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Friday, August 10, 1951
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The Headlines
FUND OF 56 BILLION ADOPTED BY HOUSE FOR ARMED FORCES; Money Is to Maintain Defense by 3,500,000 Men Through Current Fiscal Year PACT TROOP LIMIT BEATEN Committee Backs Foreign Aid Program of $7,848,750,000 --Asks New Agency FUND OF 56 BILLION ADOPTED BY HOUSE Coudert Measure Debated Funds Itemized
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
That's My Boy
The must-have
Colorforms
You Share a Birthday With
- Herbert Hoover (1874)
- Juan Manuel Santos (1951)
- Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810)
- Jorge Amado (1912)
- Anwar Ibrahim (1947)
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
27,328 days ago
(74 years, 318 days)