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Friday, May 9, 1958
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The Headlines
Conferees Increase 2d Class Mail Rate; Conferees Agree on Increases For Second Class Postal Rates
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
All I Have to Do Is Dream
The Everly Brothers
#1 at the box office
South Pacific
The must-have
Hula Hoop
You Share a Birthday With
- J. M. Barrie (1860)
- Howard Carter (1874)
- José Ortega y Gasset (1883)
- Glenda Jackson (1936)
- Sophie Scholl (1921)
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
24,864 days ago
(68 years, 44 days)