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Sunday, February 20, 1949

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The Headlines

Eisenhower Task Is to Guide Services to '51 Fiscal Budget; Joint Chiefs of Staff, With His Aid, First Will Shape a Balanced Force Without Arbitrary Fund Limits at This Time EISENHOWER TASK AIMS AT '51 BUDGET

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Far Away Places

Unknown Artist

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

28,229 days ago

(77 years, 124 days)