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Saturday, October 31, 1953
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The Headlines
Nobel Prizes to Marshall, Schweitzer; ' 53 Peace Award Goes to General and '52 to Philosopher NOBEL PRIZES GIVEN FOR 1953 AND 1952
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Robe †
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Hokusai (1760)
- John Keats (1795)
- Chiang Kai-shek (1887)
- Johannes Vermeer (1632)
- Zaha Hadid (1950)
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
26,516 days ago
(72 years, 236 days)