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| Ref No | 14537 |
| Alt Ref No | 14537 |
| Artist or Creator | Keith Waite |
| Title or Caption | Some prophetic highlights of 1969 |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Published by | The Sun |
| Date | 01 Jan 1969 |
| Format | Newspaper |
| Embedded text or transcript | Everybody out!
With Mao flu
Industry: Following legislation against strikes entire working population catches Mao flu simultaneously. Threat of legislation against Mao flu.
The Moon; More interesting close-ups of lunar surface released by U.S. space agency. Russians say they do not intend to race Americans to moon unless they happen to get there first.
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GPO
Down with the Post
Public unrest: 5d post increased to 7d. All letters now guaranteed to arrive the day before posting.
Peace!
Vietnam: Big news from Paris talks - peace declared between United States and South Vietnamese delegates. |
| Person Depicted | Mao; Zedong (1893-1976) |
| Notes | News (28th Dec) Industry welcomed the proposal that workers could draw sickness benefit due to Hongkong flu without producing certificates. News (28th Dec) The Apollo 8 mission had a safe splashdown and the crew were taken on board the ship Yorktown. News (30th Dec) Increases in postal charges in 1969 were feared. (The Times Index, Nov-Dec 1968) |
| Subjects | police officers |
| influenza |
| factories |
| Earth |
| Apollo |
| Russia |
| footsteps |
| elephants |
| moon |
| protests |
| bricks |
| price rises |
| postal workers |
| postboxes |
| newspapers |
| Paris |
| soldiers |
| Vietnam |
| USA |
| peace talks |
| Copyright holder | Keith Waite |
| Copyright contact details | info@cartoons.ac.uk |
| Relates to cartoon | 14537 |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates | About | Multimedia | Image |
| GB/BCA/503 | Mao; Zedong (1893-1976) | 1893-1976 | | | |