J4F – Way Back Wednesday: 10/29/1950
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Way Back Wednesday 10/22/1950
Top U.S. Song – Goodnight Irene – Weavers with Gordon Jenkins
Average cost for a gallon of gas – $0.20
Average cost for a postage stamp – $0.03
Average cost for a dozen eggs – $0.26
Average cost for a gallon of milk – $0.20
Minimum wage – $0.75
Average cost for a movie ticket – $0.40
Average cost of a new home – $3,216.00
President of the United States – Harry S. Truman
Popular Movies – Cinderella, Sunset Blvd., All About Eve, Rashomon, Harvey, Two Flags West, Wagon Master, King Solomon’s Mines, Rio Grande, The Asphalt Jungle, Cheaper by the Dozen
Popular Books – The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis; The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury; I, Robot, Isaac Asimov; Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury; Future Shock, Alvin Toffler; Lord of the Flies, William Golding; The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger; The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien; The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway; Fellow Travelers, Thomas Mallon
Happy Birthday to – Gabrielle Union, Winona Ryder, Mark Sheehan, Andy Dalton, Ben Foster, Edwin Van der Sar, Richard Dreyfuss, R.A. Dickey, Eric Staal, Marcus Lattimore, Lee Child, Rufus Sewell, Amanda Beard
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