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Monday, January 10, 1949

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The Headlines

CONGRESS AWAITS TOP PEACE BUDGET; TAX RISE IN DOUBT; Truman Plea Today for New Revenue Will Be Signal for Two-Party Economy Drive MAY 1 IS LABOR LAW GOAL Ellender Predicts Accord on Housing, but Ives Declares Democrats Have Barred It TOP PEACE BUDGET IN CONGRESS TODAY

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Buttons and Bows

Dinah Shore and her Happy Valley Boys

The must-have

LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1949

  • Big Brother is watching you

Tech Check

45 RPM Vinyl, Atomic Clock & Crash Test Dummies.

Cost of Living (1940)

Loaf of Bread

$0.08

Gallon of Gas

$0.18

Average Home

$2,938

New Car

$850

Time Elapsed

28,270 days ago

(77 years, 165 days)