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Wednesday 20 March 1963
A revolutionary research plane will make its first test flight from the Royal Aircraft Establishment field at Bedford today, if the weather is good. The plane is the Hunting 126, built on a new principle called jet flap, which will enable a short take-off.
Britain’s total of typhoid cases jumped to twenty-four yesterday when fourteen new cases were confirmed. The Health Ministry said, “There is no cause for public concern. All the patients have been isolated in hospital, or their homes.”
A new range of satellites are being planned by scientists. These satellites will collect information about wave heights, air and sea temperatures, track icebergs, and aid weather forecasting.
The number of people using cars and motor cycles instead of public transport more than doubled between 1951 and 1961. The number of people travelling by train remained about the same.
Castrol, who supply about half the oil used by British motorists, are to increase their prices on April 1. The firm said their oils would cost 2s 3 1/2d a pint, an extra halfpenny.
Electronic ticket collectors may be introduced on London Transport’s Underground railways to cut costs. It is one of the ideas being studied for London Transport by electronics experts.
Television highlights: Z-Cars with Brian Blessed. Your Life in Their Hands - Caesarian Section. The Sky at Night - Venus revealed.
Radio highlights: Ella Fitzgerald. Disc Club.
Weather: dull with rain, then brighter. Outlook - mainly dry, sunny spells. 6c, 43f.
@HannahHowe I do wonder if the cause of such a Typhoid outbreak would be found today. First, would anyone recognise Typhoid if it hit them in the face: most UK doctors can't recognise measles or whooping cough as they've never seen it. As for typhoid? Then would telephone enquiries actually find out what people had eaten....
Can't replace shoe leather epidemiology, with phone calls and check lists, IMHO.
I doubt UKSHA would recognise such a dispersed outbreak these days anyway.....