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Monday, November 9, 1953
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The Headlines
INDIAN TO APPEAL TO REDS TO SOFTEN STAND ON CAPTIVES; Thimayya, Leader of Neutrals, Will Confer at Kaesong on P. O. W. Talks' Impasse PRISONERS ARE ADAMANT Those Who Missed Communist Explainers Refuse to Give Them a New Chance INDIAN TO APPEAL TO REDS ON P.O.W.'S
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Robe †
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
On This Day
Cambodia gains independence from France.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Ivan Turgenev (1818)
- Carl Sagan (1934)
- Muhammad Iqbal (1877)
- Edward VII (1841)
- Imre Kertész (1929)
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
26,507 days ago
(72 years, 227 days)