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Wednesday, December 22, 1954
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The Headlines
POLICE RADIO CARS AND RADAR TAKING MOTORCYCLE ROLE; Use of Newest Device in Drive Against Speeders Starting Here Early Next Year AUTOS TO WORK IN PAIRS Detecting Machines Will Cost $1,200 Each -- Cycles to Be Cut From 336 to 150 POLICE WILL TEAM RADAR-RADIO CARS
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
White Christmas †
The must-have
Play-Doh
You Share a Birthday With
- Giacomo Puccini (1858)
- Jean Racine (1639)
- Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887)
- Diocletian (244)
- Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876)
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
26,098 days ago
(71 years, 183 days)