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Tuesday, August 23, 1949

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The Headlines

YUGOSLAVS ACCUSE RUSSIA OF PLOTTING TO 'OUTLAW' THEM; Declare Aim of Moscow Is to Impose 'Unequal Relations on Other Countries' SOVIET REGIME IS TAUNTED U.S.S.R. Is Dared to Emulate Belgrade by Making Reply Available to People Yugoslavia Accuses Soviet Union Of Plotting to 'Outlaw' Tito Regime

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

You're Breaking My Heart

Vic Damone with Glenn Osser’s Orchestra

The must-have

LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1949

  • Big Brother is watching you

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

28,045 days ago

(76 years, 305 days)