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Thursday, September 14, 1950
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The Headlines
PECORA CANDIDACY ENDORSED BY C.I.O.; RIVAL ASKED TO QUIT; Withdrawal of Impellitteri Is Urged to Aid Chances of Lehman and Lynch QUILL FEARS 4-MAN RACE Acting Mayor to Make OpenAir Campaign With SoundTruck Talks All Over City Impellitteri Reserves Comment Statement of the Committee PECORA CANDIDACY ENDORSED BY C.I.O. No 'Love' for Republicans
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
My Blue Heaven
The must-have
Silly Putty
You Share a Birthday With
- Alexander von Humboldt (1769)
- Francisco de Quevedo (1580)
- Renzo Piano (1937)
- Margaret Sanger (1879)
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
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)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
27,659 days ago
(75 years, 284 days)