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Saturday, September 13, 1952
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The Headlines
TRUMAN TO STUMP THROUGH 24 STATES; Starts 8,500-Mile Whistle-Stop Trip Across Nation Sept. 27 -- Talks Here on Oct. 11 TRUMAN TO STUMP THROUGH 24 STATES
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Merry Widow
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- Roald Dahl (1916)
- Arnold Schoenberg (1874)
- Claudette Colbert (1903)
- Clara Schumann (1819)
- Óscar Arias (1940)
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
26,928 days ago
(73 years, 283 days)