Friday, October 19, 1956

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The Headlines

EISENHOWER HOLDS WASHINGTON STATE; Margin Slight, Survey Finds --Democrats Leading in Most Local Contests A Times Team Report Eisenhower Has Slight Edge in Washington State, Survey Finds DEMOCRATS LEAD IN LOCAL BATTLES Unions' Drive Swells Voter Rolls in Fight Against 'Right-to-Work' Plan Base Hope on Issue 'I Haven't Decided' 'Campaign Against Sin' Relies on Record Sees No Real Danger

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On This Day

• The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899)
• Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910)
• John le Carré (1931)
• Philip Pullman (1946)
• Marsilio Ficino (1433)

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Tech Check

Hard Disk Drive (IBM 305), Videotape & Transatlantic Telephone Cable.

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