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Saturday, March 8, 1952
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The Headlines
TRUMAN BARS DATA OF JUSTICE AGENCY TO HOUSE INQUIRY; Tells All Bureau Heads Not to Supply Requested List of Declined Prosecutions DRAGNET APPROACH' HIT Head of Group Says Directive Will Hinder Investigation, but It Will Be Pushed Truman Tells Bureaus to Bar Data To House Justice Agency Inquiry
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Greatest Show on Earth †
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
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
27,118 days ago
(74 years, 108 days)