Wednesday, May 4, 1949

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The Headlines

Durocher Is Cleared by Chandler; Returns as Giants' Manager Today; AS DUROCHER WAS REINSTATED BY CHANDLER YESTERDAY CHANDLER DECISION CLEARS DUROCHER

#1 on Your Hit Parade

"A"—You're Adorable

Perry Como with the Fontane Sisters and Orchestra conducted by Mitchell Ayres

#1 at the box office

The must-have

LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)

On This Day

• The entire Torino football team (except for two players who did not take the trip: Sauro Tomà, due to an injury and Renato Gandolfi, because of coach request) is killed in a plane crash.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Audrey Hepburn (1929)
• Hosni Mubarak (1928)
• Thomas Henry Huxley (1825)
• Amos Oz (1939)
• Kakuei Tanaka (1918)

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Tech Check

45 RPM Vinyl, Atomic Clock & Crash Test Dummies.

Cost of Living (1940)