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Monday, January 14, 1952

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The Headlines

Reforms Pressed at West Point; Sports Shake-Up Due in Scandal; Reforms Pressed at West Point in Sequel to Scandal FIGURES IN ATHLETIC PROPOSALS AT WEST POINT

Read in The New York Times →

#1 at the box office

Quo Vadis

The must-have

Mr. Potato Head

On This Day

  • NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.

    Wikipedia →

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

blastflickkiboshshades

Greaser

cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad

Beatnik

cooldigfar outhipsquare

Catchphrases of 1952

  • The buck stops here

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

27,171 days ago

(74 years, 161 days)