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Friday 19 April 1963
The government plans to spend £117,000,000 on old people’s homes during the next ten years. By 1972 it is hoped that more than 1,000 new residential homes for elderly people will have been built. The number of people aged over 65 is expected to increase by one third in the next twenty years.
The Big Freeze cut the number of road deaths in February. There were 365 road deaths in that month - ninety-four fewer than in February 1962. Traffic was down nine percent because of the bad weather.
Masked bandits got away with about £800 when they ambushed a car on hire to the Westminster Bank yesterday. The bank car was stopped when a green Jaguar pulled up in front of it and a van rammed it from behind. The three bandits escaped with the money in the Jaguar.
There are now 68 typhoid cases in Britain, all linked to the outbreak in Zermatt, Switzerland.
Westland are now offering three Hovercrafts for delivery within nine months, and expect to announce first order details at any time. The craft are: the SRN2, 27 tons, 70 passengers, 90mph, £325,700; the SRN Mark 2, 37 tons, 150 passengers, 83mph, £450,600; the SRN 5, seven tons, 20 passengers, 80mph, £75,600.
Television highlights: It’s a Square World with Michael Bentine. Indoor Athletics. Wuthering Heights - a repeat of the 1962 play.
Radio highlights: The Navy Lark. Climbing Kilimanjaro.
Weather: sunny periods, heavy rain, hail and thunder. Outlook - wet and warm. 13c, 55f.
@HannahHowe the problem with this particular historic Toot is that over the pond they have measles outbreaks and cyber trucks for sale, and it is difficult to discern history from the present day.