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Wednesday, June 6, 1951

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The Headlines

SENATORS OPEN FIRE ON ACHESON'S STORY OF POLICY ON CHINA; 'Deceit' Charged by Brewster --Flanders and Gillette Press Him on Testimony ACCUSATIONS ARE DENIED Secretary Says We Would Ask World Court Rule on Veto of Peiping U.N. Seat Policy Becomes Harder Others Attack Views SENATORS OPEN FIRE ON ACHESON'S STORY "Calculated to Deceive" Heavy Casualties, Says Acheson Reads Text of Proposal Manchuria Called Issue A General War Feared

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The must-have

Colorforms

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

blastflickkiboshshades

Greaser

cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad

Beatnik

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Catchphrases of 1951

  • I like Ike

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

27,393 days ago

(75 years, 18 days)