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Sunday, April 29, 1951
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The Headlines
TEMPORARY UPTURN IN INTEREST RATES DUE ON MORTGAGES; Experts Forecast More Normal Credit Conditions Before Many Months Elapse BUILDERS UNCERTAIN, TOO Defense Housing Gets a Slow Start-1952 to Show Full Effect of Credit Curbs Forced to Cash Bonds Fewer Homes Next Year
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Father's Little Dividend
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You Share a Birthday With
- Hirohito (1901)
- Henri Poincaré (1854)
- Alexander II of Russia (1818)
- Duke Ellington (1899)
- Harold Urey (1893)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
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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
27,432 days ago
(75 years, 57 days)