Tuesday, November 21, 1950

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The Headlines

U.N. COMMENDS LIE FOR HIS PEACE PLAN; Assembly Refers It to Other Units--Briton Says Soviet Actually Bars Red China

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Silly Putty

On This Day

• Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Voltaire (1694)
• Pope Benedict XV (1854)
• Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903)
• René Magritte (1898)
• Goldie Hawn (1945)

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)