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Thursday, August 13, 1953
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The Headlines
Meany Implies Ryan Must Go In Pier Union Housecleaning; MEANY HINTS I. L. A. SHOULD OUST RYAN
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Fidel Castro (1926)
- Alfred Hitchcock (1899)
- Frederick Sanger (1918)
- Karl Liebknecht (1871)
- John Logie Baird (1888)
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
26,594 days ago
(72 years, 314 days)