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Saturday, January 24, 1959
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The Headlines
RUSSIA TO RENEW TALKS WITH FINNS ON TRADE ACCORD; Resumption of Negotiations, Ending Rift, to Aim for New Long-Term Pact LEADERS CONFER AGAIN Khrushchev and Kekkonen Are Cordial at Luncheon -- Moscow to Send Envoy Russians to Renew Talks With Finland On a Trade Accord
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Some Came Running
The must-have
Barbie Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- Frederick the Great (1712)
- Moon Jae-in (1953)
- Joachim Gauck (1940)
- Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais (1732)
- E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
Tech Check
Xerox 914 Copier, Microchip (Planar) & Pacemaker.
Cost of Living (1950)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
24,605 days ago
(67 years, 150 days)