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Wednesday, August 20, 1952
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The Headlines
Wiley Named Traffic Chief, Outlines Additional Controls; Asks More Pedestrian Signs and Extension of Rush Hour Auto Signals WILEY IS APPOINTED CITY TRAFFIC HEAD
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Affair in Trinidad
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- Benjamin Harrison (1833)
- H. P. Lovecraft (1890)
- Rajiv Gandhi (1944)
- Slobodan Milošević (1941)
- Salvatore Quasimodo (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
26,953 days ago
(73 years, 308 days)