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Friday, July 1, 1949

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The Headlines

Cuts in Luxury Excise Taxes Urged in House and Senate; Finance Group of Upper Branch Votes 7 to 6 for Reduction in 15 Items -- Martin Puts Similar Bill in Lower Chamber SENATORS ASK CUT ON 15 EXCISE TAXES

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)

Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra

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

28,098 days ago

(76 years, 358 days)