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Tuesday, July 6, 1954
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The Headlines
EISENHOWER AHEAD ON 5 OF 11 ISSUES BEFORE CONGRESS; Election Casts Broad Shadow on Major Unresolved Tests in Final Month of Session EISENHOWER AHEAD ON 5 OF 11 ISSUES
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Caine Mutiny
The must-have
Play-Doh
You Share a Birthday With
- George W. Bush (1946)
- Frida Kahlo (1907)
- 14th Dalai Lama (1935)
- Sylvester Stallone (1946)
- Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940)
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
26,267 days ago
(71 years, 352 days)