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Wednesday, April 19, 1978
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The Headlines
HOUSE PANEL DEALS CARTER'S TAX PLAN TWO MORE SETBACKS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Night Fever
Bee Gees
#1 at the box office
The Goodbye Girl
$788,848
The must-have
Simon (Memory Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- José Echegaray (1832)
- James Franco (1978)
- Mswati III (1968)
- Getúlio Vargas (1882)
- Mukesh Ambani (1957)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
discostreakyuppie
Trucker Cb
10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey
Funk Soul
can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey
Tech Check
GPS Satellites, LaserDisc & Space Invaders.
Cost of Living (1975)
Loaf of Bread
$0.36
Gallon of Gas
$0.57
Average Home
$39,300
New Car
$4,950
Time Elapsed
17,579 days ago
(48 years, 59 days)