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Wednesday, January 28, 1953
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The Headlines
BUS MEN TO BALLOT ON FORMULA TODAY; Plan Affects Only the 3d Ave. -- Quill and Mayor Trade Gibes Over Peace Talks BUS MEN TO BALLOT ON FORMULA TODAY
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Bad and the Beautiful
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Jackson Pollock (1912)
- José Martí (1853)
- Colette (1873)
- Ismail Kadare (1936)
- Henry VII of England (1457)
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
26,792 days ago
(73 years, 147 days)