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Wednesday, November 12, 1952
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The Headlines
EDEN URGES ENEMY YIELD ON CAPTIVES TO END KOREA WAR; Asks Communists to Support Forcible Repatriation Ban -- Offers 4-Point Plan SUGGESTS POST-WAR TALK Briton Endorses Schuman View That U. N. Lacks Authority in Colonial Disputes EDEN URGES ENEMY YIELD ON CAPTIVES
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
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
26,868 days ago
(73 years, 223 days)