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Friday, April 4, 1952
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The Headlines
7 COUNCILMEN ACT TO CURB NEW TAXES AS PROTESTS MOUNT; Their Bill Seeks More Efficient Collection of Existing Levies to Help Avert Nuisances 5-MAN STUDY GROUP ASKED Controller, Reported to Be in Sympathy, Is Expected to Request Doubling Staff 7 COUNCILMEN SEEK TO CURB NEW TAXES
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Battle at Apache Pass
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- Maya Angelou (1928)
- Andrei Tarkovsky (1932)
- Caracalla (188)
- Marguerite Duras (1914)
- Isoroku Yamamoto (1884)
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
27,090 days ago
(74 years, 80 days)