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Hi, I'm Cliff Aliperti and this is the new VintageMeld, now a part of things-and-other-stuff.com, est. 2002. This part of the site is for discussing general collecting and collectibles, the objects and pursuits which don't fit under any specific heading already found on the site.

Paging through the April 7, 1969 issue of Newsweek Magazine and getting retro from ‘69 as they remember the late President Eisenhower, Bill Haley and His Comets, and much more.

Paging through the March 20, 1961 issue of Newsweek Magazine for reports on a successful toy maker, Joe DiMaggio, Willy Brandt, Vivien Leigh, and much more.

Paging through the January 19, 1942 issue of Newsweek and seeing what was happening with the War, which stars married each other, coverage of Joe Louis, and more.

Paging through the February 10, 1975 issue of Newsweek and seeing what was happening with Ford’s budget, the new TV shows, Chris Evert, Coors beer, and more.

Well, yeah, Marlene Dietrich was born on this date in 1901 too, but this site trends very easily towards the classic films stars and we need to save something for next year, so instead I thought it was pretty cool that 37 year old issue of Newsweek carried a December 27 cover date:
Of course Peanuts [...]