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The Russians connected with three horses entered for the Grand National, examine the toughness of the celebrated "Çhair Jump" at Aintree.
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The Russians connected with three horses entered for the Grand National, examine the toughness of the celebrated "Çhair Jump" at Aintree.
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A clear winner! An across the course shot of the finish of the race, showing Psidium a clear winner.
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"He Is 'Trapped' in the Jewel Tower"
London turned out to give Yuri Gagarin another storming welcome today (13-7-1961) – and the enthusiasm of it kept him a prisoner in the Tower of London for ten minutes. Gagarin had to stay in the Jewel Tower until care arrived because the excited ...
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"Cheers! Johnny is Home" It's smiles all round as Johnny Haynes, a 26-year-old England and Fulham captain, arrives back in London last night (28.6.62). But it was a journey to remember for Johnny, six days after he was injured in a car crash. From...
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London Gave Yuri Gagarin a Great Reception
London gave Yuri Gagarin the world's first man to space a great reception today (11-7-1961). There were cheers and applause at London Airport. And more cheers as the twenty-seven-year-old Soviet spaceman drove to the Russian Embassy in London befo...
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100,000 Sing in the Rain as the Spurs Bring F. A. Cup Home
"100,000 Sing in the Rain" This was the fantastic scene, in Tottenham yesterday (6-5-62) as the super Spurs came home.... with the F. A. Cup. More than 100,000 people lined a three-mile route for the team's victory drive. The Spurs, who on Saturda...
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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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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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