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Saturday, August 30, 1952
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The Headlines
COURT INVALIDATES MALAN'S TRIBUNAL; South African Parliament Is Upset on Racial Vote Curb by Cape Supreme Bench
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
- Ernest Rutherford (1871)
- Warren Buffett (1930)
- Mary Shelley (1797)
- Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852)
- Jacques-Louis David (1748)
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
26,942 days ago
(73 years, 297 days)