stumbling along

Monday, March 01, 1954

Top News Headlines

Mar 1 - 4 Puerto Ricans open fire in US House of Representatives injuring 5 Representatives
Mar 1 - Rebellion during visit of President Naguib in Khartoum Sudan, 30 die.
Mar 1 - Ted Williams fractures collarbone in 1st game of spring training after flying 39 combat missions without injury in Korean War.
Mar 1 - US explodes 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll

Top Songs for 1954Make Love to Me by Jo Stafford
Little Things Mean a Lot by Kitty Kallen
Mr. Sandman by Chordettes
Secret Love by Doris Day
Oh! My Papa by Eddie Fisher
Sh-Boom by Crew-Cuts
This Ole House by Rosemary Clooney
Wanted by Perry Como
Hey There by Rosemary Clooney
I Need You Now by Eddie Fisher

US President Dwight D. Eisenhower
US Vice President Richard M. Nixon

1954 Prices Bread: $0.17/loaf
Milk: $0.92/gal
Eggs: $0.77/doz
Car: $1,950
Gas: $0.29/gal

Academy Award WinnersBest Picture: On The Waterfront
Directed By Elia Kazan
Best Actor: Marlon Brando
in On The Waterfront
Best Actress: Grace Kelly
in The Country Girl

The Way Things Were House: $17,500
Stamp: $0.03/ea
Avg Income: $4,684/yr
Min Wage: $0.75/hr
DOW Avg: 404

People Who Share My Birth Date March 11953 - Ron Howard, Duncan OK,
actor/director (American Graffiti, Happy Days/Willow, Backdraft)
1917 - Dinah Shore, Winchester Tenn,
singer (See the USA in a Chevrolet)
1927 - Harry Belafonte, Harlem NYC,
calypso singer (Buck & the Preacher)
1926 - Pete Rozelle NFL
commissioner (1960-89)

The Television shows in 1954Dragnet , U.S. Steel Hour , Make Room for Daddy
Lassie , The Burns and Allen Show , Omnibus
Jackie Gleason Show , This Is Your Life , The Ed Sullivan Show ,
I Love Lucy .

The Latest New Toys in 1954Robert the Robot
Whee-Lo

The Best Books in 1954Ideas and Opinions by Albert Einstein
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Science and Civilization in China by Joseph Needham
Under the Net by Iris Murdoch
…And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold