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Friday, April 27, 1956
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The Headlines
DEMOCRATS DROP PLAN TO PROVIDE DIRECT FARM AID; Bow to Mounting Opposition --Compromise Bill to Be Offered in House Today Fight Will Continue DEMOCRATS DROP DIRECT FARM AID Contention Is Disputed Other Provisions in Bill
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Swan
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Ulysses S. Grant (1822)
- Mary Wollstonecraft (1759)
- Herbert Spencer (1820)
- Samuel Morse (1791)
- Sergei Prokofiev (1891)
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
25,607 days ago
(70 years, 57 days)