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Wednesday, October 15, 1952
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The Headlines
U. N. SESSION PICKS PEARSON AS CHIEF AT FESTIVE OPENING; Canadian Elected by Assembly as Its President at First Meeting in New Chamber
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Ivanhoe
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844)
- Akbar (1542)
- Mikhail Lermontov (1814)
- Michel Foucault (1926)
- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931)
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
26,896 days ago
(73 years, 251 days)