Friday, December 19, 1952

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The Headlines

BUS FINANCE PLAN OFFERED BY MAYOR AS TALKS COLLAPSE; State, City Yielding of Some Taxes Tied to New Set-Up for 5% Dividend Limit LINES CALL STEP TOO LATE Insist on a Fare Rise to Avert Dec. 31 Strike -- Union Balks at Conditional Contract Mayor Offers His Bus Finance Plan As Talks to Avert Strike Collapse

#1 at the box office

Because of You

The must-have

Mr. Potato Head

You Share a Birthday With

• Édith Piaf (1915)
• Leonid Brezhnev (1906)
• Albert A. Michelson (1852)
• Pratibha Patil (1934)
• Philip V of Spain (1683)

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Tech Check

Barcode (Patent), Passenger Jet (Comet) & Hydrogen Bomb.

Cost of Living (1950)