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Saturday, February 16, 1957
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The Headlines
PIER UNION CLASH PUTS OFF CHANCES OF QUICK ACCORD; Dissidents Are Overruled at Caucus and Strikers Will 'Re-evaluate' Offer Today EMPLOYERS TO STAND BY Tug Parleys Are Resuming --Oil Stocks Show First Drop in Several Days Leaders Quit Caucus PIER UNION CLASH BARS QUICK PACT Anastasia for Second Look Mediator Minimizes Blow-Up
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Ten Commandments †
The must-have
Frisbee
You Share a Birthday With
- Octave Mirbeau (1848)
- Kim Jong Il (1941)
- Ernst Haeckel (1834)
- Philip Melanchthon (1497)
- Francis Galton (1822)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
Tech Check
Sputnik Satellite, Fortran Programming Language & Bubble Wrap.
Cost of Living (1950)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
25,311 days ago
(69 years, 126 days)