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Saturday, July 7, 1956
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The Headlines
Finn Ronne to Command A U.S. Base in Antarctic; Navy Explorer Is Named to Find Site and Set-Up a Weddell Sea Post Ronne Gets New Antarctic Task To Set Up Weddell Sea Outpost
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Trapeze
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
25,535 days ago
(69 years, 350 days)