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Friday, November 15, 1946
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The Headlines
CITY TRAFFIC PLAN MEETS OPPOSITION IN MANY QUARTERS; Neighborhood Civic Groups to Fight Its Priority Over Schools and Hospitals MERCHANTS SEE FLAWS Bus Concern Assails One-Way Avenues--Program Approved by Board of Trade
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Rumors Are Flying
Unknown Artist
#1 at the box office
Margie
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Gerhart Hauptmann (1862)
- William Herschel (1738)
- Erwin Rommel (1891)
- Mahmoud Abbas (1935)
- Georgia O'Keeffe (1887)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
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 Expansion — The 'Golden Age' of capitalism begins.
Time Elapsed
29,057 days ago
(79 years, 222 days)