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Friday, September 5, 1958
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The Headlines
U. S. DECIDES TO USE FORCE IF REDS INVADE QUEMOY; DULLES SEES EISENHOWER; PEIPING IS WARNED LeMay Begins Flight to Far East -- Stops Include Taiwan U. S. TO USE FORCE TO SAVE QUEMOY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)
Unknown Artist
#1 at the box office
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The must-have
Hula Hoop
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis XIV (1638)
- Freddie Mercury (1946)
- Caspar David Friedrich (1774)
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888)
- Michael Keaton (1951)
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
24,745 days ago
(67 years, 290 days)