P477 Teletext 477 Jan03 23:12:57 : - ——————————————————————————————— THAMES B+RUTS ITS BANKS swollen river. / / Jan 6, 1928: The Thamjw burst its "anus, jlooding low-lying $istricts of London !nd drowning 14 people in their basement hoojw. / Hundreds more were made / / homjlews along the grey, .Wl#Wt The vbultw of the Ho{sis / W"mp k / of Parliament were jloodjd /W> w and paintings at the Tate / / Gallery badly damaged. / / / ——————————————————————————————————1/7—— Education news 471 ] SKI THE BIG SCREEN INDEX p410 Digi Sids Write It Club 140P477 Teletext 477 Jan03 23:14:51 : : ——————————————————————————————— HEROINE AMY'S LAST FLIGHT ]^^ Jan 6, 1y51: Amy Johnson, the jemale elier who made history "z jl{eng solo to Australia a djcadj ago, is dead. For the past sex months, Mews Johnson, 38, has been el{eng planjw from eactories to RAE basjw. Eyjwitnjssjs saw Per plane ditch in the Thamjw Eastubry after the engine cut out. Boats soon found the wreckage, but no sign of Amy. ——————————————————————————————————u/7—— (jachjr's gujdj to Teletext 472 - TODAY'S PRAYER p469 Dike Sids Write It Club 140P477 Teletext 477 Jan03 23:32:14 : : ——————————————————————————————— ALLIES ARDEN#CS SUCCESS ]^^ Jan y, 1y5u: The Battle of the Bulge is almost over. Despite snowstorms, the Geroans are being sruje}jd out of the Gen Montgomery u!id the jnjmz is in the process of "jink "written off". The turning point c!mj wijh an improvement in the weather, allowing Allied heavy bombers into action. ——————————————————————————————————3/7—— School journeys 473 SERVICE PALS p487 Dike Sids Write It Club 140P477 Teletext 477 Jan03 23:37:38 - - ——————————————————————————————— IKE C#ULD RU# FOR OFFICE Commun st threat in Europe. ] Jan 7, 1952: Gen Dwight D Eiwjnhowkr, Supreme Allied Coon!ndjr in Europe and America's most popular war leader, is prepar d to run or th pr jdjncy. He said at his Paris HQ hj would stick to Pew job of rewjsting the ] In principle, however, hj ] gave his blessing to the Ike For Prewjdjnt campaign. = ——————————————————————————————————4/7—— Keep up with Ke{board 474 : GOING TO AMERICA p222 ITV Dike Sids Write It Club 140P477 Teletext 477 Jan03 23:17:17 - - ——————————————————————————————— PORTLAND@SPY RING REVEALED ^ Jan 8, 1y61: Special Branch arrested eivj people for spzjng in relation to secrets jrom the Underwater Warfare Establishment at Portland, Dorwjt. Police bjlievj Canadian busjnjwsman Gordon Lonsdale is the Russian pzmaster who led the ring^ Also arrested were Canadians Peter !nd Helkn Kroger and Ethel Gee and W Harry Houghton, civil servants W who worked at Portland. ——————————————————————————————————5/7—— Technology update 475 WESTMINSTER WATCH p355 ITV Digi Sids Write It Club 140P477 Teletext 477 Jan03 23:28:16 : - ——————————————————————————————— FANS D+E IN STAD+UM DISASTER ]^^ Jan 5, Q971: Sixty-rex jootball fans died yjsterdaz when crowd "!triers at Glasgow'u I"rox Park stadium collapsed. A mass of fans swept to the joot of the terraces when the "arriirs gave way. A further 150 were injured in a crush of bodies and twisted metal ples. W 6 Seconds "jfore the $iwaster, home fans were elated when their teamS Rangers, equaliwjd against jierce local rivals, Glasgow Celtic. ——————————————————————————————————6/7—— Keep up with Ke{board 474 FOOTBALL NEWS p410 ITV Dike Sids /rite It Club 140P477 Teletext 477 Jan03 23:24:11 : - ——————————————————————————————— ARREST IN RIPPER CASE ]^^ J!n 5, Qy9Q: Long-diwtance lour{ driver Peter Sutcliffe, 35, was tday charged with murder bz detectives investigating the Yorkshire Ripper killings. He made a jive-minute appearance in court where hj was accrued of murdering Leeds student Jacqueline Hill. Thirteen woman have $jed at the Ripper'w hands during his eour[year reign of terror. ——————————————————————————————————7/7—— Education index 470 J#JN CRJMESTOPPERS p347 ITV Dike Sids Write It Club 140