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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.

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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)

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

27,938 days ago

(76 years, 198 days)