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Saturday, August 4, 1951
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The Headlines
POINT FOUR GRANTS SOUGHT TO PROVIDE GIFTS OF MACHINERY; State Department Aide Gives Senators Plan for Adding to 'Know-How' Assistance COMMUNISM CURB IS AIM Opposition Is Indicated After Hearing--Turkey Safe From Attack, Connally Says Plan in Study Stage MACHINERY GIFTS URGED FOR POINT 4 Opposition Is Indicated Reports on Greece and Turkey
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You Share a Birthday With
- Louis Armstrong (1901)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792)
- Knut Hamsun (1859)
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)
- William Rowan Hamilton (1805)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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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
27,334 days ago
(74 years, 324 days)