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Thursday, October 9, 1952
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The Headlines
78 KILLED, 200 HURT IN 3-TRAIN WRECK IN LONDON SUBURB; Two Expresses Hit Commuter Local Standing in Harrow and Wealdstone Station AMERICAN IS AMONG DEAD U. S. Air Force Medical Team Aids in Rescue Work and Caring for the Injured 78 DIE IN ENGLAND IN 3-TRAIN WRECK
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Ivanhoe
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- John Lennon (1940)
- Ivo Andrić (1892)
- Max von Laue (1879)
- Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906)
- Emil Fischer (1852)
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
26,902 days ago
(73 years, 257 days)