Wednesday, February 5, 1958

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The Headlines

Pike Elected California Bishop, But He Defers Decision on Post; Episcopal Leader 'Honored' by Action -- Sees 'Very Great Challenge' PIKE IS ELECTED BISHOP ON COAST

#1 on Your Hit Parade

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Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Hula Hoop

On This Day

• Gamal Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.

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• A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Charlotte Rampling (1946)
• William S. Burroughs (1914)
• Robert Peel (1788)
• Robert Hofstadter (1915)
• Adlai Stevenson II (1900)

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Tech Check

Integrated Circuit (Microchip), Stereo Records & Modem.

Cost of Living (1950)