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Tuesday, December 11, 1956
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The Headlines
ONE-WAY TIMES SQ. PRESSED BY WILEY; Official Answers Bus Line's Objection to His Over-All Traffic-Flow Program What the Plan Entails ONE-WAY TIMES SQ. PUSHED BY WILEY Signal Timing Is Vital
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
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The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Naguib Mahfouz (1911)
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918)
- Hector Berlioz (1803)
- Robert Koch (1843)
- Max Born (1882)
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
25,379 days ago
(69 years, 194 days)