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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
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)
On This Day
The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), the world's oldest offshore oil platform.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Marie Curie (1867)
- Albert Camus (1913)
- Leon Trotsky (1879)
- James Cook (1728)
- C. V. Raman (1888)
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
27,970 days ago
(76 years, 230 days)