Monday, February 1, 1960

From the day

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The Headlines

REALTY VALUES UP 7% HERE IN YEAR; Tentative Assessment Put at $25,257,955,030 -- Figure Sets Record Realty Values Here Increase 7% In Year to a Record 25.2 Billion

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Running Bear

Johnny Preston

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Etch A Sketch

On This Day

• Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Boris Yeltsin (1931)
• Clark Gable (1901)
• John Ford (1894)
• Langston Hughes (1902)
• Emilio Segrè (1905)

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)