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Tuesday, October 4, 1949
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The Headlines
ARGENTINA LOWERS PESO VALUE BY 46%; ' Sliding Scale' Is Set, However, for Exports and Imports -- Internal Prices Frozen ARGENTINA LOWERS PESO VALUE BY 46%
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
That Lucky Old Sun
Frankie Laine with Judd Conlon's Rhythmaires, Harry Geller and His Orchestra, and Carl Fischer
#1 at the box office
My Friend Irma
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- Rutherford B. Hayes (1822)
- Susan Sarandon (1946)
- Buster Keaton (1895)
- Charlton Heston (1923)
- Vitaly Ginzburg (1916)
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
28,003 days ago
(76 years, 263 days)