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Thursday, October 23, 1958

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The Headlines

31 DIE AS FIGHTER HITS BRITISH PLANE; Italian Jet Smashes Viscount on Clear Day Near Rome -- Pilot Parachutes Safely Ruins of British Plane After Collision in Italy 31 DIE AS FIGHTER STRIKES AIRLINER

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

It's All in the Game

Tommy Edwards

#1 at the box office

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

The must-have

Hula Hoop

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

blastflickkiboshshades

Greaser

cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad

Beatnik

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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

24,697 days ago

(67 years, 242 days)