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Sunday, February 12, 1956
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The Headlines
HIGH PROP SCORED BY FARM BUREAU; Federation Backs President on Senate Bill--Calls for Compulsory Soil Bank HIGH PROP SCORED BY FARM BUREAU Ellender Denies Charge Iowa G.O.P. Asks Hog Aid Kefauver to Aid Hog Sales
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Benny Goodman Story
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You Share a Birthday With
- Abraham Lincoln (1809)
- Charles Darwin (1809)
- Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768)
- Anna Pavlova (1881)
- Julian Schwinger (1918)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Greaser
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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
25,681 days ago
(70 years, 131 days)