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President Kennedy Talking With Astronaut Walter Schirra

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  • 1962-9-21

President Kennedy talking with Walter Schirra, next American to go into space. The President was on a visit to Cape Canaveral recently with Mr. Peter Thorneycroft, British Defence Minister. They are on a tour of Military and Civil Space installati...

Central Press Photos Ltd.

Reported Ethiopian Coup D'etat

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  • 1960-12-21

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...

Planet News Ltd.

Rescued from Blazing Ship in Mid Atlantic

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Rescued from blazing ship in mid Atlantic. Passengers were rescued by the Norwegian-American liner 'Stavangerfjord' when the Swedish cargo ship 'Kristina Thorden' (3,889) caught fire in mid-Atlantic when on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Bal...

The Times of Ceylon Press

Road Accident at Wewaldeniya

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A private bus and a lorry collided on the Kandy-Colombo main road at Wewaldeniya. The accident caused injuries to several people inside the bus and the lorry. The bus was seen turned on its side after the accident.

The Times of Ceylon Press

Salvage Crew Beats Davy Jones

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  • 1956-10-2

To those who man Canada's salvage ships, the arduous job of rescuing vessels in distress is just part of the day's work. When the tug "Active" ran aground on the rocky shores of Carrington Bay off Vancouver Island, it took salvage crews just eight...

The Times of Ceylon Press

Scooter Collided with a Customs Lorry

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  • 1963-6-22

A customs official who was riding a scooter was seriously injured when the scooter collided with a Customs lorry in the Colombo Harbour premises.

Daily Mirror

Second Group of Gemini Astronauts

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Gemini Astronauts -- The second group of U.S. astronauts poses around a module of the Gemini spacecraft. They will join with astronauts from the original Mercury group for future flights in the two-man capsule. Counter-clockwise from upper left ar...

The Times of Ceylon Press

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