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Deering High School Class of 1956 |
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Remember When |
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Go Rams !!! |
Be Loyal to the Purple, Be Loyal to the White | Go Rams !!! |
| ...Turn Back the Clock to 1956... | |
| LIFE EXPECTANCY - 69.6 Years | |
| President | Dwight Eisenhower |
| Vice President | Richard Nixon |
| Speaker of the House | Sam T. Rayburn |
| Pulitzer Prize Winner | Andersonville by MacKinlay Kantor |
| Miss America | Sharon Ritchey (Denver CO) |
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1956 COST OF LIVING |
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| Income - Annual Average | $ 4,454 |
| New Car | $ 2,050 |
| New Home - Average | $ 11,725 |
| Rent - Average | $ 1,056 Annual |
| Tuition - Harvard University | $ 800 Annual |
| US Postage Stamp | $ .03 Each |
| Movie Ticket | $ .75 Each |
| Gasoline | $ .22 Gallon |
| Eggs | $ .27 Dozen |
| Bacon | $ .58 Pound |
| Food - Sugar | $ .085 Pound |
| Coffee - Ground | $ .85 Pound |
| Milk w/Vitamin D | $ .97 Gallon |
| Bread - Fresh Baked | $ .18 Loaf |
| Hamburger - Fresh Ground | $ .56 Pound |
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1956 SPORTS NEWS |
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Professional Boxer Rocky Marciano Retired Undefeated |
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| Indianapolis 500 Winner | Pat Flaherty - 124.490 MPH |
| World Series Champions | New York Yankees |
| Pro Football Champions | New York Giants |
| Stanley Cup Winner | Montreal Canadians |
| U.S. Open Golf Winner | Cary Middelecoff |
| College Football Champions | Oklahoma |
| NCAA Basketball Champions | San Francisco |
| Heisman Trophy Winner | Paul Hornung - Notre Dame |
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1956 NATIONAL NEWS |
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| Supreme Court ruling outlaws racial segregation in intrastate public transportation | |
| Dwight Eisenhower is re-elected President, defeating Democrat Adlai Stevenson | |
| Martin Luther King organizes a boycott of Montgomery Alabama public busses | |
| In Boston, the Brinks robbery gang is brought to justice | |
| The Federal Interstate Highway System act signed | |
| Congress authorizes private atomic energy plants | |
| Thomas Watson, founder of IBM, passes away | |
| "As the World Turns" debuts on CBS | |
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1956 WORLD NEWS |
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| Hungarian up-rising quelled by Soviets | |
| Fidel Castro lands on the Eastern coast of Cuba - | |
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launching a revolution against the Batista regime |
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| British, French, and Israeli troops move on Suez Canal | |
| Prince Rainier of Monoca marries film actress Grace Kelly | |
| - - - John Lennon & Paul McCartney meet for the first time - - - | |
| Lennon's rock group The Quarrymen perform at a church dinner | |
| Morocco North Africa wins its independence from French colonial rule | |
| 1956 TELEVISION FAVORITES | |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents (CBS) | |
| I've Got A Secret (CBS) | |
| Gunsmoke (CBS) | |
| 1956 MOVIE FAVORITES | |
| The King and I | |
| Forbidden Planet | |
| The Ten Commandments | |
| The Man Who Knew Too Much | |
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers | |
| Around the World in Eighty Days - Academy Award | |
| 1956 MUSIC FAVORITES | |
| Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" Single | |
| Goes to #1 and stays there for a Record 11 weeks! | |
| Hound Dog | Elvis Presley |
| Don't Be Cruel | Elvis Presley |
| The Green Door | Jim Lowe |
| Love Me Tender | Elvis Presley |
| Rock and Roll Waltz | Kay Starr |
| The Great Pretender | The Platters |
| I Almost Lost My Mind | Pat Boone |
| Memories Are Made of This | Dean Martin |
| Hot Diggity (Dog Diggity Boom) | Perry Como |
| 1956 BIRTH NOTICES | |
| Bo Derek - Actress | |
| Andy Garcia - Actor | |
| Sinbad - Entertainer | |
| Carrie fisher - Actress | |
| Kenny G. - Saxophonist | |
| "Sugar" Ray Leonard - Boxer | |
| Joe Montana - NFL Quarter Back | |
| Mel Gibson - Actor/Producer/Director | |
| Richness of Life | |
| Resides within Memories We Have Forgotten | |
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