Tuesday, November 22, 1955

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The Headlines

$100,180,887 CUTS IN CAPITAL OUTLAY SOUGHT BY BEAME; Budget Director Would Give 29 Bureaus Less, 8 More Than Plan Body Asked VOTE RESULT A FACTOR But $82,464,875 Loss From Defeat of Amendment 5 Is More Than Offset BEAME ASKS CUTS IN CAPITAL BUDGET

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Gumby

On This Day

• The Soviet Union launches RDS-37, a 1.6 megaton two stage hydrogen bomb designed by Andrei Sakharov. The bomb was dropped over Semipalatinsk.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Charles de Gaulle (1890)
• André Gide (1869)
• George Eliot (1819)
• Paolo Gentiloni (1954)
• Terry Gilliam (1940)

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)