1955

This Was the Year…1955

U.S. President & Vice President
Dwight Eisenhower

The Vice President

Richard Nixon
Time Magazine Person Of The Year
Harlow Herbert Curtice
Cost of Living and food

New House $10,950 Granulated Sugar $ .85 for 10 lbs

Average Income $4,137 Milk $ .92 per gallon

New Car $1,910 Ground Coffee $ .80 per pound

Gallon of Gas $ .23 Bacon $ .58 per pound

Movie Ticket $ .75 Eggs $ .27 per dozen

Popular Movies
Marty (Academy Award)
Rebel Without a Cause
Lady and the Tramp
To Catch a Thief

SPORTS CHAMPIONS Brooklyn Dodgers (baseball)
Cleveland Browns (football)
Bob Sweikert (Indianapolis 500)
Detroit Red Wings (hockey)
University of San Francisco (NCAA basketball)  

NATIONAL AND WORLD NEWS
  Hurricane Diane hit northeastern U.S., killing 200 and causing more then $1 billion in damage.


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Rosa Parks arrest in Montgomery, AL set the American Civil Rights Movement in motion.


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