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Monday, December 20, 1954
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The Headlines
EFFORTS PRESSED TO END SAAR RIFT; Ministers Conferring in Paris Hold Last-Minute Talks -European Parley Ends EFFORTS PRESSED TO END SAAR RIFT
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
White Christmas †
The must-have
Play-Doh
You Share a Birthday With
- Kim Young-sam (1927)
- Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890)
- John III of Sweden (1537)
- Ferdinand Buisson (1841)
- Irene Dunne (1898)
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
26,100 days ago
(71 years, 185 days)