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Wednesday, December 17, 1952
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The Headlines
LATTIMORE INDICTED ON PERJURY COUNTS; HE ISSUES A DENIAL; U. S. Grand Jury Charges He Lied to Senators in Saying He Did Not Aid Reds
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Thief
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- Pope Francis (1936)
- Humphry Davy (1778)
- Muhammadu Buhari (1942)
- Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (1948)
- Willard Libby (1908)
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
26,833 days ago
(73 years, 188 days)