Tuesday, December 12, 1961

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The Headlines

U.N. JETS ATTACK KEY KATANGA CITY AND TROOP CENTER; Huge Fires Seen at Kolwezi After Raid -- Facilities of Union Miniere Strafed DAMAGE TERMED GREAT Use of Planes Is Effective as Psychological Weapon in Elisabethville Fight U.N. JETS ATTACK KEY KATANGA CITY

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

The Tokens

#1 at the box office

King of Kings

The must-have

Slip 'N Slide

You Share a Birthday With

• Gustave Flaubert (1821)
• Frank Sinatra (1915)
• Edvard Munch (1863)
• Alfred Werner (1866)
• Rajinikanth (1950)

Slang

Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1960)