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Saturday, September 3, 1949
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The Headlines
PIER STRIKE THREAT ISSUED BY DOCKERS; WAGE CUT SPURNED; Ryan Warns of Coastal Tie-Up on Sept. 30 After Indignant Union Committee Meeting OPERATORS STAND FAST Apparently Determined on No New Increase -- U. S. Ready to Start Mediation PIER STRIKE THREAT ISSUED BY DOCKERS
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
White Heat
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- Mario Draghi (1947)
- Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (1936)
- Carl David Anderson (1905)
- Urho Kekkonen (1900)
- Eduardo Galeano (1940)
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
28,034 days ago
(76 years, 294 days)