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Saturday, July 24, 1954
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The Headlines
BONN 'F. B. I.' CHIEF FLED TO AID UNITY, RED RADIO STATES; John Is Said to Blame 'Nazis' for Defection to the East -- West Germany in Uproar BONN AIDE QUOTED BY REDS ON FLIGHT
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Caine Mutiny
The must-have
Play-Doh
You Share a Birthday With
- Simón Bolívar (1783)
- Alexandre Dumas (1802)
- Amelia Earhart (1897)
- Henrik Pontoppidan (1857)
- Robert Graves (1895)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
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
26,249 days ago
(71 years, 334 days)