Parents of nine-baby birth

Associated Press · June 13, 1971

Mrs. Len Brodrick, 29, who gave birth Sunday in a Sydney, Australia hospital to nine babies -- five boys and four girls -- is shown at the left last October. Her husband, a wholesale butcher in Canberra, Australia, is shown at right sitting in a Sydney park Saturday. Doctors at the hospital said two boys were stillborn and "the next 48 hours" would be critical for the others. A doctor said Mrs. Brodrick, a former nurse, was in good condition and "catching up on some sleep."