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Wednesday, December 25, 1957
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The Headlines
L.I.R.R. RUNS AGAIN; HALT IN RUSH HOUR CAPS DAY'S STRIKE; 2-Hour Shutdown Follows Earlier Cuts in Service-- Holiday Work Is Issue COMMUTERS STRANDED Complete Stoppage Begins at 5:17 P.M.--Grievances Are Later Settled Two Crews Arrive Many Caught in Transit RUNS CURTAILED THROUGHOUT DAY Trainmen Report In Sick in Dispute Over Schedules-- Issues Settled Later Holiday Mood Ebbs
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Sad Sack
The must-have
Frisbee
You Share a Birthday With
- Isaac Newton (1642)
- Anwar Sadat (1918)
- Humphrey Bogart (1899)
- Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876)
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924)
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
24,999 days ago
(68 years, 179 days)