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Wednesday, March 16, 1949

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The Headlines

RULES VOTE NEARS; Southerners Confident as 52 in Senate Sign Plan They Accept RECESS TAKEN AT 11:14 P.M. Coalitions in Both Houses, in Which GOP Joins, Put All Truman Program in Doubt AS SOUTHERNERS KEPT THE SENATE IN SESSION MONDAY NIGHT FILIBUSTER ENDED; SENATE RECESSES

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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

28,205 days ago

(77 years, 100 days)