Tuesday, September 2, 1958

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The Headlines

TAIWAN REPORTS 5 RED BOATS SUNK AND 6 SET AFIRE; Claims Victory in Sea Fight -- Says Guns Destroyed 11 Other Enemy Craft

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)

Unknown Artist

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Hula Hoop

On This Day

• A USAF RC-130 is shot down by fighters over Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew members are killed.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Wilhelm Ostwald (1853)
• Frederick Soddy (1877)
• Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953)
• Liliʻuokalani (1838)
• Andrej Babiš (1954)

Slang

Tech Check

Integrated Circuit (Microchip), Stereo Records & Modem.

Cost of Living (1950)