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Tuesday, November 29, 1949
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The Headlines
DEVICE TO 'BREED' ATOM ENERGY FUEL IS DISCLOSED BY U. S.; Lilienthal and Colleagues Call Development Major Step in Use of Peacetime Fission MATERIAL NEED CUT SEEN Retiring Chairman, at Unusual News Conference, Denies 'Plot' to Give Secrets to British DEVICE TO 'BREED' ATOM ENERGY FUEL AS ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION HELD PRESS CONFERENCE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Mule Train
Frankie Laine and the Muleskinners
#1 at the box office
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
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
27,947 days ago
(76 years, 207 days)