1978 D&D article from a Long Beach CA newspaper, though the author is Associated Press so it may have run elsewhere.

1978 D&D article from a Long Beach CA newspaper, though the author is Associated Press so it may have run elsewhere. Doesn't mention the Basic Set but has other interesting info, inc sales data from the time period.
http://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/2013/10/1978-ap-d-article.html