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Thursday, January 12, 1956

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The Headlines

GEROSA TAX PLAN PERILS STATE AID SOUGHT BY MAYOR; Controller Says He Can Add $15,000,000 Sales Levies if Staff Is Increased WOULD END CAR STAMPS Wagner Wants to Drop Them Too, but Only in 'Trade' for Added Albany Funds $1,700,000 Net Rise FISCAL STRATEGY OF MAYOR UPSET

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The must-have

Yahtzee

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

blastflickkiboshshades

Greaser

cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad

Beatnik

cooldigfar outhipsquare

Catchphrases of 1956

  • Don't be cruel

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

25,712 days ago

(70 years, 162 days)