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Sunday, November 11, 1956

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The Headlines

U.N. Assembly Puts Mideast, Hungary On Regular Agenda; U.N. Puts Mideast and Hungary On Agenda of Its Regular Session The Reply From Hungary Original Draft Changed RESOLUTION ON AGENDA Voting Pattern Persists

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#1 at the box office

Giant

The must-have

Yahtzee

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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Greaser

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Beatnik

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Catchphrases of 1956

  • Don't be cruel

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

25,408 days ago

(69 years, 223 days)