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Saturday, May 8, 1948
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The Headlines
SIX BUS COMPANIES FILE FARE RISE PLEA; Estimate Board Meets Monday to Pass on Requests to Shift Case to State Commission SIX BUS COMPANIES FILE FARE RISE PLEA
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Nature Boy
King Cole with Orchestra conducted by Frank De Vol
#1 at the box office
State of the Union
The must-have
Scrabble
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
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 Expansion — The 'Golden Age' of capitalism begins.
Time Elapsed
28,517 days ago
(78 years, 47 days)