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Monday, June 2, 1952
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The Headlines
EISENHOWER ARRIVES, CALLS ON TRUMAN; ABJURES POLITICS, TOURS WHITE HOUSE; TAFT ASKS POLICY BASED ON AIR POWER; GENERAL SALUTED Gets 17-Gun Welcome in Capital -- Diplomats Are at Ceremony ABILENE SPEECH DRAFTED Will Call Defense of the U. S. and Free World Far More Than a Partisan Issue EISENHOWER HOME, VISITS PRESIDENT THE FORMER NATO COMMANDER ARRIVING IN WASHINGTON
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You Share a Birthday With
- Pope Pius X (1835)
- Thomas Hardy (1840)
- Marquis de Sade (1740)
- Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1857)
- Pope Leo XI (1535)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
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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
27,032 days ago
(74 years, 22 days)