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Monday, February 23, 1953
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The Headlines
75 BUSINESS MEN ENLISTED BY TABER TO HELP CUT BUDGET; Appropriations Chairman Says Fiscal Experts Will Seek to Avert 9.9 Billion Deficit SAVINGS IN 1948 RECALLED Reuther Charges Republicans Have No Real Intention to Give Tax Relief This Year EXPERTS ENLISTED TO SLASH BUDGET
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Peter Pan
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- George Frideric Handel (1685)
- Karl Jaspers (1883)
- Kazimir Malevich (1878)
- Pope Paul II (1417)
- Peter Fonda (1940)
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
26,765 days ago
(73 years, 120 days)