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Friday, May 27, 1949

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The Headlines

HOUSE COMPROMISE ON $5,617,470,000 FOR AID IS PASSED; $4,642,470,000 Goes to ERP, With Cut in This Sum Offset by Shorter Spending Time TRUMAN IN PLEA TO CHIEFS He Gains Restoration of Half of Slash Made in Fund for Occupied Area Relief $5,617,470,000 AID PASSED BY HOUSE

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Riders in the Sky

Unknown Artist

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

28,133 days ago

(77 years, 28 days)