Monday, April 23, 1951

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The Headlines

REDS OPEN ATTACK ALONG KOREA LINE; PUSH ALLIES BACK; U.N. ADVANCE IS HIT Foe Forces Withdrawal While Crossing Imjin on 15-Mile Front GAP IN CENTER IS CLOSED Observers Uncertain if Action by Communists Is Start of the Expected Counter-Blow Hand-to-Hand Combat Favorite Tactics Repeated REDS OPEN ATTACK ALONG KOREA LINE Unit Moves 3 to 5 Miles Red Entrenchments Hit

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On This Day

• Cold War: American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.

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You Share a Birthday With

• William Shakespeare (1564)
• Max Planck (1858)
• James Buchanan (1791)
• Halldór Laxness (1902)
• Shirley Temple (1928)

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Tech Check

UNIVAC I (Commercial Computer), Power Steering & Video Tape Recorder (Early).

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