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Monday, February 23, 1959
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The Headlines
Food Trade Waits Impact Of U. S. Law on Additives; FOOD TRADE WAITS NEW LAW'S EFFECT
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Sleeping Beauty
The must-have
Barbie Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- George Frideric Handel (1685)
- Viktor Yushchenko (1954)
- Karl Jaspers (1883)
- Kazimir Malevich (1878)
- Pope Paul II (1417)
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
24,574 days ago
(67 years, 119 days)