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Sunday, April 26, 1953
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The Headlines
RENT CONTROL BILL VOTED BY CONGRESS; Senate Approves Extension of Restrictions to July 31 -- New York Not Affected
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
House of Wax
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889)
- AD 121 (121)
- AD 757 (757)
- Eugène Delacroix (1798)
- I. M. Pei (1917)
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
26,703 days ago
(73 years, 58 days)