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Saturday, September 20, 1952
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The Headlines
Vice Presidential Nominee Says 'Crooks' Attack Him; He Also Delays His Train on Coast to Reply to Query on $16,000 Aid Nixon Declares He Is 'Smeared' By 'Communists' on $16,000 Fund
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Quiet Man
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- Sophia Loren (1934)
- George R. R. Martin (1948)
- Tarō Asō (1940)
- Upton Sinclair (1878)
- Chulalongkorn (1853)
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
26,921 days ago
(73 years, 276 days)