Monday, February 2, 1959

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The Headlines

'Individuality' of Gene Disputed; Trait Is Lost in Corn Experiment; Element's Power to Produce Color in Kernel Vanishes After a Combining Test INDIVIDUAL TRAIT OF GENE DISPUTED

#1 at the box office

Auntie Mame †

The must-have

Barbie Doll

On This Day

• Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances.

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You Share a Birthday With

• James Joyce (1882)
• Ayn Rand (1905)
• Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926)
• Park Geun-hye (1952)
• Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754)

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Tech Check

Xerox 914 Copier, Microchip (Planar) & Pacemaker.

Cost of Living (1950)