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Monday, November 14, 1949
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The Headlines
CITY TRANSIT FACES DEFICIT FOR 1949-50 AS RIDERS DECLINE; $1,324,614 Operating Loss in July and Little Change Since Indicate Setback for Year POLIO CUT SUMMER LOAD Drop in Traffic Under Higher Fares Continues -- Hope for Rise Put in Winter Travel City Transit Faces 1949-50 Deficit Indicated by $1,324,614 July Loss
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Slipping Around
Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely
#1 at the box office
Jolson Sings Again †
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- Jawaharlal Nehru (1889)
- Charles III (1948)
- Claude Monet (1840)
- Astrid Lindgren (1907)
- Park Chung Hee (1917)
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
27,962 days ago
(76 years, 222 days)