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Sunday, November 18, 1951
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The Headlines
OFFICIAL HID DELAY IN AID TO EUROPE, SENATOR CHARGES; L.B. Johnson Accuses Olmsted of Giving Public Rosy View on Arms Despite Lag SEES 'SECURITY' MISUSED General Accused of Defying Truman Order in Giving Conflicting Versions Differing Versions Defended Statements Shock Senator ARMS LAG HIDDEN, SENATOR CHARGES Olmsted's Comment Unavailable
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
An American in Paris
The must-have
Colorforms
You Share a Birthday With
- Margaret Atwood (1939)
- Louis Daguerre (1787)
- Carl Maria von Weber (1786)
- Patrick Blackett (1897)
- Mahinda Rajapaksa (1945)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
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
27,228 days ago
(74 years, 218 days)