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Wednesday, July 11, 1956
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The Headlines
14 POINTS LISTED; President Determined --Calls Foreign Aid an Election Issue Issue in Coming Campaign 'Why Shouldn't I Run?' PRESIDENT SEEKS 14-POINT PROGRAM
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Trapeze
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- John Quincy Adams (1767)
- Giorgio Armani (1934)
- Alexander Prokhorov (1916)
- Robert the Bruce (1274)
- Yul Brynner (1920)
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
25,531 days ago
(69 years, 346 days)