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Saturday, June 18, 1949
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT ASSERTS REALTY LOBBY LIES; BACKS HOUSING BILL; Truman Attributes Nine 'False Propaganda Charges to 'Little Group of Ruthless Men' SEES 100% EXAGGERATION Opens Campaign for Passage of Measure, Up for Action in House Wednesday PRESIDENT ASSERTS REALTY LOBBY LIES
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
It Happens Every Spring
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- Paul McCartney (1942)
- Lech Kaczyński (1949)
- Thabo Mbeki (1942)
- Roger Ebert (1942)
- Jürgen Habermas (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
28,112 days ago
(77 years, 7 days)