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Tuesday, March 2, 1954
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The Headlines
HIDDEN OWNERSHIP OF RACEWAY STOCK BARED AT HEARING; Former Legislator, Intimate of O'Dwyer, Erickson Kin and Ex-Convict Are Identified HOLDINGS PUT AT MILLION Moreland Inquiry Opens Public Sessions, Gets Details of Yonkers Track Purchase HIDDEN HOLDINGS OF TRACKS BARED
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The Glenn Miller Story
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Play-Doh
You Share a Birthday With
- Mikhail Gorbachev (1931)
- Pope Pius XII (1876)
- Pope Leo XIII (1810)
- Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937)
- Benedict of Nursia (480)
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
26,394 days ago
(72 years, 114 days)