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Thursday, January 17, 1952
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The Headlines
MILITARY'S BUDGET HELD TO 48 BILLION; 11 1/2 Billion Below This Year's -- 143-Wing Air Force Is Said to Be Put Off to Late in '55 Military Budget Put at 48 Billion; Is 11 1/2 Billion Below This Year's
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Quo Vadis
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- Benjamin Franklin (1706)
- Muhammad Ali (1942)
- David Lloyd George (1863)
- Anne Brontë (1820)
- Al Capone (1899)
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
27,168 days ago
(74 years, 158 days)