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Friday, December 18, 1953
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The Headlines
Yankees Sell Stadium, Rent It Back In a Three-Way $6,500,000 Deal; YANKEES SELL PARK THEN RENT IT BACK
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
This Is Cinerama
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Stalin (1878)
- Steven Spielberg (1946)
- Willy Brandt (1913)
- J. J. Thomson (1856)
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863)
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
26,468 days ago
(72 years, 188 days)