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Monday, August 3, 1953
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The Headlines
KOREA ARMS PACT HELD PEIPING AIM; China's Emphasis on Close Tie to North With Soviet Blessing Hints at Military Alliance KOREA ARMS PACT HELD PEIPING AIM
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Habib Bourguiba (1903)
- Stanley Baldwin (1867)
- Martin Sheen (1940)
- Haakon VII (1872)
- Tony Bennett (1926)
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
26,604 days ago
(72 years, 324 days)