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Thursday, January 14, 1954
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The Headlines
STATE BILL SEEKS STRIKE 'COOL-OFF'; Provides for 30-Day Delay in Tie-ups Affecting Public -- Result of Milk Walkout STATE BILL SEEKS STRIKE 'COOL-OFF'
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Knights of the Round Table
The must-have
Play-Doh
On This Day
The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
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You Share a Birthday With
- 1949 (1849)
- Albert Schweitzer (1875)
- Yukio Mishima (1925)
- Giulio Andreotti (1919)
- Mehmed VI (1861)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
Tech Check
Transistor Radio, Solar Cell & Non-Stick Pan (Teflon).
Cost of Living (1950)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
26,441 days ago
(72 years, 161 days)