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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

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#1 at the box office

Quo Vadis

The must-have

Mr. Potato Head

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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Greaser

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Beatnik

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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

27,167 days ago

(74 years, 157 days)