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Thursday, May 29, 1952
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The Headlines
DUCLOS, REDS' CHIEF, ARRESTED IN PARIS AS FOES OF U. S. RIOT; One Man Killed, Hundreds Are Injured as Police Act to Protect General Ridgway THREAT TO FRANCE SEEN Interior Minister Says Aim of Communist Demonstrations Is Against Nation's Security DUCLOS, CHIEF RED, ARRESTED IN PARIS ARRESTED IN PARIS
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Skirts Ahoy!
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
27,035 days ago
(74 years, 25 days)