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Saturday, May 18, 1957
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The Headlines
BECK AIDE PLEADS THE 5TH 71 TIMES; Relative Balks at Questions on $100,000--Teamster Head Faces Ballot Fight McClellan Sees 'Record' BECK AIDE PLEADS THE 5TH 71 TIMES McClellan Backs Move Beck Ouster Sought Beck Called a 'Fool' Speedier Exit Sought
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Around the World in 80 Days
The must-have
Frisbee
You Share a Birthday With
- Pope John Paul II (1920)
- Bertrand Russell (1872)
- Omar Khayyam (1048)
- Nicholas II (1868)
- Walter Gropius (1883)
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
25,220 days ago
(69 years, 35 days)