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Monday, January 15, 1951
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The Headlines
ALBANY DEMOCRATS HIT DEFENSE BILL; Call Dewey's Set-Up Arbitrary and a Burden on Localities --Ask Bipartisan Measure Partisan Approach Decried ALBANY DEMOCRATS HIT DEFENSE BILL Points of Criticism Outlined Specific Parts of Bill Scored
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You Share a Birthday With
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929)
- Molière (1622)
- Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918)
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809)
- Sofya Kovalevskaya (1850)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
Tech Check
UNIVAC I (Commercial Computer), Power Steering & Video Tape Recorder (Early).
Cost of Living (1950)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
27,535 days ago
(75 years, 160 days)