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Friday, August 8, 1952
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The Headlines
POWER USERS FIGHT EDISON RATE RISE; To Ask Reopening of Case by P. S. C. -- Also Study Plan to Set Up Own Plants POWER USERS FIGHT EDISON RATE RISE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
High Noon
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- Paul Dirac (1902)
- Mohamed Morsi (1951)
- Dustin Hoffman (1937)
- Emiliano Zapata (1879)
- Ernest Lawrence (1901)
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
26,964 days ago
(73 years, 319 days)