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Wednesday, February 29, 1956
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The Headlines
JAIL FOR BRADLEY ASKED BY REFEREE; Rifkind Also Urges a Fine of $1,000 for Contempt in Last Fall's Dock Strike JAIL FOR BRADLEY ASKED BY REFEREE Next Move Up to Litigants Union Appeal Is Expected
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Picnic
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Gioachino Rossini (1792)
- Pope Paul III (1468)
- Bartholomew I of Constantinople (1940)
- Morarji Desai (1896)
- Herman Hollerith (1860)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
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
25,665 days ago
(70 years, 115 days)