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Sunday, June 24, 1951
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The Headlines
TV TRANSFORMING U.S. SOCIAL SCENE; CHALLENGES FILMS; HOW MOVIES ARE HIT BY TV AND ONE ANSWER TO THE CHALLENGE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Great Caruso
The must-have
Colorforms
You Share a Birthday With
- Ambrose Bierce (1842)
- Victor Hess (1883)
- Juan Manuel Fangio (1911)
- Martin Lewis Perl (1927)
- Julia Kristeva (1941)
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
27,375 days ago
(75 years, 0 days)