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Thursday, February 17, 1949
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The Headlines
INDUSTRY ATTACKS TRUMAN'S PROGRAM TO IMPOSE CONTROLS; Economists Tell Congress Unit Profits in 1920's Were Higher -- Fear Effect of Tax Rise OUTLOOK FOR 1949 GOOD One Urges Real Study of Sway Over Steel -- Murray Letter Says Output Is Held Back INDUSTRY ATTACKS TRUMAN PROGRAM
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
Command Decision
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
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
28,232 days ago
(77 years, 127 days)