Thursday, February 9, 1950

From the day

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The Headlines

Pilot and a Navy Jet Fighter Lost In Plane's Plunge Into Jamaica Bay

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Silly Putty

On This Day

• Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.

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You Share a Birthday With

• William Henry Harrison (1773)
• Thomas Paine (1737)
• J. M. Coetzee (1940)
• Alice Walker (1944)
• Joseph Stiglitz (1943)

Slang

Tech Check

Credit Cards, Pager & Otis Elevators (Self-Service).

Style of 1950

Silhouette: Hourglass and tailored

Material: Cotton and poodle cloth

• Poodle skirts
• Twinsets
• Cat-eye glasses

Cost of Living (1950)