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"Epigraff" Ridden by Jockey Vladimir Prakhov
Moscow: Training in snow-covered fields near here is one of the Russian hopes for the Grand National "Epigraff" ridden by jockey Vladimir Prakhov. The horse, with two others, will soon exchange the snow of Moscow for the green fields of Aintree to...
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"Griffin" Ridden by Jockey Ivan Abdeyev
It's heaving flanks covered with a fine layer of snow, a stallion gallops through the white fields of outer Moscow in training for England's biggest race, the "Grand National". This horse —"Griffin"— is one of three steeplechasers with which the R...
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
A test [...] and his assistant were killed when a twin-engined Varsity plane crashed on to a house in Gloucester recently. Three women in the house escaped, as did nearly 1,000 children in the nearby schools as the plane skimmed over the roof of t...
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Reported Ethiopian Coup D'etat
Washington, D.C.: The United States State Department said today it has received a report from the U.S. ambassador in Ethiopia that "The Imperial Household Guard has engineered a coup" against the Government of Emperor Haile Selassie. The Departmen...
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Sabena Boeing 707 Airplane Crash
The wreckage of the Sabena Airlines' Boeing 707 jetliner which crashed recently covering a wooded field on the outskirts of Brussels Airport. Seventy three people died in the crash, including all 18 members of the U. S. Figure skating team, on the...
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Soldiers Guarding the Senegal Government Building
A group of soldiers, including a paratrooper, guarding the Government building in Dakar (Senegal) after President Senghor rounded off his victory against Premier Mamadon Dia, who called in the Army to seize the Assembly, while deputies were prepar...
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Titov In Training Before Take-off
Moscow: Major Gherman Stepanovich Titov, the second Soviet cosmonaut who landed safely today after orbitting the earth 17 times, is pictured here being trained on a centrifuge device before take-off. Moscow Radio said Titov landed in "Vostok II" a...
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