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Friday, March 4, 1949
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The Headlines
YONKERS OFFICIALS APPEAL TO ALBANY AS STRIKE SPREADS; Governor Orders State Health Aides to Scene as General Walkout Threatens
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
Les Brown and his Orchestra
#1 at the box office
Whispering Smith
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- Antonio Vivaldi (1678)
- Miriam Makeba (1932)
- Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769)
- Alpha Condé (1938)
- Prince Henry the Navigator (1394)
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
28,218 days ago
(77 years, 113 days)