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Wednesday, January 7, 1953
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The Headlines
Mayor Asks 126 Million Rise In Funds, Plus Transit Bill; Long-Range Program Offered Legislature Proposes Higher Realty Levy, Business Impost and Possible Gasoline Tax RISE OF 126 MILLION SOUGHT BY MAYOR
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Million Dollar Mermaid
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Millard Fillmore (1800)
- Pope Gregory XIII (1502)
- Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858)
- Joseph Bonaparte (1768)
- Bernadette Soubirous (1844)
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
26,813 days ago
(73 years, 168 days)