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Monday, November 7, 1949

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The Headlines

U. S. OFFICIALS LEAN TO COAL FACT BOARD AS MEDIATION FADES; Disclose They Consider a Plea to Truman to Name One as He Did in Steel Industry LEWIS BELIEVED OPPOSED U. M. W. Wage Committee Will Meet in Chicago Today -- Steel Union Sees More Companies U. S. OFFICIALS LEAN TO COAL FACT BOARD

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

That Lucky Old Sun

Unknown Artist

The must-have

LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)

On This Day

  • The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), the world's oldest offshore oil platform.

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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

27,970 days ago

(76 years, 230 days)