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Monday, July 8, 1957
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The Headlines
SENATE TO DEBATE RIGHTS BILL TODAY; FACES FILIBUSTER; Floor Deadlock That Might Last Two Months or More Regarded as Prospect SOUTH BARS ANY TRUCE Backers of Measure Talk of Move for Closure, but Doubt They Have Votes
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
- Jean de La Fontaine (1621)
- John D. Rockefeller (1839)
- Pyotr Kapitsa (1894)
- Igor Tamm (1895)
- Nelson Rockefeller (1908)
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
25,169 days ago
(68 years, 349 days)