Wednesday, February 16, 1955

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The Headlines

U. S. H-BOMB TEST PUT LETHAL ZONE AT 7,000 SQ. MILES; Area Nearly Size of Jersey Covered by Atom Fall-Out After Bikini Explosion CIVILIAN PERIL STRESSED Strauss Warns That Human Survival Might Depend on Prompt Protective Steps H-Bomb Tests Put Lethal Zone At 7,000 Square Miles in Pacific

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Gumby

You Share a Birthday With

• Octave Mirbeau (1848)
• Kim Jong Il (1941)
• Ernst Haeckel (1834)
• Philip Melanchthon (1497)
• Francis Galton (1822)

Slang

Tech Check

TV Remote Control, Microwave Oven (Home Use) & Hovercraft.

Style of 1955

Silhouette: Rebellious and relaxed

Material: Denim and leather

• Greaser jackets
• Rolled jeans
• Converse

Cost of Living (1950)