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Friday, June 11, 1954
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The Headlines
TRANSIT AGENCY AGREES TO PARLEY; Will Meet Union Today at City Request -- Optimism on Averting Strike Rises TRANSIT AGENCY AGREES TO PARLEY
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Three Coins in the Fountain
The must-have
Play-Doh
You Share a Birthday With
- Yasunari Kawabata (1899)
- Gene Wilder (1933)
- Jacques Cousteau (1910)
- Richard Strauss (1864)
- Ben Jonson (1572)
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
26,292 days ago
(72 years, 12 days)