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Thursday, April 9, 1953
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The Headlines
Soviet-Trained Mau Mau Terrorist Is Sentenced to 7 Years' Hard Labor; MAU MAU LEADER GETS 7-YEAR TERM
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Salome
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Charles Baudelaire (1821)
- Jean-Paul Belmondo (1933)
- Leopold II of Belgium (1835)
- Hugh Hefner (1926)
- Elias Lönnrot (1802)
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
26,720 days ago
(73 years, 75 days)