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Wednesday, December 5, 1956
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The Headlines
U.S. TO PROSECUTE CLINTON BALKERS OF SCHOOL DECREE; Brownell Says F. B. I. Sifts Obstruction to Integration at Town in Tennessee CLASSROOMS ARE SHUT Cleric Beaten Aiding Negroes --Segregationist-Backed Aspirants Lose at Polls Clinton School Closed U.S. TO PROSECUTE CLINTON BALKERS Bars U.S. Intervention
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
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The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Walt Disney (1901)
- Martin Van Buren (1782)
- Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927)
- Werner Heisenberg (1901)
- Józef Piłsudski (1867)
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
25,385 days ago
(69 years, 200 days)