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Thursday, June 5, 1952
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The Headlines
SENATE VOTES CURB ON THE WAGE BOARD; GETS SEIZURE PLAN; Stabilization Body is Stripped of Power to Intervene in Any Disputes Except Pay 8-MONTH RENT RULE SET Steel Union and Owners Agree to Renew Peace Talks Today -- Industry Sees Early Pact SENATE VOTES CURB ON THE WAGE BOARD STEEL LEADERS WHO WILL GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
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You Share a Birthday With
- John Maynard Keynes (1883)
- Federico García Lorca (1898)
- Dennis Gabor (1900)
- Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (1942)
- Pancho Villa (1878)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Greaser
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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
27,028 days ago
(74 years, 18 days)