Wednesday, June 28, 1950

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The Headlines

President Takes Chief Role In Determining U.S. Course; Truman's Leadership for Forceful Policy to Meet Threat to World Peace Draws Together Advisers on Vital Move TRUMAN ROLE KEY TO ACTION BY U.S. Truman Gets Latest Data Kremlin Course Left Free

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On This Day

• Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers (between 60,000 and 200,000) are executed in the Bodo League massacre.

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• Korean War: The Korean People's Army kills almost a thousand doctors, nurses, inpatient civilians and wounded soldiers in the Seoul National University Hospital massacre.

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• Korean War: Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, South Korean forces blow up the Hangang Bridge in an attempt to slow North Korea's offensive. The city falls later that day.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712)
• Peter Paul Rubens (1577)
• Luigi Pirandello (1867)
• Muhammad Yunus (1940)
• Henry VIII (1491)

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)