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71. Apr. 30, 1949. Olympia wins Wood Memorial by a neck [at Jamaica race-track]. World's record: [96 painters] paint vet's house in 2 min., 32 seconds. New "cure" reported [Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey circus visits Bellevue Hospital]. China: decisive stage of civil war.
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72. May 4, 1949. California fliers set endurance mark [1008 hours in the air]. Philip Jessup and Andrei Gromyko arrive to open negotiations on lifting Berlin blockade. Secretary of State Acheson speaks before Senate Foreign Relations Committee for ratification of North Atlantic Pact. World Congress of Partisans of Peace assembles in Paris. Steve Belloise scores technical knockout over Jean Stock [Paris].
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73. May 7, 1949. Berlin blockade lifted! May Day, U.S. and abroad: orations delivered by Communists and pro-Allies at Brandenburg Gate, Berlin; Communists' parade, and DeGaulle's rightists stage rally in Paris; parades in New York City. Runnin' on water; zany skiers skip over the waves [Cypress Gardens, Fla.] Shanghai—the great exodus. Blossom Festival [Winchester, Va.]; [Bob] Hope bobs for the apple.
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74. May 18, 1949. Berlin blockade lifted: [preparations being made in Berlin; New York City is scene of historic agreement.] Freedom's timetable: European Recovery Program; Western European defensive unity; North Atlantic Pact; agreement on Berlin. Frankfort, Germany: report on steps toward Western German Republic. Exclusive interview with Gen. Lucius D. Clay. Tribute to the men of the Berlin airlift.
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75. May 21, 1949. $5,000,000 race track fire [Hollywood Park]. Variety Clubs honor [Herbert] Hoover. Report from Shanghai; last-ditch defenses. "Little Four" [Collins quadruplets] born in New York. Ponder, 16–1 wins Kentucky Derby.