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Monday, August 30, 1954

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The Headlines

FRANCE'S PREMIER INSISTS ASSEMBLY DECIDE ON E. D. C.; Mendes-France Makes Plea While Defending His Own Ambiguous Position MOVE ON FOR NEW TALKS Cabinet Backs Plan to Seek Revision of Pact on Same Basis as at Brussels FRANCE'S PREMIER URGES A DECISION

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The must-have

Play-Doh

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

blastflickkiboshshades

Greaser

cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad

Beatnik

cooldigfar outhipsquare

Catchphrases of 1954

  • Under God

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

26,212 days ago

(71 years, 297 days)