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Chuck McKinley in Play against Mike Sangster
It's the Rockhampton Rocket v the St. Louis Dynamo for the Wimbledon final on Friday (7-7-61). In yesterday's (5-7-61) semi-finals Rod Laver (the Rockhampton Rocket) of Australia rather laboriously disposed of India's Ramanathan Krishnan in a most...
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King Gustaf Acknowledges the Cheers of the Crowds in London
King Gustav and Queen Louise of Sweden arrived in London today for their state visit. They sailed up the Thames to Greenwich in the Swedish cruiser Tre Kronor where they were met by the Duke of Edinburgh accompanied by the Swedish Ambassador. The ...
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Twenty people were killed when a Royal Air Force Beverley transport plane crashed into a cluster of cottages beside a farm in Drayton, near Abingdon. The plane burst into flames and set fire to the homes. Seventeen of the dead were passengers and ...
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Sangster Strolls into the Semi-Finals
Young Mike Sangster entered the semi-finals by erasing Iyo Pimentel, a lackadaisical Venezuelan, in fifty-six minutes, winning 6—2, 6—2, 6—4. Mike Sangster's win was so overwhelming that it is hard to describe. It was certainly one of the most one...
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Surviving Super Constellation Crash
A miracle Atlantic rescue went last week with a ship-to-shore airlift for injured survivors. They were snatched from a sea-hell when their super constellation airliner ditched in mid-Atlantic. Seventeen of the 44 survivors aboard the Swiss rescue ...
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Whitney Reed in Distress after Missing a Shot
Whitney Reed in distress after missing a shot in his gruelling Wimbledon match which he lost to Neale Fraser. Fraser won 5—7, 6—4, 4—6, 6—1, 7—5. Neale Fraser, Australian holder of the Wimbledon men's singles and No. 1 seed nearly lost his title ...
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