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Thursday, July 7, 1949
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The Headlines
U. S. STEEL REJECTS 4TH ROUND PAY RISE; STRIKE THREATENED; CIO Negotiations Break Down After Corporation Proposes Arbitration on Pensions IMPROPER,' SAYS MURRAY Fairless Holds Contract Bars Talks Now on Anything but Wages and Insurance U. S. STEEL REJECTS PENSIONS DEMAND
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
Sorrowful JonesNeptune's Daughter
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
28,092 days ago
(76 years, 352 days)