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Thursday, September 17, 1953
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The Headlines
AIR FORGE REDUCES JET ENGINE ORDERS; Contracts for All Motors Cut $400 to $500 Million as Less Overhaul Seems Needed AIR FORCE REDUCES JET ENGINE ORDERS
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
From Here to Eternity
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Narendra Modi (1950)
- Bernhard Riemann (1826)
- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857)
- Pope Paul V (1550)
- Anne Bancroft (1931)
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
26,559 days ago
(72 years, 279 days)