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Saturday, January 19, 1952
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The Headlines
CHURCHILL AGREES TO U.S. NAVAL CHIEF IN ATLANTIC AREA; Admiral Lynde D. McCormick Is Slated for Post, Co-Equal With That of Eisenhower BRITON'S STEEL PLEA MET Agreement Calls for Million Tons in Exchange for Tin and Aluminum Supplies THE PRESIDENT AND CHURCHILL AT THE WHITE HOUSE CHURCHILL AGREES TO U.S. NAVAL CHIEF
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Quo Vadis
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
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
27,167 days ago
(74 years, 157 days)