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Sunday, August 2, 1953
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The Headlines
U. S. ACHIEVES AIM: 'GUNS AND BUTTER'; Goods and Services Total Up From $286 Billion in 1950 to $363 Billion Rate in June MATERIALS PROVE AMPLE Industry Outlays Now Put at $28 Billion a Year, Against $19 Billion Before Korea U. S. ACHIEVES AIM: 'GUNS AND BUTTER'
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Shimon Peres (1923)
- Peter O'Toole (1932)
- Isabel Allende (1942)
- James Baldwin (1924)
- Jorge Rafael Videla (1925)
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
26,605 days ago
(72 years, 325 days)