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Friday, June 25, 1948

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The Headlines

CLAY DECLARES U.S. WON'T QUIT BERLIN SHORT OF WARFARE; But Military Sources Imply West May Go if Germans Suffer Under Soviet Curb TENSION IN CITY MOUNTS British Stop Ruhr Shipments to Russians as Latter Cut Electricity and Milk Supply CLAY DECLARES U.S. WON'T QUIT BERLIN

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

You Can't Be True, Dear

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Scrabble

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

28,469 days ago

(77 years, 364 days)