October 6, 1952
That fall of 1952, gas ran $0.27 a gallon and Truman was in the White House — the presidential campaign was in full swing, with Eisenhower drawing crowds of 35,000 in South Carolina as he challenged Truman's administration in the final stretch before November's election. On television, "I Love Lucy" was the show Americans gathered around each week, while Patti Page's "I Went to Your Wedding" sat at the top of the music charts. The New York Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in the World Series to claim the championship, the same fall that "The Greatest Show on Earth" had taken home the Oscar for Best Picture earlier that year.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — October 6, 1952
NY Times Headlines — Week of October 6, 1952
Soviet Chiefs Tell Congress Of Party U. S. Promotes War; Malenkov Says Mantle Of Hitler Has Been Taken Up In Drive For World Domination
Acheson Declares U. S. Forces Soviet To Revise Tactics; Tells Electrical Union Truman Was Chief Figure In Balking Red Violence In Europe Assails Eisenhower View Asserts 'Short Cuts' On Korea And 'Tax Cuts' Risk Disaster -- Strikes At Mccarthy Acheson Holds U. S. Forced Soviet To Seek New Way To Divide West
Israel Will Free Arabs' Bank Funds; Plans To Return $14,000,000 To $15,000,000 To Refugees From Palestinian War Israel Will Free Arabs' Bank Funds
Truman, In Harlem, Says G. O. P. Seeks To 'Turn Back Clock' On Civil Rights; Hailed By City Crowds On Auto Tour; Eisenhower Scored Called 'Front Man' For Forces Of Reaction And F.E.P.C. Foes Talk On Europe Assailed President, In Waldorf Speech, Charges Surrender To 'New Kind Of Isolationism' Truman In Harlem Backs Civil Rights
World Events — October 1952
Time Person of the Year — 1952
On the radio
Billboard Charts — October 6, 1952
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1952–53 Season
Emmy Winners — 1952
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — October 6, 1952
On the field
Sports Champions — October 6, 1952
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