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Monday, May 30, 1949
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The Headlines
UNION ACCEPTS PACT ENDING FORD STRIKE BY SWEEPING VOTE; River Rouge and Lincoln Units' Workers Ratify Terms, With Speed-Up Going to Arbiter BOARD OF THREE POSSIBLE Company, UAW Allow 4 Days to Fix on One Man or Pick Panel to Study Work Rate AFTER SETTLEMENT WAS REACHED IN THE FORD STRIKE UNION ACCEPTS PACT ENDING FORD TIE-UP
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)
Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
#1 at the box office
The Stratton Story
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
28,130 days ago
(77 years, 25 days)