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Monday, December 19, 1949
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The Headlines
E. C. A. UNIT IN ITALY ASKS LAND REFORM AS AID TO PEASANTS; Mission Puts Entire Authority Behind Move -- Sees Rise in Rural Standards Resulting RECLAMATION WORK BEGUN Neto River Project Is First of Many Due to Be Financed by E.R.P. Counterpart Fund E. C. A . Mission Heads in Italy Ask Land Reform as Aid to Peasants
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Mule Train
Frankie Laine and the Muleskinners
#1 at the box office
The Great Lover
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- Édith Piaf (1915)
- Leonid Brezhnev (1906)
- Albert A. Michelson (1852)
- Pratibha Patil (1934)
- Philip V of Spain (1683)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
27,928 days ago
(76 years, 188 days)