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Wednesday, August 6, 1952
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The Headlines
Britain's Wartime Diet Chief Slain With Wife and Daughter in France; Britain's Wartime Diet Chief Slain With Wife and Daughter in France
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Jumping Jacks
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- Andy Warhol (1928)
- Alexander Fleming (1881)
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809)
- Lucille Ball (1911)
- Robert Mitchum (1917)
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
26,966 days ago
(73 years, 321 days)