Monday, May 23, 1949

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The Headlines

HICKENLOOPER ASKS LILIENTHAL OUSTER; Senator Who Fought for AEC Chairman Calls on Truman to Act -- Board Head Replies HICKENLOOPER FOR LILIENTHAL OUSTER

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Riders in the Sky

Unknown Artist

#1 at the box office

Flamingo Road

The must-have

LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)

On This Day

• Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of Germany.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Carl Linnaeus (1707)
• Pär Lagerkvist (1891)
• John Bardeen (1908)
• Alan García (1949)
• Hans Frank (1900)

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Tech Check

45 RPM Vinyl, Atomic Clock & Crash Test Dummies.

Cost of Living (1940)