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Friday, January 15, 1954
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The Headlines
EISENHOWER ASKS BROADER SECURITY FOR MORE PERSONS; He Proposes Higher Benefits, More Part-Time Work and Adding 10 Million to Roll CONGRESS FAVORS PLANS Labor Jubilant as President Affirms Concept of System as Workers' Earned Right EISENHOWER ASKS BROADER SECURITY
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Knights of the Round Table
The must-have
Play-Doh
You Share a Birthday With
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929)
- Molière (1622)
- Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918)
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809)
- Sofya Kovalevskaya (1850)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
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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
26,440 days ago
(72 years, 160 days)