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Friday, December 11, 1959
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The Headlines
Architects Back Zoning Change Giving the City More Open Space; ARCHITECTS BACK NEW ZONING CODE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Pillow Talk
The must-have
Barbie Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- Naguib Mahfouz (1911)
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918)
- Hector Berlioz (1803)
- Robert Koch (1843)
- Max Born (1882)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
Tech Check
Xerox 914 Copier, Microchip (Planar) & Pacemaker.
Cost of Living (1950)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
24,284 days ago
(66 years, 194 days)