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Friday, September 26, 1952
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The Headlines
EISENHOWER ASKS 'SECURITY' FOR U. S. AND 'SOLVENCY,' TOO; Urges Bipartisan Commission Be Set Up to Study Operation of Defense Department CHARGES WASTE IN ARMING Calls for Revision of Planning Agency to Straighten Out Nation's Military Policy EISENHOWER MAPS PLAN OF SECURITY
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Ivanhoe
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- T. S. Eliot (1888)
- Martin Heidegger (1889)
- Pope Paul VI (1897)
- Ivan Pavlov (1849)
- Manmohan Singh (1932)
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
26,915 days ago
(73 years, 270 days)