News & Economy
President: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Vice President: Richard M. Nixon
Population: 160,184,192
Life expectancy: 68.8 years
Cost of a new home: $17,400.00
Cost of a new car: $1,850.00
Median Household Income: $4,011.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.03
Cost of a gallon of gas: $0.22
 Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.72
Cost of a gallon of milk: $0.94
News Headlines
Nikita Khrushchev wins power struggle in Soviet Union after the death of Josef Stalin
Convicted spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed
Korean armistice signed
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare (now Health and Human Services) created
Soviet Union detonates its first hydrogen bomb
President Eisenhower ends all wage, salary and price controls
U.S. Air Force test pilot Chuck Yeager sets speed record in X-1 rocket plane
Alfred Kinsey publishes Sexual Behavior in the Human Female
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Music
Billboard Top 20
1. Song From Moulin Rouge, Percy Faith
2. You, You, You, Ames Brothers
3. Doggie In The Window, Patti Page
4. I'm Walking Behind You, Eddie Fisher
5. Vaya Con Dios, Les Paul & Mary Ford
6. Till I Waltz Again With You, Teresa Brewer
7. Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes, Perry Como
8. No Other Love, Perry Como
9. April In Portugal, Les Baxter
10. I Believe, Frankie Laine
11. Oh, Pee Wee Hunt
12. Ebb Tide, Frank Chacksfield
13. Pretend, Nat King Cole
14. Ruby, Richard Hayman
15. St. George And The Dragonet, Stan Freberg
16. Anna, Silvano Mangano
17. Tell Me You're Mine, Gaylords
18. Eh Cumpari, Julius La Rosa
19. Rags To Riches, Tony Bennett
20. P.S.: I Love You, Hilltoppers
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Movies
Top 5 Movie Money Makers
1. From Here to Eternity
2. How to Marry a Millionaire
3. Peter Pan (Disney)
4. The Robe
5. Shane
Academy Awards
Best Actor: William Holden, Stalag 17
Best Actress: Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday
Best Director: Fred Zinnemann, From Here To Eternity
Best Picture: From Here To Eternity
Best Supporting Actor: Frank Sinatra, From Here To Eternity
Best Supporting Actress: Donna Reed, From Here To Eternity
Television
Americas Top 10 TV Favorites
1. I Love Lucy (CBS)
2. Dragnet (NBC)
3. Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (CBS)
4. You Bet Your Life (NBC)
5. The Milton Berle Show (NBC)
6. Arthur Godfrey and his Friends (CBS)
7. Ford Theatre (NBC)
8. The Jackie Gleason Show ((CBS)
9. Fireside Theatre (NBC)
10. The Colgate Comedy hour (NBC)
Emmy Awards
Best Drama - U.S. Steel Hour (ABC)
Best Actor - Donald O'Connor, Colgate Comedy Hour
Best Actress - Eve Arden, Our Miss Brooks
Best Comedy -I Love Lucy (CBS)
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Time Capsule: 1953
