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Saturday, October 12, 1957
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The Headlines
U.S. STATIONS PLOT SATELLITE ORBIT; DIFFER ON HEIGHT; Compute Similar Paths but 27-Mile Deviation May Be Vital to Sphere's Life 27-Mile Difference Satellite's Weight a Factor 2 U.S. Stations Differ on Height In Plotting Soviet Satellite Orbit
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Around the World in 80 Days
The must-have
Frisbee
You Share a Birthday With
- Luciano Pavarotti (1935)
- Eugenio Montale (1896)
- Edward VI (1537)
- Pedro I of Brazil (1798)
- Ramsay MacDonald (1866)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
Tech Check
Sputnik Satellite, Fortran Programming Language & Bubble Wrap.
Cost of Living (1950)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
25,073 days ago
(68 years, 253 days)