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Friday, August 30, 1957
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The Headlines
F.P.C. Balks at Full Permit For Niagara Power Project; New Delay Threatens as Hearing Is Set on Protests Against State's Plans-- Moses Rejects Conditional License NIAGARA PROJECT FACES NEW DELAY
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Pajama Game
The must-have
Frisbee
You Share a Birthday With
- Ernest Rutherford (1871)
- Alexander Lukashenko (1954)
- Warren Buffett (1930)
- Mary Shelley (1797)
- Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852)
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
25,117 days ago
(68 years, 297 days)