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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

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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

28,084 days ago

(76 years, 344 days)