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Wednesday, August 6, 1958
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The Headlines
SENATORS BALKED IN EFFORT TO LINK HOFFA TO PAY-OFF; Witnesses Cite $17,500 Fund to Avert Strike but Recant on Union Chief's Role SENATORS BALKED AT HOFFA INQUIRY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Poor Little Fool
Unknown Artist
#1 at the box office
Indiscreet
The must-have
Hula Hoop
On This Day
Law of Permanent Defense of Democracy, outlawing the Communist Party of Chile and banning 26,650 persons from the electoral lists, is repealed in Chile.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Andy Warhol (1928)
- Alexander Fleming (1881)
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809)
- Lucille Ball (1911)
- Robert Mitchum (1917)
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
24,775 days ago
(67 years, 320 days)