Saturday, December 11, 1948

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The Headlines

U.N. DELAYS ACTION ON PALESTINE PACT; Israelis Agree to Permit the Withdrawal of the Egyptian Troops in Faluja Pocket U. N. DELAYS ACTION ON PALESTINE PACT

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Buttons and Bows

Dinah Shore and her Happy Valley Boys

#1 at the box office

When My Baby Smiles at Me

The must-have

Scrabble

On This Day

• Arab–Israeli War: The United Nations passes General Assembly Resolution 194, creating a Conciliation Commission to mediate the conflict.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Naguib Mahfouz (1911)
• Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918)
• Hector Berlioz (1803)
• Robert Koch (1843)
• Max Born (1882)

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Tech Check

Long-Playing Record (LP), Velcro & Holography Theory.

Cost of Living (1940)