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Friday, December 28, 1951
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The Headlines
Stassen Candidate for '52; Eisenhower's Role Debated; Minnesotan Says General Had 'Direct Bearing'-- But Lodge Denies It STASSEN TO MAKE '52 RACE, HE SAYS Warren, Taft Unmentioned Foreign-Policy Program Threats to Happiness
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Quo Vadis
The must-have
Colorforms
You Share a Birthday With
- Woodrow Wilson (1856)
- John von Neumann (1903)
- Stan Lee (1922)
- Maggie Smith (1934)
- Arthur Eddington (1882)
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
27,189 days ago
(74 years, 179 days)