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Thursday, June 21, 1951
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The Headlines
2 EX-CONVICTS GET BIG U.S. CONTRACTS; House Group Calls for Voiding of $3,000,000 Orders and Ouster of Inspectors
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Great Caruso
The must-have
Colorforms
You Share a Birthday With
- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905)
- Shirin Ebadi (1947)
- Françoise Sagan (1935)
- Pope Leo IX (1002)
- Andrzej Sapkowski (1948)
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
27,379 days ago
(75 years, 4 days)