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Saturday, May 19, 1956
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The Headlines
SCHOOL PAY RISES LISTED BY BOARD; $21,000,000 Formula Slated to Be Adopted Tuesday-- Boycott Will Continue Mayor Limited Rises BOARD APPROVES SCHOOL PAY RISE Morale 15 Cited
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881)
- Ho Chi Minh (1890)
- Malcolm X (1925)
- Pol Pot (1925)
- Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762)
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
25,584 days ago
(70 years, 34 days)