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Monday, February 5, 1951
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The Headlines
FIGHT OVER POWER STALLS ENFORCING OF PRICE CONTROLS; Agency, Department of Justice Clash on Right of Policing-- Hiring of Lawyers Halts CONGRESS MAY AMEND ACT Case May Go to the President --Wilson and McGrath Are Expected to Join Issue Staff to be Small FIGHT OVER POWER BARS PRICE ACTION Asks Aid of Mayors Defense of Farmer
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
At War with the Army
The must-have
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You Share a Birthday With
- Charlotte Rampling (1946)
- William S. Burroughs (1914)
- Robert Peel (1788)
- Robert Hofstadter (1915)
- Adlai Stevenson II (1900)
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
27,514 days ago
(75 years, 139 days)