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Tuesday, February 1, 1949
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The Headlines
Norway Starts Preparations To Enter the Atlantic Pact; Despite Soviet Pressure, Foreign Minister Will Ask Authority to Accept an Invitation -- Bids to Oslo and Copenhagen Seen NORWAY PREPARES TO JOIN WEST PACT
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
A Little Bird Told Me
Evelyn Knight and the Stardusters
#1 at the box office
Joan of Arc
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- Boris Yeltsin (1931)
- Clark Gable (1901)
- John Ford (1894)
- Langston Hughes (1902)
- Emilio Segrè (1905)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
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
28,248 days ago
(77 years, 143 days)