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Wednesday, September 7, 1949
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The Headlines
3D AVE. BUSES FACE NEW STRIKE THREAT; Walkout Set for Monday Over Arbitration Stand -- TWU Asks the Mayor to Intervene 3D AVE. BUSES FACE NEW STRIKE THREAT
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)
Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
#1 at the box office
White Heat
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
28,030 days ago
(76 years, 290 days)