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Wednesday, June 10, 1953
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The Headlines
DE GASPERI FORCES WIN ITALY'S SENATE; Crucial Chamber Contest Still Deadlocked, but Center Has a Slim Hope for Victory DE GASPERI FORCES WIN ITALY'S SENATE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Fort Ti
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Judy Garland (1922)
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921)
- Saul Bellow (1915)
- Gustave Courbet (1819)
- E. O. Wilson (1929)
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
26,659 days ago
(73 years, 14 days)