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Sunday, October 14, 1951
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The Headlines
DEWEY DENOUNCES CIVIL DEFENSE LAG, REBUKES 15 CITIES; 16 Counties Also Are Branded 'Shockingly, Delinquent' and Told to Explain Delay OUSTER MOVE IS IMPLIED Governor Holds Power to Expel Officials--Defense Body to Scan Local Conditions Two in Metropolitan Area DEFENSE LAG STIRS REBUKE BY DEWEY Comments by Local Officials Corning Officials Protest U.S. in Peril, Caldwell Warns
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
A Place in the Sun
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Slang of the decade
General
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Greaser
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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
27,263 days ago
(74 years, 253 days)