Wednesday, July 27, 1949

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The Headlines

Senate by 41-37 Vote Adds $74,000,000 to ECA Fund; Total Set by Appropriations Group Is Raised to Cover Last Year's Expenses -- Britain Asks for Greater Marshall Aid SENATE GIVES ECA $74,000,000 ASKED

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Some Enchanted Evening

Perry Como with Orchestra conducted by Mitchell Ayres

#1 at the box office

The must-have

LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)

On This Day

• Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Giosuè Carducci (1835)
• Alexandre Dumas fils (1824)
• Jean Baudrillard (1929)
• Murad IV (1612)
• Hans Fischer (1881)

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Tech Check

45 RPM Vinyl, Atomic Clock & Crash Test Dummies.

Cost of Living (1940)