From the Archives, 1971: Reporter home after Viet Cong kidnapping ordeal
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I want to go back to war, says Kate Webb
SYDNEY. Frail and tiny, Kate Webb, the Sydney journalist who spent 23 days as a prisoner of the Viet Cong, arrived in Sydney yesterday.
Kate Webb faces the microphones after returning to Australia.
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“I have friends there”, she said.
Miss Webb was almost unrecognisable as the attractive, dark, 28-year-old whose face has become familiar among the pages of newspapers and magazines since she was released from captivity last week.
From the Archives, 1966: Rush of blood to Sydney
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From the Archives, 1966: Rush of blood to Sydney
55 years ago, the collapse of a Sydney man with the rarest blood order in the world sparked an international search for donors.
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Sun Herald on May 8, 1966
Jets are racing to Sydney from London and New Zealand with supplies of the worldâs rarest blood. It is needed to save the life of a Sydney man.
âHe is in a bad wayâ . Dr G. T. Archer of the Sydney Blood Bank.
From the Archives, 1971: Hot pants on the rise
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From the Archives, 1971: Hot pants on the rise
50 years ago, clothing manufacturer Paul Chalmers returned from an international fact-finding mission with a simple message for Sydney: get ready for hot pants.
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The Sydney Morning Herald on March 4, 1971
âHot pants are a feature of the new seasonâs playsuits. â May 3, 1971.
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Manufacturer returns: Hot pants are for us next summer
At the end of January dress manufacturer Paul Chalmers took off on a whirlwind trip to Los Angeles, Paris, Berlin, London and home via New York.