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Sunday, September 27, 1953
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The Headlines
RIALTO GOSSIP; ' Ladies of the Corridor' Testing a Hunch -- Village Group Takes New Step
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Robe †
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- AD 808 (808)
- Grazia Deledda (1871)
- Louis XIII (1601)
- Martin Ryle (1918)
- Wilford Brimley (1934)
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
26,549 days ago
(72 years, 269 days)