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Monday, June 15, 1953
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The Headlines
30,000 REDS ATTACK ALONG 30-MILE LINE; RHEE FORCE DENTED; Enemy Drive Against 'Buffer Zone' Also Rolls Back U. S. 3d Division in Places HEAVIEST FIGHT SINCE '51 Up to 20,000 Chinese Smash Into South Korean Positions -- G. I.'s Halt the Foe 30,000 REDS DRIVE ALONG 30-MILE LINE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
It Came from Outer Space
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Xi Jinping (1953)
- Yuri Andropov (1914)
- Edvard Grieg (1843)
- Johnny Hallyday (1943)
- Jim Varney (1949)
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
26,654 days ago
(73 years, 9 days)