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Tuesday, August 5, 1952
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The Headlines
28 KILLED IN TEXAS AS 2 BUSES COLLIDE; Coaches Become Pyres After a Head-On Pre-Dawn Crash -- 25 Hurt, 5 Missing WRECKAGE OF.VEHICLES AFTER WORST BUS CRASH IN NATIONS HISTORY WORST BUS CRASH KILLS 28 IN TEXAS
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Jumping Jacks
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
26,968 days ago
(73 years, 323 days)