Saturday, January 7, 1950

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The Headlines

Minetti Shifted to Transit Board; Fact-Finding in TWU Dispute Seen; Minetti Placed on Transit Board In Move Toward Fact-Finding Body Wage Rise Among Demand Four Years In City Service

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The must-have

Silly Putty

On This Day

• In the Sverdlovsk air disaster, all 19 of those on board are killed, including almost the entire national ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Force – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Millard Fillmore (1800)
• Pope Gregory XIII (1502)
• Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858)
• Joseph Bonaparte (1768)
• Bernadette Soubirous (1844)

Slang

Tech Check

Credit Cards, Pager & Otis Elevators (Self-Service).

Style of 1950

Silhouette: Hourglass and tailored

Material: Cotton and poodle cloth

• Poodle skirts
• Twinsets
• Cat-eye glasses

Cost of Living (1950)