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Sunday, July 24, 1949
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The Headlines
KNOWLAND HINTS TRUMAN CONSIDERS SHARING BOMB DATA; Senator Indicates President Weighs Giving Metallurgical Information Britain Needs SAYS ATOM ACT BARS THIS Congress' Approval Required, He Adds, Declaring He Will Fight Any Step Without It KNOWLAND FIGHTS ANY BOMB SHARING
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Some Enchanted Evening
Perry Como with Orchestra conducted by Mitchell Ayres
#1 at the box office
Any Number Can Play
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- Simón Bolívar (1783)
- Alexandre Dumas (1802)
- Amelia Earhart (1897)
- Henrik Pontoppidan (1857)
- Robert Graves (1895)
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
28,075 days ago
(76 years, 335 days)