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Friday, February 12, 1954
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The Headlines
Use of Rhee Troops to Fight In Indo-China Is Discussed; Gen. Hull Sees Advantage in Asians' Aid to Asians -- Permission Unlikely INDO-CHINESE ROLE FOR RHEE DEBATED
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
- Abraham Lincoln (1809)
- Charles Darwin (1809)
- Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768)
- Anna Pavlova (1881)
- Julian Schwinger (1918)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Greaser
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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
26,411 days ago
(72 years, 131 days)