Linotype would have been used in 1961.
Linotype machines were phased out in the 70s and replaced by offset printing, which used computer-produced copy that was cut, waxed, and adhered to a mock-up of the page, which was then photographed. The full-sized negative was then used to produce the final print.
Were it not for the fact that the horizontal line extends across all columns, not just the one with the Obama birth announcement, I would strongly suspect that the Obama announcement was cut and pasted.
However, that line does reach across columns. No way to tell from here what caused it. Once again, we’d have to see an original newsprint of that date to know.
The Hawaii newspapers almost certainly keep originals in their morgues, but who has access?
They say they only have microfilms.
Once again, we’d have to see an original newsprint of that date to know.
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it’s out there... :)