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Thursday, December 6, 1956
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The Headlines
HUNGARY BARS BID BY HAMMARSK JOLD TO VISIT ON DEC.16; Budapest Radio Terms Date 'Unsuitable,' but Suggests No Alternative Time LODGE CHARGES AFFRONT Announcement in Broadcast, Instead of Note, Is Called Insult to U.N. Secretary Hungary's Offer Recalled Delegate Is Checking HUNGARY REJECTS U.N. VISIT DEC.16 Unrest Seen as Factor
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Giant
The must-have
Yahtzee
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
25,383 days ago
(69 years, 198 days)