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Sunday, February 15, 1953
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The Headlines
DC-6 DOWN IN GULF OF MEXICO WITH 46 ABOARD; SOS HEARD; SHIPS, PLANES SEEK LIFERAFTS; AIRLINER IN STORM Search Craft Are Alerted After Feeble Distress Calls Are Received FLIGHT STARTED IN MIAMI Destination Was New Orleans -- Many Were Believed En Route to Mardi Gras
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Peter Pan
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Galileo Galilei (1564)
- Louis XV (1710)
- Jeremy Bentham (1748)
- Alfred North Whitehead (1861)
- Susan B. Anthony (1820)
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
26,773 days ago
(73 years, 128 days)