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Thursday, November 13, 1958
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The Headlines
TV OFFICIAL SAYS $50,000 WAS ASKED TO WIN F. C. C. VOTE; Pittsburgh Lawyer Testifies an Unknown Caller Sought Bribe for McConnaughey CONCERN WON CHANNEL Television Station Merged With Rival to Get Award, House Inquiry Hears TV OFFICIAL TELLS OF BRIBE THREAT
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Tom Dooley
The Kingston Trio
#1 at the box office
The Last Hurrah
The must-have
Hula Hoop
You Share a Birthday With
- Augustine of Hippo (354)
- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850)
- Whoopi Goldberg (1955)
- Andrés Manuel López Obrador (1953)
- Edward III (1312)
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
24,677 days ago
(67 years, 222 days)