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Friday, May 6, 1949
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The Headlines
Truman Glad Blockade End Gives Chance to Seek Peace; TRUMAN GRATIFIED BY NEW PEACE HOPE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
"A"—You're Adorable
Perry Como with the Fontane Sisters and Orchestra conducted by Mitchell Ayres
#1 at the box office
Flamingo Road
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
28,155 days ago
(77 years, 50 days)