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Friday, August 5, 1949
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The Headlines
GABRIELSON NAMED NEW GOP CHAIRMAN; New Jersey Business Man and Lawyer Elected by a Bare Majority to Succeed Scott GABRIELSON NAMED NEW GOP CHAIRMAN
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
In the Good Old Summertime
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
28,063 days ago
(76 years, 323 days)