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Sunday, August 21, 1949
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The Headlines
BRITAIN BOWS, 10-2; U. S. Linksmen Capture 7 of 8 Singles Tests at Winged Foot Club
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
You're Breaking My Heart
Vic Damone with Glenn Osser’s Orchestra
#1 at the box office
Black Magic
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
28,047 days ago
(76 years, 307 days)