Thursday, December 1, 1955

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The Headlines

EDUCATORS STRESS CRISIS IN BUILDING; White House Parley Reports Only 2 or 3 States Can Meet Needs for 5 Years

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The must-have

Gumby

On This Day

• American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to that city's bus boycott.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Pablo Escobar (1949)
• Georgy Zhukov (1896)
• Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792)
• Sebastián Piñera (1949)
• Hasan ibn Ali (624)

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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)