Sunday, May 27, 1962

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The Headlines

NEWS OF THE RIALTO: DUKE ELLINGTON; Band Leader-Composer Will Prepare Score for New Musical--Items

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

I Can't Stop Loving You

Ray Charles

#1 at the box office

West Side Story

The must-have

Slip 'N Slide

On This Day

• The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Ibn Khaldun (1332)
• Henry Kissinger (1923)
• Christopher Lee (1922)
• Rachel Carson (1907)
• Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894)

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Tech Check

Telstar Satellite, LED (Light Emitting Diode) & Compact Cassette.

Cost of Living (1960)