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Sunday, August 17, 1952
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The Headlines
DELIVERIES BEHIND IN FALL GARMENTS; Coat and Suit Manufacturers Are Held Up by Delays in Production of Fabrics PLANTS RUNNING FULL TILT Out-of-Town Retail Business Found Better Than Here -- Camel's Hair Popular
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Affair in Trinidad
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
26,956 days ago
(73 years, 311 days)