The Funeral Service for 'Comet' Victims
The funeral service for the 'Comet' disaster victims is held at Porta Azzuro on the Island of Elba. Above is the view inside the local Cathedral, during the service for the 35 victims—passengers and crew—who lost their lives when the British 'Come...
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Mas Abi Karsa and His Wife
A couple that survived: Mas Abi Karsa, Editor of an Indonesian newspaper and his wife.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Francis Wanigasekera
"Off to Far East"
Mr. Francis Wanigasekera, the Secretary of the All-Island Small Industry Owners' Association, departed for Hong Kong and Japan in a B.O.A.C. flight yesterday. Mr. Wanigasekera who is the director (administration) of Ceylon Pins ...
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Anthea Lycett
"Crash-girl's mother did not love her"
Anthea Lycett, the 3-year-old "give-away baby" who survived the Benghazi air crash being carried by Mr. Lycett from the anbulance into a London hospital.
Anthea was burned and had her elbow fractured in the ...
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Ambassador of Iceland Thanks Sri Lanka
Mr. Petur Thoreteinsson, (left) roving Ambassador of Iceland conveyed to the President Mr. J. R. Jayewardene (centre) the Iceland Government's thanks and appreciation of the manner in which Sri Lanka helped all those involved in the tragic Iceland...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Princess Mamite and Princess Sophia Desta at London Airport
Grand-daughters of Emperor Haile Selassie Fly Home
Princess mamite, 17, and Princess Sophia Desta, 19, two of Emperor Haile Selassie's grand-daughters, left London Airport this morning to fly home to Addis Ababa for their summer holiday. The Prin...
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Captain Lundkvist and Lieut. Billy Nilsson
Captain Lundkvist (left), pilot, and Lieut. Billy Nilsson (right), co-pilot of the United Nations Dakota Aircraft which crashed over Katanga recently. A UN official said preliminary reports suggested that the plane was shot down by "undetermined" ...
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