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Wednesday, July 18, 1945
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The Headlines
NEWS STRIKE ENDS UNDER WLB TERMS; OLD PACT IN EFFECT; Deliverers Return as Board Leaves Way Open for Private Arbitration of Some Points HEARINGS TO BEGIN FRIDAY Newspaper Commission to Act on Vacation, Holiday Pay and Retroactivity Clause First Hearing on Friday Say Waldman Ignored Them NEWS STRIKE ENDS UNDER WLB TERMS WLB Retains Jurisdiction Strikers Rush to Plants Both Sides Claim Victory
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Sentimental Journey
Les Brown and His Orchestra with Doris Day
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
You Share a Birthday With
- Nelson Mandela (1918)
- Hendrik Lorentz (1853)
- William Makepeace Thackeray (1811)
- John Glenn (1921)
- Thomas Kuhn (1922)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
29,542 days ago
(80 years, 342 days)