March 8, 1950
Gas cost $0.27 a gallon in the spring of 1950, and the Dow Jones stood at 235 — a tense standoff over the status of Trieste kept Western and Soviet diplomats at odds, with Moscow formally demanding the withdrawal of foreign troops from the contested territory. On the entertainment front, the animated film "Cinderella" was drawing families to theaters across the country, and Eileen Barton's "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" was the song Americans couldn't get off the radio. In sports, the Minneapolis Lakers defeated the Syracuse Nationals to claim the NBA championship, and in New York City, the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel opened to traffic on May 25, connecting Brooklyn and lower Manhattan through more than a mile of roadway beneath the harbor.
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Magazine Covers — March 8, 1950
NY Times Headlines — Week of March 8, 1950
Molotov Declares Russia Seeks Peace 'With All States'; Defies 'Blackmail' To Frighten Soviet With Hydrogen Bomb That 'Does Not Exist' Malenkov Theme Echoed Politburo Members, In Talks Before Election, Emphasize Moscow'S Amity Stand
Voting Under Way In Soviet Election; Politburo Members' Speeches Press 'Peace Theme'-- Stalin Is Not Heard
Soviet Move Seen For Deal With U.S. To Divide World; Moscow Is Believed Seeking To Bar West From China And European Satellites Tito Viewed As A Prize Stalin Thought To Be Aiming At Communist Federation From East Germany To Pacific U. S. Missions Ended Or Cut Soviet Move Seen To Divide World Prospect Of New Pressures China A Source Of Worry
World Events — March 1950
Time Person of the Year — 1950
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Billboard Charts — March 8, 1950
On the bookshelf
On the television
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — March 8, 1950
On the field
Sports Champions — March 8, 1950
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