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"Scimitar" Crashes in the English Channel
Commander J. D. Russell, Fleet Air Arm, piloting a "Scimitar" supersonic-fighter crashed to his death after making a landing on the aircraft-carrier "Victorious" in the English Channel. The aircraft had made a perfect deck landing, when the "arres...
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22-Years-Old Princess Margareta
"A Royal Romance" An announcement by Count Carl-Reinhold, von Essen, Master of the Swedish Royal Household states that Mr. Robin Douglas-Home of London, had asked for the hand in marriage of Princess Margaretha of Sweden. His suit has been refused...
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Abdullah Salal, President of the Yemen, acknowledging the greetings of the crowd on his arrival in Budapest recently. With him is Mr. Istvan Dobi, (centre) President of the Council of Hungary, and Mr. Janos Kadar, the Hungarian Prime Minister.—(S ...
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Thirty people were injured and one was killed, when this four-engined airliner crashed recently at Orly airport near Paris after a flight from Tunis.
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Overshooting its runway owing to brake failure, this Canberra came to rest straddled across the road Two-way traffic was completely held up. The incident occurred on the main London-to-Portsmouth road at Wesley, Surrey.
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Lawn Tennis. The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships. Chuck McKinley (U.S.A.) in play in his winning Men's Singles quarter final match against Britain's Bobby Wilson on number one court. McKinley won, 6—4, 6—4, 4—6, 6—4 and meets M. Sangster (G. ...
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Gagarin at Moscow Film Festival
Standby for a rush of bachelors to volunteer for space training. The reason could be the kiss that Major Yuri Gagarin is shown receiving from Italy's top film star Gina Lollobrigids at the Film Festival in Moscow.
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Major Titov in the United States of America
Major Titov, Russian cosmonaut and his wife admiring a Jaguar Mark 10 car during their recent visit to the British pavilion at the Seattle World Fair. They were on a three-week tour of the US.— (S & G).
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