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Thursday, August 28, 1952
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The Headlines
RECESSING PATTERN ON TRUCE SOLIDIFIED; ' Nothing New' Offered by Reds -- U. N. Planes Bomb North Korean Power Plants
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
What Price Glory
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749)
- Paul Martin (1938)
- Jack Kirby (1917)
- Godfrey Hounsfield (1919)
- C. Wright Mills (1916)
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
26,944 days ago
(73 years, 299 days)