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Saturday, January 17, 1953
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The Headlines
QUILL UNION AGREES TO MEET MEDIATORS IN BUS STRIKE TODAY; City Hall Sees Parley With the Mayor's Aides as a Possible Break in 17-Day Stalemate 4 LINES DISAVOW FARE RISE Philadelphia Strikers Vote on Pact Again Today -- Outcome May Affect Walkout Here T. W. U. ACCEPTS BID TO MEET MEDIATORS
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Above and Beyond
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Benjamin Franklin (1706)
- Muhammad Ali (1942)
- David Lloyd George (1863)
- Anne Brontë (1820)
- Al Capone (1899)
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
26,803 days ago
(73 years, 158 days)