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Thursday, December 8, 1949
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The Headlines
DEFENSE COST CUT TO $13,000,000,000, JOHNSON REVEALS; Asking N.A.M. for Support, He Declares Nation is Stronger With Saving of 1 1/2 Billion ROLES AGAINST FOE TOLD Secretary Lines Up Air Force, Navy and Army in Repelling Attack, Taking Offensive Johnson Declares Defense Stronger With Cost Cut by 1 1/2 Billion SPEAKERS AT YESTERDAY'S SESSION OF THE N. A. M.
Read in The New York Times →#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)
You Share a Birthday With
- Jim Morrison (1943)
- Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832)
- Mary, Queen of Scots (1542)
- Jean Sibelius (1865)
- Diego Rivera (1886)
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
27,938 days ago
(76 years, 198 days)