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Tuesday, October 26, 1954
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The Headlines
CABINET IS ON TV TO HEAR DULLES ON BONN ACCORDS; President Conducts the First Session to Be Broadcast -- Secretary Praises Pacts APPROVAL IS FORECAST Nation Told Paris Agreements Won't Add to Costs and Will Guard Russians, Too CABINET IS ON TV TO HEAR DULLES
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
A Star Is Born
The must-have
Play-Doh
You Share a Birthday With
- Hillary Clinton (1947)
- François Mitterrand (1916)
- Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919)
- Georges Danton (1759)
- Bob Hoskins (1942)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
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
26,156 days ago
(71 years, 241 days)