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Week of May 26th

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POPULAR TV PROGRAMS

I Love Lucy

The Ed Sullivan Show

General Electric Theater

The $64,000 Question

December Bride

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

I’ve Got a Secret

Gunsmoke

The Perry Como Show

The Jack Benny Show

POPULAR FILMS

The Ten Commandments

Around the World in 80 Days

Giant

Seven Wonders of the World

The King and I

Trapeze

War and Peace

High Society

Introduced in 1956

Oldsobile Golden Bullet

The gold-colored two-passenger Oldsmobile Golden Rocket debuted at the 1956 General Motors Motorama . It’s body was made entirely of fiberglass boasted a few very futuristic features—there were bullet bumpers, fins, a fastback split-window design, later used on the1963 Corvette Stingray. It was one of the first vehicles with a tilt steering wheel; opening a door, raised a roof panel, the seat came up three inches and swiveled making entry and exit easy; and don’t forget the dotted line whitewall tires. It was powered with a 234 CID, 275 horsepower Rocket V8 engine and weighed 2,500 pounds.

Where is this car? It has been said that the car was located somewhere in New Jersey. However, the rumor remains unconfirmed.

Elvis Presley First Hit "Heartbreak Hotel”, Grace Kelly Married Prince Rainier, IBM invented the first hard disk, 31-year old Rocky Marciano retires as the only undefeated Heavyweight Champion of the world with a perfect record. having won all 49 of his professional career match-ups.

Cost of Living 1956

Yearly inflation rate in U.S. 1.49%

House: $9,550

Average income: $4,454

Ford car: $1748-$3151

Milk: $.97

Gas: $.23

Postage stamp: $.03

Eggs, doz.: $.45

Billboard Top 100
1956 Year-End Chart

Elvis Presley Heartbreak Hotel

Elvis Presley Don’t Be Cruel

Nelson Riddle Lisbon Antigua