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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...
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"Butterfly" Shown at a Display of New Summer Accessories in Berlin
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"Messaline" Eye Fetching Elbow Length Gloves of Snakeskin with Hair Wreath of the Same Materia
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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Tanker Capsizes. Buzzards Bay, Mass: The United States tanker "Dynafuel" 3,100 tons, which was involved in a collision yesterday with the Norwegian cargo ship "Fernview" 6,732 tons, capsizes. After salvage experts had parted the two vessels today,...
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