1954
In the year 1954, the United States was changing rapidly. President Eisenhower, a Republican, was in the midst of his first term. Eisenhower had just announced to the world that the United States had in fact developed and successfully tested the first hydrogen bomb some two years prior. Mamie Eisenhower christened the Nautilus, which was the first submarine to run on nuclear power. The great court decision, "Brown vs. the Board of Education," called for the integration of the country's public schools. Arkansas and Alabama refused to integrate and President Eisenhower was forced to send the 101st Airborne Division to integrate the schools of these states. The phrase "Under God" was added to the Pledge of Allegiance. Eighteen-year olds were shouting, "If we are old enough to fight and die for our country, why can't we vote?" The teens got a bill into the house but it was turned away by the senate. New fashions were surfacing in both men's and women's fashions. Men were wearing Bermuda pants, baggy pants that were cut off at the knee, while women were wearing capris, tight pants that cut off just below the knee. Men were wearing tailored jackets and making a slight move towards the casual dress of today's workplace. Women were wear
Poverty was looked at as a part of life, not a problem to be fixed. Koslow, Mittman, Lieberman, and Trachtenberg approached Menter because they "had an abstract hatred and distaste for bums and vagrants" according to Koslow. Flat, neck-hugging collars replaced the mannish collars of the late 1940's. Bill Haley may have recorded the first rock 'n' roll record by a white person to become popular. Popular cars included the '54 Chevy, the Chrysler Imperial, the stationwagon, and the El Dorado Brougham by Cadillac. The four boys were taken to trial for the deaths of William Menter and Rheinhold Ulrickson. Rock 'N' Roll records topped the charts. The jury didn't buy it and both Menter and Koslow were sentenced to life imprisonment. Scientists first began to link smoking cigarettes with ling cancer. Waists were tightly fitted and skirts were long (Melinkoff 46). Koslow and Mittman forced Menter into the river knowing that he was unable to swim in his current state of pain and drunkenness. ing natural shoulders as opposed to the heavily padded ones of the war years. Prices ranged from $2,500 for a Dodge with automatic transmission to $13,074 for an El Dorado Brougham. McCarthy did not successfully prove any communists had infiltrated the government. In the entertainment world, On the Waterfront won the Oscar for the best film while its star Marlon Brando won the Oscar for best actor.
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