Friday, December 23, 1949

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The Headlines

TAPPING OF HUDSON DECIDED ON AS CITY, STATE MAP ACTIONS; Formal Petition for Authority, Hearings Set as Officials Meet With Dewey Here 7 MONTHS FOR WORK SEEN Need for Speed Cited as Supply Falls 242,000,000 Gallons More in a Single Day The Water Situation THE STATE, CITY AND NAVY DISCUSS THE WATER SHORTAGE CITY SPEEDS PLANS TO TAP THE HUDSON

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Mule Train

Frankie Laine and the Muleskinners

#1 at the box office

The must-have

LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)

You Share a Birthday With

• Akihito (1933)
• Helmut Schmidt (1918)
• Alexander I of Russia (1777)
• Joseph Smith (1805)
• Jean-François Champollion (1790)

Slang

Tech Check

45 RPM Vinyl, Atomic Clock & Crash Test Dummies.

Cost of Living (1940)