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57. Mar. 7, 1949. Berlin: giant parade marks Red Army Day. Labor Party wins key British election. Mauna Loa volcano on the rampage. POW's freed in Holy Land truce. Air news: Caroline Mars sets passenger mark, 222 mph; the Navy Mauler, a flying arsenal. Nassau: cliff diving in the Bahamas. Fort Myer, Va.: Army's world boxing championships. Iron Mountain, Mich.: five record leaps in one ski meet. Santa Anita handicap. San Francisco: "Merci train" arrives.
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58. Mar. 10, 1949. B–50 flies around the world, non-stop. Reds fail to stop Churchill speech. Army convicts 5 in Germany spy ring. DP's cross U. S. on long voyage home. Mardi Gras merriment reigns supreme. French beach styles have a new twist. Bavaria: western zone ski championships. Do you remember?—Styles of 1927.
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59. Mar. 14, 1949. UN Security Council votes on Israel. Blockaded Reds quit U. S. zone. Netherlands: dramatic pictures of rescue at sea. New York: FBI arrests Red spy suspects. Washington: Johnson takes over from Secretary Forrestal. Tokyo: another Red flyer deserts to U. S. zone. Winnipeg, Man.: Canadian university honors Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt. New York: press fetes Marshall and Acheson, Washington: 75–passenger stratocruiser christened. Boston Braves hit spring training trail. World champion Indians open '49 season. West's best slug it out in Golden Gloves.
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60. Mar. 17, 1949. Views of the airlift to Berlin. Axis Sally found guilty of treason. Train robbers captured in gun battle. Bill Odom sets flivver plane record. Rollins College honors President Truman. Ice breaks, floods threaten midwest. Brazilian bark visits Golden Gate. Russia returns lend-lease cruiser. U.S.S. Tarawa heads for moth balls. Joe Louis gets himself a new job. Whitefish, Mont.: the downhill skiing championships. Great American quiz: Daniel Boone.
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61. Mar. 21, 1949. U. S. parades armed might in Germany. Truman and Vinson relax in the [Florida] sun. Egypt restores fabulous Karnak temple. New Jap police force marches on review. Brownsville, Tex.: two nations hail film premiere. Parisian lives as though today were 1800. Paris spring fashions. New York: kids battle for boxing crowns. Australia: dramatic wild horse roundup. Daytona Beach, Fla.: national motorcycle championship race. Pittsburgh Pirates start training.