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Saturday, June 30, 1945
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The Headlines
News Deliverers to Strike At Midnight on 11 Papers; Vote 1,648 to 41 Despite Order of WLB to Stay on the Job Pending New Pact-- Publishers Cite Unauthorized Walkouts NEWS DELIVERERS TO STRIKE TONIGHT Publishers Cite Union's Record WLB Says Pact Continues Rejects Publishers' Request
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Sentimental Journey
Les Brown and His Orchestra with Doris Day
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
You Share a Birthday With
- Czesław Miłosz (1911)
- Walter Ulbricht (1893)
- Charles VIII of France (1470)
- Paul Berg (1926)
- Susan Hayward (1917)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.
Cost of Living (1940)
Loaf of Bread
$0.08
Gallon of Gas
$0.18
Average Home
$2,938
New Car
$850
Time Elapsed
29,560 days ago
(80 years, 360 days)