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Sunday, February 5, 1956
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The Headlines
CITY COURTS PLAN SESSIONS AT NIGHT IN TRAFFIC CASES; Starting March 1, Judges Will Accept Pleas and Set Trial Dates, Mayor Discloses ACCIDENT RISE 'HALTED' Kennedy Reports a Reversal of 10-Year Trend--Police Drive to Be Continued Mayor Disregards Protests TRAFFIC COURTS TO MEET AT NIGHT Vetrano Explains Plan
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Benny Goodman Story
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Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Charlotte Rampling (1946)
- William S. Burroughs (1914)
- Robert Peel (1788)
- Robert Hofstadter (1915)
- Adlai Stevenson II (1900)
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
25,688 days ago
(70 years, 138 days)