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Saturday, November 15, 1952
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The Headlines
ERICKSON GETS YEAR IN JERSEY BETTING; Bookmaker Also Fined $1,000 -- Judge Ascribes Leniency to 16-Month Term Here Erickson Gets Year on Jersey Bets; Jail Term Here Cause of Leniency
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- Gerhart Hauptmann (1862)
- William Herschel (1738)
- Erwin Rommel (1891)
- Mahmoud Abbas (1935)
- Georgia O'Keeffe (1887)
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
26,866 days ago
(73 years, 221 days)