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Tuesday, August 26, 1952
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The Headlines
$65,000 Is Taken From Brink's Car In Washington as 4 Guards Lunch; $65,000 DISAPPEARS FROM BRINK'S CAR
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The World in His Arms
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- Mother Teresa (1910)
- Antoine Lavoisier (1743)
- Guillaume Apollinaire (1880)
- Julio Cortázar (1914)
- Robert Walpole (1676)
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
26,947 days ago
(73 years, 302 days)