Saturday, August 22, 1953

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The Headlines

TANKS STAND GUARD IN IRAN'S CAPITAL; SHAH IS DUE TODAY; Teheran Outwardly Quiet, but New Government Is Wary of Red Outbreaks RULER REACHES BAGHDAD Denounces Mossadegh as 'Evil' and Pledges Punishment of Country's 'Traitors'

#1 at the box office

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

The must-have

Matchbox Cars

On This Day

• The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Deng Xiaoping (1904)
• Claude Debussy (1862)
• Ray Bradbury (1920)
• Leni Riefenstahl (1902)
• Pope Leo XII (1760)

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Tech Check

Color TV Standards (NTSC), Black Box Flight Recorder & WD-40.

Cost of Living (1950)