"Astronauts Afloat"
Astronauts Afloat
Astronauts John Young (left) and Gus Grissom, pilots of the first Gemini two-man orbital flight, float on rubber rafts after escaping from a dummy Gemini capsule (background). They were undergoing water recovery training in Houst...
The Times of Ceylon Press
"The Mangosteen Sellers" by Shelton Thabrew
Mr. Thabrew whose paintings were shown at the Studio Times, is an artist of the utmost sincerity and unique in that he and his paintings are entirely a product of his environment.
Quite untaught he paints only the life he knows which is a simple c...
Daily Mirror
'Ambassador' in Atlantic
Pictured listing badly in the storm-swept waters of the North Atlantic off the Halifax coast recently, was the British cargo ship, AMBASSADOR (foreground), whose engines were flooded by heavy seas during the night leaving her floundering helplessl...
The Times of Ceylon Press
'Berlin Chic'
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'Bolivar' Lies on a Sandbank
Norwegian ship wrecked off Irish coast while on maiden voyage: 45 rescued by lifeboat.
Twelve passengers and a crew of 33 were rescued by Dun Laoghaire lifeboat when the 5,000 ton Norwegian motor-ship "Bolivar" broke her back on a sandbank six mil...
The Times of Ceylon Press
'Citta de Trapani'
The Italian vessel "Citta de Trapani" (2,400 tons) ran aground on a reef during a storm off the north-west coast of Sicily recently. A helicopter made an attempt to take off an injured man — but failed. The man was later rescued by a fishing boat ...
The Times of Ceylon Press