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Wednesday, November 16, 1949
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The Headlines
LEWIS, MINERS PAY $1,420,000 IN FINES; U.M.W. Predicts 'Price Gouge' as Strike Action Still Pends -- Train Coal Curb Lifted LEWIS, MINERS PAY $1,420,000 IN FINES UNITED MINE WORKERS UNION PAYS $1,420,000 FINE
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)
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
27,961 days ago
(76 years, 221 days)