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Monday, August 9, 1954
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The Headlines
M'CARTHY INQUIRY HEADS FOR DELAY; FARM VOTE TODAY; Watkins Says Week's Pause After Recess Is Desired by Panel on Censure WORK MAY BEGIN AUG. 23 But Session's End Holds Key -- Flexible Crop Supports Pushed in Showdown M'CARTHY INQUIRY HEADS FOR DELAY
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 Piaget (1896)
- Romano Prodi (1939)
- Amedeo Avogadro (1776)
- Leonid Kuchma (1938)
- Tove Jansson (1914)
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
26,234 days ago
(71 years, 319 days)