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Monday, November 5, 1951
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The Headlines
SAVINGS BANKS MAP DIVIDEND INCREASE TO OFFSET NEW TAX; Savings Banks Plan to Lift Dividend as Tax Offset SAVINGS BANKS MAP DIVIDEND INCREASE Commercial Banks in Field Genesis of Modern Banks Proposal Is Pressed Requirements on Capital Loss of Ground Traced Services Are Outlined Function of Trustees
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
An American in Paris
The must-have
Colorforms
You Share a Birthday With
- Vivien Leigh (1913)
- William Daniel Phillips (1948)
- Bernard-Henri Lévy (1948)
- Sam Shepard (1943)
- Joe Dassin (1938)
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
27,241 days ago
(74 years, 231 days)