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Subject: [Leica] NEW BOOK IN THE MAKING. :-) "THE SIXTIES"
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:42:16 -0400
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sounds like fun!

ric


On Oct 22, 2011, at 6:37 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Howdy Crew,
> I haven't been around much for the last bit due to family illness. However 
> that's behind us and all is basically well. :-)
> 
> However the absents will continue for sometime, other than a quick stop by 
> for a break once in awhile. I have been asked to get my butt in gear and 
> write a book pertaining to my wild wild life as a photojournalist during 
> the past 61 years.
> 
> Trust  me it will not be an easy task as you can see in the "Opening piece 
> for the 1960 decade!" :-) This merely touches on a small portion of 
> assignments during those 61 years.
> 
> Take care, have a look and think about this AS merely a tiny portion 
> within the 61 years of fun and loving it every moment!
> 
> cheers,
> ted 
> =============================================
> THE SIXTIES! --- Now that was a Time:
> 
> 
> 
> Death, discovery, baby birthing, Pot Pipe - :-) -- plane crashes-Arctic -- 
> Europe -- Orient -- cowboys -- round-up, Stampedes -- Grey Cup football -- 
> Prime Minister Louise St. Laurent -- Arctic ice-breaker -- Interpol-Madrid 
> -- Spain -bull fighting -- Paris - artists -- Munich-Oktoberfest -- 
> Monaco-French Riviera -- London - Hyde Park -- New York-Martha --  The 
> Congo -- Zambia, Israel 6 Day War -- Egypt -- Vietnam-war -- Hong Kong -- 
> Tokyo -- Sweden - World Hockey Championships -- Norway-NATO military 
> exercises -- Japan-Canada industrial works -- Attacked by Rabid Fox -- 
> Thrown from high speed boat during assignment -- shooting from inside 
> stock car and crash -- seal hunting with Eskimos -- eating seal meat -- 
> helicopter fire and crash landing-Arctic -- shot at during war -- beaten 
> by police -- shooting from horse back for a month during round-up -- 
> Vancouver Stanley Park love-in and hash! --  Mexico bull fighting -- 
> Olympic Bob-sled shooting from sled - Sapporo, Japan -- Kno
> cked flying on sideline by football players -- Caribbean training with USA 
> Marines -- First ever Sushi-Japan -- World Hockey Championships-Sweden -- 
> Common Wealth Games-Edinburgh -- Laser weapon research - Newcastle-UK -- 
> Coal mining-Wales -- Dawson City Gold Rush Festival -- Searching for oil, 
> NWT & off shore Atlantic -- Seattle World's Fair -- Buffalo Days-Regina -- 
> Blue Nose Schooner disaster-Bermuda! AND MORE!  
> 
> 
> 
> Yes it was a time!  
> 
> 
> 
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