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Saturday, July 25, 1953
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The Headlines
QUICK CALL SLATED FOR U. N. ASSEMBLY; Session on Korea to Convene Two to Three Weeks After Actual Truce Signing QUICK CALL SLATED FOR U. N. ASSEMBLY
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Second Chance
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Elias Canetti (1905)
- Rosalind Franklin (1920)
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1922)
- Gavrilo Princip (1894)
- Arthur Balfour (1848)
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
26,613 days ago
(72 years, 333 days)