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Monday, September 1, 1952
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The Headlines
BIG CARRIER FORCE RAIDS NEAR SIBERIA; 164 U. S. Planes of 3 Ships Hit North Korean Oil Works at Soviet Line, Also Mine BIG CARRIER FORCE HITS NEAR SIBERIA
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
- Annie Ernaux (1940)
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875)
- Roh Moo-hyun (1946)
- A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896)
- Francis William Aston (1877)
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
26,940 days ago
(73 years, 295 days)