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Tuesday, August 4, 1953
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The Headlines
State Funeral Held for Taft; President at Rites in Capitol; Prisedent Eisenshower Leads Dignitaries at Senator Taft's Funeral in Washington Funeral of State Is Held for Taft; President Attends Rites in Capitol
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis Armstrong (1901)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792)
- Knut Hamsun (1859)
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)
- William Rowan Hamilton (1805)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
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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
26,603 days ago
(72 years, 323 days)