Wednesday, March 2, 1949

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The Headlines

FILIBUSTER GOES ON; FOES MOVING TODAY FOR BARKLEY RULING; Lucas Will Circulate Petition Seeking to Silence Southerners by Use of Present Code TRUMAN SETBACK RISKED Democrats Fear GOP Allies Would Desert Closure Edict in Vote by Full Senate Filibuster Against 'Gag' Goes On; Petition to Apply Brake Drafted

#1 on Your Hit Parade

I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm

Les Brown and his Orchestra

#1 at the box office

The must-have

LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)

On This Day

• Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Mikhail Gorbachev (1931)
• Pope Pius XII (1876)
• Pope Leo XIII (1810)
• Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937)
• Benedict of Nursia (480)

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Tech Check

45 RPM Vinyl, Atomic Clock & Crash Test Dummies.

Cost of Living (1940)