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Thursday, March 8, 1956
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The Headlines
EISENHOWER HINTS HE WOULD RESIGN IF INCAPACITATED; Also Asserts He Will Not Be Available' for 2d Term in Event Health Fails AVOIDS PLEDGE TO NIXON Counsels Him to Chart Own Course--Vice President is Silent on Running Again By W.H. LAWRENCE Special to The New York Times. 'I Wouldn't Be Available' EISENHOWER GIVES A HEALTH PLEDGE No Criticism of Nixon
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Picnic
The must-have
Yahtzee
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
25,656 days ago
(70 years, 106 days)