Monday, October 8, 1973

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The Headlines

Subways Lose Riders But Are on Time More

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Half-Breed

Cher

#1 at the box office

Enter the Dragon

$643,200

The must-have

Shrinky Dinks

On This Day

• Yom Kippur War: Israel loses more than 150 tanks in a failed attack on Egyptian-occupied positions.

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• Spyros Markezinis begins his 48-day term as prime minister in an abortive attempt to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Sigourney Weaver (1949)
• Ursula von der Leyen (1958)
• Matt Damon (1970)
• Marina Tsvetaeva (1892)
• Juan Perón (1895)

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Tech Check

Cell Phone (Call), Ethernet & MRI Scanner.

Cost of Living (1970)