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Friday, December 9, 1949
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The Headlines
MARSHALL PLAN CUT URGED BY SENATORS BACK FROM EUROPE; Democrats on Inspection Tour Will Support Congress Move to Slash Recovery Funds SUGGEST LOAN TO SPAIN Three in Group Propose Aid to Permit Buying Machinery, Cotton and Wheat Here RECOVERY PLAN CUT URGED BY SENATORS
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)
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
27,937 days ago
(76 years, 197 days)