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Wednesday, January 24, 1951
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The Headlines
WAGE-PRICE FREEZE TOMORROW IS SEEN; Some Experts Expect Johnston Statement on Radio Then-- Commodity Control Shaped WAGE-PRICE FREEZE TOMORROW IS SEEN
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Halls of Montezuma
The must-have
Colorforms
You Share a Birthday With
- Frederick the Great (1712)
- Joachim Gauck (1940)
- Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais (1732)
- E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776)
- Edith Wharton (1862)
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
27,526 days ago
(75 years, 151 days)