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Monday, April 27, 1953
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The Headlines
Anti-U. S. Sentiment Rising In South American Countries; Survey Finds Goodwill Is Shrinking, With Considerable Distrust of Washington -- Peron and Communists Fan Flames ANTI-U. S. ATTITUDE GAINS IN AMERICAS
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
House of Wax
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
On This Day
Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defects with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Ulysses S. Grant (1822)
- Mary Wollstonecraft (1759)
- Herbert Spencer (1820)
- Samuel Morse (1791)
- Sergei Prokofiev (1891)
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)