Tuesday, August 18, 1959

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The Headlines

POWER CUT OFF FOR 500,000 IN MANHATTAN; FAILURE IN HEAT HITS TRAVEL, HOSPITALS;; CABLES BURN OUT Lights and Appliances Slowly Restored -- 6 Breaks Found Power Fails in Large Upper Manhattan Areas as Overtaxed Circuits Burn Out ELECTRIC SERVICE RESTORED SLOWLY Cooling Devices Viewed as Cause of Breakdown -Hospitals, Travel Hit

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Barbie Doll

Slang

Tech Check

Xerox 914 Copier, Microchip (Planar) & Pacemaker.

Cost of Living (1950)