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Friday, January 22, 1960
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The Headlines
SCHOOLS MAY GET 5.5 MILLION MORE; Plan for Added State Funds Cuts City's Proportion SCHOOLS MAY GET 5.5 MILLION MORE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Running Bear
Johnny Preston
#1 at the box office
Operation Petticoat
The must-have
Etch A Sketch
You Share a Birthday With
- Lord Byron (1788)
- Francis Bacon (1561)
- Sergei Eisenstein (1898)
- Antonio Gramsci (1891)
- August Strindberg (1849)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bummerfoxhunkscam
Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly
Tech Check
Laser, Echo Satellite & Etch A Sketch.
Style of 1960
Silhouette: A-line and geometric (Mod)
Material: PVC and polyester
- Miniskirts
- Go-go boots
- Pixie cuts
Cost of Living (1960)
Loaf of Bread
$0.20
Gallon of Gas
$0.31
Average Home
$11,900
New Car
$2,600
Time Elapsed
24,242 days ago
(66 years, 152 days)