Astronaut Glenn Testing a Trumpet
Col. John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth, testing a trumpet which was presented to him by musician Paul Toadman when the spaceman visited New York, recently.
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American Astronauts Visit United Nations Headquarters
United Nations, New York, 13 August 1969
American Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Col. Edwin Aldrin, Jr. and Col. Michael Collins of Apollo 11, the first men to land on the moon, visited the United Nations today where they attended a ceremony in their ...
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American Astronauts Visit United Nations Headquarters
United Nations, New York, 13 August 1969
American Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Col. Edwin Aldrin, Jr. and Col. Michael Collins of Apollo 11, the first men to land on the moon, visited the United Nations today where they attended a ceremony in their ...
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The Russian Cosmonaut Major Gherman Titov And His Wife
The Russian cosmonaut Major Gherman Titov, and his wife recently visited United Nations Headquarters where he was the guest of honour at a reception given by the acting UN Secretary-General U. Thant.
After the reception, Major and Mrs. Titov were ...
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Thant Meets Astronauts
Apollo-11 commander Neil Armstrong shakes hands with Secretary-General U. Thant after presenting to him a replica of the plaque left on the Moon. The ceremony took place recently at United Nations Headquarters in New York City.
With Armstrong are ...
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Major Gherman Titov the Second Soviet Cosmonaut
The Soviet Cosmonaut, Major Gherman S. Titov, recently visited United Nations headquarters where he was the guest of honour at a reception given by acting U.N. Secretary-General, U Thant. The cosmonaut and his wife were later conducted a tour of t...
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Haile Selassie Visits the UN Headquarters
Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia being welcomed by Secretary-General, U. Thant, when he visited the UN headquarters on October 4th.
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United Airlines Plane Crash
Firemen battling with the flames caused by the DC 8 jet airliner of United Airlines, which crashed into a busy part of Brooklyn last Friday after colliding over New York with a TWA Constellation. The other plane came down in the water at Staten Is...
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Plane Crashed in New York
A police helicopter circling over the riot town of Rochester in New York recently crashed on to a house killing three occupants. Part of the plane's wing can be seen on top of a car. The crumpled remains are seen lying between the fireman below an...
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