Child victims of earthquake
(N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON. ; At least 500,000 is ■ needed to care for the thousands of child victims of the earthquake disaster in Lice, Turkey, according to the London headquarters of the (Save the Children Fund. The Turkish child welfare organisation is looking after ■ about 1000 orphans, but there are about 1200 children under the age of seven in need of prefabricated shelter, says a message to the New Zealand branch of (the fund. < The New Zealand branch .will hold its annual appeal! (today and some of the; .(money raised will go to Tur-; (key. ) The fund's financial {director in London, Mr Timothy Phipps, has returned from a fact-finding visit to Lice and said four towns and 123 villages had been devastated, with many houses so badly flattened they looked just like rocks ! from the surrounding mountains.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33959, 27 September 1975, Page 6
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140Child victims of earthquake Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33959, 27 September 1975, Page 6
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