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Monday, September 10, 1951
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The Headlines
Spiraling Cost of Accidents Menaces Economy of Harbor; Workmen's Compensation Is Threatening to Become Gigantic Squeeze as Liberality of Boards, Union Tactics Pyramid Toll COST OF ACCIDENTS A MENACE TO PORT Many Back Injuries Shown Boards Bear Most of Blame Rates Based on Experience Rates Again on Increase Concern Fights Complaints A Longshoreman's Story
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
David and Bathsheba †
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You Share a Birthday With
- Arthur Compton (1892)
- Karl Lagerfeld (1933)
- Pope Julius III (1487)
- Charles Sanders Peirce (1839)
- Georges Bataille (1897)
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
27,298 days ago
(74 years, 288 days)