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Friday, January 2, 1953
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The Headlines
Anti-Ryan Forces Plan Fight To Avert Pier Strike Today; Will Try to Break Up Meeting This Morning Called to Condemn Halley Reform -- Workers Seen 'Holding Bag' Anti-Ryan Forces Oppose Strike Of Pier Unions in 4 Ports Today
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Million Dollar Mermaid
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Thérèse of Lisieux (1873)
- Rudolf Clausius (1822)
- Mehmed IV (1642)
- Osman III (1699)
- Mily Balakirev (1837)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
Tech Check
Color TV Standards (NTSC), Black Box Flight Recorder & WD-40.
Cost of Living (1950)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
26,817 days ago
(73 years, 172 days)