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233. Highlights of 1948. 1948 personalities in the news [Queen Juliana succeeds Queen Wilhelmina; Britain celebrates birth of Prince Charles; Gandhi assassinated; Chiang Kai-shek's government threatened by Communists]. The birth of a nation [Israel]. The Truman triumph.
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234. Dec. 31, 1948. Marooned airmen await rescue from icecap. Petrillo ends ban on recorded music. President Truman greets neighbors [in Independence]. Big guns dismantled [at San Francisco's Golden Gate]. Rioting in Rome. Christian converts baptized in Japan. Higher education goes to bow wows [school for dogs in Boston]. Aquatic forum in Florida.
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235. Jan. 5, 1949. Bill Stern's Sports parade of 1948; the champions and highlights of an action-packed twelve months. The Olympic story.
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236. Jan. 7, 1949. Gridiron thrills from the Bowl classics: the Rose Bowl; the Sugar Bowl; the Orange Bowl; the Cotton Bowl. Holiday show for airlift men.
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237. Jan. 12, 1949. Truman reports to 81st Congress. Puerto Rico installs first elected governor [Luis Munoz Marin]. Yale men killed in plane crash. Tornado rips Arkansas town [Warren]. Golden Gloves show fistic fury [New York]. Ski fever goin' up [Mount Hood, Ore.].