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Sunday, March 21, 1954
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The Headlines
BILL WOULD EASE PROFIT RETENTION; House Unit Proposes Aid to Small Business in Section 102 Tax Rule Revision
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Glenn Miller Story
The must-have
Play-Doh
You Share a Birthday With
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685)
- Joseph Fourier (1768)
- Sergey Lavrov (1950)
- Slavoj Žižek (1949)
- Modest Mussorgsky (1839)
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
26,374 days ago
(72 years, 94 days)