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Wednesday, December 14, 1949
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The Headlines
Tobin Asks Doubled Old-Age Pay; Sees Saving in Charity Cutting Cost; TOBIN FOR RAISING OLD-AGE PAY BY 100%
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
27,933 days ago
(76 years, 193 days)