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Wednesday, October 31, 1951
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The Headlines
SHIPPING MEN FILE N.L.R.B. COMPLAINT; STRIKE HOLDS FIRM; Roving Pickets Easily Disperse Back-to-Work Attempts-- Only Six Ships Active OFFICERS MAY WALK OUT State Mediators See Sampson, Insurgent Leader--Ryan's Men Load the Elizabeth
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
An American in Paris
The must-have
Colorforms
You Share a Birthday With
- Hokusai (1760)
- John Keats (1795)
- Chiang Kai-shek (1887)
- Johannes Vermeer (1632)
- Zaha Hadid (1950)
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
27,247 days ago
(74 years, 237 days)