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Monday, August 8, 1949
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The Headlines
KOO ADMITS CHINA ERRED BUT PLEADS FOR ANTI-RED HELP; Holds His Nation's Freedom Is Vital to the Existence of a Free World MARTIN FOR 2-PARTY LINE Calls White Paper 'Confession of Inexcusable Failure' -- Quirino Reaches U. S. KOO ADMITS CHINA ERRED IN THE PAST
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)
You Share a Birthday With
- Paul Dirac (1902)
- Dustin Hoffman (1937)
- Emiliano Zapata (1879)
- Ernest Lawrence (1901)
- Roger Penrose (1931)
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
28,060 days ago
(76 years, 320 days)