Tuesday, May 17, 1949

From the day

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The Headlines

Rink, Play Area in Central Park Provided in $600,000 Gift to City; A $600,000 RECREATION CENTER PROPOSED FOR CENTRAL PARK CENTRAL PARK RINK IS A GIFT TO CITY

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)

Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra

#1 at the box office

The must-have

LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)

You Share a Birthday With

• Edward Jenner (1749)
• Henri Barbusse (1873)
• Erik Satie (1866)
• Alfonso XIII (1886)
• Dennis Hopper (1936)

Slang

Tech Check

45 RPM Vinyl, Atomic Clock & Crash Test Dummies.

Cost of Living (1940)