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Saturday, May 5, 1951
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The Headlines
M'ARTHUR TESTIFIES MARSHALL OVERRULED JOINT CHIEFS ON LIMITING CHINA PEACE TALKS; SAYS 'MAIN ENEMY' IS COMMUNISM, NOT RUSSIA; 2 POINTS AT ISSUE Chiefs Opposed Talk of U.N. Seat, Formosa, General Says TRUMAN IS ATTACKED MacArthur Denies Ban on Intelligence Aid, Calls Charge 'Tommyrot' THE GENERAL FACES THE FLASH-BULB BRIGADE MARSHALL'S VETO TOLD BY M'ARTHUR Refuses to Accept 'Gag' Communism Held Main Foe General Defends Giving Views Would Give Public the Facts Bombing Russians Opposed "Amazed How Wise I Was"
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Father's Little Dividend
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You Share a Birthday With
- Karl Marx (1818)
- Søren Kierkegaard (1813)
- Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846)
- Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1921)
- Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747)
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
27,425 days ago
(75 years, 50 days)