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Saturday, August 18, 1951
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The Headlines
HOUSE VOTES FUND TO BOLSTER ALLIES; CUTS $350,000,000; Passes Foreign Aid Measure, 260-101, After G.O.P. Pares Economic Assistance 'SINGLE AGENCY' APPROVED Bill Asks $7,498,750,000-- Capitol Speeds Action on Domestic Spending Setback for Administration No Flexibility Provided FOREIGN-AID BILL PASSED BY HOUSE Palestine Fund Upheld Speaker Summoned Debate Is Limited
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
That's My Boy
The must-have
Colorforms
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
27,320 days ago
(74 years, 310 days)