Wednesday, August 10, 1949

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The Headlines

' INFLUENCE' ON B-36 DENIED BY LOVETT AT HOUSE INQUIRY; Wartime Assistant Secretary for Air Says Range, Load Were the Main Factors NEW CHARGES RECORDED Anonymous Document Alleges Large Campaign Donations by Head of Consolidated INFLUENCE' ON B-36 DENIED BY LOVETT AT OPENING OF HEARINGS ON THE B-36

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Some Enchanted Evening

Perry Como with Orchestra conducted by Mitchell Ayres

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The must-have

LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)

On This Day

• An amendment to the National Security Act of 1947 enhances the authority of the United States Secretary of Defense over the Army, Navy and Air Force, and replaces the National Military Establishment with the Department of Defense.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Herbert Hoover (1874)
• Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810)
• Jorge Amado (1912)
• Anwar Ibrahim (1947)
• Wolfgang Paul (1913)

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Tech Check

45 RPM Vinyl, Atomic Clock & Crash Test Dummies.

Cost of Living (1940)