Monday, February 9, 1959

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The Headlines

MAYOR ASKS LIMIT ON TRANSIT STUDY; Urges Regional Conference Tomorrow Not to Take Up City Subway Problems MAYOR ASKS LIMIT ON TRANSIT STUDY

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Auntie Mame †

The must-have

Barbie Doll

On This Day

• The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.

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You Share a Birthday With

• William Henry Harrison (1773)
• Thomas Paine (1737)
• J. M. Coetzee (1940)
• Alice Walker (1944)
• Joseph Stiglitz (1943)

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Tech Check

Xerox 914 Copier, Microchip (Planar) & Pacemaker.

Cost of Living (1950)