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Saturday, January 7, 1956
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT WHIPS FARM AID PLANS INTO FINAL DRAFT; Higher Income and Reduced Acreage to Cut Surpluses Are Reported Features MESSAGE SET MONDAY Vacation Ending Tomorrow 'Has Done World of Good,' Physician Declares Protests in Farm Belt PRESIDENT DRAFTS FARM RELIEF PLAN Baseball Teams Heckled
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Guys and Dolls †
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Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Millard Fillmore (1800)
- Pope Gregory XIII (1502)
- Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858)
- Joseph Bonaparte (1768)
- Bernadette Soubirous (1844)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
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Tech Check
Hard Disk Drive (IBM 305), Videotape & Transatlantic Telephone Cable.
Cost of Living (1950)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
25,718 days ago
(70 years, 168 days)