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Thursday, July 8, 1954
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The Headlines
USE OF DRAFTEES IN INDOCHINA WAR STUDIED IN PARIS; Premier to Ask the Assembly to Lift Ban if Cease-Fire Is Not On by July 20 French Premier for Draftee Use Unless Truce Is Set by July 20
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Caine Mutiny
The must-have
Play-Doh
You Share a Birthday With
- Jean de La Fontaine (1621)
- John D. Rockefeller (1839)
- Pyotr Kapitsa (1894)
- Igor Tamm (1895)
- Nelson Rockefeller (1908)
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
26,266 days ago
(71 years, 351 days)