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Saturday, June 6, 1953
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The Headlines
LEMAY OPPOSES CUT IN GLOBAL BOMBERS AS TOO GREAT A RISK; His Views Are Given to Senate Unit by Vandenberg -- Dispute Is Surprise, Wilson Says LEMAY OPPOSES CUT IN GLOBAL BOMBERS
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Fort Ti
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Alexander Pushkin (1799)
- Diego Velázquez (1599)
- Thomas Mann (1875)
- Sukarno (1901)
- Pierre Corneille (1606)
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
26,662 days ago
(73 years, 17 days)