Sunday, May 21, 1961

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The Headlines

FOR REPEAL OF TRAVEL TAX; C.A.B. and I.C.C. Urge End of 10 Per Cent Federal Levy But It Could Be Replaced by a 10 Per Cent Fare Rise FOR REPEAL OF TRAVEL TAX

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Mother-in-Law

Ernie K-Doe

#1 at the box office

Gone with the Wind (reissue)

The must-have

Slip 'N Slide

On This Day

• American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Malcolm Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Albrecht Dürer (1471)
• Andrei Sakharov (1921)
• Philip II of Spain (1527)
• Mary Robinson (1944)
• Willem Einthoven (1860)

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Tech Check

Space Capsule (Vostok/Mercury), Electric Toothbrush & Industrial Robots (Unimate).

Cost of Living (1960)