Tuesday, August 19, 2014

1956 Stats


Average Cost of new house $11.700.00 

Average Monthly Rent $88.00 

Average Yearly Wages $4.450.00 

Cost of a gallon of Gas 22 cents 

Average Cost of a new car $2,050.00 

Ground Coffee 85 Cents per lb

Alabama Bus segregation laws declared illegal by US Supreme Court.

Eight Negro students refused entry to Sturgis High School in Sturgis Kentucky.

Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 signed into law on 29th June for the construction of 41,000 miles of interstate highways over a 20-year period.

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