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Saturday, February 11, 1956
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The Headlines
Mississippi Parley On Religion Periled By Ban on Minister; Religious Parley in Mississippi Is Imperiled by Ban on Minister Two Professors Resign 'Shock' Is Expressed Won $32,000 on TV Program
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Benny Goodman Story
The must-have
Yahtzee
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
25,682 days ago
(70 years, 132 days)