Sunday, October 16, 1949

From the day

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The Headlines

HERSHEY CHOCOLATE PLAN; Reclassification of Convertible Preference Stock Proposed

#1 on Your Hit Parade

That Lucky Old Sun

Frankie Laine with Judd Conlon's Rhythmaires, Harry Geller and His Orchestra, and Carl Fischer

#1 at the box office

The must-have

LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)

On This Day

• The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Oscar Wilde (1854)
• Günter Grass (1927)
• David Ben-Gurion (1886)
• Eugene O'Neill (1888)
• Enver Hoxha (1908)

Slang

Tech Check

45 RPM Vinyl, Atomic Clock & Crash Test Dummies.

Cost of Living (1940)