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Tuesday, February 10, 1953
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The Headlines
Kyes Tells Military Services To Cut Budgets by Feb. 28; KYES ORDERS SLASH IN DEFENSE BUDGET
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
- Bertolt Brecht (1898)
- Boris Pasternak (1890)
- Harold Macmillan (1894)
- Lee Hsien Loong (1952)
- Walter Brattain (1902)
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
26,778 days ago
(73 years, 133 days)