Monday, June 9, 1952

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The Headlines

PAY RISE OF 5% WON BY 100,000 BUILDERS; Increase in City to Be Half of Upturn in Living Costs Since Last Contract in 1950 PAY RISE OF 5% WON BY 100,000 BUILDERS

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Mr. Potato Head

You Share a Birthday With

• Peter the Great (1672)
• Bertha von Suttner (1843)
• Eric Hobsbawm (1917)
• George Stephenson (1781)
• Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640)

Slang

Tech Check

Barcode (Patent), Passenger Jet (Comet) & Hydrogen Bomb.

Cost of Living (1950)