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Wednesday, April 30, 1952
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The Headlines
TRUMAN ACTS TODAY; Is Determined to Press Case -- Feels Decision Binds Presidency SURPRISED BY STRIKE But He Still Disdains Use of Taft Law, Hoping to Restore Status Quo GOVERNMENT PLANS HIGH COURT FIGHT
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Singin' in the Rain
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777)
- António Guterres (1949)
- Carl XVI Gustaf (1946)
- Jaroslav Hašek (1883)
- Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893)
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
27,064 days ago
(74 years, 54 days)