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Tuesday, January 26, 1954
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The Headlines
BECK OFFERS LOAN, FILES A PIER SUIT; Asks $51,000,000 Damages From Shippers, I. L. A. -- Would Finance Truckers BECK OFFERS LOAN, FILES A PIER SUIT
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
- Douglas MacArthur (1880)
- Paul Newman (1925)
- Anders Fogh Rasmussen (1953)
- Angela Davis (1944)
- Charles XIV John (1763)
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
26,429 days ago
(72 years, 149 days)