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Monday, August 26, 1957
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The Headlines
12 Scientists See Danger To Northeast in Fall-Out; Report to A.E.C. Says Nuclear Blasts, if Continued, Would Bring a Rise in Strontium 90 in Young Persons SCIENTISTS WARN OF FALL-OUT PERIL Safe Maximum Defined
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
- Mother Teresa (1910)
- Antoine Lavoisier (1743)
- Guillaume Apollinaire (1880)
- Julio Cortázar (1914)
- Robert Walpole (1676)
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
25,120 days ago
(68 years, 300 days)