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Flashback to the 50's !
This is where we take a trip down memory lane.

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Visit the below website for some great nostalgia !!
You may want to watch it twice; once to catch all of the pictures plus
listening to the Statler Brothers and once for the Burma Shave signs.

Click here:

http://www.oldfortyfives.com/DYRT.htlm

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Below is a website that gives us a fun tour, through the use of a flashback movie with a super soundtrack, to "What We Drove in the 50's and 60's".

Click here:

http://thefiftiesandsixties.com/CarsWeDrove.htm
Here's a clever video that reviews memories of the fifties. Just sit back, relax, it runs itself. Turn on the sound.

Click here:

http://oldfortyfives.com/TakeMeBackToTheFifties.htm
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Here is a great glimpse of some of our favorite TV programs back in the 1950's when TV was in black and white !


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Here is a website where you can listen to all kinds of favorite songs of the 50's and much more!

Click here:

http://www.peteyandpetunia.com/Jukebox/Jukebox.htm

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Here is a website that has some interesting information about what was happening in the 1950's that should bring back some memories for you:

Click here:

 http://www.pocanticohills.org/century/1950s/1950.htm
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1958 News
1958 World News
France approves the creation of a new government, the Fifth Republic; voters name Charles de Gaulle the new President.

Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the U.S.S.R.

Prince Charles, son of Elizabeth II and future husband of Diana, becomes the Prince of Wales.

President Eisenhower sends troops to Lebanon.

Venezuela imposes restrictions on U.S. oil companies.

Yemen announces it will join the United Arab Republic.

Rioters attack U.S. Vice-President Nixon in Venezuela.
1958 National News
The United States launches its first satellite.

In March, unemployment in the U.S. reaches  highest mark since 1941.

Pizza Hut opens in Kansas City, MO.

Credit cards get a boost; American Express debuts, as does BankAmericard, the forerunner of Visa.

Elvis Presley is inducted into the Army.

Governor Faubus shuts down Little Rock schools.

The National Advisory Council on Aeronautics is renamed NASA.

The Air Force Academy opens.
1958 Sports News
World Series Champions - New York Yankees

U. S. Open Golf - Tommy Bolt

Indianapolis 500 Winner - Jimmy Bryan / 133.791 MPH

Stanley Cup Winner - Montreal Canadians

NCAA Basketball Champion - Kentucky

College Football Champions - LSU & Iowa

Heisman Trophy Winner - Pete Dawkins from Army

1958 Cost of Living
New House - $11,975;          Average Income - $4,650 per year

New Car - $2,155;                 Average Rent - $95 per month

Tuition to Harvard University - $1,250 per year; 

Movie Ticket - $1 each;         Gasoline - 24 cents per gallon

United States Postage Stamp - 4 cents each
Food

Granulated Sugar - 89 cents for 10 pounds;

Vitamin D milk - $1.01 per gallon;

Ground Coffee - 93 cents per pound;

Bacon - 62 cents per pound;

Eggs - 28 cents per dozen;

Fresh ground hamburger - 57 cents per pound;

Fresh baked bread - 19 cents per loaf
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