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Thursday, October 28, 1948
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The Headlines
Berlin Issue Left in Council As West Awaits New Offer; Marshall, Bevin and Schuman Decide to Defer Further Step Until Six 'Neutral' Powers Determine Their Course
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
A Tree in the Meadow
Margaret Whiting
#1 at the box office
Red River
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
28,344 days ago
(77 years, 239 days)