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Thursday, March 27, 1958

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The Headlines

EISENHOWER SEES BOTTOM OF SLUMP ALREADY AT HAND; Asks Authority to Expedite 840 Million in Spending -- Machine Tooling Rises EISENHOWER SEES SLUMP AT BOTTOM

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Tequila

The Champs

#1 at the box office

The Bridge on the River Kwai earned nearly $600,000 from the cities sampled.

The must-have

Hula Hoop

On This Day

  • Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

blastflickkiboshshades

Greaser

cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad

Beatnik

cooldigfar outhipsquare

Catchphrases of 1958

  • It's a bird! It's a plane!

Tech Check

Integrated Circuit (Microchip), Stereo Records & Modem.

Cost of Living (1950)

Loaf of Bread

$0.14

Gallon of Gas

$0.27

Average Home

$7,354

New Car

$1,510

Time Elapsed

24,907 days ago

(68 years, 87 days)