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Wednesday, February 13, 1952
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The Headlines
Pilgrims Visit Springfield; LINCOLN TRIBUTES LED BY PRESIDENT THE PRESIDENT PAYING HOMAGE TO MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Sailor Beware
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- Thomas Robert Malthus (1766)
- William Shockley (1910)
- Georges Simenon (1903)
- Ivan Krylov (1769)
- Paul Biya (1933)
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)