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Friday, December 27, 1946
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The Headlines
ATOM BODY FACING SHOWDOWN TODAY; SAFEGUARDS LISTED; U.N. Board to Take Up U.S. Plan for Ban on Security Council Veto on Penalties CONTROL PLAN APPROVED Russia 'Non-Participating' and Poland Abstaining, the Committee Backs Report Veto Question Up Today Report to Be Published ATOM BODY FACING SHOWDOWN TODAY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
The Old Lamp-Lighter
Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with Billy Williams
#1 at the box office
The Razor's Edge
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis Pasteur (1822)
- Marlene Dietrich (1901)
- Johannes Kepler (1571)
- Ghalib (1797)
- Larisa Latynina (1934)
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
29,015 days ago
(79 years, 180 days)