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Wednesday, April 27, 1955
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The Headlines
SOVIET WILL JOIN PARLEY OF ENVOYS ON AUSTRIAN PACT; Agrees to Confer in Vienna Monday -- U.S. Now Looks for Treaty Next Month SOVIET WILL JOIN IN TALK BY ENVOYS
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Blackboard Jungle
The must-have
Gumby
You Share a Birthday With
- Ulysses S. Grant (1822)
- Mary Wollstonecraft (1759)
- Herbert Spencer (1820)
- Samuel Morse (1791)
- Sergei Prokofiev (1891)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
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)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
25,972 days ago
(71 years, 57 days)