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Saturday, February 10, 1951
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The Headlines
PROSECUTOR TO ASK P.R.R. INDICTMENT IN RAIL DISASTER; County Investigator Accuses Road of 'Whitewash' Tactics --Guard at Engineer's Bed ROW LIVENS HEARING HERE Jersey Attorney General Won't Be 'Shut Up' by I.C.C. Man on Trestle Speed Order Police at Bedsides of Crew PROSECUTOR TO ASK P.R.R. INDICTMENT Road Attacked at Hearing Seeks to Place Derailment Says Tender Fell First Eber Charges "Runaround"
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
- Bertolt Brecht (1898)
- Boris Pasternak (1890)
- Harold Macmillan (1894)
- Walter Brattain (1902)
- Mark Spitz (1950)
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
27,509 days ago
(75 years, 134 days)