Sunday, August 28, 1955

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The Headlines

FLOODED PLANTS ON PRIORITY LIST; U. S. Arranges for Aid to Defense Facilities First U. S. FLOOD HELP NOT A CURE-ALL

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Gumby

On This Day

• Black teenager Emmett Till is lynched in Mississippi for whistling at a white woman, galvanizing the nascent civil rights movement.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749)
• Paul Martin (1938)
• Jack Kirby (1917)
• Godfrey Hounsfield (1919)
• C. Wright Mills (1916)

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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)