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27. Nov. 22, 1948. A prince is born [at Buckingham Palace]. Tojo sentenced for war crimes. Reds in Berlin mark Soviet anniversary. President Truman and Vice President-Elect Barkley confer in Key West. The Red Dean of Canterbury arrives in New York. Field Marshall Montgomery meets with the West's Military Governors. Football: Notre Dame vs. Northwestern; SMU vs. Arkansas. Italian smoke-eaters drill [firemen in Rome]. Florida "peaches" and grapefruit.
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28. Nov. 25, 1948. The Truman family [relaxes in Florida]. Louis St. Laurent becomes Canada's Prime Minister. Defense Secretary [pays a whirlwind visit to Berlin]. Browns beat Forty-Niners. Disaster rides miniature rails [train built by amateur movie makers]. Paris fashions [glove styles]. Variety Club cheers polio victims. Thanksgiving—underwater [in Florida].
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29. Nov. 29, 1948. People in the news: [The Trumans return to Washington; Truman Welcomes Secretary Marshall home from Europe; Mrs. Kasenkina leaves hospital; Salvador Dali studies Rome's ruins]. Aviation news [Navy's ZF7U–1 "Flying Wing"; the giant Constitution]. Berlin GI's take lessons in Russian. Small fry fashions from France. Baby bedlam in Florida [with four-month-old chimp]. Football: [Michigan-Ohio State; North Carolina-Duke].
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30. Dec. 2, 1948. UN news: [East and West clash in Paris over outlawing of atom bomb]. Red fliers [who fled Russia are interviewed in Austria]. Levi Jackson [first Negro captain of the Yale football team]. Santa Claus [stops off in Canada]. The latest in cameras: the smallest camera; the fastest camera. The "Wee-Bee" [the world's smallest piloted plane, makes test run in California]. Tropical ice harvest [salt harvested in Puerto Rico]. Pitt upsets Penn State.
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31. Dec. 6, 1948. Army-Navy game of the year. [President Truman among spectators at Philadelphia as Navy ties score]. Cornell upsets Penn. Tulane swamps LSU. Nation-wide news: Santa Claus arrives; Variety Clubs honor Boys' Town Founder [unveil a statue of Father Flanagan].