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Thursday, February 5, 1953
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The Headlines
Remington Gets 3 Years in Prison For 2 Counts of Perjury on Reds; REMINGTON DRAWS 3 YEARS IN PRISON
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
- Charlotte Rampling (1946)
- William S. Burroughs (1914)
- Robert Peel (1788)
- Robert Hofstadter (1915)
- Adlai Stevenson II (1900)
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
26,783 days ago
(73 years, 138 days)