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Monday, November 10, 1958

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The Headlines

JUDICIAL COUNCIL FOR CENTRALIZING COURTS IN STATE; Proposes Two Tribunals to Replace Those in City and New Pattern Elsewhere Centralizing of Courts in State Is Proposed by Judicial Council

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

It's All in the Game

Tommy Edwards

The must-have

Hula Hoop

On This Day

  • The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.

    Wikipedia →

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

blastflickkiboshshades

Greaser

cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad

Beatnik

cooldigfar outhipsquare

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

24,680 days ago

(67 years, 225 days)