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Saturday, January 23, 1954
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The Headlines
Revised Defense Concept Gets Praise From Wilson; He Asserts Military Proposals 'Behind the Budget Represent Good Planning' -- Says Figures Cannot Be Cut Mr. Wilson Jumps Into Security With Both Feet WILSON SUPPORTS DEFENSE CONCEPT
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
- David Hilbert (1862)
- Stendhal (1783)
- Édouard Manet (1832)
- Derek Walcott (1930)
- Megawati Sukarnoputri (1947)
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
26,431 days ago
(72 years, 151 days)