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Friday, November 4, 1949
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT ASSERTS AIM IS BETTER LIFE BY A MIDDLE COURSE; Says Fair Deal Steers Between Left and Talk of Revolution, Right and Cries of Despair TRUMAN DAY IN MINNESOTA He Asserts 'Selfish Interests' Try to Bar Progress Toward Prosperity and Peace PRESIDENT ASSERTS AIM IS BETTER LIFE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
That Lucky Old Sun
Unknown Artist
#1 at the box office
Jolson Sings Again †
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- Laura Bush (1946)
- Charles K. Kao (1933)
- Amadou Toumani Touré (1948)
- Walter Cronkite (1916)
- Joseph Rotblat (1908)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
27,973 days ago
(76 years, 233 days)