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Sunday, August 26, 1951
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The Headlines
SENATORS REDUCE CORPORATE LEVIES $56,000,000 IN BILL; House-Favored Device to Curb Chain Companies Eliminated by Finance Committee OTHER CLAUSES RETAINED $33,000,000 Revenue Yielded by Loophole-Closing Section on Capital Gain Shifts Loophole is Plugged $56,000,000 MORE CUT FROM TAX BILL Statement by Rumely
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
That's My Boy
The must-have
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You Share a Birthday With
- Mother Teresa (1910)
- Antoine Lavoisier (1743)
- Guillaume Apollinaire (1880)
- Julio Cortázar (1914)
- Robert Walpole (1676)
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
27,312 days ago
(74 years, 302 days)