Thursday, December 11, 1958

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The Headlines

Hoffa Plans Police Union; New York 1st Major Target; HOFFA SETS DRIVE TO ENROLL POLICE

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Tom Dooley

The Kingston Trio

#1 at the box office

South Seas Adventure

The must-have

Hula Hoop

On This Day

• French Upper Volta and French Dahomey gain self-government from France, becoming the Republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and the Republic of Dahomey (now Benin), respectively, and joining the French Community.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Naguib Mahfouz (1911)
• Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918)
• Hector Berlioz (1803)
• Robert Koch (1843)
• Max Born (1882)

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Tech Check

Integrated Circuit (Microchip), Stereo Records & Modem.

Cost of Living (1950)