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Monday, December 21, 1953
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The Headlines
LUNG CANCER TESTS PLANNED BY STATE; Rising Toll Alarms Dewey -- 2-Million Research to Hunt Any Cigarette Effects LUNG CANCER TESTS PLANNED BY STATE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
This Is Cinerama
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804)
- Hu Jintao (1942)
- Heinrich Böll (1917)
- Jane Fonda (1937)
- Frank Zappa (1940)
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
26,465 days ago
(72 years, 185 days)