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Wednesday, March 21, 1951
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The Headlines
GOVERNOR TO SIGN SALES TAX IF FOES FAIL TO REFUTE IT; Telegram to Hoving Demands Documentary Evidence That City Can Balance Budget SETS FRIDAY AS DEADLINE Wants an Answer From Mayor --Again Declares Reluctance to Increase Levy to 3% Wants City's Answer DEWEY BIDS HOVING REFUTE SALES TAX Buffalo Rejects Sales Tax
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Born Yesterday
The must-have
Colorforms
You Share a Birthday With
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685)
- Joseph Fourier (1768)
- Sergey Lavrov (1950)
- Slavoj Žižek (1949)
- Modest Mussorgsky (1839)
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
27,470 days ago
(75 years, 95 days)