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Friday, July 15, 1949
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The Headlines
STRIKE HALTS 29 BUS ROUTES OF OMNIBUS, 5TH AVE. LINES; ISSUE IS OUSTING OF 4 MEN; 1,125,000 AFFECTED Walkout Lasting 2 or 3 Weeks Is Seen as TWU Broadens Demands PEACE EFFORTS COLLAPSE Kheel and City Officials Strive to Settle Dispute -- Mayor, Due for Vacation, May Cut It LABOR AND MANAGEMENT DISCUSS STRIKE AS BUSES DISAPPEAR FROM CITY'S STREETS BUS STRIKE HALTS 29 ROUTES IN CITY
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 JonesThe Girl from Jones Beach
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
28,084 days ago
(76 years, 344 days)