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Sunday, March 15, 1953
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The Headlines
Eisenhower Tells Physicians He Bars Socialized Medicine; EISENHOWER BARS 'SOCIAL' MEDICINE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Peter Pan
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Andrew Jackson (1767)
- Paul Heyse (1830)
- Emil von Behring (1854)
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933)
- Zhores Alferov (1930)
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
26,745 days ago
(73 years, 100 days)