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Friday, December 2, 1949

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The Headlines

ATLANTIC NATIONS SET BASIC POLICIES ON DEFENSE, ARMS; Ministers of Twelve Nations Approve General Strategy Mapped in Washington REGIONAL ROLES FIXED U. S. Is Expected to Provide Machine Tools to Speed Europe's Armament Output ATLANTIC NATIONS SET BASIC DEFENSE

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Mule Train

Frankie Laine and the Muleskinners

#1 at the box office

Pinky

The must-have

LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)

On This Day

  • Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others is adopted.

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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

27,944 days ago

(76 years, 204 days)