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Tuesday, April 15, 1952
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The Headlines
JERSEY VOTE TODAY SEEN AS TIGHT RACE; Driscoll, Urging Eisenhower Victory, Would Call 51% a Clear-Cut Triumph JERSEY VOTE TODAY SEEN AS TIGHT RACE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Singin' in the Rain
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
On This Day
First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452)
- Leonhard Euler (1707)
- Nikita Khrushchev (1894)
- Kim Il Sung (1912)
- Émile Durkheim (1858)
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
27,080 days ago
(74 years, 70 days)