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Saturday, August 4, 1956
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT NAMES SURGEON GENERAL; Appoints Dr. Burney, Career Aide, to Dr. Scheele's Post
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The King and I
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis Armstrong (1901)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792)
- Knut Hamsun (1859)
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)
- William Rowan Hamilton (1805)
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
25,508 days ago
(69 years, 323 days)