIELD III. INCLUDED IS AN 18 PAGE "FOOD" SECTION. OF INTEREST IS THE HEADLINE ON THE FRONT PAGE "IT'S REAGAN AND FORD. - FORMER PRESIDENT AGREES TO VP DEAL." THE TEXT STATES "GERA;D R. FORD HAS ACCEPTED THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL SPOT ON THE GOP TICKET, YIELDING TO AN ALL-OUT EFFORT BY RONALD REAGAN TO WIN THE FORMER PRESIDENT AS HIS RUNNING MATE, SOURCES SAID WEDNESDAY NIGHT." THERE IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF A SMILING RONALD REAGAN AND HIS WIFE NANCY REAGAN ON THE FRONT COVER. ON PAGE EIGHT, A COLUMN IS TITLED "CONVENTION '80 " FORD TAKES VP SPOT, SOURCES SAY." GERALD FORD REJECTED THE INVITATION THAT WAS EVENTYALLY ACCEPTED BY GEORG H. W. BUSH. THIS HEADLINE ERROR IS NOT AS FAMOUS AS THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE 1948 ERROR HEADLINE "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN" AWARDING THE PRESIDENCY TO THOMAS E. DEWEY OVER HARRY S. TRUMAN. THIS HUGE NEWSPAPER IS FILLED WITH 1980 ADVERTISEMENTS. THERE IS A FEATURE COLUMN BY MIKE ROYKO. YOU CAN'T ALWAY ACCEPT SOURCES OR WHAT NEWSPAPERS SAY AS THE FACT OR TRUTH.