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AUGUST 5, 1953

AT THE MOVIES, audiences ogle the buxom twosome of Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (left). ON TV, faster than a speeding bullet, Man of Steel George Reeves soars in the half-hour Superman serial. IN BOOKSTORES, Norman Vincent Peale's landmark self-help guide, The Power of Positive Thinking, continues its run at No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list. AND IN THE NEWS, Communist forces turn over 400 United Nations captives in the first prisoner exchange since the July 27 armistice that ended the Korean War.

Originally posted Aug 09, 2002 Published in issue #666 Aug 09, 2002 Order article reprints

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