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Thursday, July 23, 1953
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The Headlines
SOVIET ASSAILS BID BY WEST FOR TALKS OF FOREIGN CHIEFS; Says 3-Power Plan to Discuss Germany and Austria Shows Extent of Bars to Peace PRAVDA HITS AT BID BY WEST FOR TALKS
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Second Chance
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Sergio Mattarella (1941)
- Haile Selassie (1892)
- Raymond Chandler (1888)
- Pope Clement XI (1649)
- Najib Razak (1953)
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
26,615 days ago
(72 years, 335 days)