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Saturday, August 7, 1954
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The Headlines
EISENHOWER OFFER OF FOOD ACCEPTED BY EAST GERMANY; Premier Grotewohl Replies to Bid Made Through the Soviet High Commissioner WHITE HOUSE GRATIFIED Reds' Decision on Free Aid for Danube Flood Victims Is Iron Curtain Precedent East Germany Accepts U.S. Offer Of Free Food for Victims of Flood
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Caine Mutiny
The must-have
Play-Doh
You Share a Birthday With
- Elinor Ostrom (1933)
- Mata Hari (1876)
- Sofia Rotaru (1947)
- Constantius II (317)
- Ralph Bunche (1904)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Greaser
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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
26,235 days ago
(71 years, 320 days)