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Thursday, August 30, 1951
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The Headlines
NEW CLASH SNARLS TEACHER PAY RISE, UP FOR VOTE TODAY; Barring of 500 From Expected Advance Stirs Angry Protest by High School Group BOARD NOT LIKELY TO ACT Delay Forecast on Adoption of Schedules Approved by City --'Strike' Revival Hinted Estimate Board Approved Rises Extra-curricular Work Ban NEW CLASH SNARLS TEACHER PAY RISE
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
- Ernest Rutherford (1871)
- Warren Buffett (1930)
- Mary Shelley (1797)
- Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852)
- Jacques-Louis David (1748)
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
27,308 days ago
(74 years, 298 days)