Wednesday, October 11, 1950

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The Headlines

FOE GIVES UP PORT; Republican Units Make New Advances That May Peril Pyongyang FIGHTING IN CENTER HEAVY First Cavalry Troops Meet Resistance but Push On 12 Miles Over Border

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The must-have

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On This Day

• CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Eleanor Roosevelt (1884)
• Amitabh Bachchan (1942)
• François Mauriac (1885)
• Bobby Charlton (1937)
• Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758)

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)