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Friday, June 10, 1949
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The Headlines
LOAN BY U.S. BANK TO HELP ISRAEL PAY FOR ARABS' LANDS; Giannini Institution Advances $15,000,000 to Corporation on Commercial Basis LAUSANNE PACT AID SEEN Position in Frontier Disputes Held Bolstered -- Funds Cite Need for Added Backing BANK LOAN TO HELP ISRAEL PAY ARABS
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
Home of the Brave
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- Judy Garland (1922)
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921)
- Saul Bellow (1915)
- Gustave Courbet (1819)
- E. O. Wilson (1929)
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
28,120 days ago
(77 years, 15 days)