Sunday, February 22, 1959

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The Headlines

BARDSTOWN TAKES $137,600 WIDENER SECOND TIME; 7-5 CHOICE IS FIRST

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Barbie Doll

On This Day

• Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.

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You Share a Birthday With

• George Washington (1732)
• Arthur Schopenhauer (1788)
• Heinrich Hertz (1857)
• Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857)
• Horst Köhler (1943)

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Tech Check

Xerox 914 Copier, Microchip (Planar) & Pacemaker.

Cost of Living (1950)