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Monday, September 8, 1952
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The Headlines
NAGUIB SEIZES RULE IN EGYPT AND HOLDS EX-AIDES OF FAROUK; General Brushes Aside Maher and Sets Up Cabinet to Rush His Program of Reforms WAFDIST LEADERS JAILED Many Ex-Ministers Arrested -- Moslem Brotherhood Gets Post in the New Regime Naguib Takes Helm as Premier; Jails Officials Who Served Farouk
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Son of Paleface
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
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
26,933 days ago
(73 years, 288 days)