Saturday, June 11, 1955

From the day

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The Headlines

PRESIDENT TALKS TODAY; To Deliver Speech on Atom Plan at Penn State Graduation

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Gumby

On This Day

• Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least one hundred are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Yasunari Kawabata (1899)
• Gene Wilder (1933)
• Jacques Cousteau (1910)
• Richard Strauss (1864)
• Ben Jonson (1572)

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)