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Saturday, August 18, 1956
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The Headlines
FINISH DRAMATIC; Bay Stater Nearly In When Stampede to Rival Is Set Off States Switch Votes Kefauver Is Nominated for Vice President, Defeating Kennedy on the Second Ballot TENNESSEAN WINS AFTER CLOSE RACE Gore's Withdrawal Starts Stampede and States Hasten to Switch STRUGGLE IS DRAMATIC Senator From Massachusetts Ahead After Second Tally --Acclamation Voted Fears Borne Out Coalition's Hopes Rose
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
High Society
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
25,493 days ago
(69 years, 308 days)