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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

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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

27,937 days ago

(76 years, 197 days)