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Friday, August 31, 1956
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The Headlines
CITY SNUBS MOSES, VOTING $150,000 FOR ZONING STUDY; Board of Estimate Approves Project Assailed by Park Head as Waste of Money Moses Assails Project CITY ZONING STUDY TO COST $150,000
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
High Society
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Tsai Ing-wen (1956)
- Maria Montessori (1870)
- Théophile Gautier (1811)
- Richard Gere (1949)
- Hermann von Helmholtz (1821)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
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
25,481 days ago
(69 years, 296 days)