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Thursday, April 17, 1952

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The Headlines

EISENHOWER'S LEAD GROWING IN JERSEY; 31 DELEGATES SURE; Margin Now Up to 158,658 -- Taft May Have 6 Convention Votes, Stassen Gets One GENERAL IS 'VERY PROUD' Driscoll Calls Delegation to Meeting on Friday -- May Seek a United Front GENERAL SURE OF 31 OF 38 JERSEY VOTES

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The must-have

Mr. Potato Head

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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Greaser

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Beatnik

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Catchphrases of 1952

  • The buck stops here

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

27,078 days ago

(74 years, 68 days)