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Saturday, January 26, 1952
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The Headlines
COST INDEX AT PEAK; WAGE RISES AHEAD; Nov. 15-Dec. 15 Gain Is 3/10 of 1%, Bringing the Level 89.1% Above 1935-39 LIVING COST INDEX RISES TO NEW PEAK
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Quo Vadis
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
On This Day
Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Douglas MacArthur (1880)
- Paul Newman (1925)
- Angela Davis (1944)
- Charles XIV John (1763)
- Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715)
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
27,160 days ago
(74 years, 150 days)