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Thursday, November 17, 1949

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The Headlines

ASSEMBLY ADOPTS ECONOMIC AID PLAN IN U.N. UNANIMOUSLY; Four Resolutions Are Accepted to Give Technical Help to Underdeveloped Lands ROMULO PRAISES ACTION Agreement Enables World Body to Mesh Projects With U. S. Proffer Through Point 4 ASSEMBLY ADOPTS ECONOMIC AID PLAN

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Slipping Around

Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely

The must-have

LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)

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

27,959 days ago

(76 years, 219 days)