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Friday, December 7, 1956
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The Headlines
HUNGARIAN REDS CLASH WITH FOES IN STREET FIGHT; Two Marchers Are Killed as Rival Throngs Battle for Flag in Budapest One Crowd Persists An 'Hour of Silence' HUNGARIAN REDS CLASH WITH FOES
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Giant
The must-have
Yahtzee
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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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
25,382 days ago
(69 years, 197 days)