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Tuesday, March 15, 1949

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The Headlines

WIRETAP JURY GETS C. J. RYAN WAIVER; INDICTS OTHER RYAN; Lawyer for Fusionist Refuses to Testify, Says His Evidence Might Cost Lives of Aides COSTELLO ISSUES A DENIAL Former City Detective Calls Attorney, Then Surrenders -- Enters Not-Guilty Plea ON WAY TO ANSWER HIS SUBPOENA WIRETAP JURY GETS C. J. RYAN WAIVER

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Cruising Down the River

Blue Barron and his Orchestra

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

28,206 days ago

(77 years, 101 days)