Saturday, January 23, 1960

From the day

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The Headlines

MASSU DISMISSED AS PARIS AFFIRMS ALGERIA POLICIES; Commander of Algiers Area Replaced After de Gaulle Confers With Top Aides PRESIDENT PLANS VISIT Government Will Prosecute War, but Stresses Stand for Self-Determination Massu Ousted as Algiers Chief; France Reaffirms Her Policies

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Running Bear

Johnny Preston

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Etch A Sketch

On This Day

• The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797 ft) in the Pacific Ocean.

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You Share a Birthday With

• David Hilbert (1862)
• Stendhal (1783)
• Édouard Manet (1832)
• Derek Walcott (1930)
• Megawati Sukarnoputri (1947)

Slang

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)