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    • Nov 4, 1952
    Dwight Eisenhower defeats Adlai Stevenson for president while singer/songwriter Stuart Hamblen, running on the Prohibition ticket, finishes fourth. Because of Stevenson's loss, Ernest Tubb loses $200 in a bet with Eddy Arnold
    Nov 17, 1952
    Elvis Presley's family receives an eviction notice from the Lauderdale Courts in Memphis. The family income is over $4,000, and the Housing Authority limits tenants to an annual income of $2,500
    Nov 18, 1952
    Faron Young is inducted into the Army, at $87.50 monthly. During his two-year stint, he performs on 200 radio stations weekly with Special Services
    Nov 20, 1952
    Gene Autry buys Los Angeles radio station KMPC for a reported $800,000
    Jul 1, 1953
    Less than a month after high school graduation, Elvis Presley is referred to M.B. Parker Machinists' Shop in Memphis, where he takes a one-month job for $33-a-week
    Oct 15, 1953
    Jimmy Boyd is hit with a $30,000 lawsuit in Los Angeles. The suit claims the "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" singer and two classmates assaulted a 13-year-old girl in Griffith Park Sepember 24
    Jan 21, 1954
    Bill Monroe buys his second farm, a 288-acre property in Sumner County, Tennessee, with a $10 down payment for the $15,660 purchase. He will share the home with bass player Bessie Lee Mauldin while his wife Carolyn remains on his other farm
    Mar 6, 1954
    Elvis Presley files his first income tax return, listing total income of $916.33 in 1953. He receives a $5.10 refund
    Apr 20, 1954
    Elvis Presley finds employment with Crown Electric in Memphis, driving a truck for a $1 hourly wage
    Aug 2, 1954
    Three masked robbers steal $3,500 at gunpoint at Dunbar Cave, a resort owned by Roy Acuff near Clarksville, Tennessee



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