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Sunday, July 31, 1949
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The Headlines
INDUSTRIES UPSET IN COST-CUT FIGHT; Struggle to Keep Price Levels High Also Seen Bringing Some Perilous Changes
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
Look for the Silver Lining
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- Milton Friedman (1912)
- Louis de Funès (1914)
- Primo Levi (1919)
- Premchand (1880)
- Richard Griffiths (1947)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
28,068 days ago
(76 years, 328 days)