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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. E II R 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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GB/BCA/503 | Mao; Zedong (1893-1976) | 1893-1976 | | | |