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Thursday, September 2, 1954
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The Headlines
A.E.C. IS ACCUSED BY T.V.A. OF HIDING POWER DEAL FACTS; Authority Tells Budget Bureau It Has Been Shown Only Parts of Contract A. E. C. IS ACCUSED OF SECRET TACTICS
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Dragnet
The must-have
Play-Doh
You Share a Birthday With
- Wilhelm Ostwald (1853)
- Frederick Soddy (1877)
- Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953)
- Liliʻuokalani (1838)
- Andrej Babiš (1954)
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
26,209 days ago
(71 years, 294 days)