Monday, April 14, 1958

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The Headlines

RED CHINA SPURNS TOKYO TRADE PACT; Says Japan's Hostility Bars Fulfillment of Accord RED CHINA SPURNS TOKYO TRADE PACT

#1 on Your Hit Parade

He's Got the Whole World in His Hands

Laurie London with Geoff Love

#1 at the box office

The Bridge on the River Kwai earned nearly $600,000 from the cities sampled.

The must-have

Hula Hoop

On This Day

• The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours.

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You Share a Birthday With

• B. R. Ambedkar (1891)
• Averroes (1126)
• Christiaan Huygens (1629)
• Arnold J. Toynbee (1889)
• Faisal of Saudi Arabia (1906)

Slang

Tech Check

Integrated Circuit (Microchip), Stereo Records & Modem.

Cost of Living (1950)