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Monday, September 17, 1956
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The Headlines
WAGNER ORDERS BUDGET PRIORITY FOR NEW SCHOOLS; In Message to City Planning Board He Stresses Dearth of Capital Resources BACKS HIS FISCAL AIDES Mayor Agrees With Beame on Using Added Borrowing Power, but Sets Curbs Views on Added Borrowing Mayor Calls for High Priority On Funds to Construct Schools
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High Society
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Narendra Modi (1950)
- Bernhard Riemann (1826)
- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857)
- Pope Paul V (1550)
- Anne Bancroft (1931)
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
25,463 days ago
(69 years, 278 days)