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Monday, August 2, 1954
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The Headlines
TRANSIT PAY RISE UPSETTING BUDGET; Authority Faces a $5,000,000 Trim in $274,256,200 Total or Higher Fare Next Year TRANSIT PAY RISE UPSETTING BUDGET
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Caine Mutiny
The must-have
Play-Doh
You Share a Birthday With
- Shimon Peres (1923)
- Peter O'Toole (1932)
- Isabel Allende (1942)
- James Baldwin (1924)
- Jorge Rafael Videla (1925)
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
26,240 days ago
(71 years, 325 days)