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Wednesday, January 9, 1952
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The Headlines
Armed Peace Force Backed In U. N. Against Soviet Plea; Committee Votes 51 to 5 for Preliminary Steps to Halt Threat if Veto Intervenes -- Latins' Restraint Weakens Measure
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
I'll See You in My Dreams
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- Richard Nixon (1913)
- Simone de Beauvoir (1908)
- AD 727 (727)
- Karel Čapek (1890)
- Joan Baez (1941)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
Tech Check
Barcode (Patent), Passenger Jet (Comet) & Hydrogen Bomb.
Cost of Living (1950)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
27,176 days ago
(74 years, 166 days)