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Thursday, August 6, 1953
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The Headlines
DEFENSE OUTLAYS CUT 3% BY SOVIET; However, Lower Prices Are Believed to Offset Decline and Maintain Armed Level Soviet Budget Cuts Defense Outlay By 3% to 110,200,000,000 Rubles
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Band Wagon
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Andy Warhol (1928)
- Alexander Fleming (1881)
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809)
- Lucille Ball (1911)
- Robert Mitchum (1917)
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
26,601 days ago
(72 years, 321 days)