[Iowan]

Ping to #7, #65

In Post #65, what is the source of this birth announcement? This one CLEARLY says OSAMA, the birth announcement in Post #7 states OBAMA.

So, was the birth announcement in Post #65 a photocopy of an ORIGINAL 1961 newspaper or from microfiche?

The last name has been changed to reflect OBAMA from OSAMA.

In #65, it also seems that the first six names are a darker font than the bottom names. Was this column manipulated on microfiche, or was an entire column retyped, cut and pasted onto the original column in the paper?

Someone manipulated the name, that is apparent.

[BIGLOOK]

I wouldn't make too much of the announcement in post #65, Iowan. Somebody was probably just horsing around......

But then the same can be said for post #7.

[Fred Nerks]

I also noticed that...Osama. I enlarged both images and from what I can see, one is clearly an ‘s’ and the other is a ‘b’ ...

As if there’s not enough mystery already! I am hoping Polarik can find the time to take a closer look.