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Monday, January 26, 1953
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The Headlines
STATE CRIME PANEL URGES 'WATCHDOG' TO END CORRUPTION; First Report by Commission Says 'Stranglehold' on Law Calls for Full-Time Body POLITICAL DEALS' BLAMED Early Action at Albany Doubted -- Dewey to Defer Opinion Pending Rest of Proposals CRIME PANEL URGES STATE 'WATCHDOG'
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The Bad and the Beautiful
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Douglas MacArthur (1880)
- Paul Newman (1925)
- Anders Fogh Rasmussen (1953)
- Angela Davis (1944)
- Charles XIV John (1763)
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
26,793 days ago
(73 years, 148 days)