Human error, compounded by the rush of getting the newspaper
out, has given the world the following actual headlines:
DOCTOR TESTIFIES IN HORSE SUIT
--Waterbury (CT) Republican
MAN HELD OVER GIANT L.A. BRUSH FIRE
--Toronto Globe and Mail
SPLIT REARS IN FARMER MOVEMENT
--Denver Post
PANDA MATING FAILS, VETERINARIAN TAKES OVER
--St. Petersburg Times
HALF OF U.S. HIGH SCHOOLS REQUIRE SOME STUDY FOR GRADUATION
--Los Angeles Times
SMOKERS ARE PRODUCTIVE BUT DEATH CUTS EFFICIENCY
--Belleview (IL) News-Democrat
GORILLAS VOW TO KILL KHOMENI
--Munsun (PA) Valley Independent
BLIND WOMAN GETS KIDNEY FROM DAD SHE HASN'T SEEN IN YEARS
--Alabama Journal
SISTERS REUNITED AFTER 13 YEARS IN CHECKOUT LINE AT SUPERMARKET
--Arkansas Democrat
[These headlines were excerpted from an article by
Richard Lederer, from his column "Looking at
Language"]
... And the famous 2nd World War headline which followed Montgomery and the allies success over the Afrika Korps:
"8th Army Push Bottles Up Germans"