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Sunday, October 7, 1956
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT SCORES FOE'S 'LOOSE TALK' OF HALTING DRAFT; Reply to Stevenson Brands Suggestion as 'Hurtful' to U.S. Throughout World CITES EFFECT ON ALLIES Says Nation Must Maintain Defenses Because Threat of Communists Remains Follows H-Bomb Statement Warns of Red Smiles PRESIDENT SCORES' HALT-DRAFT TALK
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War and Peace
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You Share a Birthday With
- Vladimir Putin (1952)
- Niels Bohr (1885)
- Heinrich Himmler (1900)
- Desmond Tutu (1931)
- Henry A. Wallace (1888)
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
25,443 days ago
(69 years, 258 days)