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Tuesday, February 12, 1952
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The Headlines
DEATH TOLL IN ELIZABETH CRASH 31; 43 IN PLANE AND HOMES INJURED; NEWARK FIELD SHUT INDEFINITELY; 15 ON CRITICAL LIST
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Sailor Beware
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- Abraham Lincoln (1809)
- Charles Darwin (1809)
- Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768)
- Anna Pavlova (1881)
- Julian Schwinger (1918)
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
27,142 days ago
(74 years, 132 days)