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Tuesday, May 24, 1949

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The Headlines

CITY PAYS TRIBUTE TO BRAZIL'S CHIEF; Dutra Is Greeted by O'Dwyer After Parade -- Gets Honors at Fordham and Receptions NEW YORKERS WELCOME THE BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT CITY PAYS TRIBUTE TO BRAZIL'S CHIEF

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Riders in the Sky

Unknown Artist

#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

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

28,137 days ago

(77 years, 32 days)