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Tuesday, April 17, 1956
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The Headlines
DEMOCRATS ANGRY; President Is Assailed Personally--Some in G.O.P. Back Him Natural Gas Veto Recalled CAMPAIGN FIGHT OPENED BY VETO Johnson Is Critical 'A Difference of Opinion'
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916)
- J. P. Morgan (1837)
- William Holden (1918)
- Thornton Wilder (1897)
- Joe Alaskey (1952)
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
25,617 days ago
(70 years, 67 days)