The decade of the fifties has links to the sites and newsletters of ten graduating classes starting with 1950 and ending with 1959.

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Top Headline of the Week:
Jan 1 - Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo-China  Jan 1 - Dutch Govt raises all wages 5%, minimally Ÿ 5 per week  Jan 5 - Carson McCuller's "Member of the Wedding" premieres in New York City NY  Jan 6 - Britain recognizes Communist government of China  Jan 6 - "Happy as Larry" opens at Coronet Theater New York City NY for 3 performances  Jan 7 - Mental health wing of Mercy Hospital burns, kills 41 (Davenport IA)

Prices:
House $14,500, Car $1,750, Milk $.82, Gas $.27, Bread $.14, Stamp $.03, Average Income $3,815, Dow 235.

President: Harry Truman  Vice President: Alben Barkley

In 1950, the following made headlines:

Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang premiere in a comic strip by Charles Schulz.

North Korea invades South Korea, sparking the Korean War. President Truman sends U.S. military troops as part of a United Nations effort. The war is one of the first in which Cold War adversaries, the U.S. and the USSR, support opposing sides in a third-party conflict after World War II.

A black bear cub is burned and orphaned in a New Mexico forest fire. Nursed back to health, the cub ultimately lives in the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. "Smokey the Bear" becomes a symbol for forest fire prevention.

As the decade of the fifties closed on Dec. 31, 1959:

Some Headlines of the Year:
Jan 1 - Castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dominican Republic  Jan 1 - Chad becomes autonomous republic in French Community  Jan 1 - Rohan Kanhai completes 256 vs India at Calcutta  Jan 2 - USSR launches Mechta (Luna 1) for 1st lunar fly-by, 1st solar orbit  Jan 2 - Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista flees  Jan 3 - Alaska admitted as 49th US state

Prices:
House $30,000, Car $2,250, Milk $1.01, Gas $.30, Bread $.20, Stamp $.04, Average Income $5,976, Dow 679.

President: Dwight Eisenhower  Vice President: Richard Nixon

From the Quill Annuals of the fifties:
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      1955                             1955                              1957