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Thursday, March 25, 1948

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The Headlines

CZECH COUP IS CITEDh)0*0*0*iAS NEED FOR DRAFT; Universal Military Training Is Strongly Urged and Denounced Before Senate Committee

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)

Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour and the Brazilians

The must-have

Scrabble

On This Day

  • The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1948

  • Dewey Defeats Truman

Tech Check

Long-Playing Record (LP), Velcro & Holography Theory.

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

28,561 days ago

(78 years, 91 days)