Uwe Raab GDR champion
World champion Uwe Raab won the GDR champion title 50 kilometers individual time trials for the third time in succession in Forst (Cottbus county) on July 26th, 1984. This victory was the best present on his 22nd birthday.
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Cycle champions
The winners of the cycle race organized by the Watareka United Welfare Service Association; first place K.D. Wijedasa and second place S.A.D.L. Perera.
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Bicycle Race
The bicycle race winners, 1st place M.G. De Silva, 2nd place Bharatha Kumara Neelamuni and 3rd place G.G. Chandrasirir De Silva.
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Honsoeda Coal Mine Death Pit
A Japanese coal miner who had been trapped in a flooded shaft at the Honsoeda coal mine in Fukuoka Prefecture, Southern Japan is carried out after a 71-hour ordeal in a cold flooded pit. He and 21 other miners were rescued alive. Three miners ere ...
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Nikolai Sokolovsky
"Invention of a bicycle" today means discovery of a thing already known. Still, there are enthusiasts who defy the saying-literally-trying to improve this simple vehicle.
Nikolai Sokolovsky, automation designer of the Byelorussian MAZ auto working...
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Kanji Harads - Mikawa Coal Mine Disaster
Kanji Harads (21) beams happily after he escaped to safety 19 hours after the Mikawa Explosion last Saturday afternoon, in the main tunnel of the Mikawa Coal Mine. He is seen being interviewed by pressmen after his miraculous escape from the mine ...
Daily Mirror
A Television Camera Let Down
A television camera being let down the bore at an emergency drilling station over the ill-fated Mathilde Mine. The attempt was unsuccessful.
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Andre Martinet
The nine French miners all rescued after being trapped 270 ft underground for eight days, have all made a remarkable recovery fro their ordeal. All were taken to hospital after being rescued but have now been allowed to return to their families.
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Collapsed of Municipal Reading Room
Picture shows the collapse of the two-storey Municipal Reading Room at Darley Road which collapsed during construction. The constructor maintains that the fault lay in the specifications and plans. The question is who will meet the cost of clearin...
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