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Thursday, June 20, 1946

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The Headlines

SOVIET ATOMIC PLAN BANS USING OR RETAINING BOMBS AND KEEPS BIG-POWER VETO; WOULD END WEAPON Gromyko Asks Assent to Scrap It 3 Months After Pact Approval BARUCH PROGRAM IGNORED Curbs to Bind All Countries Implied in Drastic Statute-- Other Nations Back Us Veto's Retention Stressed Two Committees Proposed Soviet Atomic Plan Bans Using or Retaining Bombs Baruch Defers Comment Gromyko Points to a Choice Would Adhere to Charter

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

The Gypsy

Dinah Shore

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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Gi

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Bobby Soxer

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Catchphrases of 1946

  • It's a Wonderful Life

Tech Check

Mobile Car Phones, Tupperware & Bikini.

Cost of Living (1940)

Loaf of Bread

$0.08

Gallon of Gas

$0.18

Average Home

$2,938

New Car

$850

Meanwhile

  • Post-WWII ExpansionThe 'Golden Age' of capitalism begins.

Time Elapsed

29,205 days ago

(80 years, 5 days)