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Thursday, February 14, 1952
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The Headlines
AIRLINES HERE MAP NEW FLIGHT PLANS; Pattern for LaGuardia, Idlewild Would Avoid Crowded Areas -- Elizabeth Toll Is 32 AIRLINES HERE MAP NEW FLIGHT PLANS
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Quo Vadis
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- Babur (1483)
- C. T. R. Wilson (1869)
- Leon Battista Alberti (1404)
- Michael Bloomberg (1942)
- Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1945)
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
27,141 days ago
(74 years, 131 days)