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Friday, March 2, 1951
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The Headlines
CEILING IS NO BAR; New Wage Policy Gives No Exemptions for Deferred Rises PRESIDENT BACKS WILSON Asserts Mobilizes Still Has His Full Backing and That No Changes Are Considered Adjustments Due Now Truman Supports Wilson BAN IS MODIFIED ON ESCALATOR PAY Investigation Promised Cites National Emergency Two-Week Delay Seen
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
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The must-have
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You Share a Birthday With
- Mikhail Gorbachev (1931)
- Pope Pius XII (1876)
- Pope Leo XIII (1810)
- Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937)
- Benedict of Nursia (480)
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
27,490 days ago
(75 years, 115 days)