Wednesday, May 25, 1955

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The Headlines

POLIO SHOTS DRAG IN CITY CAMPAIGN; Rate Is 69.3% After 4 Days, the Halfway Mark for First Group -- 85% Expected POLIO SHOTS DRAG IN CITY CAMPAIGN

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Gumby

On This Day

• First ascent of Mount Kangchenjunga: On the British Kangchenjunga expedition led by Charles Evans, Joe Brown and George Band reach the summit of the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 meters); Norman Hardie and Tony Streather join them the following day.

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• In the United States, a night-time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas as part of a larger outbreak across the Great Plains, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803)
• Pieter Zeeman (1865)
• Ian McKellen (1939)
• Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803)
• Igor Sikorsky (1889)

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)