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MPX5093661: Scotland Yard today started a massive hunt for Mrs. Muriel McKay wife of Mr. Alex McKay a director of the News of the World. She vanished from her home in Arthur Road, Wimbledon (Monday night). There were signs of a forced entry. Today police combed Wimbledon Common and were led by Chief Supt. William Smith who was in charge of the case, and Det. Insp. Johnny Mynors. The picture of Mrs. Muriel McKay issued by Scotland Yard. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5093670: The two furnace operators, David Norris and Daniel Murray at the Royal Mint, have got at the moment, a very exclusive job, because in two days time the halfcrown coin will no longer be legal tender and David and Daniel pour £2,000 worth of coins, each, into the furnace every hour. They both work an 8-hour day, so between them they get through £32,000 per day. David Norris pouring £200 worth of halfcrowns into the furnace. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5093698: Samples of Moon Rock brought back to earth by the American Apollo 11 Astronauts last July is on public view in the Geological Museum from Saturday 27th December until Saturday, 3rd January 1970. Centre piece of the exhibit is one of six special display units prepared by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington for world wide circulation. A large fragment of moon-rock formed by cooling and crystallization from a hot melt more than 3,000,000,000 years ago - is drammatically spotlit within a 3 ft. diameter plexiglass sphere. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5094011: Hundreds of children were shouting for George Best at a childrens charity party at the Odeon Cinema in Manchester today but George did not appear as he had the flu, but George Best's ex girl friend Eva Haralsted was there playing the part of Mother Christmas for the children December 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5094017: Hundreds of children were shouting for George Best at a childrens charity party at the Odeon Cinema in Manchester today but George did not appear as he had the flu, but George Best's ex girl friend Eva Haralsted was there playing the part of Mother Christmas for the children December 1969 / Bridgeman Images