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Thursday, July 16, 1953
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The Headlines
PROFITS TAX VOTED AS SENATE SEALS EISENHOWER VICTORY; Passage Follows Rejection, on Key Roll-Call of 52 to 34, of Plan to Aid Small Business PRESIDENT'S PLEA HEEDED Chamber Hears He Opposed Amendments in Fear Measure Might Run Into Deadlock SENATE VOTES BILL TO KEEP PROFIT TAX
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The Charge at Feather River
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Roald Amundsen (1872)
- Barbara Stanwyck (1907)
- Ginger Rogers (1911)
- Yasuo Fukuda (1936)
- Trygve Lie (1896)
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
26,623 days ago
(72 years, 343 days)