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62. Mar. 24, 1949. $1,000,000 Oakland pier fire. Eight Atlantic Pact nations meet. S.S. Haifa enters Israel-U. 5. service. Cruiser leased to Russia rejoins Navy. "Orphan airlift" flies 67 to new homes. British workers start U. S. study tour. Navy vet builds push-button paradise. American judo girl rolls her own. "Hobby horses" star in colorful derby. Great American quiz: Stephen Decatur.
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63. Mar. 28, 1949. Acheson praises Atlantic Pact. France mourns General Giraud. Hirohito opens Japanese Parliament. British fleet in Mediterranean war games, Truman honors press; press honors Truman. Foreign press picks best films of 1948. Seattle: motorcycle racing in the mud. New York: basketball; national invitation finals. Do you remember?—Treaty of Versailles. Nation hails $20,000,000 [Houston] Texas hotel.
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64. Mar. 31, 1949. Churchill arrives in U. S. Shostakovitch and Reds in New York for conference. In the news: French Army Chief of Staff; Lord Mayor of Berlin; Greek King's Honor Guard. Allies ban Soviet money in Berlin. Canada trains paratroops for Arctic. Lavish evening gowns from France. Racing: French thoroughbreds in action [at Chantilly]. New York: eastern college finals in basketball.
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65. Apr. 4, 1949. Filmdom gives Oscars for 1948's best. 66–1 shot wins Grand National. Washington: Churchill visits wartime U. S. colleagues, Argentina celebrates new constitution. Fleet Admiral Leahy, retiring, decorated. Teenaged girl heroine gets a dream house. Johnson sworn in as Defense Secretary. Seattle: intercollegiate basketball championship. New York: meet the sweepstakes winners.
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66. Apr, 7, 1949. Europe's top diplomats here; Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin; Premier Paul-Henri Spaak; Gromyko here for UN Assembly. Annual French tidal wave arrives on time. Spring is sheer beauty to sheep ranchers. Vacation fashions in the Bahamas. Golden Gloves: East-West finals. Paris: world's toughest sport—Rugby football. Cypress Gardens, Fla.: women's champ is a water-ski wizard. Great Americans quiz: Robert E. Peary. Bing Crosby asks help for cancer drive.