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Saturday, April 14, 1951
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The Headlines
JURY TO EXAMINE MURTAGH RECORDS; Leibowitz Orders Panel to 'Find Out What Went on Under O'Dwyer Administration' JURY TO EXAMINE MURTAGH RECORDS No Indication of Action
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Father's Little Dividend
The must-have
Colorforms
You Share a Birthday With
- B. R. Ambedkar (1891)
- Averroes (1126)
- Christiaan Huygens (1629)
- Arnold J. Toynbee (1889)
- Faisal of Saudi Arabia (1906)
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
27,447 days ago
(75 years, 72 days)