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Tuesday, December 18, 1951
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The Headlines
65 SPECIAL AGENTS HUNT SHAKEDOWNS IN TAX CASES HERE; Revenue Bureau Commissioner Declares That New Inquiry is Biggest in Country INTELLIGENCE HEAD NAMED Top Investigative Post Goes to F.W. Lohn, in Charge of Fraud Check in City "Exceptionally Tough Problems" Kean Expects Hearings TAX INQUIRY HUNTS SHAKEDOWNS HERE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Quo Vadis
The must-have
Colorforms
You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Stalin (1878)
- Steven Spielberg (1946)
- Willy Brandt (1913)
- J. J. Thomson (1856)
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863)
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
27,198 days ago
(74 years, 188 days)