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Sunday, April 27, 1958
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The Headlines
BUILD-UP REVIVES IN GAS INDUSTRY; Pipeline Companies Decide Not to Wait for Favorable Rate Ruling After All 80% RESUME PROJECTS Some Delay Is Indicated -An Assist to Economy Forecast This Year BUILD-UP REVIVES IN GAS INDUSTRY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Witch Doctor
David Seville
#1 at the box office
The Bridge on the River Kwai †
The must-have
Hula Hoop
You Share a Birthday With
- Ulysses S. Grant (1822)
- Mary Wollstonecraft (1759)
- Herbert Spencer (1820)
- Samuel Morse (1791)
- Sergei Prokofiev (1891)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
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
24,876 days ago
(68 years, 56 days)